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Jason X (2001)

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Crystal Lake (2026)

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Franchise History

Friday the 13th started as a title and a newspaper ad. Sean S. Cunningham had produced The Last House on the Left with Wes Craven in 1972. After John Carpenter's Halloween made a fortune in 1978, he wanted his own scary movie that played like a roller coaster ride. He put an ad in Variety for a film called Friday the 13th before any script existed, partly to find out fast if someone else owned the name. A New York ad agency built his idea of big block letters bursting through a pane of glass. Victor Miller, a writer who lived near Cunningham in Stratford, Connecticut, wrote the screenplay under the working title A Long Night at Camp Blood.

Miller's story put a group of young counselors at a summer camp cut off from adult help, the way Halloween cut off its babysitters. His killer turned out to be a mother, Pamela Voorhees, getting revenge for her son Jason, who drowned at the camp years before while the counselors were not watching. Miller was paid about $9,500 for the script, according to Part III actor turned entertainment lawyer Larry Zerner. Makeup artist Tom Savini suggested the last scare, with young Jason jumping out of the lake at Alice. That joke of an ending is the reason the series exists.

The film was shot in the fall of 1979 in Warren County, New Jersey, with Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco, a working Boy Scout camp in Hardwick Township, standing in for Camp Crystal Lake. It cost somewhere between $550,000 and $650,000 depending on the source. Georgetown Productions financed it. Paramount, Warner Bros. and United Artists bid on the finished picture. Paramount paid $1.5 million for the United States and Canada, and Warner Bros. took the rest of the world. It was the first independent slasher picked up by a major studio.

It opened May 9, 1980, and earned $39,754,601 in North America, plus about $20 million overseas. Critics hated it. Gene Siskel called Cunningham one of the most despicable people in the business. Audiences did not care. Of Paramount's releases that year, only Airplane! made the studio more profit.

Paramount wanted a sequel right away. An early idea was to use the title for a yearly series of unrelated scary movies. Phil Scuderi, a producer of the first film and co-owner of Esquire Theaters with Steve Minasian and Bob Barsamian, insisted on bringing back Jason instead. Steve Miner, associate producer on the first film, directed Friday the 13th Part 2 in 1981. It made the grown Jason the killer, with a sack over his head.

Part III in 1982 was shot in 3-D and gave Jason his hockey mask. The mask came from a lighting test. 3-D supervisor Martin Jay Sadoff, a hockey fan, handed Miner a goalie mask. Makeup effects artist Doug White enlarged it and art director Terry Ballard added the red triangles. It became one of the best known images in horror.

Producer Frank Mancuso Jr., son of Paramount executive Frank Mancuso Sr., wanted out and planned to kill Jason for good. The result was Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter in 1984, which introduced young Tommy Jarvis. It made so much money that the end did not stick. A New Beginning (1985) used a copycat killer and angered fans. Jason Lives (1986) brought Jason back from the dead with a bolt of lightning and turned him into a supernatural monster for good. The New Blood (1988) pitted him against a telekinetic girl, and Jason Takes Manhattan (1989) put him on a cruise ship bound for New York.

Paramount also used the name for Friday the 13th: The Series, a syndicated show from Frank Mancuso Jr. and Larry B. Williams that ran 72 episodes from 1987 to 1990. It was about cursed antiques and had no connection to Jason.

Jason Takes Manhattan was the lowest grossing film in the series at the time, and Paramount's run ended. The rights to Jason went back to Scuderi, Minasian and Barsamian, who sold them to New Line Cinema, the home of Freddy Krueger. New Line did not get the Friday the 13th title in that deal. Sean S. Cunningham came back as producer. He wanted Freddy vs. Jason, but New Line put the crossover on hold, so he made Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993) and later Jason X, which sent Jason to outer space and opened in the United States in April 2002 after sitting on the shelf for more than a year.

Freddy vs. Jason finally came out August 15, 2003, after more than 15 years of on and off development and about $6 million spent on unused scripts. It opened at number one with $36.4 million and is still the top grossing film in the series.

Platinum Dunes, the company of Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form, rebooted the series with Friday the 13th on February 13, 2009. New Line and Paramount both held pieces of the property, so they split it. Warner Bros., which by then owned New Line, released it in North America and Paramount released it overseas. It had the biggest three-day opening for a horror film at the time, $40.6 million, then dropped more than 80 percent its second weekend.

No new film has been made since. A sequel to the reboot was dated for August 13, 2010, then pulled. Warner Bros. handed its film rights to Paramount in 2013 as part of the deal to co-produce Interstellar. Paramount developed a new film for years and cancelled it on February 6, 2017. The rights went back to New Line and Warner Bros. in 2018.

The bigger problem was a lawsuit. In 2016 Victor Miller used a part of the Copyright Act that lets authors take back rights they signed away after 35 years. Horror, Inc. and the Manny Company, the producers' side, sued in federal court in Connecticut, claiming Miller wrote the script as an employee, which would make the termination invalid. Judge Stefan Underhill ruled for Miller on September 28, 2018. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals agreed on September 30, 2021. Miller got back the United States rights to his screenplay. The producers kept the rights outside the country, and the grown-up hockey mask Jason of the sequels was never part of his script. The fight froze the franchise for years and ended new content for Friday the 13th: The Game, a 2017 multiplayer game.

The rights holders found a way forward on television. On October 31, 2022, Peacock ordered Crystal Lake, a prequel series from A24. Variety reported that Miller and his lawyer Marc Toberoff held the U.S. rights plus non-exclusive foreign rights, and bringing in Rob Barsamian of Horror, Inc. gave the show access to everything from the films. Bryan Fuller was the first showrunner and was let go in May 2024. Brad Caleb Kane took over in August 2024. Linda Cardellini plays Pamela Voorhees, and the show was filmed in New Jersey in 2025, finishing at Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco, the same camp used in 1980.

