'Friday The 13th' Movies Ranked From Best To Worst; What Jason Vorhees Films To Watch 'Friday The 13th' Movies Ranked From Best To Worst; What Jason Vorhees Films To Watch 02/12/15 AT 9:18 AM Close It’s almost Friday the 13th, the most unlucky day in the world by many people’s beliefs. However, it’s also an opportunity to revisit one of the most beloved, albeit twisted, movie franchises in history. “Friday the 13th” helped raise the bar pretty high for the slasher movie genre. Now, on its namesake day, we’re ranking all 12 movies in the franchise from best to worst. 1) “Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter” (1984) The fourth film in the franchise is by far its best. Sure it’s a little dated at this point, but it was the first time that the creators thought the story was going to end, so they tied a nice little bow onto everything.

Not only does it have some of the most spectacularly abrupt and painful kills of any movie in the series, it carries some emotional weight in the form of the character Tommy Jarvis (Cory Feldman) who triumphantly takes out the serial killer in the end, only to return in the next two movies when Jason, as he always does, returns. James Forder poses as Jason, from "Friday the 13th," outside the MCM Comic Con at the Excel Centre in East London, October 25, 2014. Photo: Reuters 2) “Friday The 13th: Part 2” (1981) Believe it or not, Jason Voorhees doesn’t appear in the franchise until the second movie, we’ll get to why later. The second movie ranks high on the list simply for establishing the formula that the next 10 movies would follow. A boy drowned in a lake, now evil has brought him back to terrorize teens (who drink, smoke and have sex) in the most horrific ways possible. Filmmakers pulled out all the stops in this movie and created not only some of the most gruesome kills, but some of the most creative.

Jason whacks a guy in a wheelchair down a flight of stairs for heaven’s sake. The one blemish on this installment in the franchise is Voorhees’ look. The big bad guy doesn’t get his trademark hockey mask until the third movie. For “Part 2” he wears an embarrassing bag on his head. 3) “Friday The 13th” (1980) The film that started this whole mess ranks in at No. 3 on our list. Although purists might mar this one for not including Jason (at least as fans know him), the twist ending coupled with the originality of the premise makes this one a "can’t miss." For those who don’t know, the killer in the movie is never seen until the very end when it is discovered that Mrs. Voorhees (Betsy Palmer) was the killer all along. The canon is established that her son, Jason, drowned at Camp Crystal Lake due to kids picking on him and counselors not paying attention. Mamma Voorhees returns years later with a vengeance only to have her head cut off. That doesn’t sit well with Jason, who only appears as a zombified child in the final few seconds of the movie.

4) “Friday The 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan” (1989) No, you’re not reading that title incorrectly and I didn’t mistype. The eighth installment of the franchise saw everyone’s favorite hockey-masked killer arrive on the concrete jungle island of Manhattan. Admittedly it’s probably higher on the list than it should be, given that it’s poorly made, the characters are one-dimensional and the title misleads the viewer (Jason only takes Manhattan for the last 20-ish minutes of the film, it mostly takes place on a boat). Still, despite all its flaws, this movie is absolutely the most fun installment in the franchise. It takes “So bad it’s good” to a whole new level. It also has one of my favorite scenes in which a talented boxer gets cornered by Jason on a rooftop and decides to try and punch his way out. Spoiler alert: it doesn’t go well . If only someone had told the characters in the most populated city in the world not to try and avoid Jason by moving exclusively in back alleys.

5) “Friday The 13th Part VI: Jason Lives” (1986) The sixth film in the franchise solidified Voorhees as a supernatural being. Admittedly coming back from the dead several times in the past pretty much made that point clear, but the sixth movie brought the character back by way of a lightning strike, giving him an explanation for his super strength and invulnerability. I mean, sure a relentless killer chasing you down to murder you is scary, but one that can’t be hurt while doing it is a downright nightmare. After the fifth movie, which will be addressed much lower on the list, ended by setting Tommy Jarvis up as the new killer, fans reacted so poorly to the idea that director Tom McLoughlin had to make the call to bring Jason back again and again… and again. For that reason, this movie makes the “above average” tier. 6) “Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday” (1993) What makes this film rank dead middle of the list is its bold new way of portraying not only Voorhees, but the mythos surrounding his actions thus far. With nine movies under his belt, it made sense to try and expand on the character.

Part 9 gets heavily into the history of how Voorhees became the supernatural villain that fans know and love. What it also accomplishes quite well is imagining a world in which people are aware that a supernatural being has continually risen from the grave to murder a slew of teens. At one point in this movie, the FBI even unleashes a barrage of bullets and explosions to take the killer down, something that fans in 1993 had likely been pining for over the previous decade of movies. Still, it was strange to back away from traditional horror and step foot into the world of explaining away evil. 7) “Freddy Vs. Jason” (2003) Who doesn’t love a good monster-movie throw down? In this bold idea, Jason was pit against fellow slasher villain Freddy Kruger. Relying on people’s fear to survive, the “Nightmare on Elm Street” killer searches the depths of hell for someone who can strike the same fear into the citizens of Elm Street that he once did. Once they were scared enough, he could return to the world of haunting their dreams. The only problem is that, once Jason gets to killing, it’s really hard to make him stop.

This movie is absolutely campy, but it’s not as out there as it could be, all things considered. Still, it ranks lower on the list than fellow “so bad it’s good” title “Jason Takes Manhattan” simply because the movie tried a little too hard to be in on its own joke. We don’t watch these movies to laugh, we watch to be terrified. It does have the noteworthy accolade of being the movie in which Jason breaks his kills-per-movie record when he chops indiscriminately at a cornfield rave of teens. 8) “Friday the 13th: A New Beginning” (1985) Everything about this movie gets it wrong. Even the name is way off. This is the first movie to bring back a character from the previous films (other than Jason). After murdering Jason as a kid, Tommy Jarvis finds his way to a halfway house of sorts for the mentally disturbed that seeks to assimilate them back into society.

So, right out of the box, Tommy makes this movie a very familiar story, not a “New Beginning.” It tries to live up to the name at the very end when Tommy seemingly cannot overcome the hallucinations of Jason and decides to just become the next psycho murderer that wears a hockey mask. Luckily fans hated that idea enough to stop it dead in its tracks. However, all of this could be excusable if it wasn’t for the most egregious sin of “A New Beginning.” It is the only movie that doesn’t include Jason. That’s right, the big reveal at the end of the movie was that the person terrorizing everyone was a copycat killer – a plot device that did literally nothing to benefit the story. It very easily could have been Jason again, it just wasn’t. 9) “Friday The 13th Part III” (1982) Not only does this movie look the worst in the franchise , but it was made in 3D before 3D was at all cool. The gimmick didn’t stand up to the test of time and now, when fans want to go backwards and watch the movie as a fan, they need to put up with a bunch of really lame sight gags.

