Serial Fun

I love horror films. Because of this I have always loved Friday the 13ths in general because some channel is always showing some type of slasher marathon. Back when I was younger it was always USA Network before ‘Up All Night’ and nowadays it’s AMC with its bizarre library of ‘not America classic films’. This being said—I have always had a fondness for a certain Mr. Jason Voorhees.



Not that he is even the best of the slasher boys—that belongs to Freddy Kruger—or that his films are that deep—unlike Michael Meyers with his family issues—but there is something quite terrifying about the Hockey masked, non-running, undying machine. I recently stumbled across some interesting facts about the first film and where the franchise really started.



Can you believe that she ^^^ was the first choice for Alice Hardy—the heroine of the original film. The directors and studio believed that she could pull off the charm and sweetness needed to make the audience care whether she lived or died. However the plans were sidelined by Sally Field winning the Oscar for ‘Norma Rae’. I can’t understand at all why she would turn down a turn with Jason.



Betsy Palmer—best known for playing Jason’s mother and getting Drew Barrymore killed in ‘Scream’—recently admitted in a BTS documentary that Jason character was meant to have Downs Syndrome. This is why the campers make fun of him and the counselors ignore him which leads to his death and his bloodlust for nubile teenagers. Which is very interesting.

But not as interesting as Kane Hodder talking about his favorite kills. He is THE JASON who appears in almost all the films--with exception of one or two for which Edie’s boyfriend portrayed the prolific killer—and should know what a good death for Camp Crystal Lake. What’s scary is he picked the “sleeping bag” death from ‘Part VII’ which is the SCAREST and GROSSEST thing I have ever seen. And is so infamous they repeated it in ‘Jason X’.



I was planning on closing this out with some pix or YouTube of the scene but that’s not fun. And Friday the 13 is scary enough already.