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''Friday the 13th: The Series'' was a Television Series that ran for three seasons, from September 1987 to May of 1990 . The plot of the series was completely unrelated to the film series of the Same Name , although both the TV series and several of the films were Produced by Frank Mancuso Jr. . PREMISE "Lewis Vendredi made a deal with the devil to sell cursed antiques. But he broke the pact, and it cost him his soul. Now, his niece Micki, and her cousin Ryan have inherited the store... and with it, the curse. Now they must get everything back. And the real terror begins." --prologue that opened each episode. An antiques dealer named Lewis Vendredi made a deal with the Devil to sell cursed antiques out of his antique store, "Vendredi's Antiques", in exchange for wealth and immortality. Once all of the antiques were sold, Vendredi was overcome by guilt and tried to reclaim them. The deal broken, the Devil came and claimed Vendredi's soul before he could recover the antiques. The task then fell to the three inheritors of the shop:
The series follows the three inheritors as they hunt down the cursed antiques, which are usually in the possession of people who have discovered their evil powers and are reluctant to give them up. Since the cursed antiques are completely indestructible, the ones that the group has acquired are locked away in a vault beneath "Curious Goods", the renamed antique store. Most of the stories in the series deal with people using the cursed objects for their own personal gain. All of the cursed objects grant either the user's deepest desire or some extraordinary power. For example, there is a cursed scalpel that gives a surgeon the ability to cure anyone and a cursed scarecrow that will guarantee a bountiful harvest. However, the curse always requires someone to die at the hands of the cursed object. For example, in order for the scalpel to work the surgeon will need to kill someone else with the scalpel. In order for the scarecrow to work, the farmer will need to pin a picture of someone on the scarecrow and the scarecrow will come to life and kill the person in the portrait. In most instances, the person using the cursed object ends up becoming a victim to the object's curse. Occasionally, there would be an episode in which the trio would have to deal their uncle's spirit or failed to obtain a cursed object, and the search would be continued in another episode. Like the other horror movies of the time. SECOND AND THIRD SEASON The second season saw the introduction of a fourth protagonist, Johnny Ventura (played by Steve Monarque ), a friend of Micki's who would help them out from time to time. At the beginning of the third season, Ryan was turned into a little boy at the end of "The Prophecies", and was replaced full-time by Johnny Ventura. Initially, the show received acceptable ratings because of its late night time slot. When the show became more popular, the network moved the show to prime time and was well received critically and attracted more fans. However, the new time slot also attracted activist groups attacking the show's constant depiction of blood, death, and general violence. Ultimately, the network cancelled the show and sold it to syndication. TRIVIA The only cursed item that the trio officially failed to obtain was called 'Shard of Medusa', which was being used by a sculptress to create statues of models she killed. The status of a pair of cursed snowshoes is unknown because the episode never addressed the cursed snowshoes at the end. The episode was mostly about Micki and Johnny retrieving a cursed Pool Cue while Ryan and Jack went after the snowshoes. Supposedly, the creators of the show planned the final item to be the hockey mask that supposedly belonged to Jason Voorhees , the killer from the film series. However, it never came into existence due to the sudden cancellation and the last item was a time portal painting activated by blood. The original title for the series was going to be "The 13th Hour" but the producers nixed it, for fear that people would be confused. EPISODE LIST First season Second season Third season EXTERNAL LINKS |
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