Devotees discuss favorite characters, share fan fiction and even upload videos with clips from the shows and set them to music. The television series, canceled in 1990 after just three seasons, had no connection to the story line of the "Friday the 13th" slasher films, although it was produced by some of the same people. Instead of a maniac in a hockey mask, the series followed the adventures of three people -- distant cousins Micki Foster and Ryan Dallion and their mentor and friend Jack Marshak -- as they hunted down cursed antiques that, in most episodes, killed not only their owners but took plenty of other victims along the way. The show, "F13:TS" to its fans, used what are by today's standards B-level special effects, with plenty of fog and flashing lights, and had as its lead actress Louise Robey, a former model whose previous claim to fame was a hit video. [...] no wonder: [...] the DVDs were issued, watching the show took real work. Robey is keenly aware of the show's ardent fans and she's not surprised people are still drawn to the series: We made what is a beautiful cult show.
