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an attack by a disfigured man who turns out to be Jason Voorhees. Jason, who is still living in the forest, attacks her again at her summer home and murders her friends. Chris manages to hit Jason in the head with an axe, before suffering a hallucination of Jason's mother dragging her into the lake, similar to the ending of the first "Friday the 13th". She is then taken away by the police, severely traumatized. In the opening sequence of "Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
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C. J. Graham is an American actor who became one of many actors/stuntmen to play Jason Voorhees in the of the "Friday the 13th" film series. A 6'3" former nightclub owner, he was spotted as a potential Jason Voorhees for "" when he was playing Jason in a night club act, impressing the casting people who were in search of a new Jason since the current Jason actor Dan Bradley wasn't coming across as imposing or powerful as they had hoped for. He played Jason in all scenes and
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Pamela Voorhees


Pamela Voorhees () is a character from the "Friday the 13th" film series. Pamela first appeared in Sean S. Cunningham's original film 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 briefly in "Friday the 13th Part 2" (1981). She was portrayed by Paula Shaw in "Freddy vs. Jason" (2003). According to Palmer, she was asked
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Jason Voorhees


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
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image in popular culture. 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 made his first cinematic appearance in the original "Friday the 13th" on May 9, 1980. In this film, Jason
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The characters featured in "" include a total of 14 camp counselors, nine variations of Jason Voorhees, as well as Tommy Jarvis. In gameplay, participants have the opportunity to play one of the available counselors, in which the objective is to survive or escape the map;; as Jason Voorhees, the players' objective is to kill as many counselors as possible in the allotted time. The variations of Jason are based on his numerous appearances as the antagonist of the "Friday the 13th" film series, while many
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role of a child Jason Voorhees in "Friday the 13th", appearing in Pamela Voorhees's flashback and Alice Hardy's dream - the final scene of the film. Lehman also appears in archive footage, uncredited, in "Friday the 13th Part 2" (1981) and "" (1984). Since "Friday the 13th", Lehman has appeared in a number of independent films and short films. In 2004, Lehman formed his punk metal band whose name, First Jason, is based upon his role as
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her overprotective mother, who shelters her constantly. Going on a trip with her friends and her boyfriend Billy Boone to Camp Crystal Lake on a Friday the 13th, Carly and her friends are at first oblivious to the legends surrounding the place, only being told about the Voorhees family en route to the camp. It is there that Carly encounters Joe Travers, a hunter who kills all her friends while under the influence of Jason Voorhees' hockey mask and the reanimated head of Pamela Voorhees. After several attempts to flee from Joe
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Friday the 13th: The Game


