Sean S Cunningham, director
The title came first. I was trying to finish a kids’ movie and wasn’t getting the response I’d hoped for. We thought it might be because of the title so started free-associating. I came up with Friday the 13th. Then I thought: “If I had a movie called Friday the 13th, I’d know how to sell that.” Six months later, when we were figuring out a film to do next, I said: “Let’s try Friday the 13th.”
