It's still a classic but, in this viewing, I was struck at how rooted in Psycho [1960] Friday the 13th is.
It starts giving you hints with a score that openly echoes the shower scene. Midway through there is the slapped hanging light, and throughout there is the giant knife motif.
At the end is a clear juxtapositioning of Norman and his mother. In FT13 the "psycho" mom voices her dead son's wishes egging her to more guilt-induced murders (including one by a shower).
Even Jason being under the lake mimics Mrs Bates being in the basement "under" the house. Jason's mother resents the love-making counselors & Norman's "mother" resents his sexual attractions; it really does go on.
I think it still holds up 34 years later & it's always hilarious to see a young Kevin Bacon. 
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