He shoots a harpoon right at the camera, stabs his machete right at the camera and punches through a window…right at the camera. Although it was the very early days of franchising slasher villains, the decisions made in the making of this movie put it way low on our list. 10) “Friday The 13th Part VII: The New Blood” (1988) When they got away with resurrecting Jason by way of a lightning bolt in “Part 6” the film’s creators probably thought they could get away with anything, like telekinesis. Guess what, they couldn’t. Jason has a lot of creative kills in the movie but spends the whole time with an exposed rib cage and really no motivation for murdering people other than the fact that it’s simply what he does. The film ends with a showdown in a house in which Jason gets tossed around by the super-powered protagonist in one of the strangest final set pieces in the franchise’s history. This movie ranks so low on the list not for being bad, but for being so utterly forgettable.

Related Stories 6 Things You Didn't Know About Friday The 13th 11) “Friday The 13th” (2009 Reboot) This movie does a good job of adapting Jason Voorhees to the modern age. Unfortunately, it’s just another typical horror reboot that tries to pay too much lip service to fans. It retreads horror movie tropes that have been done to death and justifies it by citing the original source material. In the end, this movie equates to a very good looking and violent impression of what made the original films so good – a bad impression at that. 12) “Jason X” (2001) There is a laundry list of flaws with this movie. First of all, it takes a classic horror character and introduces him to the world of science fiction. While that sounds fun in theory, in practice it led to one of the worst movie in the franchise to date. There’s simply no fear to be had in an artificial environment like a space ship. Furthermore, the movie relied entirely too much on the Jason’s invulnerability.

Shooting him once or twice and having him be OK is one thing, but to have him go up against a space marine squad with automatic weapons is just ridiculous. Speaking of ridiculous, the movie ends with Jason accidentally getting a cybernetic upgrade. He is sucked out of an air lock and, coincidentally, lands at Crystal Lake. There’s not much else to say about this cuckoo film other than “Boo!” Jason Voorhees | Horror Film Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit Jason Voorhees was born on Friday, June 13, 1946 to Pamela and Elias Voorhees [1] in the small town of Crystal Lake. Jason suffered from severe physical deformities and possibly mental disabilities, and experienced a sheltered childhood; he did not attend school and the only contact he had was with his mother. [2] However, during the summer of 1957, Jason attended Camp Crystal Lake , where his mother worked as a cook. Unfortunately, his disturbing appearance earned him ridicule and persecution from the other children, who, on one occasion, teased him by trying to cover his face and calling him a "freak show".

In an effort to escape their taunts, a terrified Jason ran down the pier and fell into the Crystal Lake. Unable to swim, he began to struggle and disappeared under the water. [3] [4] As a result of the camp counsellors' negligence, Jason drowns in Crystal Lake as a child. Even though Jason DID drown, for some reason his body was never found. His mother blamed the camp counselors, Barry, Claudette, and the other counselors who were supposed to have been looking after Jason, but had been too busy having sex and talking to prevent the accident. A year later, in the summer of 1958, Mrs. Voorhees snuck into Camp Crystal Lake at night and murdered Barry and Claudette, the two teenagers that were supposed to have been watching the children. After the double homicide, the camp was closed. The double murder than led to some people calling the camp "Camp Blood". [3] The camp was deserted up until 1979 when a man named Steve Christy tried to re-open the camp that his parents once owned. Mrs. Voorhees stalked the camp, killing off Christy and six of the hired counselors.

The only survivor of the massacre was a girl named Alice Hardy . She fought off Mrs. Voorhees and decapitated her with a machete. After Alice killed Mrs. Voorhees, she got in a canoe and passed out. When Alice was recovered by police, she claimed that "the boy" had dragged her under the water. The confused police told her that, upon searching the campground, they hadn't found any boy. [3] Birth of a killer Edit Jason is sucked into Hell after being killed by Jessica Jason escaped New York and eventually found his way back to Crystal Lake . Meanwhile, the F.B.I began to realize the threat Jason Voorhees posed and took action against him. Setting up a trap, they managed to physically blow Jason's body apart. Thinking him dead and gone, they took his remains to a morgue in Ohio. But the coroner became hypnotized by Jason's still-beating heart and proceeded to eat it. Jason managed to take possession of the coroner's body and escape the F.B.I. But his dark soul could not exist indefinitely inside just anyone; he needed the body of another Voorhees to be truly reborn.

Burning his way through several bodies in the process, Jason attempted to track down his only living relatives, his older sister Diana Kimble , niece Jessica Kimble , and Jessica's baby daughter Stephanie. Jessica's ex-boyfriend Steven Freeman learned from Creighton Duke—a bounty hunter determined to take down Jason Voorhees—that, as Jason could be reborn through a Voorhees, so too could he killed by one. As Jason was reborn through the corpse of Diana, Stephen and Jessica worked together to kill him once and for all. Jessica succeeded in stabbing her uncle through the heart with a mystical dagger. After stabbing her evil uncle, Jason was dragged into Hell, by Freddy Kruger where he slowly was psychologically tortured by visions of his awful past. [1] Jason faces off against Freddy Krueger in the dream world Jason lingered in the bowels of Hell, reliving his murders at Camp Crystal Lake in a seemingly eternal nightmare. He was finally motivated to "wake up" by Freddy Krueger , a supernatural serial killer whose specialty was killing teenagers in their dreams.

Posing as Pamela Voorhees, Freddy manipulated Jason into going to Elm Street in the town of Springwood , whose citizens had repressed the memory of Freddy, thus robbing him of his powers. When Jason started murdering teenagers on Elm Street, the people of Springwood began to suspect that Freddy Krueger had returned, and their fear replenished the dream demon's powers. But Freddy struggled to get rid of Jason, who began imposing on his territory and stealing his potential victims. Losing his patience, Freddy revealed his true identity to Jason, causing a battle to erupt between the two killers, which ranged from Freddy's dream world to Jason's home of Crystal Lake. During the fight, Freddy discovered Jason's subconscious fear of drowning and exploited it by returning him to the moment he drowned as a child. But when Jason woke up from his nightmare, he was able to inflict physical damage of Freddy, ripping his arm off and stabbing him through the chest with his own clawed hand. As Freddy was finished off by his would-be victim Lori Campbell , the defeated Jason sank back into Crystal Lake. He emerged sometime later holding Freddy's severed head, which then winked and laughed; whether this was a dream or reality is unknown.

