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Reasons To Be Fearful, Part Two

Do you suffer from triskaidekaphobia? No, you dope, that doesn’t mean you’re afraid of hors d’oeuvre crackers—it means you’ve got an irrational fear of the number 13 and if that’s the case, you’d better steer clear of Sean Cunningham’s Friday The 13th, a new horror film that not only tries to shock you but may actually cause physical damage to your person.

August 1, 1980
Edouard Dauphin

Reasons To Be Fearful, Part Two

DRIVE-IN SATURDAY

by Edouard Dauphin

Do you suffer from triskaidekaphobia?

No, you dope, that doesn’t mean you’re afraid of hors d’oeuvre crackers—it means you’ve got an irrational fear of the number 13 and if that’s the case, you’d better steer clear of Sean Cunningham’s Friday The 13th, a new horror film that not only tries to shock you but may actually cause physical damage to your person.

Consider the following: a friend of The Dauphin goes to his local theatre to catch Friday The 13th. A fan of horror films, he’s enjoying the proceedings until a certain scene comes on. It contains the single most shocking surprise bit of violence in recent years. Caught completely off guard, the fellow leaps from his seat, tearing the ligaments in his leg. Meanwhile, three.rows behind him, a woman has a heart attack!

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