Friday the 13th Screenwriter Victor Miller Dies at 86

Victor Miller, the screenwriter who helped establish Friday the 13th as one of horror’s most enduring franchises, has died at the age of 86. His son Ian Miller confirmed his death to Variety, with the writer passing away in Alameda, California. Miller wrote the original 1980 Friday the 13th, a low-budget slasher that became a major influence on the genre. While he did not write the subsequent sequels, his screenplay established the Camp Crystal Lake setting and the formula that…