Is Friday the 13th actually good?

Friday the 13th sits in the 40.6% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 40.6% of them.

How does Friday the 13th compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Friday the 13th lands in the 38.2% percentile. The cohort comparison exists because a global rank flatters or punishes a film for its category rather than its quality.

How many reviewers is Friday the 13th's score based on?

754 calibrated reviewers stand behind Friday the 13th's score.

1980

global pct

40.6

Film · 1980 · Films · 1980s

Friday the 13th

Name: Friday the 13th
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Released: 1980
Duration: 1 h 35 min
Cast: Adrienne King, Kevin Bacon, Harry Crosby, Laurie Bartram, Mark Nelson

Scored from 754 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

40.6%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

38.2%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

23.9%

AI-adjusted percentile

754 calibrated reviewers

Summary

A group of camp counselors at Camp Crystal Lake are murdered one by one under mysterious circumstances. As the body count rises, the survivors must discover the truth about the killer before they become the next victims.

Friday the 13th is a 1980 horror and thriller film directed by Sean S. Cunningham. Adrienne King, Kevin Bacon and Harry Crosby head the billed cast. Its certificate is R. It runs 1h 35m. Its country of origin is listed as the United States.

The cohort it is ranked inside is 1980s films — 3,141 of them. The calibrated figure is built from 754 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 769 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 8 of whom clear the calibration test.

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Is Friday the 13th (1980) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 754
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1980s

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