[4] Jason X (Non-Canon to the Original Timeline) Edit Jason is destroyed and rebuilt from scratch as the cybernetic "Uber Jason". By the year 2008, Jason had been captured by the U.S. government and was being held at Camp Crystal Lake Research Facility. Government researcher Rowan LaFontaine led several attempts to execute him, but was unsuccessfully due to Jason's uncanny ability to regenerate damaged body cells. Eventually, Rowan decided to cryogenically freeze Jason until they could find out what else to do with him, but the government already had plans to make profit by studying his regenerative powers. Jason managed to break free from his contraints and murdered several soldiers in the facility, before Rowan lured him into the cryonic chamber. Just as she activated the cryogenic suspension, Jason stabbed through the door with his machete, freezing them both inside the sealed chamber. As the centuries pass, Earth became too polluted to support life, with mankind moving to a new planet called Earth Two. Jason and Rowan were finally discovered in the year 2455 by a group of students on a field trip to the abandoned world.

They took the two bodies aboard their spacecraft, The Grendel, and succeeded in reanimating Rowan, but declared Jason deceased. When Jason thawed, he proceeded to murder everyone aboard The Grendel. Although the ship's team of soldiers, led by Sgt. Brodski, did their best to repel the killer, only the android Kay-Em 14 was successful in destroying Jason, blasting his body apart. Jason's corpse was left in the medical station, where his body was rebuild by the computer's advanced nanotechnology. The computer replaced his missing body tissue with cybernetic technology, transforming him into "Uber Jason", who attacked Rowan and the students again. They distracted Jason with a virtual reality simulation of Crystal Lake, while Sgt. Brodski attempted to repair the damaged ship. As the others escaped, Brodski sacrificed himself by maneuvering himself and Jason away from the survivors and into the atmosphere of Earth Two, where they were apparently burned to death and landed in a forest lake. All that appeared to remain of the terror that was Jason Voorhees is his charred hockey mask; with this, it would appear that Jason was truly and permanently dead.

[11] Remake Edit The Freddy vs Jason version of Jason Voorhees. Another timeline featuring Jason Voorhees exists that was created by the 2009 re-imagining of Friday the 13th . To see this character's information on this version of the character go to Jason Voorhees (remake timeline) . Powers and abilities Edit Even as a living human, Jason possessed uncanny resistance to harm and injury, managing to survive injuries that would either kill or disable others, such as being stabbed in the shoulder with a machete (Part 2), being hung, and even receiving an axe to the head (Part III). Furthermore, Jason either cannot feel pain or has a high tolerance for it, showing little reaction to injuries such as having his hand split down the middle with his own machete (The Final Chapter). Even after being impaled through the eye with his own machete, he still showed some signs of life. After he is unintentionally resurrected by Tommy, Jason has become more powerful than ever before. Jason is superhumanly strong and durable, casually shrugging off bullets, being burned alive, electrocuted, and even submerged in a flood of toxic waste.

In the event that he is injured, he can rapidly regenerate himself, retaining his eyesight despite being stabbed in the eyes, and even regrowing his severed fingers after his battle with Freddy Krueger . He has displayed his incredible strength on several occasions, smashing through solid walls and wooden barriers, lifting adult humans off the ground with one hand, crushing their skulls between his palms, and at one point punching a young man in the face with such force that his head popped off his shoulders. He can also survive getting blown to pieces, in which his heart can hypnotize anyone into eating it, causing the victim to be possessed by his demonic spirit. While possessing a victim, his reflection in a mirror is that of his true form. After a while, Jason must transfer into someone else's body in the form of a parasitic snake demon, traveling from his current victim's mouth to his next victim's mouth. This will cause the previous victim to gruesomely melt away. He can also leave the victim's body in the form of a Hellbaby. In order to be fully reborn as himself, he must possess the body - whether it be living or dead - of another Voorhees.

Jason is essentially immortal, having survived several apparent deaths, and even being resurrected through various means, such as a bolt of lightning (Jason Lives). Both Freddy Krueger and Pamela Voorhees have stated that, no matter what, Jason can never truly die. Though he was apparently killed and dragged into the depths of Hell by Jessica Kimble , even this proved to be a temporary death thanks to Freddy's manipulations. Jason appears to be able to breathe underwater and often uses water to his advantage, typically by drowning his victims. When he is subjected to a regenerative nanotechnology process in Jason X and transformed into a cyborg, Jason becomes even stronger; his strength is enhanced to the point where he can punch through solid steel, he is completely bulletproof, and can survive in the vacuum of space unaided. In addition to his various superhuman abilities, Jason has shown to be skilled in the use of various weapons, both melee and ranged. Even the simplest of tools can become a deadly weapon when in Jason's hands, ranging from an ice pick (Part 2) to a simple heated rock (Jason Takes Manhattan). Jason is also highly intelligent and a master of stealth, being able to set up different booby traps.

On numerous occasions, Jason often stalks an entire group of people at once. On these occasions, he easily avoids detection, and picks off the group members one by one without anyone else noticing. Weaknesses and vulnerabilities Edit Despite his great power, Jason does have a few notable weaknesses: Despite having used water to his advantage on several occasions and regularly swimming since his resurrection, Jason does appear to be afraid of water to some extent, which Freddy used to his advantage to nearly drown him in Freddy vs Jason . If trapped under the waters of Crystal Lake by any means, such as chains, Jason will be immobilized and unable to escape without outside help. His mother as evident in Friday the 13th Part 2 and Freddy vs Jason . When he hears his mother or sees her he stops what he is doing and pays attention to what she tells him. Supposed Deaths The following is a list of times Jason Voorhees is killed or supposedly killed in the movies. Before the main events of the series, Jason drowned in Camp Crystal Lake. In Friday the 13th Part III, Jason was struck in the head with an axe by Chris Higgins.

In Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, Jason was impaled through the skull with his own machete and then hacked apart by Tommy Jarvis. In Friday the 13th Part VI Jason Lives, Jason was chained to the bottom of Crystal Lake and Megan Garris ground his throat up with a boat's propeller blade, breaking his neck. In Friday the 13th Part VII The New Blood, Jason was dragged to the bottom of Crystal Lake and chained there again by the soul of Tina's father after she summoned him. In Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, Jason is covered in toxic waste, burning his face, and is then swept away in a wave of waste that transports him back to Crystal Lake. In Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday, Jason was stabbed in the heart by Jesicca Kimble and dragged to Hell. In Jason X, Jason was knocked down towards Earth 2 where he was burned in it's atomsphere by the reentry. In Friday the 13th (2009), Jason was stabbed in the chest with his own machete by Whitney Miller. In other media Edit Jason appeared in some episodes of Robot Chicken.

In one of them, he stalks and kills the Scooby Doo gang. In another episode, That Hurts Me, he appeared alongside other horror movie villains - namely Freddy Krueger , Michael Myers , Ghostface , Pinhead , and Leatherface - on the Big Brother show. Jason's role is relatively minor. While playing charades with Michael and Leatherface (none of the three can talk), he did the robot and the funky chicken (Robot Chicken), though Freddy says that the answer was the Da Vinci Code. Jason appears in Angry Video Game Nerd. He is forcing the Nerd to play his game on NES, and whenever the nerd would act up, and say anything negative about the game, he would threaten to kill him. After the Nerd has enough of the game, he knocks Jason unconscious with the controller, and blasts his head off with the Zapper. Jason also appeared in episodes of Family Guy, It Takes A Village Idiot, and I Married One. He talks in a sophisticated voice and is interviewed on the lake being cleaned, though he stabs two girls dead. He is also the manager of a store and threatens to kill the clerk if she screws up. He also appears in Killer Queen along his son.

