Jason Voorhees () is the main character from the "Friday the 13th" series. He first appeared in "Friday the 13th" (1980) as the young son of camp cook-turned-killer Mrs. Voorhees, in which he was portrayed by Ari Lehman. Created by Victor Miller, with contributions by Ron Kurz, Sean S. Cunningham and Tom Savini, Jason was not originally intended to carry the series as the main antagonist. The character has subsequently been represented in various other media, including novels, video games, comic books, and a crossover film with another iconic horror film character, Freddy Krueger. The character has primarily been an antagonist in the films, whether by stalking and killing the other characters, or acting as a psychological threat to the protagonist, as in the case of "".
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Jason Voorhees | Introduction
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Jason Voorhees first appears during a nightmare of the main character Alice Hardy (Adrienne King) in the original "Friday the 13th" film; he becomes the main antagonist of the series in its sequels. As well as the films, there have been books and comics that have either expanded the universe of Jason, or been based on a minor aspect of him.
Jason Voorhees | Appearances
For the role of Jason Voorhees, Miner cast British stuntman Richard Brooker.
Friday the 13th Part III | Casting
Richard Brooker (20 November 1954 – 8 April 2013) was an English actor and stuntman, perhaps best known for his role in "Friday the 13th Part III" as Jason Voorhees.
Richard Brooker | Introduction
John Hock appeared as Jason Voorhees in the opening dream sequence because Morga was unavailable when the scene was shot. He also performed the stunt where Roy fell off the barn.
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning | Cast
In addition to the shift in setting, Hedden stated he wanted to examine the character of Jason Voorhees as a child, which appears in the film in the form of hallucinations experienced by Rennie Wickham, the heroine. To conceal the fact that it was a "Friday the 13th" film, the initial working script circulated under the title "Ashes to Ashes."
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan | Development
Jason Voorhees is the main antagonist in the "Friday the 13th" series. He first appeared in "Friday the 13th" (1980) as Mrs. Voorhees's son, portrayed by Ari Lehman. Created in combination by Victor Miller, Ron Kurz, Sean S. Cunningham and Tom Savini, he was never intended to carry the series as the main villain. Jason Voorhees has also been represented in numerous novels, comic books, and a cross-over film with another horror legend, Freddy Krueger. The character has primarily been an antagonist in the films, whether by stalking and killing the characters, or acting as a psychological threat to the lead character, as is the case in "Friday the 13th: A New Beginning".
List of Friday the 13th characters | Jason Voorhees
When it came time to cast the role of Jason, Ari Lehman, who had received a part in Sean Cunningham's "Manny's Orphans", arrived to read for the character of Jack. Before he could get started, Cunningham walked in and offered him a different part: Jason. Without having read a single word, Cunningham just looked at Ari and said, "You're the right size, you've got it." In the original "Friday the 13th", Ari Lehman is seen only in a brief flashback as the surprise ending. Subsequent actors who portrayed a young Jason include Timothy Burr Mirkovich in "Jason Takes Manhattan" and Spencer Stump in "Freddy vs.
Jason Voorhees | Creating a monster
Jason Voorhees () is the main character from the "Friday the 13th" series. He first appeared in "Friday the 13th" (1980) as the young son of camp cook-turned-killer Mrs. Voorhees, in which he was portrayed by Ari Lehman. Created by Victor Miller, with contributions by Ron Kurz, Sean S. Cunningham and Tom Savini, Jason was not originally intended to carry the series as the main antagonist. The character has subsequently been represented in various other media, including novels, video games, comic books, and a crossover film with another iconic horror film character, Freddy Krueger. The character has primarily been an antagonist in the films, whether by stalking and killing the other characters, or acting as a psychological threat to the protagonist, as in the case of "".
Jason Voorhees | Introduction
Since Lehman's portrayal, the character has been represented by numerous actors and stuntmen, sometimes by more than one at a time; this has caused some controversy as to who should receive credit for the portrayal. In the fifth film, Jason is knocked off the edge of a barn loft and lands on a tractor harrow below, which impales him through the chest. The end of the film reveals that a character shown earlier as a paramedic, Roy, was using the hockey mask and boiler suit to imitate Jason in order to carry out his revenge-driven killing spree. This mask differs from those seen in the previous films, featuring two blue markings instead of three red markings.
List of Friday the 13th characters | Jason Voorhees
Jason". The adult role of Jason Voorhees has been played by various actors, some not credited, others taking great pride in their parts. Due to the physical demands the adult character requires, and the lack of emotional depth depicted, many of the actors since have been stuntmen. The most well known among them is Kane Hodder, who is cited as the best to play the role. Many ideas were suggested for the sequel to "Friday the 13th", including making the title part of a serialized film series, where each succeeding film would be its own story and not related to any previous film under the "Friday the 13th" moniker.
Jason Voorhees | Creating a monster
Elias Voorhees (or simply Mr. Voorhees) is the husband of Pamela Voorhees, and the father of Jason Voorhees and Diana Kimble. Virtually nothing is known about the character, making him one of few mysteries surrounding Jason in the series. The nature of Elias is much debated among fans largely due to what little information is given in "", which is the first installment to touch upon the character in any way. Though the scenes involving and mentioning Elias were edited out of the theatrical cut (but preserved in the novelization) it nevertheless is, to date, the most information given on the character.
List of Friday the 13th characters | Elias Voorhees
Jason" but turned it down after reading the script, as she stated in the ""Friday The 13th Reunion"". Nana Visitor played Pamela in the 2009 reboot.
Pamela Voorhees | Introduction
In "Friday the 13th Part III" (1982), Jason (Richard Brooker) escapes to a nearby lake resort, Higgins Haven, to rest from his wounds. At the same time, Chris Higgins (Dana Kimmell) returns to family property with some acquaintances. An unmasked and reclusive Jason kills anyone who wanders into the barn where he is hiding. Taking a hockey mask from a victim to hide his face, he leaves the barn to kill the rest of the group. Chris fends off Jason by slamming an axe into his head, but the night's events drive her into hysteria as the police take her away.
Jason Voorhees | Films
Long before Kirzinger took over the role of Jason Voorhees from Kane Hodder, he had ties to "Friday the 13th". He appeared in 1989's "" as a New York cook who gets in Jason's way while pursuing Rennie Wickham (Jensen Daggett) and Sean Robertson (Scott Reeves). Jason, played by Kane Hodder, threw Kirzinger over the counter. In addition to his role as the cook, Kirzinger also served as a stunt coordinator for the film. Kirzinger is only the second person besides Hodder to play Jason more than once as he doubled for the latter in the same movie in a few short scenes.
