It again reteams Scorsese with his favorite actor, Robert De Niro, who had appeared inMean Streets (1973),Taxi Driver (1976), New York, New York (1977),Raging Bull (1980),andThe King of Comedy (1982).You""re the luckiest man on the face of the earth...Nobody goes the distance with me." He was ready to fight again and delivered a challenge to knock Rocky out again, in a second-shot rematch: "I can beat that chump...We live in Claustrophobia, a land of steel and concrete, trapped by dark waters.There is no escape, nor do we want it.We""ve come to thrive on it and each other.You can""t get the adrenalin pumpin"" without the terror, good people...I love this town."All the future places of gruesome stalkings in NYC by the hockey-masked killer were foreshadowed:downtown with gangbang membersthe sewer (a manhole cover with steam emanating)the alley with street-gang thugsthe barrel of slimy waterthe dinerthe subway and its long escalatorand drug-addicts in another alleyA modern houseboat, namedLady Drifter, sailed peacefully by the run-down Crystal Lake campground, with onboard teenaged lovers - two seniors from Lakeview High School:Jimmy Miller (Todd Shaffer)Suzi Donaldson (Tiffany Paulsen)The two had sailed there to join their graduation cruise to the "seductive city" - graduation day was the 13th of the month.There is little communication between Jeffrey and his mother - she is immersed in her own fantasy world.Three pink-dressed bridesmaids run along the street with gift packages - two of the hree are the girlfriends of Stan and Axel (Mary Ann Haenel, Mady Kaplan, and Amy Wright).