PICTURES: The Camp Crystal Lake Diaries: An Exploration Into Friday the 13th (1980)

Camp Crystal Lake, called Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco in real life, was the setting for “Friday the 13th.” Its camp counselors are terrorized by vengeful mother Pamela Voorhees as they try to reopen the camp that was the site of her son’s drowning many years before. (PARAMOUNT PICTURES / CONTRIBUTED PHOTO)

The Morning Call

Oct. 30, 2014 4:55 PM PT

Allentown-local David Zernhelt self-published the first in a book series about the “Friday the 13th” horror films.

Camp Crystal Lake counselors join in song around the campfire in this still from the original “Friday the 13th.” All of the counselors are brutally murdered in the film by Pamela Voorhees, who is seeking revenge for her son’s drowning at the camp several years before. (PARAMOUNT PICTURES / CONTRIBUTED PHOTO)

The sign for the Blairstown Diner glows brightly in this still from the original “Friday the 13th.” The diner was used as a set location for some of the Annie scenes in the film. (PARAMOUNT PICTURES / CONTRIBUTED PHOTO)