Ken Kirzinger | Early career
Stuntman Derek Mears was hired to portray Jason Voorhees at the recommendation of special make-up effects supervisor Scott Stoddard. Before the producers contacted him, Mears had already heard about the production of a new "Friday the 13th" and had decided to start physical training so he could pursue the role. He was unaware that Stoddard and other industry professionals were suggesting him to the producers. The studio worried that Mears' pleasant demeanor might affect his ability to portray a menacing character, but Mears assured them he was suitable for the role. According to Mears, "They were like, 'You're really nice ...
Friday the 13th (2009 film) | Casting
Brooker, a former trapeze artist, started his career in acting in a casting magazine, "Dramalogue". The casting call was for a big man to play a role in an upcoming movie directed by Steve Miner; however it wasn’t until after Richard’s tryout that he found out it was for the role of Jason Voorhees in "Friday the 13th: Part III". During filming of the series, Richard had to undergo hours of makeup work to play the role of Jason, as depicted in online photographs. According to the fan-made documentary, "Friday the 13th Part III: The Memoriam Documentary", Brooker was at this point in the series the fittest Jason to be played.
Richard Brooker | Career
Kane Hodder is the most well known of the stuntmen to have portrayed Jason Voorhees, having played the character in four consecutive films. The character's physical appearance has gone through many transformations, with various special makeup effects artists making their mark on the character's design, including makeup artist Stan Winston. Tom Savini's initial design has been the basis for many of the later incarnations. The trademark hockey mask did not appear until "Friday the 13th Part III". Since "Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives", filmmakers have given Jason superhuman strength, and near invulnerability. He has been seen as a sympathetic character, albeit one whose motivation for killing has been cited as driven by the immoral actions of his victims.
List of Friday the 13th characters | Jason Voorhees
Jason made his first cinematic appearance in the original "Friday the 13th" on May 9, 1980. In this film, Jason (Ari Lehman) is portrayed in the memories of his mother, Mrs. Voorhees (Betsy Palmer), and as a nightmare of the film's protagonist, Alice (Adrienne King). Although not a central character in the original movie, he is still the catalyst of the film's plot—Mrs. Voorhees, the main antagonist, seeks revenge for her son's drowning, which she blames on the irresponsible camp counselors. Jason's second appearance was in the sequel, "Friday the 13th Part 2" (1981). Revealed to be alive, an adult Jason exacts revenge on Alice for decapitating his mother in the original film.
Jason Voorhees | Films
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan is a 1989 American slasher film written and directed by Rob Hedden, and starring Jensen Daggett, Scott Reeves, Peter Mark Richman, and Kane Hodder as Jason Voorhees, reprising his role from "". The eighth installment in the "Friday the 13th" film series, it follows Jason as he stalks a group of high school graduates on a ship en route to New York City. It was the final film in the series to be distributed by Paramount Pictures in the United States until 2009, with the subsequent installments being distributed by New Line Cinema.
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan | Introduction
Since Lehman's portrayal, the character has been represented by numerous actors and stuntmen, sometimes by more than one at a time; this has caused some controversy as to who should receive credit for the portrayal. Kane Hodder is the best known of the stuntmen to portray Jason Voorhees, having played the character in four consecutive films. The character's physical appearance has gone through many transformations, with various special makeup effects artists, including Stan Winston, making their mark on the character's design. Tom Savini's initial design has been the basis for many of the later incarnations. The trademark hockey goalie mask did not appear until "Friday the 13th Part III".
Jason Voorhees | Introduction
Mrs. Voorhees was the mother I'd always wanted—a mother who would have killed for her kids." Miller was unhappy about the filmmakers' decision to make Jason Voorhees the killer in the sequels. "Jason was dead from the very beginning. He was a victim, not a villain."
Friday the 13th (1980 film) | Development
Pamela Voorhees is the mother of Jason and the main antagonist in the original "Friday the 13th". She was beheaded by Alice Hardy.
List of Friday the 13th characters | Pamela Voorhees
To fulfill this requirement, McLoughlin chose Jennifer Cooke, based on her performance in the television series "V". The role of Hawes, Tommy's would-be sidekick who dies within the first five minutes of the movie, was given to another television veteran, Ron Palillo, famous for the role of Horshack on "Welcome Back, Kotter". John Shepherd was asked to reprise his role as Tommy Jarvis from the previous film. Shepherd, an evangelical Christian who had reservations about returning to the series based on the atmosphere surrounding "A New Beginning", was attracted to "Jason Lives" based on the scene in which a praying girl is spared by Jason.
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives | Casting
Tom Savini agreed to return to make-up duties for "The Final Chapter" because he felt he should be the one to bring Jason full circle in terms of his look from child to man. Savini used his design from the original "Friday the 13th", with the same practice of application as before, but molded from Ted White's face. Since Jason is not the actual killer in "A New Beginning", it was not necessary to do any major designing for Jason's look. Only a head mask to cover the top and back of the head, like the one Brooker wore while wearing the hockey mask, was needed for the film.
Jason Voorhees | Design
Learning the legend of Jason Voorhees, he becomes convinced that Jason is some kind of deadite and travels to the Voorhees house to find and destroy the Necronomicon. Ash faces Jason again in the comic miniseries, "".
List of Friday the 13th characters | Ash Williams
Megan Garris is a character in "", played by Jennifer Cooke. A counselor working at the rebuilt and renamed Camp Forest Green, she is also the daughter of the local sheriff. Megan finds herself drawn to Tommy Jarvis, who claims to have brought local killer Jason Voorhees back from the dead while trying to cremate his body. Rebelling against her father's wishes and more than slightly motivated by the fact that she knows Tommy did not commit the murders as he was with her at the time one was being committed, she releases Tommy from jail and helps him track down Jason.
List of Friday the 13th characters | Megan Garris
In 1984, White played hockey masked murderer Jason Voorhees in "Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter", after the director needed a large man for the part. White reluctantly accepted because he needed the money. White asked not to be credited on screen for his part. He was later credited for the archive footage of him as Jason that was used in the . White was offered the role of Jason for "" and "", but turned them down. The roles ultimately went to stuntmen Tom Morga and C. J. Graham, respectively.
