Friday The 13th Movies: 13 Things You Didn't Know

6. Camp Crystal Lake Is Rarely The Setting

Friday the 13th - Camp Crystal Lake2 Quick, what movie setting do you think of when you think "Friday the 13th"? I'm betting you said "Camp Crystal Lake". Well, you're wrong (mostly). The fact is that very few of the F13 movies take place at that infamous death camp. Of course, the first film in the series takes place at Camp Crystal Lake, but it's not until F13 VI: Jason Lives that we finally return to Camp Blood. Other entries in the series that take place at Camp Crystal Lake are F13 VII: The New Blood (I think) and F13 XII (the reboot). Purists will point out that every F13 movie through at least F13 VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan has several scenes at Crystal Lake, but only the films mentioned above actually have the majority of their action at Camp Blood.
 
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