Friday the 13th one occurrence each. A Friday the 13th occurs during any month that begins on a Sunday. The fear of the number 13 has been given a scientific name: "triskaidekaphobia"; and on analogy to this the fear of Friday the 13th is called "paraskevidekatriaphobia", from the Greek words "Paraskeví" (Παρασκευή, meaning "Friday"), and "dekatreís" (δεκατρείς, meaning "thirteen"). The superstition surrounding this day may have arisen in the Middle Ages, "originating from the story of Jesus' last supper and crucifixion" in which there were 13 individuals present in the Upper Room on the 13th of Nisan Maundy Thursday, the night before his
Friday the 13th (1980 film) the counselors, because she saw them all as responsible for Jason's death. A number of scenes from the film were recreated in "Friday the 13th: Pamela's Tale", a two-issue comic book prequel released by WildStorm in 2007. In 2016, the book "On Location in Blairstown: The Making of Friday the 13th" was released detailing the planning and filming of the movie. Film scholar Williams views "Friday the 13th" as "symptomatic of its era," particularly Reagan-era America, and part of a trajectory of films such as "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" (1974) and "Race with the Devil" (1975), which "exemplify a