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 Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan which included every film in the series, along with the 2009 remake; and again in 2018 in "The Ultimate Collection", which included the first eight Paramount-owned films only. In 2007, "Entertainment Weekly" labeled "Jason Takes Manhattan" the eighth-worst sequel ever made. In 2018, Scott Meslow of "GQ" wrote that the film was among the "most stylish" in the "Friday the 13th" series, adding: Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan is a 1989 American slasher film written and directed by Rob Hedden, and starring Jensen Daggett, Scott Reeves, Peter Mark Richman,