Friday the 13th is series of films.
Friday the 13th is an American horror franchise that comprises twelve slasher films , a television show , novels , comic books , video games , and tie‑in merchandise , as of 2017 . 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 . A media franchise is a collection of related media in which several derivative works have been produced from an original creative work , such as a film , a work of literature , a television program or a video game .