He also appeared in the spoof movie Stan Helsing as an antagonist. Like Leatherface, he has the least screen time. His appearance is changed to that of a hockey player (as a reference to his hockey mask), with a red hockey shirt and wielding a hockey stick as a weapon. He is renamed Mason. He and Michael are the third and fourth to be defeated; Stan pulls on their masks, and, after Teddy sprays ketchup on them, kicks them out through the door where they are eaten by Sammyboy the dog. Ironically, he is played by Ken Kirzinger, who played Jason in Freddy vs Jason. Victims Alice L.

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On Twitter 2 hours It seems as though Donald Trump just doesn't want to learn the truth about the Russian hacking scandal wrd.cm/2hTSCGt Follow Advertisement. Slide: 1 / of 4. Caption: Caption: Jason Voorhees in Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI. courtesy Paramount Pictures Author: Jordan Crucchiola. Jordan Crucchiola Culture Date of Publication: 03.13.15. Time of Publication: 11:00 am. 11:00 am Your Definitive Binge Guide for the Friday the 13th Movies Jason Voorhees in Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI. courtesy Paramount Pictures Last month we got a Friday the 13th, but it was unfortunately overshadowed by Valentine’s Day. Whatever. Now it’s March and this time around, Friday the 13th is about the same thing it’s been about since 1980: Jason Voorhees and his bloody reign of terror on Crystal Lake.

But it all started in 1957, really, when Jason drowned in that lake thanks to a lazy lot of camp counselors more concerned with pre-marital sex than looking after their charges. The first mysterious killings came in 1958 and that’s when the locals started calling it Camp Blood, the place you went to but didn’t come back from, the place with the “Death Curse.” Tshh tshh tshh ha ha ha! But what began as a cabin-in-the-woods slash fest evolved over the years into something much more unwieldy. Although Jason almost always ends up back home at (and sometimes literally in) Crystal Lake, he also takes trips to Manhattan, to hell, and eventually even to space. In Part VIII he appears as his inner child, and in Part IX his demonic consciousness goes body hopping between unsuspecting victims. Among the Four Horsemen of the super killer apocalypse—Leatherface, Michael, Freddy—Jason is by far the most flamboyantly un-killable. Seriously. The whole point of a super killer is that they themselves won’t die, but the number of times and over-the-top ways that Jason has been revived over the decades boggles the mind.

Jason is also the only one of the four Big Bads to explicitly transition from natural to supernatural, being revived from his grave by a strike of lightning in Part VI and entering un-dead territory. Considering he would go on to anchor 12 total movies over time (including nine sequels from the original, one spin-off in Freddy vs. Jason and a remake in 2009), it’s no wonder they made him extra fantastical. And Jason clearly ruled the 1980s, with eight installments coming to theaters between 1980 and 1989. And remember when we mentioned pre-marital sex earlier? Yeah, there’s a whole lot of that throughout the Friday the 13th franchise. Right now you’re thinking, “Well, yeah, that’s what happens in slasher flicks,” but this series takes it to the next level, even making the R-rated moments a running joke by parts IX and X. So how does one keep track of all the sex, slashing, and supernatural activity? With so many movies and only one Friday during which to truly celebrate them, we’d like to offer you a handy binge guide for all of your Friday the 13th viewing needs.

(Most of the main franchise is playing on Epix today , by the way.) Here’s everything you need to know about all the movies, complete with kill counts, notes on the highest quality executions and, most importantly, Final Girl rankings. Friday the 13th (1980) The granddaddy of them all, as they say. The landmark debut of Friday the 13th was the first and last time the franchise used subtlety to affect scares, with as many murders happening off camera as they did on. Keep an eye out for a baby Kevin Bacon, the first appearance of Pamela Voorhees and use of the term “grass” when referring to marijuana. Kill Count: 10* Top Kills: Arrow through the throat and a clean decapitation via machete. Final Girl: Strong, practical, realistic, and good fighting skills despite taking a heavy beating. She was a strong model for all eventual Girls to come and ranks overall at No. 2. Setting: Camp Crystal Lake in Hope, New Jersey Victims: Camp staff Friday the 13th Part II Five years after the massacre of the inaugural Friday the 13th people can’t seem to leave well enough alone.

For Part II a bunch of soon-to-be counselors are set up across Crystal Lake at a camp training facility. But even though they aren’t at the Camp, this is still Jason’s lake and he will waste all those who trespass on it. Marijuana is now referred to as “dope.” Kill Count: 8 (with one unconfirmed) Top Kills: Machete to the face sending the victim careening down a staircase in his wheelchair. (See below.) Final Girl: This one is tough. She’s more of a runner than a fighter, which isn’t a criticism, but at one point she gives away her position to Jason by urinating on the floor at the sight of a mouse. (Who loses their bladder over a rodent when the madman who just killed all your friends is now hunting you down?!) However, she does try to use a car, a chainsaw, and trick psychology to ward off Jason, so cleverness in crisis lifts this Final Girl all the way up to No. 3 in our power rankings.

Setting: Cabin facilities near Camp Crystal Lake Victims: Camp staff in training Friday the 13th Part III The third Friday movie is the technological masterpiece of the series, sporting cutting edge 3-D technology and plenty of stunt camera angles to show it off. You can practically feel the yo-yo spinning into your face! And despite the fact that the hockey mask is iconic in the franchise, Part III is actually the first time Jason puts it on. It’s the first movie to transition out of the camp framework, and also kicks off a several movies long trend of Jason running after his victims—a departure from the standard walk-and-stalk hunting style. Part III is definitely one of our favorites of the series. Kill Count: 10 Top Kills: The bisection in mid-handstand was the top Jason kill, but for sheer grit, the multiple deaths of Jason in the final act at the hands of our hero are all excellent. Final Girl: Easily the best of the franchise. She’s got a strong survival instinct and channels her childhood PTSD into full-on ass-kicking abilities when necessary. She’s the best fighter of the Final Girls and ranks overall at No. 1.

Setting: Secluded cabin near Crystal Lake Victims: Vacationing youth Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (Part IV) Part IV keeps the Friday mythology outside of camp grounds, continuing to focus instead on groups of sex-having, weed-smoking vacationers. It marks the first appearance of Tommy Jarvis (Cory Feldman), the franchise’s only recurring character in a lead role. There’s also an appearance by pre-Back to the Future Crispin Glover, and one of our favorite finales in the whole series. Kill Count: 13 Top Kills: It happens fast, but the death-by-window-toss onto the top of a massive station wagon is one of our favorites from the entire series. The hacksaw-to-the-neck and in-shower face crush were also highlights. (See below.) Final Girl: This girl puts herself in harm’s way to protect her family and demonstrates adequate fighting abilities, but is also really uninteresting. She gives Jason a good taunting, but when your much-younger brother has to save your life and do the killing for you, it totally drops your credibility. Final power ranking score is No. 9.

