Going to Crystal Lake ON Friday the 13th Report!

[AJLe]

In recent years, Blairstown, NJ, which was the filming location for the original Friday the 13th movie, has really embraced the movie, and every time a Friday the 13th comes on the calendar, they make a little local "holiday" out of it. And this year, Robbi Morgan, who played "Annie", the first modern-day victim of Mrs. Voorhees, came to Blairstown to do photo ops in her F13 costume, and in the iconic stone arches she walked through in the beginning of the movie. It's not often that you can get a costumed photo op with an actor at their actual filming location.

Photo ops went off without a hitch, and I made a mini-tour of the other filming locations in the area. If you're a fan of the movie, all of the locations in the original film (except the actual camp) are either on Main Street in Blairstown, or within a 10 minute drive in Hope. Later tonight, I'm going back for a screening of the film in the theater on Main Street, which is actually in the film too, lol.


Opening shot of the movie


The "crossroads" from the movie


I think this guy was lost - Springwood is the next exit, buddy!


At the arches from the beginning of the movie


With Robbi Morgan for the costumed photo op

[Greg2600]

Again, not a Friday fan, but this is just plain awesome! The Krueger spot was hilarious! I wonder, will there be a denim AJLe op for fans, in the dark, tonight?

[crowbar]

nice, isn't there a super expensive tour of the camp going on or is that not this time around

[AJLe]

nice, isn't there a super expensive tour of the camp going on or is that not this time around

The actual camp is owned by the Boy Scouts and is still in use, so they only do tours when a Friday the 13th falls outside of their active summer months. I did it once, but the last couple of tours the camp has kinda gotten carny, in the sense that there's a weird mailing list to get a chance at tickets, tickets "sell out" immediately, and then the camp magically comes up with more on their Ebay site with a huge markup for fans to bid on.

I wonder, will there be a denim AJLe op for fans, in the dark, tonight?

The denim jacket has been collecting dust with this summer heat!

[class316]

What did this cost?

[AJLe]

What did this cost?

The photo op was $30 if you ordered in advance. No idea what they charged for walkups. They also offered a Steve Dash in costume op, but I don't know how much that was, since I already had one. They also offered a trolley tour of the filming sites, but I already had visited all of them before.

The amazing thing is that both Dash and Robbi Morgan had lines for their meet and greet/autograph sessions all day long. There was a line 20+ deep to get into her signing when I went into the theater for the screening, and there was still a line 20+ deep two hours later when I came out, and Dash's earlier in the day had a similar line. For people who've done conventions in the area, that's a very impressive turnout.

[class316]

The amazing thing is that both Dash and Robbi Morgan had lines for their meet and greet/autograph sessions all day long. There was a line 20+ deep to get into her signing when I went into the theater for the screening, and there was still a line 20+ deep two hours later when I came out, and Dash's earlier in the day had a similar line. For people who've done conventions in the area, that's a very impressive turnout.

Wow