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'Friday the T3tri' pobr ipoffbf 'Hdll'o'Ween'- IN REVIEW Sure, there are a few nice points. King projects a combination of intelligence and fragility, Harry Manfredi-ni's musical score is good, special effects man Tom Savini has a field day. But the lowest point of the movie comes near the end, when it exploits the genuine grief and madness of the villain. By then, things simply aren't fun any more. Finally, there's a battle between the final survivor (Adrienne King) and the villain.

Incredibly, King wins three times each time letting the villain get away. All of this may fare well with some teens and young adults, because it involves people their age and includes violence and casual sex. (The rating should be taken seriously here.) But this is still a blunt and unskillful film. this trend continues, we'll soon have scare films called "All Saints Day" and "Ground Hog's Day" and so on. Eventually, we'll get "Arbor Day," with an unemployed lumberjack swinging his ax at environmentalists.

More than that, though, "Friday the 13th" steals big chunks of "Halloween." It copies the style, the pacing, even some of the individual scenes. It copies everything, that is, except the quality. Producer-director Sean Cunningham simply doesn't have the visual skill needed. He tries to make up for it by laying on the gore. The story gives us a long-abandoned summer camp that was once plagued by deaths.

Someone tries to restart it. Then, on a nasty Friday the 13th, the deaths resume. They are, of course, awful ones. There's an arrow through the eye, a hatchet in the forehead, some slit throats, a rather messy beheading. By MIKE HUGHES Gannett News Service A couple years ago, a small movie miracle occurred.

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