Ted White (stuntman) | Career
After the first day of filming, Mancuso decided that he disliked Bradley's appearance onscreen as Jason. Although the scenes that Bradley filmed—in which Jason kills the paintball playing executives—were kept in the completed picture, the rest of Jason's scenes were performed by C. J. Graham, an area restaurant manager and former soldier. As part of a stage show put on at the restaurant, a magician would hypnotize audience members and place them in a scenario during which they encountered Jason Voorhees; Graham, who stood 6'3 and weighed 250 lbs, was asked to play Jason for the scenario. "Jason Lives" special effects coordinator, Martin Becker, was in the audience for one such show, and recommended Graham to Mancuso and McLoughlin.
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives | Filming
Recurring characters in the series include Jason's vengeful mother Pamela Voorhees, Alice Hardy, Tommy Jarvis and Crazy Ralph.
List of Friday the 13th characters | Introduction
Eventually, the family are contacted by Dr. Maggie Burroughs, who is forming a group of people who have survived Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger. Steven is cynical, but Stephanie insists they let her help them. However, when the group meets up for the first time, they are attacked by Jason and Stephanie watches helplessly as her father is murdered in front of her. Upon discovering that, as a Voorhees, she is destined to become a killer just like her great-uncle, Stephanie dons a similar hockey mask and, during the final showdown, impales Jason with a machete, which weakens him enough for Tommy Jarvis to finish him off.
List of Friday the 13th characters | Stephanie Kimble
White went so far as to not speak to any of the other actors for long stretches. As filming continued, White's experience was not pleasant, and in one instance, he went to battle for co-star Judie Aronson, who played Samantha, when the director kept her naked in the lake for extended periods of time. Displeased with his experience from filming, White had his name removed from the credits. As with "Friday the 13th Part 2", there was confusion over who performed the role in "A New Beginning", partly because Jason is not the literal antagonist in the film. When Ted White turned down the opportunity to return, Dick Wieand was cast.
Jason Voorhees | Men behind the mask
Pamela Voorhees () is a character from the "Friday the 13th" film series. She first appeared in Sean S. Cunningham's "Friday the 13th" (1980) as the vengeful mother of Jason Voorhees, and was simply known as Mrs. Voorhees. The character was created by Victor Miller, and was portrayed by Betsy Palmer in the original film, as well as "Friday the 13th Part 2" (1981). Pamela was portrayed by Marilyn Poucher in "Friday the 13th Part III" (1982). She was portrayed by Paula Shaw in "Freddy vs. Jason" (2003). According to Palmer, she was asked to reprise her role for "Freddy vs.
Pamela Voorhees | Introduction
Instead, she creates a virus that reanimates the dead into zombies. The character of Pamela Voorhees returns from the grave in "Carnival of Maniacs", and she searches for Jason, who is now part of a traveling sideshow and about to be auctioned off to the highest bidder.
Friday the 13th (franchise) | Novels
Ari Lehman (born May 2, 1965) is an American performing artist, composer, and actor. He is known for playing the child Jason Voorhees in the Paramount horror film "Friday the 13th", becoming the first actor to portray the horror icon. Lehman currently performs in a punk rock/heavy metal band, First Jason.
Ari Lehman | Introduction
Kane Warren Hodder (born April 8, 1955) is an American actor, stuntman, and author. Hodder is best known for his portrayal of Jason Voorhees (five times) in the "Friday the 13th" franchise, with four films from the film series: "", "", "", "Jason X" and the video game "". He is also known for his role as Victor Crowley in the "Hatchet" series. He also played Leatherface during the stunts of "" and Freddy Krueger's clawed glove hand in "".
Kane Hodder | Introduction
During the film's climax, after his latest host is killed, Jason escapes in the form of a demonic fetus. He eventually ends up inside the cellar where Diana's body ended up and uses her body to completely resurrect himself, as he only requires the body of a Voorhees to be resurrected.
List of Friday the 13th characters | Diana Kimble
Jason Voorhees went from deceased child to full-grown man for "Friday the 13th Part 2", and Warrington Gillette was hired to play the role. Gillette auditioned for the role of Paul; that role eventually went to John Furey. Under the belief that he had attended the Hollywood Stuntman's School, Gillette was offered the role of Jason Voorhees. Initially Gillette was unsure about the character, but the idea of starring in his first film grew on Gillette, and he also thought the role was amusing. It became apparent Gillette could not perform the necessary stunts, so the stunt coordinator Cliff Cudney brought in Steve Daskawisz.
Jason Voorhees | Men behind the mask
The original storyline had Tommy Jarvis become the series' new antagonist, but after the poor fan reception of "A New Beginning", the producers instead brought Jason Voorhees back. In resurrecting Jason, McLoughlin made him an explicitly supernatural force for the first time in the series. This version of Jason, an undead and more powerful superhuman, would become the standard depiction for the rest of the series. The film also introduced metahumor and action film elements, including shootouts and car chases, into the series. "Jason Lives" was the first in the series to receive some positive reception from critics since the original.
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives | Introduction
Creighton Duke is a character in "", played by Steven Williams. An antiheroic bounty hunter who styles himself like a cowboy, Creighton witnesses Jason Voorhees being blown apart by the FBI, but remains unconvinced that Jason is truly dead. After several murders are committed in a style similar to Jason's, Creighton is hired by talk show host Robert Campbell to hunt down and kill Jason. Before going to search for Jason, Creighton attempts to warn Jason's half-sister Diana that Jason will be searching for her, but is arrested by Diana's boyfriend, the sheriff, for harassing her. While in jail, Creighton meets Steven Freeman, the ex-boyfriend of Diana's daughter Jessica who has been blamed for Jason's murder of Diana.
List of Friday the 13th characters | Creighton Duke
Graham was not brought back to reprise the role, but has often been cited as speaking highly of his time in the part. Kane Hodder took over the role in "The New Blood", and played Jason in the next four films. He previously worked alongside director John Carl Buechler on a film called "Prison". Based on his experience working with Hodder, Buechler petitioned Frank Mancuso Jr. to hire him, but Mancuso was apprehensive about Hodder's limited size. Knowing he planned to use full body prosthetics, Buechler scheduled a test screening, the first in "Friday the 13th" history for the character, and Mancuso immediately gave Hodder approval upon seeing him.