Setting: Secluded cabin near Crystal Lake Victims: Vacationing youth and a neighboring family Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (Part V) When your franchise gets to five installments, you’ve got to start spicing it up if you want to keep people interested, and for A New Beginning that means a skyrocketing body count, the first appearance of drugs harder than weed, and the most gratuitous use of sex and female nudity to this point in the series. It also marks the first time the series leaves Camp Crystal Lake, transitioning to a sort of “halfway house” for troubled teens in the wilds of Pennsylvania. The use of a bulldozer as a self-defense weapon is also a franchise highlight. Kill Count: 19* Top Kills: New Beginning wasn’t our favorite movie for impressive kills, but if we had to choose, we’d go with the road flare to the mouth and the garden shears to the eyes. Final Girl: She’s not the best fighter, and isn’t very smart, but demonstrates a keen awareness of her surroundings by making good use of deadly tools (e.g. a chainsaw) when it really counts. Good enough to earn her a power ranking of No. 6.

Setting: Pinehurst camp for rehabilitating youth in Pennsylvania Victims: Troubled teens Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI Jason Lives is the unveiling of supernatural Jason, having been slayed in the previous movie and put six feet underground. It’s also the final film featuring Tommy Jarvis, who was originally supposed to become the masked villain in Part VI, but demand forced production to keep with tradition and bring Voorhees back from the dead as the One True Jason. This installment also marked a tonal shift in the franchise, featuring a very Scream-like self-awareness of the genre and touches of the meta-humor Wes Craven’s future franchise would popularize. It makes a series that’s six parts deep feel refreshed and a little more fun. Thankfully, Jason doesn’t run anymore from Lives onward until the 2009 remake. That was too weird and unfair. Kill Count: 17 Top Kills: The folding a man in half backwards like human origami and the excoriation using nothing but his iron fist are both top tier Jason strength moves. Final Girl: We didn’t really love this girl.

Her level of sass didn’t turn out to be commensurate with her survival instincts, and even a tremendous final kill can only earn her a ranking of No. 8. Setting: Camp Forrest Green (formerly Camp Crystal Lake) Victims: Camp staff Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood New Blood adds another stylistic twist to the Friday movies by adding a telekinetic protagonist who accidentally raises Jason from an underwater prison with the power of her mind. Part VII also marks the first appearance of Kane Hodder as Jason, who would go on to play the role through Jason X, by far the longest-serving Jason of the franchise. Kill Count: 15 Top Kills: Jason’s first sleeping-bag-based kill and his dispatching of the movie’s resident bitchy girl by means of a hatchet-to-the-face/across-the-room throw combination are the standouts of Part VII. Final Girl: Our girl in New Blood has the unfair advantage of telekinesis upping her Final Girl game, but we’re factoring it in anyway! Her ability to fight Jason with her mind, in addition to her dogged determination to help her mom, raise her power ranking to No. 4.

Setting: Crystal Lake The Friday the 13th Reboot Will Feature a new Jason Origin The Next ‘Friday the 13th’ Movie Will Give Jason a New Origin For Some Reason Posted on Wednesday, June 1st, 2016 by Jacob Hall There isn’t much going on behind Jason Voorhees’ hockey mask and that’s kind of the point. The most instantly recognizable villain in slasher movie history has endured because he’s so very simple – he was a disfigured kid who seemingly drowned before settling into a new existence as a woods-dwelling killer of camp counselors. Over the course of eleven films (ranging from terrific fun to truly unwatchable), Jason was the vehicle for schlocky scares and incredibly violent murders that often went for the funny bone instead of the jugular. He’s always been more of a mascot than a character and that’s been perfectly fine. And yet, it certainly sounds like the next iteration of Friday the 13th, a new reboot of the series following the 2009 reboot of the series, will take a new stab at Jason’s origin story.

I’m not here to pre-judge anything, but let’s just say that elaborating on the backstories of classic slasher villains has been nothing short of disastrous so far. The Reel Word sat down with producer Brad Fuller to chat about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, but the subject eventually shifted to the other disfigured freak movie he has on his plate. Here’s the choice quote, where he talks about how screenwriter Aaron Guzikowski (whose previous credits include the fantastic Prisoners and the not-fantastic Contraband) is tackling the series: Aaron’s story has great characters…You kind of have to understand Jason Voorhees, so we go back and we kind of started over and work our way forward. […] Origin-ish, but it’s an origin that no one has seen before. Obviously Pamela’s [Jason’s mother] there, but it’s a little bit different from what you’ve seen before. Here’s where I take issue with Fuller’s statements – no, you don’t have to understand Jason Voorhees.

The 2009 reboot (which is actually pretty good!) took that concept about as far as you could go, re-imagining Jason as a desperate defender of his home turf, part Rambo and part Leatherface. Anything beyond that feels foolhardy. After all, the remakes of Halloween and A Nightmare on Elm Street attempted to expand the once-simple origin stories of Michael Myers and Freddy Krueger and the results were…unsatisfying, to say the least. The good news to come out of this report is additional confirmation that Fuller has nixed the plans to make the reboot into a found footage movie, a concept that has plagued the internet for far too long: There was a lot of found-footage scripts that they wanted us to make and I was not going to do that because I don’t think that can exist in Jason Voorhees’ world. It’s baffling that it has taken this long to get another Friday the 13th movie off the ground, especially since the first reboot made decent money. The formula has existed since 1980: give a clever filmmaker a small budget and let him run wild, continuity be damned!

After all, we’re talking about a film series where Jason fought a Carrie rip-off, took Manhattan, went to Hell, and died so many times that part six had to bring him back as a zombie to explain why he was skill alive and chopping. The key to a great Friday the 13th movie doesn’t lie in a new origin story – that should be the gravy on top of everything else that has made this series work for over thirty years. Cool Posts From Around the Web: Friday the 13th: The Game - BackerKit Friday the 13th: The Game Created by Randy Greenback - Gun Media Friday the 13th: The Game You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play 12,218 backers pledged $823,704.20 on Kickstarter Jason Voorhees is unleashed and stalking the grounds of Camp Crystal Lake! Now we need your help to make this game an amazing reality!