alpha footage and a list of kill animations, with gameplay released at E3 2016 in June. On September 2, Gun released the PAX West trailer for the game, titled ""XIII"". The trailer showcased Jason Voorhees' kill animations specifically designed by Tom Savini, while set to "XIII" by Crazy Lixx. Several actors from the "Friday the 13th" films reprised their roles in the game. Motion capture for Jason Voorhees and Roy Burns was provided by Kane Hodder, who portrayed Jason in ""
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art by Sebastian Fiumara. The comic has Jason being captured and experimented upon by the Trent Organization; Jason escapes and seeks out Violet, the survivor of "Friday the 13th: Bloodbath", who is being contained by the Trent Organization in their Crystal Lake headquarters. The "Friday the 13th" novella storyline was not connected to the "Jason X" series, and did not continue the stories set forth by the films, but furthered the character of Jason in its own way. "Friday the 13th: Church of
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there by television executives running a reality game show. The character of Pamela Voorhees returns from the grave in "Carnival of Maniacs". Pamela is in search of Jason, who is now part of a traveling sideshow and about to be auctioned off to the highest bidder. In December 2006, DC Comics imprint Wildstorm began publishing new comic books about Jason Voorhees under the "Friday the 13th" moniker. The first set was a six-issue miniseries involving Jason's return to Camp Crystal Lake, which is being renovated by
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to reprise her role as Pamela Voorhees for "Freddy vs. Jason" but she turned the part down after she read the script, as she stated in the "Friday The 13th Reunion" available as a "special feature" on the 2009 Paramount release of the "Uncut: Special Edition". Nana Visitor played Pamela Voorhees in the 2009 reimagining of "Friday the 13th". Pamela (whose maiden name is never revealed) was born in 1930 (revealed in ""). At age 15, Pamela became pregnant by
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, fashioned replica Jason Voorhees costumes, and tattooed their bodies with "Friday the 13th" artwork. Jason's hockey mask has become one of the most recognizable images in horror and popular culture. In the original "Friday the 13th" (1980), Mrs. Pamela Voorhees (Betsy Palmer) stalks and murders the teenagers preparing Camp Crystal Lake for re‑opening. She is determined to ensure the camp does not reopen, after her son Jason (Ari Lehman) drowned in the lake, due to the negligence of two staff members
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from the Necronomicon. Ash's friends are killed, and he loses his right hand to the deadites, which he replaces with a chainsaw. Ash's first appearance in the "Friday the 13th" series is the crossover comic "Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash", in which he arrives at Crystal Lake to work at the town's S-Mart. 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
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also adapt the first three films into novels, and his adaptation of the original "Friday the 13th" was published in 1987, with novelizations of "Part 2" and "3" both being published in 1988. Hawke's first adaptation, "Jason Lives", introduced the character of Elias Voorhees, Jason's father, who was supposed to appear in the film before being cut by the studio. The book explains how Elias has Jason's body buried, instead of the planned cremation, after his death in "
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February 2006, Avatar published "Friday the 13th: Jason vs. Jason X". Written and illustrated by Mike Wolfer, the story takes place after the events of the film "Jason X". A salvage team discovers the spaceship Grendel and awakens a regenerated Jason Voorhees. The "original" Jason and Über-Jason are drawn to each other, resulting in a battle to the death. In June 2006, a one-shot comic entitled "Friday the 13th: Fearbook" was released, written by Mike Wolfer with
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and a sweater in Jason's tunnels; the character Mark (Tom McBride) was a paraplegic who was killed by Jason in "Friday the 13th Part 2" and Mrs. Voorhees wore the sweater in the original version of "Friday the 13th". The writers altered Jason's character. Mears describes him as a combination of John Rambo, Tarzan, and the Abominable Snowman from "Looney Tunes". To Mears, Jason is similar to Rambo because the audience sees him setting up the other characters to fall into his traps
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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, and Susan Blu. It is the seventh installment in the "Friday the 13th" film series, and the first film with Jason Voorhees portrayed by Kane Hodder, who would continue to portray the character in three subsequent installments. The film follows a psychokinetic teenage girl who inadvertently unleashes Jason from his grave in Crystal Lake, where she and her friends are staying. The film
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was shot, held "Crystal Lake Tours," an event dedicated to the making of the film which brought attendees to nine of the filming locations on the property. The event was attended to actress King, who recounted the making of the film to fans. As of 2018, "Friday the 13th" has spawned ten sequels, including a crossover film with "A Nightmare on Elm Street" villain Freddy Krueger. "Friday the 13th Part 2" (1981) introduced Jason Voorhees, the son of Mrs. Voorhees,
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victim, not a villain." 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.Bracke, pp. 60–65 Initially Gillette was unsure about the character, but the idea of starring in his first film grew on Gillette
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curse", always saying "Doomed. You're all doomed!" Ralph is murdered in "Friday the 13th Part 2" by Jason Voorhees, who strangles him with a length of barbed wire and stuffs his body in a pantry, where Ginny Field discovers him. Crazy Ralph appears in archive footage in "". The opening narration to voiced by Gorney is likely intended to be Ralph due to it being an explanation of the legend of Jason Voorhees. Two other characters have had a Crazy Ralph-type role.
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also features the return of Adrienne King, Betsy Palmer and Walt Gorney to the series, who respectively portrayed Alice Hardy, Pamela Voorhees, and Crazy Ralph in the prior installment. Originally, "Friday the 13th Part 2" was not intended to be a direct sequel but rather part of an anthology series of films based on the Friday the 13th superstition; however, after the popularity of the original film's surprise ending where Jason Voorhees attacks the heroine Alice, the filmmakers opted to continue the story and the mythology surrounding Camp
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Caroline tells him about Jason Voorhees, who Ash surmises is a Deadite, an old enemy of his. When citizens of Crystal Lake begin to be murdered by Jason, who has been sent out by Freddy Krueger to find the "Necronomicon Ex-Mortis", Ash travels to the old Voorhees house, believing the "Necronomicon" could be there, not knowing Caroline is following him. When Ash, who finds the "Necronomicon" in the Voorhees's basement, he and a girl named Bree are attacked by Jason,
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A Nightmare on Elm Street (franchise)


