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 * The tagline to this film is, "Just when you thought it was safe to go back to camp...". This is also a rewording of the famous phrase "Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water", made famous in the 1978 movie Jaws 2.


 * Production on Friday the 13th Part 2 began on October 3rd, 1980. Principal filming concluded in November, 1980.


 * Friday the 13th Part 2 ranked in at number at the box office over its opening weekend, $6,429, 748 at 1,350 theaters, averaging $4,762 per showing.


 * Producer Dennis Stuart Murphy is not to be confused with electrician Dennis J. Murphy.


 * Friday the 13th Part 2 marks the first actual appearance of Jason Voorhees. Jason made a brief appearance in Friday the 13th in a flashback scene and a dream sequence.


 * The two surviving characters from the first film, Alice Hardy and Crazy Ralph are the first ones killed in the sequel.


 * The death of Jeff and Sandra is reminiscent of the deaths of Patty and George from Twitch of the Death Nerve. This film, not coincidentally, was a major inspiration for the first Friday the 13th.


 * The outcome of the film is dubious. Ginny survives but apparently there is no sign of Paul. It is safe to assume that he was killed by Jason. Jason apparently escapes as well. The most obvious sign of this is the final scene where we see Pamela Voorhees' shrine once again. The sweater that Ginny had worn, which she had since discarded, has been neatly tucked back into place on top of the table before the dead woman's head.


 * Though credited in the film for creating the characters, Victor Miller had nothing to do with this production.


 * The little boy, Jesse, is the first character seen in Friday the 13th Part 2 and the first character addressed by name, even though you never see his face.


 * Adrienne King receives third billing in this feature even though her character, Alice Hardy, is killed during the cold open.


 * Ginny Field was named after production designer Virginia Field.


 * Alice Hardy's nightmare at the beginning of the film includes footage from the first Friday the 13th. The flashback includes footage of Alice Hardy, Pamela Voorhees, Jason Voorhees (flashback within a flashback as well as dream within a dream), Annie's corpse and Steve Christy's corpse.


 * Ginny Field is the second character to fall under the "Final Girl" story trope in the Friday the 13th film series. The first was Alice Hardy.


 * Ginny Field is the first true survivor of the Friday the 13th film series.


 * This is the first major film work for actress Amy Steel. She was 21-years-old when she first began working on the movie.


 * Ginny is one of three human characters who are confirmed to be alive by the end of the film. The other two are Jason Voorhees and Ted.


 * Adrienne King was stalked by an obsessed fan shortly after the release of Friday the 13th. The experience led her to temporarily retire from acting, though she did agree to return for Friday the 13th Part 2 provided that she would only play a minimal role in the film.


 * Playing the role of Jeff is actor Bill Randolph's second film role and his first work in the horror genre.


 * Even though Jeff and Sandra are supposed to be relatively the same age, there is a difference of ten years between the actors.


 * Jeff is the third male character who appears in the film. Coincidentally, he is also the third male character whose name begins with the letter J; the others being Jesse (the young boy walking in the rain in the beginning of the film), and Jason Voorhees.


 * Mark is the first handicapped character featured in the Friday the 13th film series.


 * Mark never actually tells anyone what he is in training for.


 * Actor Tom McBride was 28-years-old when he began working on Friday the 13th Part 2, making him the second oldest actor within the main cast after John Furey who was 30 at the time of shooting.


 * Actor Tom McBride passed away on September 24th, 1995 in New York City, New York from complications of having the AIDS virus. He was forty-two at the time of his death. This makes Tom the third actor in the series to pass away and the first actor to pass away who played a character who was killed in a film.


 * Playing the role of Paul Holt is actor John Furey's second role in a feature film.


 * The possible fate of Paul Holt was explained in an interview with Peter Bracke, author of Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th, in the Friday the 13th Part 2 DVD features included on the Friday the 13th: From Crystal Lake to Manhattan Ultimate Collection DVD. There he reveals that there was an unused ending in the movie. After Ginny Field questions where Paul is, the scene switches to Pamela Voorhees' head, which opens its eyes and smiles, implying that Jason had killed Paul. When they filmed the scene however, the production crew thought it looked too silly, so it was taken out of the movie.


 * Actress Marta Kober had only just turned seventeen when she began working on Friday the 13th Part 2.


 * Scott is one of two characters in Friday the 13th Part 2 to be killed with a machete. The other is Mark, who dies later in the film. He is the third character in the entire franchise to be killed with a machete. The other two are Claudette from the 1958 flashback in the first film, and Pamela Voorhees, who is beheaded by Alice Hardy.


 * Terry and the dog found by Jeff and Sandra earlier in the film are the only confirmed deaths in the movie that are not explicitly shown. An argument could be made to include Paul Holt on the list, but as the accuracy of his living status is called into question, his possible survival cannot be ruled out.
 * Playing the role of Terry is actress Kirsten Baker's seventh film role. She appeared in nine films in total in her career. This is her only work in the horror genre.

Bloopers

 * There is a logical incongruity in the manner of Crazy Ralph's death. In Friday the 13th Part 2, Ralph is seen leaning against a tree when the wire comes down from above and wraps him about the neck. This would have been an impossible feat to perform unless the three was cut off above Ralph's head. The angle of Jason Voorhees' arms also indicate that the attacker would have been several feet taller than Jason is typically portrayed.


 * The cat that springs through the window in the beginning of the film was clearly thrown and did not leap through the window as the scene would suggest.


 * When Jason Voorhees kills both Scott and Mark, he is using the dull side of the machete.



Appearances

 * Ginny Field
 * Paul Holt
 * Alice Hardy
 * Terry
 * Ted
 * Jason Voorhees
 * Crazy Ralph
 * Sandra Dier
 * Mark
 * Jeff
 * Vickie


 * Scott
 * Pamela Voorhees
 * Max
 * Deputy Winslow
 * Steve Christy
 * Sergeant Tierney
 * Enos
 * Annie
 * Jesse
 * Jesse's mom


 * New Jersey
 * Casino Bar
 * Camp Crystal Lake
 * Crystal Lake
 * Packanack Lodge


 * Butcher knife
 * Chainsaw
 * Hammer
 * Ice pick


 * Machete
 * Pitchfork
 * Slingshot
 * Spear


 * 1977 Chevrolet K10
 * Ginny Field's Volkswagen


 * 1980s
 * 1984
 * Artist
 * Bartender
 * Camp counselor
 * Cats
 * Dogs
 * Dead animals
 * Decapitation


 * Doomsayer
 * Head injuries
 * Impalement
 * Nightmares
 * Obscene finger gesture
 * Rats
 * Severed head
 * Skinny-dipping
 * Smoking