Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th

"The ultimate tribute to one of horror's most iconic and enduring franchises"

2013

6h 40m

7.9(104 votes)

Documentary

Overview

Taking inspiration from Peter M. Bracke's definitive book of the same name, this seven-hour documentary dives into the making of all twelve Friday the 13th films, with all-new interviews from the cast and the crew.

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Emma Jacobs

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Peter M. Bracke

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Jennifer Banko

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Kristi Angus

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Corey Feldman

Self / Narrator (voice)

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Gabriel Bartalos

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Samantha Delutri

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Kimberly Higgins

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James Meddock

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Faith Niebaum

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Antoine Perry

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Melyssa Ade

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Loyd Albin

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Diane Almeida

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Erich Anderson

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Judie Aronson

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Diana Barrows

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Kimberly Beck

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Don Behrns

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Kevin Spirtas

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Susan Blu

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Alan Blumenfeld

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Richard Brooker

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John Carl Buechler

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Chuck Campbell

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Ronn Carroll

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Fern Champion

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Gloria Charles

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Stuart Charno

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Barney Cohen

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Lee Coleman

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Jennifer Cooke

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Alice Cooper

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Wes Craven

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Noel Cunningham

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Sean S. Cunningham

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Douglas Curtis

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Jensen Daggett

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Steve Dash

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Darcy DeMoss

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Bob DeSimone

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John Robert Dixon

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Vincent Craig Dupree

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Robert Englund

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Arlen Escarpeta

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Todd Farmer

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Ben Feldman

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Joan Freeman

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Brad Fuller

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John Furey

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Yani Gellman

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Warrington Gillette

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Joel Goodman

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C.J. Graham

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Erin Gray

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Bruce Green

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Vincent Guastaferro

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Julianna Guill

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Rob Hedden

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Bonnie Hellman

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Johnny Hock

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Kane Hodder

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James Isaac

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David Kagen

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Elizabeth Kaitan

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Cynthia Kania

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Jeff Katz

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Monica Keena

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Dana Kimmell

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Adrienne King

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Melanie Kinnaman

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Ken Kirzinger

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Paul Kratka

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Ron Kurz

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Kyle Labine

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Ari Lehman

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John D. LeMay

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Lar Park Lincoln

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Carol Locatell

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Al Magliochetti

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Frank Mancuso Jr.

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Harry Manfredini

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Adam Marcus

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Jack Marks

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Sharlene Martin

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Thom Mathews

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Nancy McLoughlin

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Tom McLoughlin

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Derek Mears

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Nick Mennell

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Julie Michaels

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Victor Miller

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Ron Millkie

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Stephen Minasian

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Steve Mirkovich

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Steve Monarque

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Lawrence Monoson

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Robbi Morgan

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Barry Moss

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Camilla More

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Carey More

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Tom Morga

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Dennis Stuart Murphy

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Greg Nicotero

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Marcus Nispel

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Kevin O'Brien

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Mark Ordesky

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John Otrin

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Betsy Palmer

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Danielle Panabaker

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Corey Parker

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Catherine Parks

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Iain Paterson

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Tiffany Paulsen

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Daniel Pearl

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Marilyn Poucher

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Petru Popescu

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Bill Randolph

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Ethan Reiff

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Peter Mark Richman

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Amanda Righetti

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Shavar Ross

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Whitney Rydbeck

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Lisa Ryder

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Ann Ryerson

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Martin Jay Sadoff

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Tracie Savage

Self

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Tom Savini

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Brooke Scher

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David J. Schow

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Rusty Schwimmer

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Damian Shannon

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Rebecca Wood

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Robert Shaye

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John Shepherd

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Michael B. Silver

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Timothy Silver

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Ron Sloan

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Amy Steel

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Danny Steinmann

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Scott Stoddard

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Caskey Swaim

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Michael Swan

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Mark Swift

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Douglas Tait

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Jeannine Taylor

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Lauren-Marie Taylor

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Craig Thomas

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Russell Todd

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Travis Van Winkle

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Deborah Voorhees

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Cyrus Voris

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Douglas J. White

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Ted White

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Dick Wieand

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Philip Williams

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Ronny Yu

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Larry Zerner

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Barry Zetlin

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Joseph Zito

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Dick Warlock

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Elizabeth Berkley

Jessie Spano (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Arsenio Hall

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Hugh Jackman

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Maila Nurmi

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Scott Reeves

Sean Robertson (archive footage) (uncredited)

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