Horror, Inc., run by Rob Barsamian and his son Robbie, launched Jason Universe in 2024 to bring the brand back. For the 45th anniversary in 2025 it partnered with Universal's Halloween Horror Nights, Call of Duty and Fortnite, released the 13-minute short Sweet Revenge from director Mike P. Nelson, and said at San Diego Comic-Con that a new sequel movie and a sequel console game were its top priorities. Jason joined Dead by Daylight on June 16, 2026. In March 2026 Cunningham told TMZ a treatment for an old school Friday the 13th film was finished, that he and Miller had settled their differences, and that a Warner Bros. and Paramount merger could clear the rights mess.

Victor Miller died on August 31, 2026, in Alameda, California. He was 86. His son Ian confirmed the death to Variety. He never watched the sequels because he did not like Jason becoming the killer. As of September 2026 the franchise stands at twelve films, two TV series, a short film, novels, comics and games. The twelve films earned about $383 million in North America and about $466 to $468 million worldwide. All eight episodes of Crystal Lake premiere on Peacock on October 15, 2026.

Lore and rules

The first film sets the backstory. In 1957 young Jason drowned at Camp Crystal Lake while counselors who should have been watching him were having sex. His mother, the camp cook, killed two counselors in 1958. Twenty-two years after the drowning, a new owner tried to reopen the camp, and Pamela killed the staff. Alice beheaded her. Victor Miller wrote Jason as a normal boy who was dead from the start, a victim and not a villain. Tom Savini made him deformed and added the jump from the lake, which Alice experiences as a dream.

Part 2 changes the rules by saying Jason never died. He grew up in the woods, saw his mother killed, and began killing anyone who came near the lake. The main story takes place five years after the first film. Part III starts the next day, and The Final Chapter starts right after that, so Parts 2 through 4 cover only a few days. In these films Jason is a strong but mortal man who can be hurt and knocked down.

A New Beginning keeps Jason dead. Tommy is haunted by him, and the killer is a copycat. The ending hints Tommy will become the next Jason, but the series never followed that.

Jason Lives resets the character. Tom McLoughlin treated Jason as a supernatural monster brought back by lightning, like Frankenstein's creature, and borrowed a vampire rule: returning him to his home soil, the waters of Crystal Lake, holds him. That meant Jason really did drown as a boy. From here on he shrugs off bullets and heals. McLoughlin also decided Jason would not kill children. Kane Hodder later refused to kick a dog, saying Jason would not hurt animals.

The New Blood picks up with Jason still chained under the lake. Tina's powers free him, and her father's spirit pulls him back down. Jason Takes Manhattan revives him with a power cable, sends him to New York and ends with toxic waste turning him back into a drowned child.

Jason Goes to Hell ignores the New York ending and never says how Jason got back to Crystal Lake. It adds new rules. Jason's black heart carries his evil and lets his spirit jump from body to body. He needs a blood relative to be reborn in his own body, and a Voorhees with a mystic dagger can send him to hell. Fans disliked the rule because people outside his family had stopped him in earlier films. The film introduces his half-sister Diana, her daughter Jessica and granddaughter Stephanie. The Necronomicon from The Evil Dead sits in the Voorhees house. Adam Marcus has said he meant that Pamela used it to bring Jason back, making him a Deadite. Freddy's glove taking the mask sets up the crossover.

Freddy vs. Jason follows both Freddy's Dead and Jason Goes to Hell and takes place before Jason X, though it came out later. Freddy uses Jason's childhood fear of drowning against him. The writers said Jason is not afraid of water itself. The fight's winner is left open.

Jason X is the last story in the original timeline. Jason is frozen and thawed more than 400 years later, in 2455. After being blown apart he is rebuilt as Uber Jason with metal parts.

The 2009 film starts a separate continuity. It restages Pamela's death with young Jason watching, then jumps ahead about 28 or 29 years depending on the source. This Jason is a man living off the land who defends his territory, runs, sets traps and keeps a prisoner. He finds the hockey mask on screen.

Crystal Lake is a prequel set before the first film's killings and centered on Pam as a single mother raising young Jason. Bryan Fuller said the streaming rights covered everything under the Friday the 13th umbrella. Brad Caleb Kane calls his version a paranoid 1970s thriller rooted in the era the first film came from, and it was shot at the same camp as the 1980 film.

Friday the 13th: The Series shares only the name. It is about cursed antiques, and producers dropped an idea to use a hockey mask so the show could stand on its own. A popular rumor that the finale would have made Jason's mask a cursed object has no support.

Outside the films, the stories do not agree with each other. Simon Hawke's Jason Lives novelization adds Elias. The 1994 Eric Morse books have people possessed by Jason's mask without Jason himself. Black Flame's Friday the 13th novels are standalone, while its Jason X novels continue that film. The comics include a version where Jason and Leatherface become friends, prequels about Pamela and the history of the lake, and the Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash books. Tom McLoughlin's unmade Jason Never Dies would have followed only Jason Lives. In The Game, a counselor wearing Pamela's sweater can confuse Jason, an echo of Part 2.

Harry Manfredini's ki ki ki, ma ma ma sound is part of the rules too. It comes from Pamela's line Kill her, mommy, and in the first film the music only played when the killer was present so the audience would not be tricked. The sequels loosened that and used it for red herrings.

