pursuing car halted by the trees. The driver of the car jumps out and pursues Annie on foot. There is a terrified scream that comes from the forest.

Six other counsellors and the owner have already arrived at Camp Crystal Lake, and have started the painting, cleaning and general repair work of the camp. Pitching in to make needed improvements are Alice (ADRIENNE KING), Bill (HARRY CROSBY), Brenda (LAURIE BARTRAM), Ned (MARK NELSON), Marcie (JEANNINE TAYLOR) and Jack (KEVIN BACON).

A local religious fanatic named Crazy Ralph (WALT GORNEY) gives them all a scare when he is discovered hiding in the pantry. Ralph warns all the young people that the camp has a "death curse." Then he hurries away.

The camp owner leaves town to purchase additional supplies. Night falls, and the full moon brings with it a violent thunderstorm that pelts the camp. Unseen but driven to bursting is a sinister prowler . . . seeking blood.

Slowly, methodically and with savage precision, four of the counselors are murdered, one by one, each meeting a gruesome and bloody end. The shadowy menace has dispensed them in cruel and bizarre ways.

Unaware of what has been happening around them, the two remaining counselors, Bill and Alice, begin a search for the others. They begin to realize that something sinister is erupting at the camp, and that they are targets, next.

When they find a bloody hatchet in Brenda's bed, they run to the office in an att3mpt to telephone the police. The line has been cut. Their communication with the outside world has been shut off. They try to leave the camp by attempting to start the pick-up truck, but it does not work. The trap is tightening around them.

Relentlessly, the rain pounds away at the camp, washing blood. Alice returns to the cabin as Bill braves the torrential rain to check the camp's generator which has been providing the power for electricity.

When Bill does not return after a long time, Alice goes to look for him. Alice stumbles through the rain and dark until a flash of light-fling exposes the horror of Bill's corpse. Consumed with terror and with panic obliterating her senses, she runs blindly through the camp. She is powerless against the unseen menace that has struck. Are the dark forms chasing her moon shadows or real forces about to grab her and mutilate her in the bloody way in which she had just discovered Bill? Alice is beyond terror. . . .