13 Things You Didn't Know About Friday The 13th Part III

13. The First Friday The 13th Movie To Be Released On Friday The 13th

Friday the 13th Part III was released on Friday 13 August 1982, making it the first of five Friday the 13th films to be released on, well, Friday the 13th.

Following in Part III's footsteps, there came Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (13 April 1984), Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (13 May 1988), Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (13 August 1993), and Marcus Nispel's Friday the 13th reboot (13 February 2009).

With Friday the 13th TV series Crystal Lake in development from Hannibal's Bryan Fuller and A24, and currently hopeful of a late-2024 premiere, there just so happens to be a Friday 13 December on the horizon towards the end of the year...

Authored by Andrew Pollard

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Posted On: 12th Mar 2024

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