. There, she and her son trap Krueger in a furnace until he is finally destroyed. In 2003, New Line pitted "Friday the 13th's" Jason Voorhees against Freddy Krueger. The film, "Freddy vs. Jason", explains that Freddy Krueger has grown weak as people in Springwood, his home, have suppressed their fear of him. Freddy, who is impersonating Pamela Voorhees, the mother of Jason Voorhees, sends Jason (Ken Kirzinger) to Springwood to cause panic and fear. Jason accomplishes this, but
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Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives


Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (stylized onscreen as Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI) is a 1986 American slasher film and the sixth installment in the "Friday the 13th" film series. It was written and directed by Tom McLoughlin. Although the original concept called for Tommy Jarvis, the protagonist of "" and "", to become the new villain, the poor fan reception of "A New Beginning" prompted the producers to bring back Jason Voorhees as the series' antagonist. In resurrecting
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him into the depths of Crystal Lake, chaining the killer once more. The following morning, Tina and Nick are taken away in the ambulance. Someone finds Jason's broken mask in the wreckage and the screen fades to black while Jason's whispers can be heard from far away. After the previous installment, "", which reintroduced the Jason Voorhees character, "Part VII" was originally intended to be a crossover film between Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger. With each "Friday the 13th" sequel, the box office
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the "Friday the 13th" films. Jason Voorhees's hockey mask has become one of the most recognizable images in popular culture. Jeff is a character in "Friday the 13th Part 2" played by Bill Randolph. Jeff and girlfriend Sandra Dier (Marta Kober) visit Camp Crystal Lake in the Summer of 1984 on a counselor program. One night they go to the bedroom to have sex. Jason Vorhees enters the house and grabs a spear, he walks upstairs and enters the room where Jeff and Sandra are in bed
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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. Jason Voorhees is the main antagonist in the "Friday the 13th" series. He first appeared in "Friday the 13th" (1980) as Mrs. Voorhees' son, portrayed by Ari Lehman. Created in combination by Victor Miller, Ron Kurz, Sean S. Cunningham and Tom Savini,
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, 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. Steve Christy appears in "Friday the 13th" and is played by Peter Brouwer. A
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eyes and Roy Burns, masquerading as Jason, tightens it by twisting a branch attached to the strap eventually crushing Eddie's skull. 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
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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 a little sympathy for him, but not enough that he would lose his menace. In keeping with the tone of the film, Jason's mask was recreated from a mold of the original mask used for "Part III"; though there were subtle changes. "Friday the 13th" includes some of Harry Manfredini's
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Ginny (Friday the 13th)


also appears in the "Friday the 13th" expanded universe, appearing in the novelizations and merchandise based on the films. Some scholars regard Ginny as an example of the "final girl" archetype. In "Friday the 13th Part 2", Ginny is an aspiring child psychologist who is Paul Holt's girlfriend, she arrives at Crystal Lake late for training. At the campfire that night, Paul tells the camp counselors the legend of Jason Voorhees and the disappearance of Alice which occurred months after Jason allegedly witnessed his mother being
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Ginny (Friday the 13th)


