On Location: Camp NoBeBoSco

When I was nine, someone told me that the first Friday the 13th was filmed at Lake Waramaug in Kent, Connecticut. When our bus stopped there briefly on a school trip, I found a beach and proclaimed it the beach that Mrs. Voorhees was decapitated on. The teachers just about had to drag me back onto the bus.

Of course, I had been told wrong-- although Part 2 had in fact been filmed just a couple of miles away, I had the wrong beach at the wrong lake in the wrong state.

Since then, its been a bucket list item to get to the right beach. And last October I finally did just that-- on the 39th anniversary of the day they filmed Ari Lehman pulling Adrienne King into the 40-something degree waters of Sand Pond that frigid October day in 1979.

Adrienne was there herself--just the sweetest person you can imagine--and we even got a surprise visit from Robbie Morgan and Officer Dorf himself (all in character of course). Really great time! Here's a few photos. 

The fireplace in Van Deusen lodge, where most of the interiors were shot (including strip monopoly and Mrs. Voorhees monologue).

Van Deusen lodge: nice touch.

They let you get photos with the original sign at the end of the tour. Nice touch.

Adrienne is the nicest.

One of the larger cabins, which was altered by the crew to turn it into the bathroom.

Sand Pond! Finally made it!

The shop where the first two murders were filmed.

Adrienne acted as M.C.

Officer Dorf.

It was cold that day but they gave us sweatshirts and stainless steel thermoses as part of the tour, so that was nice.