“Friday the 13th” has blood, guts, nudity and not really anything else. If you want to see somebody half-dressed teens get dismembered by axes, then you’re at the right place but if you want anything more then I think you’ll be sincerely disappointed by “Friday The 13th”.

“Friday The 13th” tells the story of a bunch of staff members at a camp named Crystal Lake; one by one that they’re sliced and diced by some mysterious killer. The first two acts are as dull as can be while the last act of the film is probably the most interesting but it isn’t long before it descends into being totally ridiculous.

The campers are in no way memorable; even the one played by Kevin Bacon (“Animal House”) is totally forgettable. The killer isn’t remotely memorable. Many may think the killer is Jason Voorhees, who has become the face of the series but he isn’t the villain in this first film in the franchise. Even though I didn’t like “A Nightmare On Elm Street” I at least thought that the Freddy Krueger character was memorable and Michael Myers in “Halloween” would stay in one’s mind. I am also reminded of how much more memorable Jamie Lee Curtis was as the girl in “Halloween” compared with any of the people in this film.

“Friday The 13th” is said to be the favourite film of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il and that’s probably the most intriguing thing about it. The film is bland, the acting is terrible and there is essentially nothing here once you remove the gore and the nudity. Will I watch any of the other “Friday The 13th” pictures? Well I’m sure I’ll probably find myself sat in front of another before too long but for anybody that doesn’t get to watch films as often as I do then I think that there are certainly better movies on offer than this.