currently the last "Friday the 13th" film that Ginny appears in. Ginny makes her first literary appearance in the novelization of "Friday the 13th Part 3" (1982), which states that she is in "serious condition" and is suffering from "severe hysterical shock" because of her battle with Jason Voorhees. She subsequently appears as the lead protagonist in "Friday the 13th Part II: A Novel", a novelization of the 1981 film "Friday the 13th Part 2", which was released seven years
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Jason attacks Dr. Maggie Borrough's group for those who have survived Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger, Tommy intervenes and reveals his intent to finish Jason off, ultimately decapitating him with the help of Jason's great-niece, Stephanie. After both Freddy and Jason are defeated, Tommy is appointed leader of the Nightmare Warriors by Ash Williams. It was Joseph Zito's original intention to have Tommy become the antagonist and "new Jason" in any subsequent "Friday the 13th" films created after the fourth. The ending of "
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-landing at Moon Camp Americana. Jason is discovered below a prison site and unknowingly awakened in "To The Third Power". Jason has a son in this book, conceived through a form of artificial insemination. On May 13, 2005, Avatar Press began releasing new "Friday the 13th" comics. The first, titled "Friday the 13th", was written by Brian Pulido and illustrated by Mike Wolfer and Greg Waller. The story takes place after the events of "Freddy vs. Jason", where siblings Miles
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from the shadows and slams it on Jimmy's hand and before hitting him in the face with a meat cleaver, killing him. In "Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash", Freddy summons Jimmy, along with other victims of Jason, as Deadites to defeat Jason. The Deadites are defeated by Jason after he reclaims his machete. Joe Travers is a character in the novel "Friday the 13th: Mother's Day". A hunter who lives in the Crystal Lake area, while hunting for deer, he finds Pamela Voorhees
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Toyz has also released a screen grab statuette of Alice, which depicts the hallucination of Jason attacking her from the ending of "Friday the 13th". Alice Hardy was Jason Voorhees's first murder victim, yet he murdered her in her house, not at the Crystal Lake Campground. Alice Jane Witney is a character in the novel "Friday the 13th: Carnival of Maniacs". The daughter of George Arthur Witney, the owner of a traveling carnival called Doktor Geistmann's Carnival of Terror, Alice loathes her life, believing
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Trish and Tommy meet a man named Rob Dier in the woods, who claims to be hunting bears but is actually searching for Jason Voorhees, the man who killed his sister, Sandra (a character in "Friday the 13th Part 2"). Trish and Rob discover that Jason has murdered a group of teenagers vacationing next to the Jarvis house. When Rob and her mother are killed, Trish is forced to protect herself and her brother from Jason, fighting him off with a machete while Tommy distracts him. She is
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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. Laura Upland is a character in the comic "Friday the 13th Special". The daughter of Camp Crystal Lake's founder, Laura and her brother Miles are driven to near bankruptcy when Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger, during their fight at the
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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." The idea of Jason appearing at the end of the film was initially not used in the original script; in Miller's final draft, the film ended with Alice merely floating on the lake. Jason's appearance was actually suggested
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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. 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
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original script, but was cut when it was decided that the film would not be a direct sequel to "Friday the 13th: A New Beginning". Pamela Voorhees is the mother of Jason and the main antagonist in the original "Friday the 13th". She was beheaded by Alice Hardy. Paula is a character in "" played by Kerry Noonan. Paula arrives at Forest Green to help her friends Megan, Sissy and Cort run a summer camp for young children. Paula is the most sensible counsellor at the camp
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Friday the 13th Part III


critics as one of the most violent of the series, with a total of fourteen deaths. Jason's mask in this film became the molded appearance of Jason in "" and in later installments. For his appearance in the film, Jason Voorhees was nominated for AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes and Villains as one of the Top 50 Villains. Meslow cites the film's 3-D effects as paving the way for later horror films which also used the technique. "Friday the 13th Part III" was first made available on
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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. Both men were impressed with Graham's presence, and he was hired to film the remainder of Jason's scenes. "Jason Lives" would become notable for being the only film in the franchise to contain no nudity; the
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outside, thinking it is Steve. Instead, she is greeted by a middle-aged woman named Mrs. Voorhees, who claims to be an old friend of Steve's. Mrs. Voorhees reveals that her son Jason was the young boy who drowned in 1957, blaming his death on the counselors who were supposed to be watching him, but they instead were having sex. Revealing herself as the killer, Mrs. Voorhees attempts to kill Alice, but she knocks Mrs. Voorhees unconscious. At the shore, Mrs. Voorhees tries to kill her
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' car. 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
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, except that she is the second murder victim of the entire series. Clay Miller is the male protagonist in "Friday the 13th" (2009), played by Jared Padalecki. Clay comes to Crystal Lake searching for his missing sister, Whitney, who is attacked by Jason Voorhees early in the movie. The Crystal Lake locals have given up searching for Whitney, who has not been seen for six weeks, and advise Clay to look for her somewhere else. Undeterred, Clay eventually meets a group of college students vacationing
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Jason Voorhees


