Walt Gorney
Walter J. Gorney( April 12, 1912 – March 5, 2004) was an Austrian- born American actor.
He was best known for his role as" Crazy" Ralph in the 1980s slasher films" Friday the 13th"( 1980) and" Friday the 13th Part 2"( 1981).
He returned to the series in( 1988) as the narrator.
His other film credits include" Heavy Traffic"( 1981)," King Kong"( 1976), and" Day of the Animals"( 1977).
Walter's character Ralph was parodied by" Robert Donner" in the 1983 film" Hysterical".
On March 5, 2004, Gorney died in New York City, aged 91.
Friday the 13th Part 2
Friday the 13th Part 2 is a 1981 American slasher film produced and directed by Steve Miner in his directorial debut, written by Ron Kurz, and starring Amy Steel and John Furey.
The film also features the return of Adrienne King, Betsy Palmer and Walt Gorney, who respectively portrayed Alice Hardy, Pamela Voorhees, and Crazy Ralph in the prior installment.
It is the second installment in the" Friday the 13th" film series and a direct sequel to" Friday the 13th"( 1980).
It picks up five years later, where a new murderer begins stalking the camp counselors at a nearby training camp on Crystal Lake.
Originally," Part 2" was intended to be part of an anthology series of films based on the Friday the 13th superstition.
However, after the popularity of the original film's surprise ending, the filmmakers opted to continue the story and mythology surrounding Camp Crystal Lake, a trend which would be repeated in every film in the franchise.
Like the original film," Part 2" faced opposition from the Motion Picture Association of America, who noted its" accumulative violence" as problematic, resulting in numerous cuts being made to allow an R rating.
The film was released theatrically in North America on April 30, 1981.
Although it did not gross as much as the original, the sequel grossed$ 21.7 million in the U.S. on a budget of$ 1.2 million.
A sequel," Friday the 13th Part III", was released the following year.
Friday the 13th Part III
Friday the 13th Part III( also known as Friday the 13th Part 3: 3D) is a 1982 American slasher film directed by Steve Miner, produced by Frank Mancuso Jr., and starring Dana Kimmell, Paul Kratka, and Richard Brooker as Jason Voorhees.
It is the third installment in the" Friday the 13th" film series.
Set immediately after the events of" Friday the 13th Part 2", the plot follows a teenage girl and her friends at a house on Crystal Lake, where a wounded Jason Voorhees has taken refuge.
The film marks the debut of Voorhees wearing his signature hockey mask, which has become a trademark of both the character and the franchise, as well as an icon in American cinema and the horror genre in general.
The original storyline was supposed to focus on a post-traumatic
Ginny Field who began learning self defense and returned to college after surviving her ordeal in the previous film.
After finding Paul's corpse inside her dormitory, she prepares to track down Voorhees and face him in a final confrontation.
However, this concept was abandoned when Amy Steel declined to reprise her role.
" Part III" was theatrically released in 3D, and is the only film in the series to be released in that format.
The film was intended to end the series as a trilogy, however the film did not include a moniker in its title to indicate it as such.
The film was theatrically released on August 13, 1982, grossing$ 36.7 million at the US box office on a budget of$ 2.2 million and received negative reviews from critics.
It was the first film to remove" E.T. the Extra- Terrestrial" from the number- one spot and became the second highest- grossing horror film of 1982, behind" Poltergeist".
It has the third most attendance of the" Friday the 13th" franchise, with approximately 11,762,400 tickets sold.
It was followed by.
Danny Steinmann
Danny Steinmann( January 7, 1942 – December 18, 2012) was an American film director.
Danny made his debut as both writer and director with the funky hardcore porno picture High Rise( 1973), on which he used the alias Danny Stone.
Steinmann was a production associate on Arthur Hiller's The Man in the Glass Booth( 1975) and served as an associate producer on the offbeat Gene Roddenberry made- for- TV supernatural fright feature Spectre( 1977).
In addition, Danny headed a production company in Puerto Rico that made TV commercials for such companies as International House of Pancakes, Chase Manhattan Bank and Wesson Oil.
Danny directed and co-wrote the perverse psycho horror winner The Unseen( 1980).
Dissatisfied with the finished version of the film, Steinmann attributed his directorial credit to the pseudonym Peter Foleg.
He followed this film with the terrifically trashy teen exploitation action/ revenge thriller doozy Savage Streets( 1984).