Jason Voorhees | Men behind the mask
Pamela appears very briefly in the more recent "Friday the 13th" reboot in the beginning credits chasing a young girl (presumably Alice). She is decapitated, as in the original film, and a young Jason Voorhees finds a locket containing pictures of him and his mother. Jason hears her voice telling him to "kill for mother."
Pamela Voorhees | Later films
In his original appearance, Jason was scripted as a mentally disabled young boy. Since "Friday the 13th", Jason Voorhees has been depicted as a non-verbal, indestructible, machete-wielding mass murderer. Jason is primarily portrayed as being completely silent throughout the film series. Exceptions to this include in part 3 when he grunts in pain several times when final girl Chris manages to stab him (once in the hand and once just above his knee), flashbacks of Jason as a child, a brief scene in "Jason Takes Manhattan" where the character cries out "Mommy, please don't let me drown!" in a child's voice before being submerged in toxic waste, and in "Jason Goes To Hell" where his spirit possesses other individuals.
Jason Voorhees | Characteristics
It stars Jared Padalecki, Danielle Panabaker, Aaron Yoo, Amanda Righetti, Travis Van Winkle, and Derek Mears and follows Clay Miller (Padalecki) as he searches for his missing sister, Whitney (Righetti), who is captured by Jason Voorhees (Mears) while camping in woodland at Crystal Lake. The film was originally conceived as an origin story, but the project evolved into a re-imagining of the first four "Friday the 13th" films. The character Jason Voorhees was redesigned as a lean, quick killer with a backstory that allows the viewer to feel sympathy for him, but not enough that he would lose his menace.
Friday the 13th (2009 film) | Introduction
The physical design of Jason Voorhees has gone through changes, some subtle and some radical. For "Friday the 13th", the task of coming up with Jason's appearance was the responsibility of Tom Savini, whose design for Jason was inspired by someone Savini knew as a child whose eyes and ears did not line up straight. The original design called for Jason to have hair, but Savini and his crew opted to make him bald, so he would look like a "hydrocephalic, mongoloid pinhead", with a dome-shaped head. Savini created a plaster mold of Ari Lehman's head and used that to create prosthetics for his face.
Jason Voorhees | Design
Actress Jensen Daggett was cast as the lead of Rennie Wickham, beating out Elizabeth Berkley and Pamela Anderson for the role. Lisa Wilcox was offered a role in the film but turned it down. Scott Reeves was cast in the role of Sean Robertson at the last minute after the producers felt the previously-cast actor had no sexual chemistry with Daggett. The film marked the feature debut of actress Kelly Hu. Peter Mark Richman was cast in the film as Charles McCulloch, the students' teacher and Rennie's uncle.
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan | Casting
Stephanie Kimble appears in "Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday". Originally played by actress Brooke Scher. She is the daughter of Jessica Kimble and Steven Freeman, and the great-niece of Jason Voorhees. In "Jason Goes to Hell", she is a baby and Jason tries to use her to be reborn in another body, but is stopped and sent to Hell by Jessica and Steven. Stephanie reappears in the comic book miniseries, "Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash: The Nightmare Warriors". Now a teenager, she suffers from nightmares about Jason Voorhees. Her mother Jessica (the protagonist of "Jason Goes to Hell ") is revealed to have died a few years earlier, and her father has spent thousands of dollars on psychiatric help for her, but none of it has been successful.
List of Friday the 13th characters | Stephanie Kimble
Since "", filmmakers have given Jason superhuman strength, regenerative powers, and near invulnerability. Some interpretations suggest that the audience has empathy for Jason, whose motivation for killing has been cited as being driven by the immoral actions of his victims and his own rage over having drowned as a child. Jason Voorhees has been featured in various humor magazines, referenced in feature films, parodied in television series, and was the inspiration for a horror punk band. Several toy lines have been released based on various versions of the character from the "Friday the 13th" films. Jason Voorhees's hockey mask is a widely recognized image in popular culture.
Jason Voorhees | Introduction
Steven Freeman first appears in "" and is played by John D. LeMay. Adam Marcus, director of the film, had originally intended for the character to be Tommy Jarvis, but New Line Cinema at that time lacked the legal rights to Tommy's character after buying the franchise from Paramount Pictures and the creative team had to write a new character and name for the film instead. Steven is Jessica Kimble's ex-boyfriend and the father of her baby Stephanie, with whom he has no contact. When Jessica's mother Diana is murdered by Jason Voorhees, Steven is blamed. In jail, he learns from bounty hunter Creighton Duke that Jason is attempting to be reborn through another Voorhees, and that Jessica and Stephanie are his only surviving blood relatives.
List of Friday the 13th characters | Steven Freeman
Voorhees, a middle-aged woman who claims to be an old friend of Steve and his family.
Friday the 13th (1980 film) | Plot
In addition, Amber Pawlick and Timothy Burr Mirkovich appear as young Rennie and young Jason, respectively. Ken Kirzinger, who portrays Jason in "Freddy vs. Jason", appears in this film as the cook who confronts Jason. Kirzinger served as a stunt coordinator for the film, and doubles as Jason in two short stunt scenes.
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan | Cast
On October 13, 2006, a "Friday the 13th" game was released for mobile phones. The game puts the user in the persona of Jason as he battles the undead. Jason also appears as a playable character in the fighting game "Mortal Kombat X" as a downloadable content bonus character. A new "" was released in 2017, which allows players to take control of Jason or camp counselors in a multiplayer format focused on Jason trying to kill the counselors before they can escape or time runs out.
Jason Voorhees | In popular culture
Her battle with Pamela Voorhees at the end of the first film serves as the catalyst for the events of the series, as Jason Voorhees witnessed the beheading of his mother. Alice appears briefly in the opening of the 2009 reboot portrayed by Stephanie Rhodes. This opening sequence quickly recapped the events of the original film skipping past Pamela's killing spree to the final confrontation in order to quickly tell the origin story of Jason before fast-forwarding to adult Jason.
Alice (Friday the 13th) | Introduction
Friday the 13th Part III is a 1982 American slasher film directed by Steve Miner, produced by Frank Mancuso Jr., and starring Dana Kimmell, Paul Kratka, and Richard Brooker. It is the third installment in the "Friday the 13th" film series. Set directly after the events of "Friday the 13th Part 2", the plot follows a teenage girl (Kimmell) and her friends who go on a trip at a house near Crystal Lake where a wounded Jason Voorhees (Brooker) has taken refuge until reemerging for another killing spree. The film marks the debut of Voorhees wearing his signature hockey mask, which has become a trademark of both the character and the franchise, as well as an icon in American cinema and the horror genre in general.