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more » $12.50 Digital Soundtrack & Art Book Bundle Pack [Expected Delivery Date Spring 2017] Get a digital download of the Soundtrack &amp; the Art Book... more » $20.00 5. Project Donations Blood Donations Show the Friday the 13th team some extra love and help reach additional stretch goals by feeding ... more » $1.00 Checkout Learn About Our Project: For the first time since 1989, you have the opportunity to help bring a Friday the 13th video game to life! Stalk camp counselors across Crystal Lake as Jason Voorhees, or assume the role of a helpless camper and attempt to survive the night. Come be a part of this incredible moment in video game and horror history! We definitely can't do it without you. Behind the Scenes Interviews What is Friday the 13th: The Game? Friday the 13th: The Game is a third-person, asymmetrical multiplayer title where one player controls Jason Voorhees while the remaining seven control camp counselors trying to survive the night.That's right...1v7 multiplayer set in the semi-open world of Camp Crystal Lake!

It's a classic horror fan's dream, no shaky cam, no found footage. We want you to know we're revitalizing the golden era of slashers, and putting you at the controls of each horrific, blood-splattered moment. Horror Mash-up! Sackhead Jason from Part II performing the Head Crush Kill from Part III! Friday the 13th is the definition of horror to the millions of fans around the world. A masked killer going after the young and vulnerable; it grabs our attention, it frightens us, and yet we all come back for more. Friday the 13th: The Game will give you the feeling of horror and dread that you expect from Jason Voorhees. This will be the ultimate asymmetrical horror experience unlike anything you’ve seen - a title we’re proud to introduce that is worthy of the name ‘Friday the 13th’. Return to Camp Crystal Lake... What happened to Summer Camp? We were already building Slasher Vol.1: Summer Camp, and we've been creating and testing an internal prototype for some time now. You may recall that we announced Summer Camp last Fall via IGN . Soon after, Sean Cunningham personally reached out to us behind the scenes. That’s when things got awesome.

Jason's watching you! Sean came to us in early 2015, but we quickly discovered these weren’t the normal business conversations you would have when you try to secure a license as important as Friday the 13th. It was totally different. It was a conversation built on mutual admiration and respect for what each had created. Sean immediately noticed the passion we had for Friday the 13th, and after several incredible meetings over the next few months, we decided to upgrade our plans for Summer Camp and embrace the Friday the 13th video game license. After several incredible meetings over the next few months, Sean surprised us by offering the Friday the 13th video game license. It was literally a dream come true for a group of lifelong fans. He knew he could trust us with the most coveted horror IP ever, and we plan to make good on that promise to both him and you, the millions of loyal Friday the 13th fans around the world. Why use Kickstarter? The great news is that we’re not starting from scratch! We have already invested a lot, both financially and emotionally, into Slasher Vol. 1: Summer Camp.

This isn’t a request to put money towards an idea or vertical slice, but when we got the rights to Friday the 13th we knew we had to make the game better, with more features and content that complements the franchise. To put it bluntly, we wanted this game to be every bit as big as the franchise on which it is based. We love the Friday the 13th franchise. Seriously, we love slashers through and through, and we know that horror fans can sense when something is phoned in without the care and attention to detail the genre deserves. We know this because we are fans. Friday the 13th was the biggest inspiration for Summer Camp so we were understandably thrilled beyond belief to have the opportunity to make an official Friday the 13th game. To do this right we had to change our original approach to take full advantage of a license that allows us to do something bigger, more focused, and better. That change is why we’re here. We need the extra support to do this correctly. For you, the fans. We want you to be involved in the process. Get behind the scenes access by backing! Why not partner with a publisher? Great question.

We love working with publishers, most of them are great companies to work alongside. Fans of the “Friday the 13th” film series know that when it comes to Jason Voorhees, violence, gore and nudity aren’t just concepts to consider – they’re necessities. Collectively, we wanted to make certain that this game delivers the same kind of fun, brutal scares and creative kills that the franchise is known for and didn’t want to risk having to tell our story with a “T” for Teen rating. We don’t want that. You don’t want that. We’re not interested in compromising what made the film franchise so popular. We’re interested in building precisely what we, as fans, want. The ultimate Friday the 13th experience. Blood, guts, gore, brutal kills, and more. You want an experience true to the films, and so do we. It’s about creative control and delivering the best game we can. We want to share that control, with you, not a publisher. I can be Jason Voorhees, right? You get to play as Jason. Let’s say that again. YOU GET TO PLAY AS JASON!

You get to stalk camp counselors in Camp Crystal Lake and brutally kill in new and inventive ways (as well as some that will seem all too familiar). Grab a counselor in a choke hold, pick them up off the ground, and smash their face into a tree. Repeatedly. Or how about lifting a counselor up above your head as they kick and scream, holding them aloft long enough to walk near a rack of farm spikes to slam your victim down upon them? Yes, you get to do that because that’s what Jason does. He’s an unflinching, brutal killing force; the ultimate predator, and for the first time ever YOU control this horror icon. Jason Voorhees is the ultimate predator! Brutal, merciless, and unrelenting... We didn’t stop there. We added Kane Hodder to our team last Fall and with the license we’re happy to report that Kane will be returning to the iconic character for the first time in 14 years. Kane will be doing all the motion capture as well as directing his team of stunt men to help us capture the most brutal animations possible – professionals that can take the physical abuse that Kane will put them through. Once again, it HAS to be done right. No exceptions.

That’s part of why we need your help. Play as the most prolific slasher in all of Horror! Friday the 13th: The Video Game is focused mainly on the Jason vs Counselor scenarios that have been the staple of the series since the beginning; you will be playing as Jason or a camp counselor in Camp Crystal Lake. The multiplayer component to the game will pit one player as Jason against up to seven people as counselors. We’ve dedicated an incredible amount of time to balancing out counselor vs. Jason scenarios to ensure fans are every bit as excited by the possibility of slaying jocks, nerds, and cheerleaders as Jason Voorhees, while simultaneously giving you that sense of challenge and fear from being a counselor. One of our major goals is overcoming the stigma that some players have about asymmetrical multiplayer games. We know the worst feeling in the world of multiplayer gaming is believing you are ‘stuck’ and ‘without hope’. Horror in general, but specifically Friday the 13th, lends itself well to this style of game. The premise plus our game design consideration will overcome this dilemma and we can prove that asymmetrical multiplayer can work, be balanced, fun and frightening as hell.

While Jason can be an immensely daunting, seemingly unstoppable force, he is able to be brought down with an ‘epic’ win condition. It’ll be difficult, require some teamwork, and perhaps a bit of ingenuity, but we’ll be giving you the tools and opportunities to realize the biggest win in horror gaming. That sense of relief at the end, knowing you stopped the biggest and baddest killer in the world is not something to take lightly… We hope that this becomes a proud gaming moment for everyone that achieves it, one worth sharing and boasting to the world about. Lest you be worried… Jason will always come back for more! Watch out Jason, she's got a mean kick! Play as Jason Voorhees - The game you’ve been waiting for; you’ll be stalking the shadows and picking off each and every counselor as the most feared name in horror, Jason Voorhees! Jason will be brought to life in the game and you make the decision of how to go about setting up and performing each kill! We’ll be giving you a slew of abilities to terrify, harass and then brutally dispatch those opposing you. It's probably too late once it's gotten to this point...

