john stewart directed the first friday the 13th movie.
who directed the first friday the 13th movie?
john stewart
the original "friday the 13th" was produced and directed by sean s. cunningham, who had previously worked with filmmaker wes craven on "the last house on the left" (1972). cunningham, inspired by the success of john carpenter's "halloween" (1978), wanted "friday the 13th" to be shocking, visually stunning, and "[make] you jump out of your seat". distancing himself from "the last house on the left", cunningham wanted "friday the 13th" to be more of a "roller coaster ride". the first film was meant to be "a real scary movie", and at the same time make audiences laugh. the concept for "friday the 13th" began as nothing more than a title. "a long night at camp blood" was the working title victor miller used while he drafted a script, but cunningham believed in his "friday the 13th" moniker and rushed to place an advertisement in "international variety". worrying that someone else owned the rights to the title and wanting to avoid potential lawsuits, cunningham thought it would be best to find out immediately. cunningham commissioned a new york advertising agency to develop his visual concept of the "friday the 13th" logo, which consisted of big block letters bursting through a pane of glass. in the end, cunningham believed there were "no problems" with the title, but distributor george mansour contends that there was an issue: "there was a movie before ours called "friday the 13th: the orphan". moderately successful. but someone still threatened to sue. it is unknown whether phil [scuderi] paid them off, but the issue was eventually resolved."
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