History of Horror Character
Jason Voorhees
Jason Voorhees was born in 1969 he was first seen in the film
as a young deformed boy who was brought to crystal lake camp by his mother but
due to his deformed condition he was neglected by the camps counsellors and was
led to believed he drowned in the lake. His mother (Pamela Voorhees) found out
about this and went on a killing spree (1980) but the last counsellor managed
to fight back against his mother and beheaded her and Jason saw this event
happen and was then hearing voices telling him to avenge himself and his
mother. So throughout each remake he is this psychologically messed up creature
haunting the Crystal Lake. He goes about each film brutally killing people and
constantly seeking revenge for him and his mother.
His appearance in each film has changed throughout each ‘Friday
the 13th’ film, his clothes are always dated to the film, and he’s
always given the rough dirty hermit look. The clothes he wears suit the living
conditions they portray him to have. The one thing that has always stayed the
same is he wears an iconic mask throughout the films apart from the first one
when he was first seen where he put a sack over his head and looked like a
scarecrow. The iconic mask is the dirty blood stained hockey mask.
The Friday the 13th series has become that big to
the point where it’s a franchise film brand. From the original film in 1980 they
branched off a part 2 &3 then a final chapter all in all in 4 years then in
1985 they had the rebirth of Jason and from this they went on to part 6, 7 and
8 but in 8 they made it more real by changing the location the Manhattan, bringing
him into the real world, this was in 1989. The next film we see him is 1993
where he is still on the rampage. He then meets Freddie Krueger (nightmare on Elm
Street’s killer) where Freddie manipulates Jason from his hell and sends him to
do his dirty work. Jason catches on and they find a way to get him back to
Crystal Lake. The latest Friday the 13th film to date is the remake
of the first Friday the 13th this was released in 2009. They have
written up the part 2 to this and it’s hopefully going to be released in 2013.
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