Timeline

  • 1979: Sean S. Cunningham takes out an ad in Variety for Friday the 13th before a script is finished, promising the most terrifying film ever made from the producer of Last House on the Left.
  • Mid-1979: Victor Miller finishes the screenplay, first called A Long Night at Camp Blood. He is paid about $9,500 for it.
  • September 4 or 10, 1979: Filming of Friday the 13th starts in Hardwick, Blairstown and Hope, New Jersey. A production report says September 4. AFI says September 10.
  • November 1979: Reshoots and extra photography on the first film run as late as November in freezing weather.
  • 1980: Paramount pays $1.5 million for U.S. and Canadian rights. Warner Bros. takes international distribution.
  • May 9, 1980: Friday the 13th opens. It earns $5,816,321 its first weekend and $39,754,601 in North America.
  • September to November 1980: Friday the 13th Part 2 is shot in Connecticut under an interim deal with the Screen Actors Guild during the 1980 actors' strike. Its first title was Jason.
  • 1981: The first film is nominated for Worst Picture and Worst Supporting Actress (Betsy Palmer) at the first Golden Raspberry Awards, and for the Grand Prize at the Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival.
  • May 1, 1981: Friday the 13th Part 2 opens on 1,350 screens after 48 seconds are cut for an R rating. Box Office Mojo dates the opening April 30.
  • January 1982: Georgetown Productions and Paramount agree to shoot Part III in 3-D.
  • March to May 1982: Part III is filmed at the Valuzet Movie Ranch in Saugus, California, the first film in the series shot away from the East Coast.
  • August 13, 1982: Friday the 13th Part III opens, the first 3-D film given a wide domestic release. Jason puts on the hockey mask. It is the first film to knock E.T. out of first place.
  • 1982: Michael Avallone's novelization of Part 3, the first Friday the 13th novel, is published. Gramavision Records releases an LP of Harry Manfredini's music from the first three films.
  • May 13, 1983: Part III is re-released and adds $2,108,548.
  • October 3, 1983: A Daily Variety casting notice uses the working title Friday the 13th IV, The Final Chapter.
  • October 1983 to January 1984: The Final Chapter is filmed in Topanga Canyon and Newhall, California.
  • April 13, 1984: Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter opens at number one with $11,183,148. Corey Feldman debuts as Tommy Jarvis.
  • June 27, 1984: The Hollywood Reporter announces that a fifth film is being written. It is cast under the fake title Repetition.
  • March 22, 1985: Friday the 13th: A New Beginning opens at number one with $8,032,883. The killer is a copycat, Roy Burns.
  • 1985: Daily Variety reports that companies of Cunningham and Victor Miller sued Georgetown Productions and Belmont Management over unpaid residuals from TV, video and sequel rights.
  • 1985 to 1986: Stereovision International sues Paramount over 3-D exhibition gear. Paramount wins in 1986. Marks Polarized had earlier sued Paramount for $25 million over the Part III 3-D lenses.
  • March 10, 1986: Jason Lives begins filming in Covington, Georgia. One working title was Aladdin Sane.
  • May 1986: Domark releases Friday the 13th: The Computer Game for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum.
  • August 1, 1986: Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives opens. Jason comes back as a supernatural revenant. Alice Cooper releases He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask) the same year.
  • 1986: Simon Hawke's novelization of Jason Lives introduces Jason's father, Elias Voorhees.
  • 1987: Paramount and New Line Cinema try and fail to agree on a Freddy and Jason crossover. Paramount makes The New Blood instead.
  • September 28 or October 3, 1987: Friday the 13th: The Series premieres in first-run syndication. Wikipedia's franchise article gives September 28. Other listings give October 3.
  • 1987: Simon Hawke's novelization of the original Friday the 13th is published.
  • May 13, 1988: Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood opens at number one with $8,245,038 without screening for critics. Kane Hodder plays Jason for the first time.
  • 1988: The Series gets an Emmy nomination for visual and graphic effects. Simon Hawke's novelizations of Parts 2 and 3 are published. Screamin' Toys releases a Jason model kit.
  • April 1989: Jason Takes Manhattan shoots in Vancouver under the fake title Ashes to Ashes. Principal photography there ends the week of April 23 to 29.
  • 1989: LJN releases Friday the 13th for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The Series gets a second Emmy nomination. Vico C releases Viernes 13 in Puerto Rico.
  • July 28, 1989: Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan opens fifth with $6.25 million. It is Paramount's last Friday film until 2009.
  • After 1989: The rights to Jason revert to Phil Scuderi, Steve Minasian and Bob Barsamian, who sell them to New Line Cinema. The Friday the 13th title is not part of the deal.
  • May 26, 1990: The last episode of Friday the 13th: The Series airs. The cast learned of the cancellation while shooting the 20th episode of season three, The Charnel Pit.
  • 1990: The Series is nominated for Best Series by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films.
  • July 20 to September 4, 1992: Jason Goes to Hell is filmed in the Los Angeles area. About half of the finished film comes from reshoots and reworked footage.
  • 1992: Jason Voorhees receives the MTV Lifetime Achievement Award.
  • August 13, 1993: Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday opens without press screenings, New Line's first Jason film. The last shot shows Freddy's glove grabbing Jason's mask.
  • 1993: Topps Comics publishes a three-issue adaptation of Jason Goes to Hell by Andy Mangels, the first Friday the 13th comic.
  • 1994: Four young adult Friday the 13th novels by William Pattinson, writing as Eric Morse, are published. Brannon Braga and Ronald D. Moore write the Jason vs. Freddy script.
  • 1995: Topps publishes the three-issue Jason vs. Leatherface by Nancy A. Collins.
  • 1996: Cunningham hires Cyrus Voris and Ethan Reiff to write Freddy vs. Jason: Millennium Massacre, with Rob Bottin set to direct.
  • 1998: McFarlane Toys releases a Jason Goes to Hell figure in its Movie Maniacs line.
  • 1999: Robert Englund signs on for Freddy vs. Jason.
  • March 6, 2000: Jason X starts filming on soundstages at an abandoned air force base outside Toronto.
  • November 15, 2001: Jason X premieres in Spain.
  • March 2002: Damian Shannon and Mark Swift are hired to write Freddy vs. Jason. Ronny Yu signs to direct in May 2002.
  • April 26, 2002: Jason X opens in the United States with $6,649,006. It is Kane Hodder's last film as Jason.
  • September 9 to December 10, 2002: Freddy vs. Jason is filmed in Vancouver. The Friday the 13th Wiki gives November 26 as the end date.
  • August 15, 2003: Freddy vs. Jason opens at number one with $36.4 million from 3,014 theaters.
  • September 2003: At the Maniafest convention Cunningham talks about a TV show about teenagers living around Crystal Lake.
  • 2003: Black Flame publishes Stephen Hand's novelization of Freddy vs. Jason.
  • 2004: Freddy vs. Jason is nominated for Best Horror Film at the 30th Saturn Awards. Fire doubles Doug Chapman and Glenn Ennis are nominated for Best Fire Stunt at the Taurus World Stunt Awards.
  • February 2005: FAB Press publishes David Grove's Making Friday the 13th: The Legend of Camp Blood.
  • May 13, 2005: Avatar Press releases Friday the 13th Special, New Line's first use of the Friday the 13th name. It pre-sells more than 17,500 copies.
  • 2005: Black Flame publishes the Jason X novelization, Jason X sequel novels and original Friday the 13th novels. The From Crystal Lake to Manhattan DVD set is nominated for Best DVD Extras at the Satellite Awards.
  • October 2005: Cunningham describes a TV idea called Crystal Lake Chronicles, a coming-of-age show with Jason in the background.
  • October 24, 2005: Sparkplug Press publishes Peter M. Bracke's Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th, with a foreword by Cunningham.
  • October 13, 2006: A Friday the 13th mobile phone game is released.
  • December 2006: WildStorm begins a six-issue Friday the 13th comic series. IGN ranks Friday the 13th seventh among the top 25 film franchises.
  • January 2007: Platinum Dunes producers Andrew Form and Brad Fuller outline their plans for a reboot.