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. It was Phil Scuderi, one of the producers for the original film, who suggested bringing Jason back for the sequel. The director Steve Miner felt it was the obvious direction to take the series, as he felt the audience wanted to know more about the child who attacked Alice in the
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Sideshow Toys released a polystone statue of Jason, based on the version appearing in the 2009 remake. NECA and Mezco Toyz also released figures of Jason in its own action figure series. Jason has made an appearance in five video games. He first appeared in "Friday the 13th", a 1985 Commodore 64 game. His next appearance was in 1989, when LJN, an American game company known for its games based on popular movies in the 1980s and early 1990s, released "Friday the 13th" on the Nintendo Entertainment
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the reboot. In September 2016, Paramount pushed back the reboot's release date from Friday, January 13, 2017 to Friday, October 13, 2017. On January 27, 2017, it was reported that the reboot's working title was "Friday the 13th: Part 13", Platinum Dunes was looking for someone to play a young Jason Voorhees, and production would begin in March 2017, slated for a Friday, October 13, 2017 release date. On February 6, 2017, it was announced that Paramount officially
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Alice (Friday the 13th)


, in a flashback depicting Jason's attack on her from the first film. The second issue of the comic miniseries "Friday the 13th: Pamela's Tale" by Wildstorm also features a cameo appearance by Alice, depicting the scene from the first film when she first meets Mrs. Voorhees. In the original script for "Friday the 13th", Alice was written as a more flawed and less sympathetic character. In early drafts, she was having an affair with a married man on the West Coast, which was the reason
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severed head of Mrs. Voorhees, and surrounded by corpses. Ginny fights back and slams a machete through Jason's shoulder. He is left incapacitated as Ginny is taken away in an ambulance. 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
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story of her pregnancy with Jason as she recounts it to hitchhiker Annie, a camp counselor who was killed in the original film. Wildstorm released another two-part special, entitled "Friday the 13th: How I Spent My Summer Vacation", that was released on September 12 and October 10, 2007. The comic book provides new insight into the psychology of Jason Voorhees as he befriends a boy born with a skull deformity. Wildstorm released a six-issue series called "Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash", starring the
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Alice (Friday the 13th)


mentioning that Jason had tracked her down to her apartment by memorizing what her car looked like when she had made a visit to the camp. In the novelization of "Friday the 13th Part 2", Alice is staying at Crystal Lake in hopes of overcoming her fear and moving past her traumatic experience. She finds Mrs. Voorhees' head in the fridge and is killed by Jason Alice also appears in the prologue of the "Freddy vs. Jason" novelization as a shade in Hell. In the novel "Friday the 13th:
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20, 2018. In addition to the films, television series, and various literature based on the "Friday the 13th" franchise, there are over 100 licensed products that have grossed more than $125 million in revenue. Over the years, the characters of "Friday the 13th" have been marketed under various toy lines. In 1988, Screamin' Toys produced a model kit of Jason Voorhees. Six years later, Screamin' Toys issued a second model kit based on Jason's appearance in "Jason Goes to Hell
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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. It is the eighth installment in the "Friday the 13th" film series and follows Jason Voorhees stalking a group of high school graduates on a ship en route to, and later in, New York City. It was the final film in the series to be distributed by Paramount Pictures in the United States until 2009, with
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events of the film "Jason X", where a salvage team discovers the spaceship Grendel and awakens a regenerated Jason Voorhees. The "original" Jason and Über-Jason, a version of Jason with mechanical limbs, are drawn into a battle to the death. In June 2006, a one-shot comic titled "Friday the 13th: Fearbook" was released, written by Mike Wolfer with art by Sebastian Fiumara. In the comic, Jason is captured and experimented upon by the Trent Organization. Jason escapes and seeks
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Friday the 13th is an American horror franchise that consists of twelve slasher films, a television show, novels, and comic books. The main villain in the series is Jason Voorhees, who drowned at Camp Crystal Lake as a boy due to the negligence of the teenage counselors. 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, either as the killer or as the motivation for the killings. Each entry in
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Maggie reveals her plan to combine their strengths to stop the killers permanently. 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
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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 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 goalie mask did not appear until "Friday the 13th Part III". Since "", filmmakers have given Jason superhuman strength, regenerative powers, and near
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Lake counselors against one player controlling Jason Voorhees. It is a semi-open world game, with players able to explore it further. "Friday the 13th: The Game" is a semi-open world third-person survival horror game set throughout the 1980s in a variety of locations in and around the fictional Camp Crystal Lake from the "Friday the 13th" franchise. The game is an asymmetrical multiplayer video game, with up to eight people able to play in one game session. One player is randomly selected to
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released under the title of "Friday the 13th". They did not feature Jason explicitly, but revolve around people becoming possessed by Jason when they put on his mask. In 2003 and 2005, Black Flame published novelizations of "Freddy vs. Jason" and "Jason X" respectively. In 2005, they began publishing a new series of novels; one set was published under the "Jason X" title, while the second set utilized the "Friday the 13th" title. The "Jason X" series consisted of
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". 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. 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
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Ginny (Friday the 13th)


