This splatter flick, along with John Carpenter's Halloween, helped spawn the great horror-movie movement of the '80s, not to mentioneight sequels, many of which had nothing to do with the films that preceded them. This film is widely acclaimed for its horrifying and creative murder sequences. The curse proves true on Friday the 13th as one by one each of the counselors is stalked by a violent killer. The camp's new owner and several young counselors are readying the property for re-opening despite warnings of a "death curse" by local residents.
Camp Crystal Lake has been shuttered for over 20 years due to several vicious and unsolved murders. Terror and suspense abound in this 24-hour nightmare of blood. Here, Voorhees and Thompson tell their story of the Civil War and their fight for victory. Their pens went silent at Spotsylvania in the spring of 1864 where they sacrificed their lives for the cause they believed in. These men never lost their faith in the cause they were fighting for or their love of home. The soldiers tell the story of two failed Federal assaults on Fredericksburg, a race to Gettysburg, the subsequent chase after the Army of Northern Virginia, court-martials, executions, a dress parade for President Lincoln, picket duty, "contrabands" (escaped slaves) coming into the Union lines, and the activities contrived to keep themselves busy in winter camp.
The letters from Voorhees and Thompson cover the period from the muster of the 15th Regiment at Flemington (August 1862) through the combat deaths of both writers at Spotsylvania (May 1864). 'True Jersey Blues' presents Voorhees' and Thompson's vivid accounts of life on the march, fierce firefights, and everyday occupations convey a true sense of the Civil War as experienced by the men enlisted to fight. They soon discovered that their service would demand great sacrifice. Their letters, short or long, convey their feelings and the events they witnessed in vivid and colorful language. These young men proved to be great writers as well as patriots. Within just weeks of their departure from home they came face to face with the realities of war at the Battle of Fredericksburg. On the march South Voorhees and Thompson each began a correspondence with the local newspapers back home to describe their activities as soldiers in the Army of the Potomac. They expected to do their duty and return home victorious in short order. Voorhees and William Mackenzie Thompson left Flemington, New Jersey, in high spirits in September 1862 as enlisted men in the 15th New Jersey Regiment to join the fight for the Union.
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