<P> Twenty - two years later , on June 13 , 1980 , newly hired counselor Annie Phillips asks for directions to the reopened Camp Crystal Lake . A friendly truck driver named Enos agrees to drive Annie halfway , but an elderly man , Crazy Ralph , warns her against going , believing that the camp has a `` death curse '' . During the drive , Enos tells Annie about a young boy that drowned at Crystal Lake in 1957 and about the two murders the following year . After Enos drops her off , Annie hitches another ride from an unseen assailant , who chases her into the woods and slashes her throat . </P>
<P> Twenty - two years later , on June 13 , 1980 , newly hired counselor Annie Phillips asks for directions to the reopened Camp Crystal Lake . A friendly truck driver named Enos agrees to drive Annie halfway , but an elderly man , Crazy Ralph , warns her against going , believing that the camp has a `` death curse '' . During the drive , Enos tells Annie about a young boy that drowned at Crystal Lake in 1957 and about the two murders the following year . After Enos drops her off , Annie hitches another ride from an unseen assailant , who chases her into the woods and slashes her throat . </P>
when does the first friday the 13th take place
when does the first friday the 13th take place
June 13 , 1980
June 13 , 1980