Friday the 13th: The Series

TV Series
1987–1990
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45m

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Two young antique store owners must recover cursed antiques.Two young antique store owners must recover cursed antiques.Two young antique store owners must recover cursed antiques.

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IMDb RATING

7.6/10

4.3K

YOUR RATING

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See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
- 4 wins & 16 nominations total

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Louise Robey

Micki Foster

Chris Wiggins

Jack Marshak

John D. LeMay

Ryan Dallion

Steve Monarque

Johnny Ventura

R.G. Armstrong

Lewis Vendredi

Bill Vibert

Anaesthetist…

Denis Forest

Aubrey Daniel Ross…

Kate Trotter

Effie Stokes…

Carolyn Dunn

Laura Grange…

Jill Hennessy

Leah…

Neil Munro

Eli Leonard…

Colin Fox

Albert Le Croix…

Angelo Rizacos

Aldwin Chase…

Wayne Best

Adam Cole…

David Orth

Scott Thomas…

Thomas Hauff

Chaplain…

A.C. Peterson

Brother Drake…

Bernard Behrens

Barney Williams…

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Trivia
Though they share the same title, this series is not linked to the Friday the 13th movie series. The main characters search for magically-cursed objects that were sold through their uncle's store. Reportedly, the last item that was supposed to be retrieved by the characters in the series finale was to be a hockey mask which would undoubtedly have belonged to Jason Voorhees. While the show's crew did play with the idea of having a hockey mask in one of the episodes as an in-joke, there was never any serious intention to tie the film series with the television series.

Goofs
In The Inheritance (1987), Micki and Ryan state that they are only related by marriage. Later on, in Pipe Dream (1988) it was established that Ryan's father, Ray, and Micki's mother, Catherine, were actually first cousins. therefore Micki and Ryan are second cousins and blood relations.

Quotes
Lewis Vendredi: [to Jack] I'll send you straight to hell!

Crazy credits
During the end credits, there is a shot of the item featured in each episode.

Alternate versions
When originally aired in the 1980s, each episode began with a narrative explaining the background of the cursed antiques and how Nicky and Ryan now had to recover the cursed objects previously sold by their Uncle Lewis. In later syndication runs, as well as the extremely rare DVD release, this narrative is omitted from the start of the episodes which begin simply with the opening credits.

Connections
Featured in Venerdi con Zio Tibia: Ammazzavampiri (1990)

When I first heard the name of this series back in 1987 I refused to see it. I assumed it was just about Jason killing different people every week--but with no gore (since this WAS TV). What was the point? But I tuned in one night out of curiosity and was surprised how different it was from the movies--and how much I liked it! It was about some antique owners who have to track down antiques each week that had been sold from their store. It seems their uncle (the previous owner) had made a pact with the Devil and the antiques were cursed. Sounds silly but it really worked. There were some doses of pretty funny humor but this show concentrated on the horror. Also it was pretty gory for a TV show at that time--my station didn't show it till 11:30 at night! The acting was good...but it all started to fall apart after season 2. The main actor left and was replaced by someone who just wasn't as good--the third season was a major disappointment. I think that's what killed the show. Still it was a fun, sometimes scary and a little gory TV show. Recommended.