Ginny Field is a fictional character in the "Friday the 13th" franchise, portrayed by Amy Steel. Introduced in Steve Miner's sequel "Friday the 13th Part 2" in 1981, Ginny is an aspiring child psychologist who is hired as an assistant to Paul Holt at the Packanack Lodge, a site Paul plans to transform into a counselor training center which is located near the infamous Camp Crystal Lake. Ginny, who believes that the legend of Jason Voorhees is more than a myth, soon encounters the vengeful killer and realizes
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Friday the 13th (franchise)


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. 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
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Richard Brooker


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. 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
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Ari Lehman


and Interscope Records. Lehman went on to form his own world rock and reggae band Ari Ben Moses Band, and gained acclaim when, upon moving to Chicago in late 2002, he was contacted by horror fans who invited him to attend an East Coast horror convention. Lehman then created First Jason, a punk metal band specifically for horror fans, especially the fans of Jason Voorhees and "Friday the 13th". Lehman made his film debut in Sean S. Cunningham's film "Manny's Orphans". He then played the
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Friday the 13th: The Game


control Jason Voorhees whose objective is to kill as many counselors as possible before time runs out. Playing as Jason grants special time-restricted abilities including being able to sense nearby counselors and to teleport anywhere on the map. The remaining players control the counselors, who can temporarily stun Jason using firecrackers and bear traps as well as the various projectile and melee-based weapons that are found throughout the map. The main objective of playing as a counselor is to escape the map alive, which can be done more quickly by completing
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novel "Friday the 13th: Hell Lake". A student at Forest Green University, Trey and his friends, after several murders are committed by Jason Voorhees and a group of criminals who have escaped from Hell, are placed under suspicion by the authorities, who believe they committed the murders. After several more people are killed despite the security at Forest Green University being tightened and a curfew being in place, Trey leads an illegal walkout of students. After Trey and his fellow students encounter Jason and a group of criminals,
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Derek Mears


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,
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Pamela Voorhees


, while in a holographic version of Crystal Lake, stumbles across an underwater recreation of Pamela's grave in the lake and is attacked by a zombified version of her created by Dr. Armando Castillo. In "Friday the 13th: Hell Lake", the character Gretchen Andrews, after an encounter with Jason, seemingly becomes possessed by Pamela. "Friday the 13th: Carnival of Maniacs" involves Pamela possessing characters who come into contact with her severed head. In 2007, a two issue comic miniseries titled "Friday the 13th:
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Friday the 13th (franchise)


canceled the project due to the low box office grosses of "Rings", and Paramount assigned the October 13, 2017 release date to its upcoming film, "Mother!". On October 10, 2017, Shannon and Swift revealed the title of their proposed sequel, "Friday the 13th: Camp Blood – The Death of Jason Voorhees". The rights to the franchise are slated to revert to New Line/Warner Bros. in 2018. However, Victor Miller, who wrote the original "Friday the 13th" screenplay
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List of Friday the 13th characters


