For now, there are still 12 Friday the 13th movies to binge-watch during Spooky Season (yes, the Halloween franchise got to 13 movies before Friday the 13th) and we've got a rundown of... The second-popular oldest slasher franchise created by Paramount Pictures since 1980. Dive deep into the chilling origins of the ‘Friday the 13th’ film series. From Camp Crystal Lake’s haunting past in the 1980s classic, directed by Sean S. Cunningham, to the iconic emergence of Jason Voorhees. Friday the 13th marked on a calendar Friday the 13th is considered an unlucky day in Western superstition. It occurs when the 13th day of the month in the Gregorian calendar falls on a Friday, which happens at least once every year but can occur up to three times in the same year. For a month to have a Friday the 13th, the first day of the month must be a Sunday.
