Friday the 13th's main character is the villain Jason Voorhees.
Friday the 13th (franchise) . 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 . Jason Voorhees is the main character from the Friday the 13th series . 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 is the case in Friday the 13th : A New Beginning .