original draft including dialogue and referencing that he is an Olympic diver. Mitch Deever is a character in the novel "Friday the 13th: The Carnival". Mitch is the chief mechanic of Vince Fantana's Travelling Fun House and Carnival, a rundown traveling carnival which pitches its tents near Crystal Lake. On a Friday the 13th, Mitch, while playing fetch with his pet rottweiler Stump, discovers Jason Voorhees' hockey mask when Stump digs it up. Later, after getting a call to fix a ride in the carnival,
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off into the sunrise with their baby. Steven reappears in the comic miniseries "Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash: The Nightmare Warriors". His wife Jessica is now deceased, and the now-teenage Stephanie is having nightmares about her great-uncle Jason Voorhees. Having spent thousands of dollars getting psychiatric help for his daughter, Steven (spelled Stephen in the comic) eventually takes her to Doctor Maggie Burroughs, who is forming a group of people who have survived Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger. However, Steven becomes frustrated when
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Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday


"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" in 2003. The film marked Adam Marcus's debut feature; having just
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Ken Kirzinger


stunts, including a stunt showing Jason walking through a field killing teenagers while on fire. 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
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Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood


had purchased the rights to the "Friday the 13th" franchise. One of the concepts for "Part VII" was conceived by associate producer Barbara Sachs, and was noted as being similar to the plot of "Jaws", wherein a corporate land developer covers up the previous Jason Voorhees massacres in order to profitably build condos on Crystal Lake. Executive producer Frank Mancuso Jr. resisted the idea, and screenwriter Daryl Haney stated "There’s always a teenage girl who’s left to battle Jason by herself. What if the girl
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R. A. Mihailoff


the group has something to do with horror movies." The group was founded by Kane "Jason" Hodder, who played the lead role of Jason Voorhees in the "Friday the 13th" series; and his partner Rick "Stuntman" McCullum, a Hollywood stuntman and actor who doubles for horror film actors like Sid Haig. They formed the team after filming "Fallen Angels" at Mansfield Reformatory, where they claim to have had a paranormal experience in one of the cell blocks. On January 7, 2011, "
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Friday the 13th (2009 film)


Friday the 13th is a 2009 American slasher film directed by Marcus Nispel and written by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift. The film is a reboot and the twelfth installment of the "Friday the 13th" film series, which began in 1980. This film follows Clay Miller (Jared Padalecki) as he searches for his missing sister, Whitney (Amanda Righetti), who is captured by Jason Voorhees (Derek Mears) while camping in woodland at Crystal Lake. The 2009 film was originally conceived as an origin story, but the
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of his head because he had been lying on his back for a long time. As with other make-up artists before him, Terezakis followed Savini's original skull design, and aged it appropriately. For the 2009 version of "Friday the 13th", effects artist Scott Stoddard took inspiration from Carl Fullerton's design in "Friday the 13th Part 2" and Tom Savini's work in "Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter". Stoddard wanted to make sure that Jason appeared human and not like a monster.
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the end of "Friday the 13th: A New Beginning"; the book explains that Pam had managed to return Tommy to his senses and, when Tommy was put back in a mental institution, she helped him recover. The novel "Friday the 13th: Carnival of Maniacs" references Tommy, revealing he has written at least six books about Jason and Crystal Lake, with the title of one them being mentioned as "My Life of Hell: One Man's Fight Against Jason Voorhees", which is described as a
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suspected they were the ones who murdered the people they claimed Jason had. The epilogue of the book mentions that due to the revelation that Jason actually does exist, Tina and Nick were both released from custody. In the "" comic miniseries, Tina appears under the care of doctors Maggie Burroughs and Neil Gordon, one of the first recruited to their group of those who have survived Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger. "A New Blood" was initially conceived as "Freddy vs. Jason"; when studios failed to agree over
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Jason Voorhees


Dead Kennedys and The Misfits. The band's name pays homage to Lehman's portrayal of Jason Voorhees in the original "Friday the 13th". One of the band's songs is entitled "Jason is Watching". In 1986, coinciding with the release of "Jason Lives", Alice Cooper released "He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask)" from his album "Constrictor". The song was written to "signal Jason's big return" to the cinema, as he had been almost entirely absent
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Rennie's pet dog Toby in the middle of Times Square. In "", the non-canon, comic miniseries Rennie appears under the care of Doctor Maggie Burroughs and Doctor Neil Gordon, being one of the first recruited to their group of those who have survived both Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger. Rennie's power is described by Maggie as "empathy", powerful enough to alter her perception (explaining the visions she had of Jason throughout "Jason Takes Manhattan"). After Jason attacks the group when it first
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Jason Voorhees