Friday the 13th Part III | Introduction
Rowan LaFontaine is the main protagonist in "Jason X", played by Lexa Doig. The project leader of a group running experiments on Jason Voorhees, she leads several unsuccessful attempts to execute him, and is ultimately forced to cryogenically freeze Jason when he escapes confinement and kills the team meant to transport him to another facility. However, before the process is complete, Jason breaches the containment with his machete and stabs Rowan in the abdomen, critically wounding her just as cryonics fluid spills into the room and freezes her along with him. Unfrozen in the year 2455 aboard the spacecraft the "Grendel", she is then forced to fight for her life when Jason awakens and starts killing everyone on the ship.
List of Friday the 13th characters | Rowan LaFontaine
Charles McCulloch is a character in "" portrayed by Peter Mark Richman. A Biology teacher at Lakeview High School, McCulloch is a chaperone aboard the SS "Lazarus"; a ship bound for New York City for a senior class trip. Much to his chagrin, his coworker Colleen Van Deusen brings his niece Rennie Wickham along, who has a strong fear of water. He ignores a deckhand's warning that Jason Voorhees is on board killing his students, stating that "Walking corpses don't exist" and he thinks the deckhand is responsible for the murders, until he discovers him dead from an axe to his back.
List of Friday the 13th characters | Charles McCulloch
A novelization of "Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives" was written by Simon Hawke in 1986; notably, the novelization features an appearance by a Mr. Voorhees, Jason's father who was originally meant to appear in the film but was cut. The book also includes various flashbacks to Jason's childhood and the backstories of characters such as Tommy and Sheriff Garris are also expanded.
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives | Novelization
Pamela (whose maiden name is never revealed) was born in 1930 (revealed in ""). At age 15, Pamela became pregnant by a man named Elias Voorhees. Very little is known about their romance and short marriage, aside from the fact that Pamela kept a class ring which she wore on her ring finger of her left hand (as seen in several scenes in the first "Friday the 13th" film). On June 13, 1946, at age 16, she gave birth to a hydrocephalic boy and she named him Jason, as shown in "". Because of his condition, Pamela never sent Jason to school, and was extremely overprotective of him.
Pamela Voorhees | "Friday the 13th"
Creighton tells Steven that Jason will be looking for Jessica because; if he manages to possess her he can recreate his body. Creighton later escapes his jail cell when a Jason-possessed Robert Campbell goes on a rampage at the police station while looking for Jessica. Going to the diner where Diana worked, Creighton abducts Stephanie, Steven and Jessica's infant daughter, and brings her to Pamela Voorhees's old house, leaving a note for Steven and Jessica telling them to meet him there. When Jessica and Steven arrive, Creighton gives Jessica a dagger, which he claims can kill Jason if it is used against him by someone of Voorhees descent.
List of Friday the 13th characters | Creighton Duke
Jason Voorhees ("Jason Lives", Plush) 10 inch tall with removable hockey mask, severed head, machete, ax, spear, cloth outfit, and fourteen points of articulation. Jason Voorhees (Hockey Jersey Edition) with machete and hockey jersey. Jason Voorhees ("The New Blood", Plush) 12 inch figure with full articulation and removable fabric jacket and removable hockey mask. This was the first 12" scale release.
Cinema of Fear | Exclusives
Scary, bloody and violent come to mind, too. Also very effective." Howard Pousner of "The Atlanta Constitution" was less laudatory, deeming the return of the Jason Voorhees character as a "ludicrous arrangement... before you know it, eight more people have been murdered in virtually every manner: a neck sliced by barbed wire, a skull smashed, a jugular macheteed "sic", a heart speared, et al."
Friday the 13th Part 2 | Critical response
Bradley, however, was replaced shortly thereafter by C. J. Graham. Bradley's involvement during the paintball scene is kept.
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives | Casting
When Jason (who has possessed a local deputy) arrives at the Voorhees house, he finds and possesses Diana's body, which had earlier been moved to the house by Robert Campbell. Attempting to fight the newly resurrected Jason, Creighton is incapacitated when Jason crushes his back in a bear hug. Adam Marcus, the director of "Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday", has imagined a backstory for Duke and claims that he survived his encounter with Jason off-screen after the film's conclusion and has hopes of creating a spin-off featuring the character. Marcus has said that he believes Creighton to be, after Jason, the best character in the "Friday the 13th" series, also stating Creighton "is the flip side of the Jason coin.
List of Friday the 13th characters | Creighton Duke
Virginia "Ginny" Field is a character in "Friday the 13th Part 2", played by Amy Steel. A friend of Paul Holt, she arrives at Crystal Lake to partake in his counselor training camp. Familiar with the legend of "Camp Blood", she initially feels sorry for Jason Voorhees, sympathizing with his lonely childhood and the traumatic death of his mother. However, when Jason enters the camp and murders all the counselors, Ginny is forced to fight for her life. She eventually discovers Jason's shack in the woods, and dons Pamela Voorhees's old sweater in effort to convince him she is his mother.
List of Friday the 13th characters | Ginny Field
While aboard a houseboat on Crystal Lake, Jim tells his girlfriend Suzi the legend of Jason Voorhees, before playing a prank on her with a hockey mask and a prop knife. The boat's anchor damages some underwater cables that shock Jason's corpse, which is still chained at the bottom of the lake, and revive him. He sneaks on board, takes the mask, and kills Jim with a harpoon gun before impaling Suzi with a barb. The next morning, the SS "Lazarus" is ready to set sail for New York City with a graduating senior class from Lakeview High School, chaperoned by biology teacher Dr.
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan | Plot
Jason first appeared outside of film in the 1982 novelization of "Friday the 13th Part 3" by Michael Avallone. Avallone chose to use an alternate ending, which was filmed for "Part 3" but never used, as the ending for his 1982 adaptation. In the alternate film ending, Chris, who is in the canoe, hears Rick's voice and immediately rushes back to the house. When she opens the door, Jason is standing there with a machete, and he decapitates her. Jason next appears in print in the 1986 novelization of "Jason Lives" by Simon Hawke, who also adapted the first three films in 1987 and 1988.