  • July 11 and August 15, 2007: WildStorm publishes the two issues of Friday the 13th: Pamela's Tale.
  • July 13, 2007: The first film screens in the Blairstown theater seen in the movie. Crowds force an extra show.
  • October 2007: The Hollywood Reporter announces Damian Shannon and Mark Swift are writing the reboot. Marcus Nispel is hired to direct in November.
  • April 21 to June 13, 2008: The reboot is filmed in and around Austin, Texas.
  • February 3, 2009: The documentary His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th, hosted by Tom Savini, comes out on DVD.
  • February 13, 2009: Friday the 13th (2009) opens in 3,105 theaters with $40,570,365, then falls 80.4 percent its second weekend.
  • June 24, 2009: WildStorm begins Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash: The Nightmare Warriors.
  • October 2009: Warner Bros. dates a sequel to the reboot for August 13, 2010.
  • December 10, 2009: Warner Bros. pulls the sequel from its release date.
  • April 2010: Brad Fuller says the sequel is dead.
  • February 2011: Fuller says Shannon and Swift have finished a sequel script.
  • January 13, 2012: La-La Land Records releases a limited 6-CD set of Harry Manfredini's scores for the first six films.
  • June 2013: Warner Bros. gives its Friday the 13th film rights to Paramount as part of the Interstellar deal. Derek Mears says Paramount and Platinum Dunes want a new film as fast as possible.
  • September 2013: Daniel Farrands releases the documentary Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th, narrated by Corey Feldman.
  • 2014: The Complete Collection Blu-ray set is nominated for Best DVD/Blu-ray Collection at the Saturn Awards.
  • April 2014: Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films and Crystal Lake Entertainment announce an hour-long Friday the 13th TV series.
  • January 2015: Electronic Gaming Monthly reports a new multiplayer horror game in development, which becomes Friday the 13th: The Game.
  • March 2015: Nick Antosca is hired to rewrite Paramount's new Friday the 13th film.
  • May 5, 2015: Jason Voorhees is released as a downloadable fighter for Mortal Kombat X on Xbox.
  • August 2015: The CW is developing the Friday the 13th series with writers Steve Mitchell and Craig Van Sickle.
  • October 13, 2015: Slasher Vol. 1: Summer Camp is announced as Friday the 13th: The Game. Paramount moves its film to January 13, 2017 the same month.
  • January 26, 2016: Victor Miller sends a notice of termination to Horror, Inc., according to Wikipedia. The Hollywood Reporter described the notices as sent in June and effective in July 2018.
  • August 2016: The CW passes on the series. Breck Eisner is in talks to direct Paramount's film (August 8). Horror, Inc. and the Manny Company sue Miller in federal court in Connecticut, reported by The Hollywood Reporter on August 25.
  • September 2016: Paramount moves its Friday the 13th film to October 13, 2017.
  • February 6, 2017: Paramount cancels the film, reported under the working title Friday the 13th: Part 13, and gives its release date to mother!.
  • May 26, 2017: Friday the 13th: The Game is released digitally. It sells 1.8 million copies by August 2017.
  • October 10, 2017: Shannon and Swift reveal the title of their unmade sequel, Friday the 13th: Camp Blood, The Death of Jason Voorhees.
  • October 13, 2017: Friday the 13th: The Game gets a physical release on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
  • 2017: The fan film Never Hike Alone is released, with Thom Mathews back as Tommy Jarvis. The Game wins Best Indie Game at the Golden Joystick Awards.
  • January 20, 2018: The mobile game Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle is released.
  • June 11, 2018: Gun Media cancels all future content for Friday the 13th: The Game because of the rights dispute.
  • September 28, 2018: U.S. District Judge Stefan Underhill grants summary judgment to Victor Miller.
  • 2018: The film rights revert from Paramount to New Line and Warner Bros.
  • October 2018: LeBron James's SpringHill Entertainment and Vertigo Entertainment are in talks to co-produce the next film.
  • November 2018: Clint Ford starts writing a prequel script called Friday the 13th: The Beginning.
  • April 12, 2019: Horror, Inc.'s appeal, first withdrawn for technical reasons, is reinstated by the deadline.
  • July 2019: Tom McLoughlin reveals Jason Never Dies, a spec script for a direct sequel to Jason Lives.
  • August 13, 2019: Friday the 13th: Ultimate Slasher Switch Edition comes out on Nintendo Switch.
  • June 2020: Jason appears in a public service announcement encouraging people to wear masks during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • October 13, 2020: Scream Factory releases the 16-disc Friday the 13th Collection Deluxe Edition.
  • November 2020: Dedicated servers for Friday the 13th: The Game shut down. Peer-to-peer play continues.
  • September 30, 2021: The Second Circuit Court of Appeals rules that Miller was an independent contractor when he wrote the screenplay, confirming his right to reclaim the U.S. rights.
  • October 2021: IGN names Jason the Greatest Movie Slasher of All Time.
  • 2022: Tom McLoughlin and James Sweet write Diary of Pamela Voorhees, a prequel script to the 1980 film.
  • October 31, 2022: Peacock orders Crystal Lake straight to series, with Bryan Fuller as showrunner.
  • January 2023: Adrienne King is reported cast in Crystal Lake. Writer Jeff Locker says he, Jeremy Weiss and Cunningham pitched a new reboot.
  • May 2, 2023: The Crystal Lake writers room stops when the Writers Guild of America goes on strike.
  • October 13, 2023: The fan film Never Hike Alone 2 is released.
  • End of 2023: Friday the 13th: The Game is delisted when its license expires.
  • April 8, 2024: Modders stop work on Friday the 13th: The Game, Resurrected after a cease and desist letter from Horror, Inc.
  • May 8, 2024: Variety reports Bryan Fuller is out as Crystal Lake showrunner.
  • May 2024: Cunningham says a new film is at least three years away.
  • August 19, 2024: Deadline announces Brad Caleb Kane as the new Crystal Lake showrunner.
  • 2024: The Barsamian family launches Jason Universe.
  • December 31, 2024: All online services for Friday the 13th: The Game end.
  • March 2025: Linda Cardellini is cast as Pamela Voorhees.
  • June 13, 2025: The 1980 film gets a one-day nationwide reissue for its 45th anniversary.
  • June 20, 2025: Crystal Lake starts filming in New Jersey under the working title Mama's Boy.
  • July 2025: At San Diego Comic-Con, Robbie Barsamian says a new sequel movie and sequel game are in the works. Variety announces Callum Vinson as young Jason on July 18.
  • August 1 to 8, 2025: Crystal Lake films at Rutt's Hut in Clifton, New Jersey.
  • August 13, 2025: Jason Universe releases Sweet Revenge, a 13-minute short directed by Mike P. Nelson, with a new mask designed by Greg Nicotero.
  • Fall 2025: Jason Universe houses open at Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Orlando and Universal Studios Hollywood.
  • October 9, 2025: Jason becomes playable in Call of Duty: Warzone and Black Ops 6 during The Haunting event.
  • October 10, 2025: Jason arrives in Fortnite for Fortnitemares. He becomes purchasable October 18.
  • October 2025: Crystal Lake wraps filming at Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco. Wikipedia gives October 19. Sky buys the show for the U.K. and Ireland.
  • February 2026: Shannon and Swift describe their unmade winter sequel, which would have shown Whitney's body in the frozen lake.
  • March 13, 2026: Cunningham tells TMZ a treatment for an old school Friday the 13th film is finished.
  • April 15, 2026: Brad Caleb Kane says the final sound mixes for all eight Crystal Lake episodes are done.
  • June 16, 2026: Jason joins Dead by Daylight as The Slasher.
  • July 13, 2026: Peacock releases the Crystal Lake teaser and first-look photos and confirms the October 15 date.
  • July 31, 2026: The Hollywood Reporter reports HBO Max will carry Crystal Lake in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
  • August 31, 2026: Victor Miller dies in Alameda, California, at 86.
  • September 2026: Crystal Lake is picked for the Primetime program at the Toronto International Film Festival.
  • September 13, 2026: The full Crystal Lake trailer is released.
  • October 2, 2026: The American Cinematheque lists a double bill of Crystal Lake and the 1980 film.
  • October 15, 2026: All eight episodes of Crystal Lake are scheduled to premiere on Peacock.

