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".
Steve Miner
Stephen C." Steve" Miner( born June 18, 1951) is an American director of film and television, film producer, and a member of the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences.
He is notable for his work in the horror genre, including" Friday the 13th Part 2 Friday the 13th Part IIIHouseWarlockLake Placid", and" Day of the Dead".
He has also directed numerous comedy and drama films, as well as episodes of notable television series including" The Wonder Years, Dawson's Creek", and" Smallville."
Amy Steel
Amy Steel Pulitzer( née Steel; born May 3, 1960) is an American actress and psychologist.
She began her career with guest appearances on a variety of television soap operas.
Transitioning into feature films,
Steel rose to prominence when she was chosen to play the role of Ginny Field in Steve Miner's slasher- horror film" Friday the 13th Part 2"( 1981).
A commercial hit, Steel was asked by Miner to reprise her role as Ginny in the 1982 3D film" Friday the 13th Part III" but declined the offer as she feared being typecast.
After her involvement in the" Friday the 13th" franchise, she was cast as a prominent supporting character in Fred Walton's mystery film" April Fool's Day"( 1986).
Subsequently, Steel had supporting roles in Melvin Frank's comedy film" Walk Like a Man"( 1987), David Greene's remake" What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"( 1991), and the Bart Mastronardi and Alan Rowe Kelly directed anthology horror film" Tales of Poe"( 2014).
In addition to film, Steel has an extensive television career, starring on the NBC series" The Powers of Matthew Star"( 1982 – 83), followed by guest appearances on shows such as" Family Ties"( 1982)," The A- Team"( 1983)," Quantum Leap"( 1990), and" China Beach"( 1991).
In the early 2000s, she retired from acting and launched a career as a psychologist.
Richard Brooker
Richard Brooker( 20 November 1954 – 8 April 2013) was an English actor and stuntman, perhaps best known for his role in" Friday the 13th Part III" as Jason Voorhees.
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.
Brian Desmond Hurst
Brian Desmond Hurst( 12 February 1895 – 26 September 1986) was a Belfast- born film director.
With over thirty films in his filmography, Hurst was Ireland's most prolific film director during the 20th century, and hailed as Northern Ireland's best film director.
He is perhaps best known for the 1951" A Christmas Carol" adaptation" Scrooge".
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter is a 1984 American slasher film directed by Joseph Zito, produced by Frank Mancuso Jr., and starring Kimberly Beck, Corey Feldman, Crispin Glover, and Ted White as Jason Voorhees.
It is the fourth installment in the "Friday the 13th" film series.
Picking up immediately after the events of "Friday the 13th Part III", the story follows a presumed-dead Jason Voorhees brought to the morgue, where he spontaneously revives and escapes, returning to Crystal Lake to continue his killing spree.
Much like "Part III", the film was originally supposed to be the final installment in the series.
Mancuso Jr. wanted to conclude the series as he felt nobody respected him for his assisting work on the series regardless of how much the films earned at the box office, as well as wanting to work on other projects.
Paramount Pictures supported the decision, as they were aware of the declining popularity of slasher films at the time of its release.
As a result, the film was marketed as "The Final Chapter" to ensure it as such.
Make-up artist Tom Savini, who worked on the first film, returned because he wanted to help kill off Jason, whom he helped create.
The film was originally scheduled to be released in October, but was pushed up to April 13, 1984.
Upon its theatrical release, the film grossed $33 million in the U.S. on a budget of $2.6 million, making it the fourth most attendance of the "Friday the 13th" series with approximately 9,815,700 tickets sold.
The film received generally negative reviews from critics.
Despite being billed as the final film, its success prompted another sequel, , one year later.
Irish Hearts
Irish Hearts is a 1934 British drama film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Lester Matthews, Nancy Burne and Molly Lamont.
It was made at Cricklewood Studios, as a quota quickie.
It was also known by the alternative title Norah O'Neale.
It was based on Johnson Abrahams's novel" Night Nurse".
The film portrays a Doctor, in love with two nurses, who has to confront an epidemic.
Stuart Charno
Stuart Charno( born September 29, 1956) is an American actor.
He has been a stand- up comic and has starred in film and on television.
His first role was in the 1981 horror film" Friday the 13th Part 2".
Other notable appearances of his include the 1985 comedy film" Just One of the Guys"( as Harold" Reptile" Sherpico) and the 1986 film" Modern Girls", in which he appeared with" Just One of the Guys" co-star Clayton Rohner.
Charno has made guest appearances on various television shows including" M* A* S* HThe X- FilesChicago HopeTeam Knight Rider", and" Profiler".
He also received story credits on three episodes of( and).
Charno played a rare" Friday the 13th" character who is a counsellor and not a hero to have survived.
In" Friday the 13th Part 2" his character, Ted, visits a bar in town and gets so drunk he spends the night in a motel, thus evading the murder spree.
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.

Question: Which film has the director born later, Irish Hearts or Friday The 13Th Part Iii?
Answer: Friday The 13Th Part Iii