Five
years later, 1984, a group of young adults have come to Crystal Lake to
attend a counselor training center that has been set up near the
now-condemned Camp Crystal Lake. While some counselors are in town on
their way to the facility, Crazy Ralph appears and tells the counselors
to turn back, as the young counselors five years ago did not heed his
warning. Paul, the leader of the group, explains how camp counseling is
a serious job, and that the main danger in this area is bears. That
night, around a campfire, Paul tells the people about how Jason
Voorhees drowned in the same lake which their training area also
bounds; how his mother was found to be the infamous murderer of "Camp
Blood"; and that Alice survived only to disappear shortly thereafter,
and that some of the local residents believe Jason is still alive and
viciously protects the area around Crystal Lake. When the counselors
seem into the story, they are shocked by a man with a spear, but it
only turns out to be Ted in a monster mask and Paul claims that Jason
is dead.
While Paul and Ginny are seen making out, Crazy Ralph is standing by a
window, and is suddenly killed by a prowler using a garotte. Two of the
counselors, Sandra and Jeff, sneak away to Camp Crystal Lake, which is
now in disrepair. As they find a dead animal that they assume is
Terry's dog, they are startled by a police officer and catches them
trespassing. The cop returns the two counselors to camp, where Paul
only recommends a light punishment. However, when driving, the officer
sees a masked man dart out in front of his squad car, running in the
direction of the off limits Camp Crystal Lake. The cop chases after the
masked man to arrest him as well, only to lose him and go into an old
run down shack. The officer then sees a horrifying sight. It is not
shown to the viewer as the prowler who killed Crazy Ralph also murders
the officer from behind with a hammer claw.
After getting to know one another and participating in some training
exercises (which consist of dancing, jogging through the woods,
swimming and a cookout), the majority of the trainees leave the
campsite to party in town. The six counselors remaining, which consists
of Vicki, Mark, Sandra, Jeff, Terry, and Scott, are soon stalked and
murdered one by one. Terry goes for a swim and Scott steals her clothes
only to be caught by a trap while running from her. She takes her
clothes back and promises to cut Scott down. As Terry goes into her
cabin to retrieve her knife, Scott is killed upside down by the
prowler. When Terry returns, she sees Scott dead and the prowler. Back
at the cabin Sandra and Jeff go upstairs while Vicki goes to her cabin
and Mark goes outside during the brief storm where he is slain and his
body and his wheelchair thrown down a stair. The prowler enters the
cabin and goes upstairs, taking the spear left by one of the counselors
earlier. He enters the room where Sandra and Jeff and on the bed and
prepares to stab them both when Sandra sees him. Only one of the
trainees realizes what has happened before getting killed (Vicki), as
she returns from the cabin, goes upstairs and is found by the prowler,
who cuts her leg. Vicki backs up into the mangled corpse of Jeff and
screams and is killed. Eventually Ginny and Paul return to the camp,
and at the same time the killer is dragging the slain bodies of Sandra,
Jeff and Vicki down the stairs. Ginny and Paul discover the lights are
not working in the main cabin and sheets on an upstairs bed appear to
be covered in blood. Ginny screams in horror when she sees the dead
bodies of two of the counselors, and then opens the freezer and sees
the corpse of Crazy Ralph fall out. Paul is attacked by a figure whose
head is covered with a burlap sack as Ginny screams and runs out into
the dark woods.
After a lengthy chase, Ginny stumbles upon a run-down cabin and enters.
In the back room, she discovers a makeshift altar holding the severed
head of Pamela Voorhees. Littered around the altar are several bodies
of the recently slain victims as well as the rotten corpse of Alice.
The killer is identified as Jason Voorhees, who seems to have survived
his drowning. Ginny dons Mrs. Voorhees' sweater and deceives Jason into
believing that she is his mother (although Jason wises up when he sees
his mother's severed head). After Paul wrestles with Jason, Ginny slams
a machete through his shoulder. Paul and Ginny retreat back to their
cabin believing Jason is dead and find Muffin, Terry's pet dog. As
Ginny calls to Muffin to come, an unmasked Jason leaps through the
window and begins to pull Ginny out. Ginny wakes up while being placed
in an ambulance saying "Paul, Paul, where's Paul".
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