Jason Voorhees | Literature
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter is a 1984 American slasher film directed by Joseph Zito, produced by Frank Mancuso Jr., and starring Kimberly Beck, Corey Feldman, Crispin Glover, and Ted White. It is the fourth installment in the "Friday the 13th" film series. Picking up immediately after the events of "Part III", the plot follows a presumed-dead Jason Voorhees (White) who escapes from the morgue and returns to Crystal Lake to continue his killing spree. The film also introduces Tommy Jarvis (Feldman), a young boy who serves as a major foil to Jason and would return as the protagonist of the following two installments.
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter | Introduction
Whitney later uses her resemblance to Mrs. Voorhees to her advantage by distracting Jason long enough to stab him with his own machete. She and Clay then dump Jason's body in the lake, but he rises and grabs Whitney, leaving her fate unknown.
List of Friday the 13th characters | Whitney Miller
Centuries later, in the year 2008, Diane Cavanaugh, while fleeing from Jason Voorhees, unknowingly passes the tree accidentally shot by Ethan, which still has the bullet lodged in it; she also trips on the very rock used to kill him.
List of Friday the 13th characters | Ethan
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, "Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives" holds a 50% approval rating based on 28 reviews, with an average rating of 5.02/10. The consensus reads: “"Friday the 13th: Part VI - Jason Lives" indeed brings back ol' Voorhees, along with a sense of serviceable braindead fun.” "Variety" described the film as predictable but "reasonably slick". Caryn James of "The New York Times" called it "a gory waste of time", citing numerous logic problems and stating that McLoughlin's injecting humor into the series, while successful, was not enough to liven up the predictability of the story.
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives | Critical response
At the conclusion of the film, she, a student named Tsunaron and the gynoid Kay-Em 14 he created are the only survivors of Jason's attack, picked up by a rescue vessel while Jason is sent hurtling through the atmosphere of Earth II when the "Grendel" explodes.
List of Friday the 13th characters | Rowan LaFontaine
Jason X is a 2001 American science fiction slasher film directed by Jim Isaac, written by Todd Farmer and starring Lexa Doig, Lisa Ryder, Chuck Campbell, and Kane Hodder in his fourth and final cinematic appearance as Jason Voorhees. It is the tenth installment in the "Friday the 13th" film series. The plot follows Jason as he is cryogenically frozen and stays dormant for 445 years, until he is found and awoken by a group of students in the year 2455, allowing him to stalk and kill them one by one aboard their spaceship. When conceiving the film, Todd Farmer came up with the idea of sending Jason to space, suggesting to the studio that it was the only direction left for the series.
Jason X | Introduction
Judie Aronson was required to remain submerged in a highly freezing lake, in which she later developed hypothermia because of it, and Peter Barton was genuinely slammed against the shower wall when Jason attacks him. Ted White, who portrays Jason Voorhees, defended several of the actors by requesting Barton to have a crash pad, and threatening to quit when Zito refused to remove Aronson from the cold lake in-between takes. White and Zito maintained a hostile relationship on set, resulting in White demanding his name to be removed from the credits. According to White, Corey Feldman maintained a bratty attitude on set as a result from Zito's treatment.
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter | Filming
They stated, "We did not want to make Jason any less scary. He's still a brutal killer ... We never wanted to put them in a situation where Jason is a hero ... They're both villains to be equally feared." Brenna O'Brien, co-founder of Fridaythe13thfilms.com, saw the character as having sympathetic qualities. She stated, "[Jason] was a deformed child who almost drowned and then spent the rest of his childhood growing up alone in the woods. He saw his mother get murdered by a camp counselor in the first "Friday the 13th", and so now he exacts his revenge on anyone who returns to Camp Crystal Lake.
Jason Voorhees | Characteristics
Some time after , Tommy Jarvis is released from the mental institution, despite still having nightmares of the mass murderer Jason Voorhees—whom he . He returns to Crystal Lake, now renamed Forest Green, to confront his fears, alongside his friend Allen Hawes. The pair visit Jason's grave during a thunderstorm, hoping to cremate the killer's body and finally end Tommy's hallucinations. After digging up Jason's corpse, Tommy has flashbacks of his last encounter with Jason and furiously impales his body with a metal fence post, just as two lighting bolts strike the post, causing Jason to come back to life as an immortal revenant.
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives | Plot
Five years later, a group of teenagers arrive at Crystal Lake to set up a new camp, but Jason murders them. Ginny Field (Amy Steel), the last counselor Jason attempts to kill, finds a cabin in the woods with a shrine built around the severed head of Mrs. Voorhees. Ginny fights back and slams a machete through Jason's shoulder. Jason is left for dead as Ginny is taken away in an ambulance. During the events of "Friday the 13th Part III" (1982), Jason (Richard Brooker) removes the machete from his shoulder and finds his way to Chris Higgins' (Dana Kimmell) local homestead.
Friday the 13th (franchise) | Plot
Believing she had killed him, she steps over Josh's body only for Jason to grab her and tries to transfer his soul into her. However, the father of her granddaughter, Steven Freeman enters the house and seeing Diana being attacked, attacks Josh unaware that he is actually Jason. During the ensuing struggle, Diana is killed and Jason escapes. Steven is blamed for her murder and arrested. Her daughter's current boyfriend, American Casefiles host Robert Campbell, later steals her body from the morgue and places it in the Voorhees house to have it found by the police to spice up his shows ratings, only for Jason to transfer his soul from Josh's body to Roberts.
List of Friday the 13th characters | Diana Kimble
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood is a 1988 American slasher film directed by John Carl Buechler and starring Lar Park Lincoln, Kevin Blair, Susan Blu, Terry Kiser, and Kane Hodder as Jason Voorhees, a role he would reprise in three subsequent films. It is the seventh installment in the "Friday the 13th" film series. Set years after the events of "", the plot follows a psychokinetic teenage girl (Lincoln) who unwittingly releases Jason from his tomb at the bottom of the lake, allowing him to go on another killing spree at Crystal Lake. "The New Blood" was intended to have a higher standard of quality than that of the previous installments, with high-profile directors being considered to helm the project.