Counselors: Fight or Flight - Jason is deadly, but he can be stopped! The movie does have to end, right? You and your fellow counselors will have a multitude of ways to escape from Jason while in Camp Crystal Lake. Not satisfied with simply running? You’ll have the opportunity to try and take Jason out. Be warned, Jason won’t go down easy, and nothing is a sure thing. Classic stereotypical horror character classes... Say that 3 times fast. Make Your Own Horror - Camp Crystal Lake, Jason Voorhees and a lot of horny teenagers makes for a lot of good stories. We’re going to be implementing a ‘Movie Trailer’ system that plays at the end of the match. This dynamic trailer will highlight the best moments of every game, in the style of the original 1980’s trailers! Each and every time you play Friday the 13th, you’ll be creating your own little movie. Beyond that, we plan to allow you to share your best trailers. Want to show Jason killing in dark, grisly, or even hilarious ways? Do it! Want to try to emulate the trailers from the original 80’s films? Give it a go.

We’re eagerly anticipating some really gnarly cuts from the community’s trailers! Fear System - Jason Voorhees strikes fear into every single person he comes across, and while many bravely attempt to take him on, most fail. The fear of never knowing where Jason is at any given time is powerful, and counselors will have to do everything they can to mitigate that fear while playing. Get too struck with fear and you’ll start to question what’s real and what isn’t. Progression - Friday the 13th is a long-running franchise, one with a whole cast of characters. Players will get a unified progression system to unlock multiple Jason character models from the classic films, as well as additional Camp Counselors with their own unique stats and traits.These are just a few of our unlocks and only scratches the surface of what we have planned to engage players over the lifetime of Friday the 13th: The Game. Remember, creative gameplay from both counselors and Jason will result in bigger and better rewards! The Return of Tommy Jarvis - One of our biggest goals is to bring back Tommy Jarvis as a guide for you, the player.

With a stretch goal, we hope to give you a fully 3D environment where you can access stories about Jason, view your progress and even collect bits and pieces from Camp Crystal Lake for use with Tommy Jarvis. Do enough for him, and a special surprise will await you! That really depends on where this Kickstarter campaign takes us. Summer Camp was originally conceived as a multiplayer title only, and thus was budgeted as such. It was only after taking on Friday the 13th that we really started to dream up plans to bring Jason to life in ways that everyone has wanted to experience (but no one has been able to create to date). To that end, the proposed single player portion will give you the Jason experience you’ve never had; direct through his eyes. We’ll be offering several ‘scenarios’ based off classic movie scenes from the franchise as you stalk and kill each and every counselor from a first person perspective. Not to leave the counselors out, we’ll be adding several counselor scenarios where you’ll have to confront your fears and take on Jason directly, especially in compromising situations! We are not going for anything less than a Mature Rating on this; the franchise deserves it!

These scenarios might also make their way to VR, and would bring an entirely new perspective to the slasher genre! You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. #Unleash Jason! Help us bring him back! We’re proud to announce that Friday the 13th: The Game, and Jason Voorhees's return to video games, is fueled by none other than the amazing Unreal Engine 4 from Epic Games! UE4 makes it possible to fully realize Camp Crystal Lake, in all it's horrifying beauty. STRETCH GOALS FULLY REVEALED!! RIPPIN" HEARTS OUT!! YES! We have handpicked the most legendary members of the Friday the 13th Franchise and are excited beyond belief to announce that the following Horror Legends will be heavily involved in Friday the 13th: The Game. Sean S. Cunningham One of today’s most successful and versatile filmmakers, Sean S. Cunningham has created his personal brand in the Horror genre. In 1971 he produced the original Wes Craven cult classic The Last House on the Left.

Cunningham went on to direct and produce the seminal horror film Friday the 13th, creating the iconic villain Jason Voorhees. This enormously successful franchise spawned twelve sequels with a thirteenth scheduled for next year. Cunningham’s films include Friday the 13th (original & remake), Last House on the Left (original & remake), House & House II, Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday, Deepstar Six, The New Kids, Jason X and The Horror Show. Cunningham is in pre-production for the Friday the 13th TV Series and two independent web-series. Tom Savini - Executive Producer and Cinematography An actor and award-winning special makeup effects icon. Worked on movies such as Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Creepshow, Friday the 13th (parts I and IV), Maniac, The Burning, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2.Tom will help mastermind the kills and brutality found in Friday the 13th: The Game, along with providing overall horror philosophy. Kane Hodder - The Killer Himself, Jason Voorhees, and Mo-Cap/Stunt Coordinator.

From playing Jason Voorhees in four of the Friday the 13th films (7,8,9,10) to his latest role as Victor Crowley in the Hatchet series, Kane Hodder has been killing people on film for decades. Hodder, a professional stuntman, stunt coordinator and actor has appeared in over a hundred films and television shows in his thirty year career. Harry Manfredini - Composer and Audio Designer Film composer with 148 film credits. Was responsible for original Friday the 13th score and soundtrack, as well as eight other films in the series. Also composed the soundtrack for iconic films like Swamp Thing, House 1 & 2, The Hills Have Eyes 2, and countless others. We’re game designers, directors, producers and publishers. We work on projects we are passionate about and we work with the right people on the right project to give you something amazing. Our previous title, Breach & Clear, has moved over 1M units for iOS, Android and Steam. We’re a creative team able to deliver games that we, and everyone else, wants to play.

For more information check out - Wes Keltner - Co-Creator & Designer Working with companies like EA, Activision, Eidos, and more, Wes brings over 10 years of industry experience to the team. Upon founding Gun, Wes designed Breach & Clear, a multi-platform, military strategy title with over 1.5M players, as well as the followup B&C: Deadline. Wes is very much a minimalist in his design approach, both in visual design and game theory. A lot of this stems from his past work with Ford Motor Company, American Apparel and Samsung, where he learned the craft of branding powerful narratives that engage wide audiences. Friday the 13th: The Game is a dream game for Wes, as he and other co-creator, Ronnie Hobbs, have dreamed of this game for years. He is a massive fan of 80's horror and all things VHS. This passion is what drives the visual style of Friday the 13th: The Game. Ronnie Hobbs - Co-Creator and Designer Previously co-designed Breach & Clear, and consulted on major AAA titles for numerous publishers, including EA, Activision, Microsoft, Bethesda, and Sega.