Franchise records

Franchise overview

Screen span
1980–2009 feature-film records on the shelf, with Crystal Lake television expansion tracked separately
Continuity shape
The Paramount cycle grows from Pamela Voorhees into Jason's central mythology; later New Line entries expand and cross over with A Nightmare on Elm Street; the 2009 film is a reboot.
Signature elements
Camp Crystal Lake, Pamela and Jason Voorhees, the hockey mask, machete iconography, summer-camp isolation, elaborate practical kills, and Tommy Jarvis.

Record
12

Friday the 13th Collection Deluxe Edition

2020

Label
Scream Factory
Disc count
16

Friday the 13th Special

2005 · Comic one-shot

Publisher
Avatar Press
Issues
1
Notes
April 2005 one-shot with numerous variant covers.
Archive
Comic bibliography
Readers
Label: READ #1, Scan pages: 30

Friday the 13th: Bloodbath

2005–2006 · Comic limited series

Publisher
Avatar Press
Issues
3
Archive
Comic bibliography
Readers
Label: READ #1, Scan pages: 26; Label: READ #2, Scan pages: 29; Label: READ #3, Scan pages: 25

Friday the 13th Fearbook

2006 · Comic one-shot

Publisher
Avatar Press
Issues
1
Notes
June 2006 one-shot with multiple variant-cover editions.
Archive
Comic bibliography

Friday the 13th

2007 · Comic series

Publisher
WildStorm / DC
Issues
6
Notes
Six-issue series published under WildStorm.
Archive
Comic bibliography
Readers
Label: READ #1, Scan pages: 36; Label: READ #2, Scan pages: 36; Label: READ #3, Scan pages: 36; Label: READ #4, Scan pages: 38; Label: READ #5, Scan pages: 37; Label: READ #6, Scan pages: 36

Friday the 13th: How I Spent My Summer Vacation

2007 · Comic limited series

Publisher
WildStorm / DC
Issues
2
Notes
Two-part limited series written by Jason Aaron.
Archive
Comic bibliography
On sale start
2007-09-12
On sale end
2007-10-10
Sources
Label: DC issue #1; Label: DC issue #2
Readers
Label: READ #1, Scan pages: 25; Label: READ #2, Scan pages: 24

Friday the 13th: Bad Land

2008 · Comic limited series

Publisher
WildStorm / DC
Issues
2
Writer
Ron Marz
Artist
Mike Huddleston
On sale start
2008-01-09
On sale end
2008-02-13
Notes
Two-part Crystal Lake horror story.
Sources
Label: DC issue #1; Label: DC issue #2, finale
Archive
Comic bibliography
Readers
Label: READ #1, Scan pages: 37; Label: READ #2, Scan pages: 37

Friday the 13th: Abuser and the Abused

2008 · Comic one-shot

Publisher
WildStorm / DC
Issues
1
Writer
Joshua Hale Fialkov
Artist
Andy Belanger
On sale date
2008-04-30
Notes
Original one-shot centered on Maggie and Jason Voorhees.
Archive
Comic bibliography
Readers
Label: READ #1, Scan pages: 35

Jason Voorhees tribute artwork

Credit
suspension99
Classification
Franchise tribute/reference art, not a production still.