Steinmann hit the relative big time with the mean- spirited slice -' n'- dice sequel Friday the 13th: A New Beginning( 1985).
Although the movie was a financial success, the production was very troubled and proved to be his cinematic swan song.
He was announced as the director for a proposed sequel to the notorious
The Last House on the Left( 1972) but, alas, this project never came to be.
Gilles Grangier
Gilles Grangier( 5 May 1911 – 27 April 1996) was a French film director and screenwriter.
He directed 55 films and several TV series between 1943 and 1985.
His film" Archimède le clochard" was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival, where Jean Gabin won the Silver Bear for Best Actor.
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning( also known as Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning) is a 1985 American slasher film directed by Danny Steinmann and starring Melanie Kinnaman, John Shepherd, and Shavar Ross.
It is the fifth installment in the" Friday the 13th" film series.
The film is set at a fictional halfway house, where an adult Tommy Jarvis—who killed Jason Voorhees as a child—again fears for his life when a new hockey- masked assailant begins a series of brutal murders.
The film features a cameo appearance from Corey Feldman, who portrayed Tommy in the previous film.
" A New Beginning" features a high number of on- screen murders.
Aside from its gore and violence, the film has also become known for its explicit nudity and sex scenes, as well as frequent drug use.
Peter Bracke's book" Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th" details that behind the scenes, the production was plagued with hardcore drug use.
Shot in California in 1984 on a budget of$ 2.2 million," A New Beginning" was released theatrically on March 22, 1985, and grossed$ 22 million at the U.S. box office.
The film was initially going to set up a new trilogy of films with a different villain for the series but, after a disappointing reception from fans and a steep decline in box- office receipts from" Part III" and, Jason Voorhees was brought back for the next installment and has been the main antagonist in the series since.
In addition to weak box office returns, most critics gave the film negative reviews.
Friday the 13th (2009 film)
Friday the 13th is a 2009 American slasher film directed by Marcus Nispel and written by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift from a screen story by Shannon, Swift and Mark Wheaton.
It is a reboot of the" Friday the 13th" film series, which began in 1980.
Nispel also directed the 2003 remake of Tobe Hooper's" The Texas Chain Saw Massacre"( 1974), while Shannon and Swift wrote the screenplay for the 2003 crossover" Freddy vs. Jason".
The film was produced by Platinum Dunes and Crystal Lake Entertainment and distributed by New Line Cinema and Paramount Pictures.
It stars Jared Padalecki, Danielle Panabaker, Aaron Yoo, Amanda Righetti, Travis Van Winkle, and Derek Mears and follows Clay Miller( Padalecki) as he searches for his missing sister, Whitney( Righetti), who is captured by Jason Voorhees( Mears) while camping in woodland at Crystal Lake.
The film was originally conceived as an origin story, but the project evolved into a re-imagining of the first four" Friday the 13th" films.
The character Jason Voorhees was redesigned as a lean, quick killer with a backstory that allows the viewer to feel sympathy for him, but not enough that he would lose his menace.
In keeping with the tone of the film, Jason's mask was recreated from a mold of the original mask used for" Part III"; though there were subtle changes.
" Friday the 13th" includes some of Harry Manfredini's musical score from the previous" Friday the 13th" films because the producers recognized its iconic status.
" Friday the 13th" was theatrically released in the United States on February 13, 2009, by New Line Cinema in North American territories and by Paramount Pictures internationally.
The film had grossed over$ 92.7 million at the box office on a budget of$ 19 million, becoming the first highest- grosssing film in the franchise.
It received mostly negative reviews from critics, who felt that did not add anything new to the franchise.
Alex Ebel
Alex Ebel( November 14, 1932 – December 6, 2013) was a science fiction and fantasy illustrator.
Ebel painted the poster for the original" Friday the 13th"( 1980), and an unused poster for" Friday the 13th Part 2".
Nick Mennell
Nick Mennell is an American actor known for his stage work as well as his roles in the horror/ slasher remakes of" Halloween", and" Friday the 13th".
Lessons in Conduct
Lessons in Conduct( French: Leçon de conduite) is a 1946 French comedy film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Odette Joyeux, Gilbert Gil and Jean Tissier.
The film's sets were designed by Paul- Louis Boutié.

Question: Do both directors of films Lessons In Conduct and Friday The 13Th: A New Beginning share the same nationality?
Answer: no