He also spent several years in the industry as a games journalist. His strengths are game theory, game production and all things horror. Randy Greenback - Executive Director Randy brings over 21 years of industry experience, most of that on AAA titles from companies like Westwood Studios, EA, Red Storm/Ubisoft, & Insomniac Games. He has worked on huge franchises like Rainbow Six, Ghost Recon, America’s Army, Ratchet & Clank, Command & Conquer and many more. Most recently he was the Executive Producer on Breach & Clear: Deadline. Ever-fascinated, tinkering with, and pitching designs for asymmetrical multiplayer games since the late 90's, the opportunity to realize one has now come with Friday the 13th: The Game. Ben Strauss - Community Lead and Junior Producer Working as Community Manager for all of Gun Media’s titles, including Friday the 13th: The Game, Ben is also a Jr. Producer at Gun aiding in the writing of the Breach & Clear franchise and other unannounced titles. Ben previously worked with GamesIndustry.biz as a daily contributor for three years and helped Namco Bandai with community coordination of Ace Combat: Assault Horizon.

IllFonic was founded in 2007 by musician Raphael Saadiq, engineer Chuck Brungardt, and game designer Kedhrin Gonzalez. IllFonic is committed to delivering AAA games to consoles and PC. IllFonic utilizes many avenues in pop culture to cross brand its products in film, television, sports, music, and clothing. IllFonic has built a team of artists, developers, producers, and musicians that believe providing fun game-play means conveying the highest level of visual awe, an immersive environment and a sick soundtrack. For more information head over to Kedhrin Gonzalez: Kedhrin is a horror fanatic and obsesses with survival horror game design. Starting IllFonic with Charles Brungardt, Kedhrin has always brought his more aggressive and darker sensibilities to the projects IllFonic creates. Being the studios Creative Director, Kedhrin maintains constant communication with both internal and external teams to make sure the vision of the project is captured and delivered with the highest quality. Before IllFonic, Kedhrin has a long history of working with other teams and MODs since 1997.

Being both a designer and artist, he has constant hands in the experience of the final product. Kedhrin believes in the core values that makes horror games powerful – immersion, fear and the anxiety fueled adrenaline rush. Chuck Brungardt: Charles brings 8 years of experience running IllFonic to the table from business development to working closely with IllFonic’s Tech Director and Lead Producer to help maintain the vision of the creative and design leaders throughout development. Charles has led IllFonic in bringing Nexuiz to market with THQ for the Xbox 360 and PC platforms. In addition leading business development on various work for hire projects such as Armored Warfare, Star Citizen, Evolve, Sonic Boom,Crysis 3, AMD’s 2013 Ruby “Next-Gen” tech demo, and an unannounced project with Disney Imagineering. Dojun Lee: Lead Animator:I am an animator and educator. I have worked in the video game industry for 10+ years, and worked on multiple consoles / pc games. I worked at Totally Games, Planet Moon Studios and NCSoft before came to Denver, Colorado.

I’ve been working as a lead animator at IllFonic for the last 3 years, and worked on Ruby : AMD Tech Demo, Revival, and Star Citizen. Also, I am currently teaching at the Art Institute of Colorado, and helping students putting their feet in the video game industry. In my spare time, I enjoy playing video games and watching movies. My favorite games are ‘Witcher3’, ‘Shadow Warrior’, ‘Resident Evil’ and ‘Uncharted’ series. I’m also a huge fan of horror movies, and it’s an honor to be a part of ‘Friday the 13th’ video game. Daniel Garcia: Lead Programmer:I grew up watching classic slasher films and the chance to work on a game based on one is a literal dream come true. From the first conversation I had about the idea of the game I have been excited to work on it. It's unlike anything I have played or worked on before. It's a real chance to push asymmetrical multiplayer in new and interesting directions and doing it with such an iconic part of my life is just icing on the cake.

Shane Stoneman Lead Artist:You grow up seeing these old slasher films thinking that they would make a great game, or wondering why someone hasn't jumped at the chance to make something like this a reality. This is that chance. Jason for me is the king of all slasher films and to have the opportunity to work on such a large IP is quite the honor. I'm pretty stoked to be able to bring this iconic character to life in a game with such a talented team. This game represents years of dreaming about doing a Friday the 13th game, those dreams have brought us to this point. We're taking the development of this game very seriously, and every penny we can put towards building a bigger and better experience, we will. We promise. After the unavoidable kickstarter fees and taxes, our fans then get their rewards for their help in making Friday the 13th: The Game a reality! Then, the entirety of the rest of the funds raised will go straight into the game. It's as simple as that.

Kickstarter Budget Estimate 10% Kickstarter fees and taxes 20% Rewards/Fulfillment How The New Friday The 13th Movie Will Change Jason - CINEMABLEND How The New Friday The 13th Movie Will Change Jason By Mike Reyes 7 months ago As Paramount prepares to relaunch their famous Friday The 13th franchise, there are some key decisions that have to be made. Found footage is no longer a concern, the writers want to cover why Jason Voorhees can get back up after he's been dealt a killing blow, and in a new twist of the tale, his origin will be changing to a certain degree. During an interview with The Reel Word , during press rounds for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, producer Brad Fuller was invited to comment on his work with that other hot ticket franchise that Paramount is toying with. It was then that Fuller described the current approach to restarting the Friday The 13th saga as the following: It’s an origin that no one has seen before. Obviously Pamela’s there, but it’s a little bit different from what you’ve seen before.

The exact term that Brad Fuller used to describe Friday The 13th's latest refresh is an "origin-ish" film. So while we'll be seeing Jason, and mother Pamela, beginning yet again on their legacy of slaying anyone who dares set foot in Camp Crystal Lake, the exact circumstances of how Jason became Jason sound like they're going to get an overhaul. Which has us wondering: just how will the new film change the origins in such a way that no one has ever seen? As fans of Friday The 13th will remember, Jason didn't come into the picture until Friday The 13th: Part II, as the first film in the series saw Pamela taking the role of the killer. Presumed dead since a drowning accident as a kid, Jason returned after Pamela's death to seek vengeance, which was then followed up by sequel after sequel of sheer, aimless carnage. But if the new Friday The 13th is setting us up for an origin that's never been glimpsed before, how in the world are Jason and Pamela going to be in the same film together?

Well, an obvious work around would be that Friday The 13th will see Jason as the main villain, possibly plagued with the vision of Pamela in his mind. Throw in some sort of explanation that attributes his supernatural ability to be resurrected as a sort of familial curse / result of Pamela's dabbling in witchcraft, and you've got a Voorhees origin story that has never been seen before. Obviously, the ambiguity of Brad Fuller's remarks are something that you could play around with until the next batch of victims arrive for camp, so we have absolutely no clue what this new origin story will try to do with the Jason mythos. What we do know though, is that Fuller and writer Aaron Guzikowski both seem keen to bring back the legendary bogeyman, while at the same time giving audiences a new reason why Jason Voorhees is still one of the most fearsome figures in cinematic history. Friday The 13th is set to open on January 13th, 2017. Subscribe To Topics You're Interested In close

Question: Give the full name of the villain from the 'Friday the 13th.' series of movies?
Answer: JASON VORHEES