Jason Voorhees black-and-white tribute artwork

Credit
DMThompson
Classification
Franchise tribute/reference art, not a production still.

Jason Voorhees forest tribute artwork

Credit
HelverAsbeth
Classification
Franchise tribute/reference art, not a production still.

Jason Mask LED Light-Up Sign

Jason Universe partner shop · home decor

Status
current-or-archival shop listing
License status
official franchise shop listing

Retro Jason Sign

Jason Universe partner shop · home decor

Status
current-or-archival shop listing
License status
official franchise shop listing

Adult Jason Cropped Work Shirt

Jason Universe partner shop · apparel

Status
current-or-archival shop listing
License status
official franchise shop listing

Jason Doormat

Jason Universe partner shop · home decor

Status
current-or-archival shop listing
License status
official franchise shop listing

Savini Jason Half Mask

Jason Universe partner shop · mask

Status
current-or-archival shop listing
License status
official franchise shop listing

Jason Voorhees Machete Prop

Jason Universe partner shop · prop

Status
current-or-archival shop listing
License status
official franchise shop listing

Jason Voorhees Mini Tote Bag

Jason Universe partner shop · bag

Status
current-or-archival shop listing
License status
official franchise shop listing

Funko Pop! Savini Jason

Jason Universe partner shop · vinyl figure

Status
current-or-archival shop listing
License status
official franchise shop listing

Youtooz Jason Collectable

Jason Universe partner shop · figure

Status
current-or-archival shop listing
License status
official franchise shop listing

Youtooz Jason Universe Plush

Jason Universe partner shop · plush

Status
current-or-archival shop listing
License status
official franchise shop listing

Thrilljoy PIX! Jason Universe

Jason Universe partner shop · figure

Status
current-or-archival shop listing
License status
official franchise shop listing

Thrilljoy PIX! Jason Halloween

Jason Universe partner shop · figure

Status
current-or-archival shop listing
License status
official franchise shop listing

Pin Club - Blood Mask

Jason Universe partner shop · pin

Status
current-or-archival shop listing
License status
official franchise shop listing

Pin Club - Camp Crystal Lake

Jason Universe partner shop · pin

Status
current-or-archival shop listing
License status
official franchise shop listing

Call of Duty x Jason

Jason Universe partner shop · game crossover

Status
current-or-archival shop listing
License status
official franchise shop listing

Fortnite x Jason

Jason Universe partner shop · game crossover

Status
current-or-archival shop listing
License status
official franchise shop listing

Jason Voorhees Retro Mask

Jason Universe partner shop · mask

Status
current-or-archival shop listing
License status
official franchise shop listing

Jason Voorhees Retro Axe

Jason Universe partner shop · prop

Status
current-or-archival shop listing
License status
official franchise shop listing

Jason Chia Pet

Jason Universe partner shop · novelty/home decor

Status
current-or-archival shop listing
License status
official franchise shop listing

5 Ft 11 In Jason Animatronic - Jason Universe

Spirit Halloween · animatronic

Notes
2026 5'11 animatronic with machete-slashing arm, scanning head, twisting waist and official Jason Universe audio.
License status
officially licensed

Jason Voorhees Half Mask

Spirit Halloween · mask

Notes
Plastic/elastic hockey-style half mask.
License status
officially licensed

Adult Jason Retro Costume

Spirit Halloween · costume

Notes
Purple/blue Friday the 13th: The Game look with shirt, pants and mask.
License status
officially licensed

Jason Retro Half Mask

Spirit Halloween · mask

Notes
Purple/blue game-inspired hockey mask.
License status
officially licensed

Friday the 13th Mask Light

Paladone · lighting / home decor

Sku
PP8252FTTV3VN
Notes
22 cm (8.6 in) mask-shaped lamp that can stand freely or mount on a wall. The maker specifies USB power or three AAA batteries.
License status
officially licensed

Jason Universe 45th Anniversary expansion

2025

Details
Universal Halloween Horror Nights partnership; Call of Duty partnership; Fortnite partnership; San Diego Comic-Con collaboration; Sweet Revenge short-film activity

Jason Universe at Halloween Horror Nights

2025 · Halloween Horror Nights haunted house

Location
Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood
Features
Camp Crystal Lake setting; Gauntlet of Jason incarnations associated with the early film cycle; Dedicated Jason Universe BBQ presence in Hollywood event map; Exclusive Jason Universe merchandise

Jason Universe SDCC 2025 Panel

2025 · San Diego Comic-Con panel / anniversary activation

Location
San Diego Comic-Con
Features
45th-anniversary celebration; Crystal Lake first looks; Sweet Revenge material; limited-edition giveaways; rare Barsamian family on-set photo reveals; new movie and console-game development discussion

Jason Universe 45th Anniversary Multi-Platform Expansion

2025 · franchise relaunch / cross-platform campaign

Partners
Universal Halloween Horror Nights; Call of Duty; Fortnite; San Diego Comic-Con; Mike P. Nelson; Greg Nicotero; Harry Manfredini
Details
Immersive experiences; gaming; consumer products; Sweet Revenge short-film activity; Crystal Lake promotion

Record
Waxwork Records deluxe vinyl releases already cataloged film-by-film for Parts I-VII.

Record
Future pass should enumerate every colorway/repress, CD/cassette edition, box set and international soundtrack pressing.

