In the end, Cunningham believed there were "no problems" with the title, but distributor George Mansour stated, "There was a movie before ours called Friday the 13th: The Orphan.
Nakonec Cunningham uvěřil, že s názvem nejsou žádné problémy, ale distributor George Mansour prohlásil: "Před naším filmem existoval jiný nazvaný Friday the 13th: The Orphan.