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood | Introduction
Online magazine Salon's Andrew O'Hehir describes Jason as a "silent, expressionless...blank slate." When discussing Jason psychologically, Sean S. Cunningham said, "...he doesn't have any personality. He's like a great white shark. You can't really defeat him. All you can hope for is to survive." Since "Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives", Jason has been a "virtually indestructible" being. Tom McLoughlin, the film's director, felt it was silly that Jason had previously been just another guy in a mask, who would kill people left and right, but get "beaten up and knocked down by the heroine at the end". McLoughlin wanted Jason to be more of a "formidable, unstoppable monster".
Jason Voorhees | Characteristics
Mears got his breakthrough lead role in the 2009 "Friday the 13th" film. He was recommended to the producers, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form of Platinum Dunes, by make-up and special effects guru Scott Stoddard, who created the new look for Mears' character, Jason Voorhees. Due to Mears' height at he is one of the tallest actors who have portrayed Jason, beside Ken Kirzinger, who stands at a similar height to Mears. He was nominated for an MTV Movie Award in the category for Best Villain for his portrayal of Voorhees, but lost to Heath Ledger as the Joker in "The Dark Knight".
Derek Mears | Life and career
Voorhees wore the sweater in the original version of "Friday the 13th".
Friday the 13th (2009 film) | Writing
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (stylized onscreen as Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI) is a 1986 American slasher film written and directed by Tom McLoughlin, and starring Thom Mathews, Jennifer Cooke, David Kagen, and C.J. Graham. It is the sixth installment in the "Friday the 13th" film series and the last one to feature Tommy Jarvis (Mathews) as the protagonist. Continuing on from the events of "", the plot follows Jason Voorhees (Graham) after he is unwittingly resurrected by Tommy, who was attempting to get rid of his body in order to escape his fear of him, and returns to Crystal Lake for a new killing spree, while Tommy attempts to stop him once and for all.
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives | Introduction
Producer Sean S. Cunningham originally conceived an action-horror film in which Jason Voorhees would battle Freddy Krueger of the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" series. Paramount Pictures, who had released the previous eight "Friday the 13th" films, negotiated with New Line Cinema over the rights to the series, and ultimately granted New Line rights to the Jason Voorhees character, but retained control of the "Friday the 13th" title. New Line placed Cunningham's idea for a Freddy-versus-Jason film on hold, prompting him to generate a different script to precede that plot line. Cunningham's original idea would later manifest as "Freddy vs.
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday | Development and writing
In the final scene, her mummified head is portrayed by actress Connie Hogan in makeup - originally intended for a deleted scene showing her opening her eyes and smiling. Pamela is seen again in "Friday the 13th Part III" when lone survivor Chris Higgins has a nightmare which ends with Pamela's corpse (played by the Second Assistant Director, Marilyn Poucher), wearing her blue sweater with head attached, reaching up from the lake to pull her under. She is seen again in "Freddy vs. Jason" (played this time by Paula Shaw), seen in Hell commanding her son to kill the children of Elm Street; however, it turns out that it is actually Freddy Krueger masquerading as Pamela in order to manipulate Jason for his own ends.
Pamela Voorhees | Later films
Jessica Kimble is a character in "", played by Kari Keegan. She is the niece of Jason Voorhees and daughter of Diana Kimble. While searching for a host body, Jason tries to transfer his soul into Jessica's baby, Stephanie, but later claims Diana's instead. Being a Voorhees, Jessica is the only one who can kill Jason, and is responsible for sending him to Hell with an enchanted dagger after he recreates his body after possessing Diana's body. In the comic book "Freddy vs Jason vs Ash: The Nightmare Warriors", Steven mentions that Jessica died. Dean Lorey, the writer of "Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday", has stated he had Jessica be a mother because "I thought that a mother fighting to protect her baby would really up the stakes and elevate the movie." Lorey would later regret this decision, agreeing with film director Adam Marcus that Jessica having a child "made her less sexy and, therefore, less appealing to the core audience."
List of Friday the 13th characters | Jessica Kimble
Voorhees does not intend to take her to the camp. Betsy Palmer explains how she developed the character of Mrs. Voorhees:
Friday the 13th (1980 film) | Casting
J.J. Jarrett is a character in "", portrayed by Saffron Henderson. She is first seen aboard the SS "Lazarus", playing her guitar while being filmed by her young friend, aspiring film school student, Wayne. After giving him some advice about women, she heads down into the lower decks of the ship in order to take advantage of the superior guitar acoustics the cavernous interior will offer. As J.J. loses herself in a jam session, she fails to notice Jason stalking her until the last minute. Upon seeing him, she panics and runs deeper into the bowels of the ship. After running down a flight of steps, she suddenly stops and lets out a blood-curdling scream, just as Jason, who has gotten in front of her and is wielding her guitar, swings the heavy instrument at her head, smashing her skull.
List of Friday the 13th characters | J.J. Jarrett
According to Tom McLoughlin's treatment, the red-haired Elias is depicted as being silent, but quite intimidating. The caretaker of Jason's grave makes sure not to touch Elias's hand when taking his payment and is careful not to look into his eyes. There is a general belief that Elias is quite aware of what Jason is. This evidence stems from the fact that Elias paid for burials of Jason and Pamela rather than a cremation, which would have prevented Jason's resurrection. Additionally, at the end of the film and novel, Elias is seemingly aware of the fact that Jason's body is no longer in his grave (in the deleted scene, he peers into the camera; in the novel, he looks in the direction of the lake where he was left defeated in the film).
List of Friday the 13th characters | Elias Voorhees
Derek Mears (born April 29, 1972) is an American actor and stuntman. Often appearing in horror and science-fiction titles, he came to prominence for portraying Jason Voorhees in the 2009 reboot of "Friday the 13th". His film roles also include "The Hills Have Eyes 2" (2007), "Predators" (2010), "" (2011), "" (2013), and "" (2019). On television, he played the title character in the series "Swamp Thing" (2019).
Derek Mears | Introduction
Pamela Voorhees is initially laid to rest in a run down, roadside cemetery seen in "The Final Chapter". When Jason is killed by Tommy Jarvis a few years later, it is presumed that her body is relocated to Eternal Peace Cemetery along with her son. Although Pamela does not share her son's immortality, she does reappear in later films. The character is seen again in the climax of "Friday the 13th Part 2" in which Betsy Palmer reprises her role when Jason sees his mother talking to him but it is one of Jason's potential victims trying to fool him.
