The Friday the 13th franchise is arguably the definitive slasher property, even over the earlier Halloween. The clichés that have become widely known about the subgenre primarily originated from Jason Voorhees and his 12-and-counting horrid adventures. Controversial from the outset, the films are humorously tame in decades of retrospect, especially given gruesome franchises like Saw and an increasingly violent real world.

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