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 flashbacks of Jason as a child, and 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
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List of Friday the 13th characters


ruin, Jason having destroyed it when Glo, who had been possessed by Pamela Voorhees, had awakened him from a comatose state. Chasing Alice, the carnival owner's daughter, who has Jason in the back of her truck, Michelle crashes her car, a crash Cory seemingly perishes in. Despite not managing to follow Alice, Michelle finds, among the objects that fell from Alice's truck, a laptop and the head of Pamela Voorhees. Traveling to a nearby town, Michelle learns from Alice's laptop that Alice plans
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Jason Voorhees


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
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Friday the 13th Part 2


Jason Voorhees and went with long red hair and a beard while following the facial deformities established in the original film in the make-up designed by Tom Savini for Jason as a child. Fullerton's look for the adult Jason was abandoned in the sequel, "Friday the 13th Part 3", despite the fact that the film took place the following day and was helmed by the same director, Steve Miner. Some fans have theorized that the sequence where we see Jason with a beard and long hair reflects a "dream
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Friday the 13th (franchise)


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. Chris returns to her
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Jason Voorhees


invulnerability. He has been seen as a sympathetic character, 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
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Wishmaster (film)


—the djinn sits on a throne, waiting to be released. "Wishmaster" is notable for featuring many actors from popular horror films. Robert Englund, who was Freddy Krueger in the "Nightmare on Elm Street" series, played an antique collector and Kane Hodder, who played Jason Voorhees in the "Friday the 13th" series, played a security guard. Also in the film were Tony Todd from "Candyman", Ted Raimi from "Candyman", "Darkman", "Evil Dead II" and "
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Jason Voorhees


is portrayed in the memories of his mother, Mrs. Voorhees (Betsy Palmer), and as a hallucination of the film's protagonist, Alice (Adrienne King). Though the character makes no contemporary appearance onscreen, he propels the film's plot—Mrs. Voorhees, the cook at Camp Crystal Lake, seeks revenge for his death, which she blames on the camp counselors. Jason's second appearance was in the sequel, "Friday the 13th Part 2" (1981). Revealed to be alive, an adult
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Ari Lehman


Ari Lehman (born May 2, 1965 in New York, New York) is an American performing artist, composer, and actor. He is known for having played the first Jason Voorhees as a child in the Paramount horror film "Friday the 13th". Lehman currently performs in a punk rock/heavy metal band, First Jason. A native New Yorker, Ari Lehman grew up in Westport, CT, where he trained in Classical Music and Jazz Piano. Lehman was presented with an All-State Award for Excellence
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List of Friday the 13th characters


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. Jason Voorhees has been featured in many humor magazines, referenced in feature films, parodied in television shows, and been the inspiration for a horror punk band. Several toy lines have been released based on various versions of the character from
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List of Friday the 13th characters


to sell Jason on the internet auction site ZingBid, before Pamela Voorhees's spirit, which inhabits her severed head, tries to possess her. Proving too strong for Pamela to possess, Michelle learns from her that Jason is severely weak now and only awakens when her head is placed in moonlight. Additionally, if Jason does not kill someone on Friday the 13th, he will remain in this weakened state permanently. Preparing to find Jason with Pamela's reluctant help, Michelle, as she tries to steal the car of the local
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Friday the 13th (1980 film)


, 2009. 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,
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Jason Voorhees


actor in the performance. 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
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Friday the 13th (franchise)


it to hitchhiker Annie, a camp counselor who is killed in the original film. The miniseries pre‑sold a combined 16,051 copies. WildStorm released another comic book special, titled "Friday the 13th: How I Spent My Summer Vacation", consisting of two issues that were released on September 12 and October 10, 2007. The comic book provides insight into the psychology of Jason Voorhees as he befriends a boy born with a skull deformity. The first issue of "How I Spent My Summer Vacation" pre‑sold approximately 7,837 copies.
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List of Friday the 13th characters


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
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Pamela Voorhees


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
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