Pamela Voorhees | Later films
Lori Campbell is a character in "Freddy vs. Jason", played by Monica Keena. Her name was inspired by both character Laurie Strode from the Halloween franchise and actress Neve Campbell who played Sidney Prescott in the horror film "Scream". Being one of the few residents of Springwood who realizes Jason Voorhees is responsible for the recent string of murders there and not Freddy Krueger, Lori and her boyfriend Will, along with their friends, make several attempts to stop the latter's return to full power. After a failed attempt at retrieving the dream suppressant Hypnocil and after Jason is left comatose due to the machinations of Freddy, Lori volunteers to enter the dream world and confront Freddy there and bring him to earth; after nearly being raped by Freddy and learning he was responsible for the death of her mother as a child, Lori does successfully force him into entering the real world, where he and the reawakened Jason battle in Crystal Lake.
List of Friday the 13th characters | Lori Campbell
Steven escapes from jail and tries to warn Jessica of the danger she and their daughter are in, but she does not believe his story. When Jason attacks Jessica in the body of her current boyfriend Robert Campbell, Steven guns him down and saves her. Steven and Jessica eventually travel to the Voorhees house to retrieve their baby from Duke, who reveals that Jessica is the only one capable of killing Jason permanently. When Jason is finally reborn through Diana's corpse, he and Steven engage in a fist fight until Jessica uses a mystical dagger to send Jason to Hell.
List of Friday the 13th characters | Steven Freeman
The decision to retcon the events of "Part V" resulted in many members of that film's cast—whose characters had survived—having their contracts to return for a sequel terminated. At one point in time when "Jason Lives" was being considered as a direct sequel to "A New Beginning" rather than to "The Final Chapter", the surviving characters Pam and Reggie from "A New Beginning" were to have died in the film's opening moments. Although Mancuso retained control over the film's casting, he deferred to McLoughlin's judgment; the only caveat was that the final girl had to be a "very attractive blonde".
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives | Casting
Jim Miller is a character in "", played by Todd Caldecott. Jim is the one who accidentally brings Jason back to life. He is a Lakeview High Student. While on his boat travelling to the "Lazarus" graduation party ship, he and his girlfriend Suzie (Tiffany Paulson) have sex. He plays a trick on Suzie scaring her in a hockey mask, she is initially angry but they go back to bed leaving the hockey mask on the boat's wheel. Meanwhile, Jason has boarded the boat, he takes the mask and fires a harpoon gun at Jim and Suzie, Suzie runs out the open window but Jim is disemboweled with the harpoon.
List of Friday the 13th characters | Jim Miller
"Jason X" would mark Hodder's last performance as Jason, to date. Todd Farmer, who wrote the screenplay for "Jason X", knew that Hodder would play Jason from the beginning. Jim Isaac was a fan of Hodder's work on the previous films, so hiring him was an easy decision.
Jason Voorhees | Men behind the mask
Fleeing from Jason, Kristen manages to reach Neil and inject him with the tissue sample before luring Jason into the launch bay of her lab, where she proceeds to launch him into space in a shuttle. With Jason gone, Kristen returns to the now fully healthy Neil who, upon seeing Kristen, attacks her with a knife, driven to do so by the voice of Pamela Voorhees. As she lies on the floor dying, Kristen is cursed at by Neil, who now has Pamela's voice, and watches as he kills himself by slitting his own throat.
List of Friday the 13th characters | Kristen
Jane McDowell is a character in "", played by Staci Greason. She is the girlfriend of Michael Rogers, played by William Butler, whose surprise birthday party, thrown by his cousin and their friends, the pair are en route to when their car breaks down, forcing them to walk the remainder of the way through the woods. They decide to take a quick break so that Michael can relieve himself. While Jane waits a short distance away, Jason, having just been resurrected from the depths of Crystal Lake, surprises her. Grabbing her from behind, he covers her mouth to stifle her screams, before pushing her against a tree and ramming a metal tent spike through the front of her throat, killing her and pinning her body to the tree.
List of Friday the 13th characters | Jane McDowell
The game's primary killer is Jason Voorhees, the series' most recurring antagonist. Nine different versions of Jason are playable, based on his appearances from the second, third, , , , , and films, and make-up artist Tom Savini's own Jason created exclusively for backers of the game. A palette swap of the Jason from the third film shows him tinted purple, which is a tribute to the NES game. Each Jason has his own strengths and weaknesses and many also have different weapons. Additionally, players have the option of selecting Roy Burns, the Jason copycat killer from the . There are fourteen playable counselors in the game, each of whom have their own strengths and weaknesses.
Friday the 13th: The Game | Characters
In 1987, seven years after the release of the motion picture, Simon Hawke produced a novelization of "Friday the 13th". One of the few additions to the book was Mrs. Voorhees begging the Christy family to take her back after the loss of her son; they agreed. Another addition in the novel is more understanding in Mrs. Voorhees' actions. Hawke felt the character had attempted to move on when Jason died, but her psychosis got the best of her. When Steve Christy reopened the camp, Mrs. Voorhees saw it as a chance that what happened to her son could happen again.
Friday the 13th (1980 film) | Novelization
Friday the 13th is an American horror franchise that comprises twelve slasher films, a television series, novels, comic books, video games, and tie‑in merchandise. The franchise mainly focuses on the fictional character Jason Voorhees, who drowned as a boy at Camp Crystal Lake due to the negligence of the camp staff. Decades later, the lake is rumored to be "cursed" and is the setting for a series of mass murders. Jason is featured in all of the films, as either the killer or the motivation for the killings. The original film, created to cash in on the success of "Halloween" (1978), was written by Victor Miller and was produced and directed by Sean S.
Friday the 13th (franchise) | Introduction
During his rant, Jason Voorhees bursts into the house and crushes his head as Stephanie looks on in horror. The book "Making Friday the 13th: The Legend of Camp Blood" describes Steven as "a deadbeat who refuses to grow up and take responsibility for his actions, but who, nonetheless, eventually summons the courage to fight Jason". Horror website Slasherama labels him "plucky, if rather geeky" and "one of the more quirky "Friday" heroes". The role was initially offered to Blair Underwood but he refused it for "personal reasons"; "Making Friday the 13th" asks whether having a "strong African-American presence" may have been beneficial for the series, but concludes that it is a moot point since Jason is "an equal opportunity killing machine".
List of Friday the 13th characters | Steven Freeman