Fright Facts Series 13 — Crystal Lake

Fright-Rags · ten-card Friday the 13th collector-card series

Cards
Friday the 13th; Part II; Part III; The Final Chapter; A New Beginning; Part VI; Part VII; Part VIII; Jason Goes to Hell; Jason X

Friday the 13th Collection (Deluxe Edition)

2020 · 16-disc Blu-ray

Label
Scream Factory
Release date
2020-10-13
Limited quantity
13000
Films
12
Package
rigid slipcover; new commissioned art; 40-page essay booklet; archival still photography; dedicated case per film; original theatrical case art
Transfers
Parts 1–4: new 4K scans; Part III: original 3D presentation
Bonus discs
2
Bonus disc runtime
5+ hours
Direct order
36x24 Devon Whitehead lithograph; 24x36 Joel Robinson 40th-anniversary poster

2020 Scream Factory print/publicity archive

2020 · Blu-ray supplements

Label
Scream Factory
Items
Friday the 13th posters/lobby-cards gallery; vintage Fangoria article: BD-ROM; series newspaper-ad still gallery: all 12 films; Freddy vs. Jason storyboards; Freddy vs. Jason production galleries; Friday the 13th (2009) electronic press kit; all-12 trailer reel

Friday the 13th

1989 · video game

Platform
Nintendo Entertainment System
Developer
Atlus
Publisher
LJN
Product id
NES-F3-USA
Players
1
Media
NES Game Pak
Regional release
USA
Status
released

Friday the 13th: The Game

2017 · video game

Platform
PC / PlayStation 4 / Xbox One / Nintendo Switch
Developer
IllFonic
Publisher
Gun Media
Digital release
2017-05-26
Physical release
2017-10-13
Mode
1 Jason vs. 7 counselors; single-player modes added later
Maps
Camp Crystal Lake; Packanack Lodge; Higgins Haven; Jarvis House; Pinehurst
Collectibles
Pamela Tapes; Tommy Tapes
Status
delisted 2023-12-31

Friday the 13th: The Game Physical Retail Edition

2017 · physical game edition

Platform
PlayStation 4 / Xbox One
Release date
2017-10-13
Price at release
$39.99 USD
Exclusive content
Bloody Jason skin: 7 then-current Jason models; Exclusive clothing: 10 then-current counselors

Friday the 13th: The Game Ultimate Slasher Collector's Edition

2018 · physical game collector edition

Platform
PlayStation 4 / Xbox One
Release date
2018-09-04
Price at release
$69.99 USD
Included
Ultimate Slasher Edition game content; Limited Edition poster; NECA Friday the 13th Part 3 Jason mask replica
Excluded
Kickstarter/Backer-exclusive Savini Jason; Backer-exclusive clothing pack

Savini Jason

2017 · backer-exclusive game character

Platform
Friday the 13th: The Game
Designer
Tom Savini
Availability
Kickstarter / BackerKit selected reward only
Status
backer exclusive

Jason Voorhees — Mortal Kombat X

2015 · licensed playable-character DLC

Platform
Mortal Kombat X
Developer
NetherRealm Studios
Publisher
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Release date xbox
2015-05-05
Price
$4.99 USD
Included in
XL Pack; Mortal Kombat XL; Jason Voorhees Bundle
Status
released

Dead by Daylight: Jason

2026 · licensed game chapter

Platform
Dead by Daylight
Developer
Behaviour Interactive
Release date
2026-06-16
Killer
The Slasher / Jason
Power
Omnipresent Evil
Abilities
Impaling Throw; Jump Scare
Perks
Hex: Scared To Death; Silent Shadow; Rampage
Chapter items
Hockey Mask badge; Misty Cabin banner
Status
released

Friday the 13th sequel console game

2026 · game development record

Platform
console
Status
early development
Facts
Jason Universe lists a sequel console video game among announced projects.

Era
Parts II–IV
Killer
Jason Voorhees, initially mortal

Tommy Jarvis arc

Details
The Final Chapter, A New Beginning and Jason Lives build a multi-film survivor/antagonist relationship around Tommy Jarvis.

Era
Jason Lives onward
Killer
Jason as an explicitly supernatural revenant

New Line expansion

Details
Jason Goes to Hell, Jason X and Freddy vs. Jason take the property into increasingly supernatural and crossover territory.

Characters

The killers

Pamela Voorhees

Played by
Betsy Palmer; Nana Visitor (2009)
Appears in
Friday the 13th (1980); Friday the 13th (2009); Crystal Lake (2026)
Motive
Revenge on camp counselors for letting her son Jason drown in 1957 while the counselors on duty were having sex. She kills to keep the camp closed.
Fate
Beheaded with a machete by Alice Hardy in 1980. The 2009 prologue repeats this with a counselor while young Jason watches.

Jason Voorhees (Parts 2 to 4, mortal)

Played by
Steve Daskewisz; Warrington Gillette; Richard Brooker; Ted White
Appears in
Friday the 13th Part 2; Friday the 13th Part III; Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Motive
Revenge for his mother's death, then guarding Crystal Lake from anyone who comes near.
Fate
Machete to the shoulder from Ginny (Part 2), axe to the head from Chris (Part III), then killed by Tommy with a machete to the head (The Final Chapter).

Roy Burns

Played by
Dick Wieand; Tom Morga; John Hock
Appears in
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
Motive
Revenge for his son Joey's axe murder at Pinehurst. He dresses as Jason.
Fate
Falls from the barn loft onto a tractor harrow.

Victor Faden

Played by
Mark Venturini
Appears in
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
Motive
Rage. Joey pesters him while he chops wood.
Fate
Arrested by police after killing Joey.

Jason Voorhees (Jason Lives to Jason Takes Manhattan, undead)

Played by
C.J. Graham; Dan Bradley; Kane Hodder
Appears in
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives; Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood; Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
Motive
Brought back as a revenant by lightning. He returns to Crystal Lake and kills anyone in his path, and remembers Tommy.
Fate
Chained under Crystal Lake by Tommy (VI), dragged back under by the spirit of Tina's father (VII), then melted by toxic waste in the Manhattan sewers and seen as a drowned child (VIII).

Jason Voorhees (Jason Goes to Hell, possession)

Played by
Kane Hodder; Richard Gant; Andrew Bloch; Steven Culp; Kipp Marcus
Appears in
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
Motive
After the FBI destroys his body, his demonic heart passes from host to host while he hunts his bloodline to be reborn.
Fate
Reborn through Diana's corpse, stabbed with the dagger by Jessica and dragged down to hell.

