After the original movie, comes it's sequel with iconic Jason as the killer for the first time. Some memorable scenes, a few repetitions but still entertaining, makes this movie a worthy second part of the franchise. If you expect less than the first one, you'll have fun watching.

The first sequel was quickly churned out (only a year later) after the first Friday the 13th film proved to be a success. However, PART 2 has only a little of the atmosphere (generally created through fear of the unknown) that the original had, mainly because we all know this time around that the killer is Jason. Our killer doesn't wear the iconic hockey mask here but instead a sack on his head which makes him resemble the murderer in THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN.

On the plus side, the film has slicker production values which give it a much richer, glossier look, but apart from that its just another run of the mill slasher clone with a thin plot and lots of bloody murders. This time around the murders are not so varied or that bloody, and a couple (the machete in the face, the double spear-impaling) are directly lifted from that Mario Bava classic, BAY OF BLOOD. The rest of the film is full of the clichéd teen character skinny-dipping and arm-wrestling, the usual activities. There are lots of clichés in the film from the old jumping cat scare to the mysterious phone call.

There were two parts of the film I really liked; the part where the heroine takes a chainsaw to Jason (although in a fit of stupidity she immediately drops the chainsaw instead of finishing him off),and the ending which threatens to be sentimental, but had a further shock. The acting this time around is even worse than in the first film, with all the characters being bland and emotionless, and nobody you care about. Even the lead, Amy Steel, is not as fleshed-out as Adrienne King was. The make-up case done on Jason is pretty good though and he looks much like you would expect, having grown up into a man from the first film but still being the same old deformed weirdo we all know and love.

This film launched the career of this actor, who was the first to play Jason Voorhees. Scenes from the first film are shown before the logo appears. Then the film starts. The debut of Jason is a classic among horror fans. The hockey mask won't make its debut until the 3d sequel came out a year later.