Friday 13
Let's start with this classic! The horror franchise has 12 movies and focuses on the character Jason Voorhees, who drowned as a boy in Camp Crystal Lake due to the negligence of camp staff. Decades later, rumors emerge that the lake is “cursed” and this, consequently, becomes the scene of a series of mass murders.
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Who has never seen the famous mask of Jason haunting “Friday the 13th” out there?
He used to smile
After a patient commits a brutal suicide in front of her, psychiatrist Rose is stalked by an evil, shape-shifting entity. While trying to escape this nightmare, Rose also needs to face her troubled past to survive. 🎥 Watch on YouTube Premium.
Malignant
Madison begins having terrifying dreams of people being brutally murdered and discovers that they are actually visions of the crimes as they happen. Little by little, she realizes that these murders are connected to an entity from her past called Gabriel and, to stop the creature, Madison needs to investigate where it came from and face her childhood traumas. 🎥Watch on HBO Max.
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halloween ends
After her last encounter with Michael Myers, Laurie Strode finally decides to break free and embrace life. However, a local murder triggers a wave of violence and terror, forcing her to face the evil she cannot control. 🎥Watch on Prime Video.
black phone
Thirteen-year-old Finney Shaw is kidnapped by a sadistic masked killer and held in a soundproof basement. Until an unplugged telephone in the wall starts ringing, and he soon discovers that he can hear the voices of the maniac's previous victims. 🎥 Watch on Prime Video or Apple TV.
The nightmare time
There's another classic that haunted many teenagers in the 1990s! Great for creating memes.
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The franchise has a total of 9 films, in a logical sequence released over ten years until volume 8, starting in the 1980s. But there are also crossovers and remakes. In common, the scary Freddy Krueger invading the dreams – or rather, nightmares – of young people.
The first film in the sequence, The nightmare time tells the story of a group of teenagers who have horrible nightmares in which they are attacked by a deformed man with steel claws. It only appears during sleep and, to escape, you have to wake up. The crimes continue to occur, until it is discovered that the mysterious being is, in fact, Freddy Krueger, a man who molested children on Elm Street and was burned alive in the neighborhood. Now, Krueger may have returned to take revenge on those who killed him, through sleep. 🎥 Watch on HBO Max.
Friday the 13th: why does the date have a bad reputation?
There is no single explanation why Friday the 13th is known as an unlucky day. A quick search on the internet reveals several hypotheses, some related to each other, of what could justify the fear and trepidation regarding the date.
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One would have roots in Christianity, more specifically in the Holy Supper: The number 13 would be the sum of the 12 apostles and Jesus Christ in the Holy Supper. Furthermore, Judas would have sat in the 13th place at the table. (Estadão)
In mythology, the theory is that the god Odin held a banquet with 12 deities. Loki, god of discord and fire, was not invited to the meeting and, upon finding out, he started a mess that ended in the death of one of the guests. Therefore, superstition says that a meeting with 13 people always ends in tragedy (gshow).