Jason Voorhees and Uber Jason

Played by
Kane Hodder
Appears in
Jason X
Motive
Thawed aboard the Grendel more than 400 years after being frozen, he kills the crew and the Solaris station.
Fate
Blown apart by KM-14, rebuilt by nanites as Uber Jason, then burned up entering Earth Two's atmosphere with Sgt. Brodski. His mask lands in a lake.

Freddy Krueger

Played by
Robert Englund
Appears in
Freddy vs. Jason
Motive
Forgotten and powerless in hell, he needs fear to return. He brings back Jason, then turns on him.
Fate
Arm torn off, stabbed with it, and beheaded by Lori. His head winks from Jason's hand.

Jason Voorhees (Freddy vs. Jason)

Played by
Ken Kirzinger; Douglas Tait; Spencer Stump (young)
Appears in
Freddy vs. Jason
Motive
Tricked by Freddy posing as his mother into killing on Elm Street.
Fate
Blown into Crystal Lake, stabbed and burned. He walks out the next morning holding Freddy's head.

Jason Voorhees (2009 reboot)

Played by
Derek Mears; Caleb Guss (young)
Appears in
Friday the 13th (2009)
Motive
Guards his land around Crystal Lake. He keeps Whitney alive because she looks like his mother.
Fate
Chained, stabbed in the chest by Whitney and dumped in the lake. He grabs Whitney from under the dock in the last scene.

Lewis Vendredi

Played by
R.G. Armstrong
Appears in
Friday the 13th: The Series
Motive
Sold his soul for wealth and long life. As a ghost he tries to return and destroy Micki, Ryan and Jack.
Fate
Taken to hell in The Inheritance when he breaks his pact. His ghost is beaten back in Hellowe'en, Bottle of Dreams and Doorway to Hell.

Tina Shepard (accidental)

Played by
Lar Park Lincoln; Jennifer Banko
Appears in
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
Motive
No intent. As a child her power broke loose during her father's abuse of her mother and he drowned.
Fate
Survives and leaves in an ambulance with Nick.

Characters

Jason Voorhees

Played by
Ari Lehman (1980, young); Steve Daskewisz (Part 2, masked); Warrington Gillette (Part 2, unmasked); Richard Brooker (Part III); Ted White (The Final Chapter); Tom Morga and John Hock (dream and hallucination Jason in A New Beginning); C.J. Graham and Dan Bradley (Jason Lives); Kane Hodder (Parts VII and VIII, Jason Goes to Hell, Jason X, The Game); Timothy Burr Mirkovich (young, Jason Takes Manhattan); Ken Kirzinger (Freddy vs. Jason); Douglas Tait (reshot ending of Freddy vs. Jason); Spencer Stump (young, Freddy vs. Jason); Derek Mears (2009); Caleb Guss (young, 2009); Callum Vinson (young, Crystal Lake); Schuyler White (Sweet Revenge)
Appears in
Friday the 13th (1980); Friday the 13th Part 2; Friday the 13th Part III; Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter; Friday the 13th: A New Beginning; Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives; Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood; Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan; Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday; Jason X; Freddy vs. Jason; Friday the 13th (2009); Crystal Lake (2026); Friday the 13th: The Game (2017); Sweet Revenge (2025)
Bio
The son of Pamela Voorhees. As a boy he drowned, or seemed to, at Camp Crystal Lake in 1957 while counselors were not watching. From Part 2 on he is the killer, first as a grown man living in the woods, then from Jason Lives on as a nearly unkillable revenant. He wears a sack in Part 2 and a hockey mask from Part III on, and rarely speaks. Victor Miller named him after his sons Josh and Ian, and took Voorhees from a girl he knew in high school. Kane Hodder is the only actor to play him in more than one film. Dead by Daylight calls him The Slasher.

Pamela Voorhees

Played by
Betsy Palmer (1980, Part 2 archive and cameo); Paula Shaw (Freddy vs. Jason); Nana Visitor, voice by Kathleen Garrett (2009); Jennifer Ann Burton (voice, The Game); Linda Cardellini (Crystal Lake)
Appears in
Friday the 13th (1980); Friday the 13th Part 2; Friday the 13th Part III; Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter; Freddy vs. Jason; Friday the 13th (2009); Crystal Lake (2026); Friday the 13th: The Game (2017)
Bio
Jason's mother and the killer in the first film. She worked as the cook at Camp Crystal Lake when Jason drowned. In 1958 she killed two counselors, and in 1979 she killed the new counselors to keep the camp from reopening. Alice Hardy beheaded her. Jason keeps her head and sweater in a shrine in Part 2. Betsy Palmer took the part because she needed a new car and was paid $1,000 a day for ten days. Palmer turned down Freddy vs. Jason over money. Crystal Lake shows her earlier life as a grieving single mother.

Elias Voorhees

Played by
Not seen in any film
Appears in
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (cut from the ending); Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (early pitch only); Jason Lives novelization (1986)
Bio
Jason's father. Tom McLoughlin wrote him into the last scene of Jason Lives, meeting Martin at the cemetery after paying to bury Jason, but the studio cut it. Simon Hawke's novelization kept him. Adam Marcus's first Jason Goes to Hell pitch had Elias eat Jason's heart.

Alice Hardy

Played by
Adrienne King
Appears in
Friday the 13th (1980); Friday the 13th Part 2; Friday the 13th (2009) (prologue counselor)
Bio
An artist working as a counselor at Camp Crystal Lake and the sole survivor of the first film. She beheads Pamela with a machete, then dreams of young Jason pulling her into the lake. Jason kills her with an ice pick at the start of Part 2. Her sudden death helped start the slasher habit of killing off the first film's survivor in the sequel. Carol Clover cited her as an early final girl. King was reported cast in Bryan Fuller's version of Crystal Lake in 2023.

Crazy Ralph

Played by
Walt Gorney; Nick Cordileone (Ralph in Crystal Lake)
Appears in
Friday the 13th (1980); Friday the 13th Part 2; Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (narrator); Crystal Lake (2026)
Bio
A local man who warns the counselors that Camp Blood is cursed and they are all doomed. Jason strangles him with barbed wire in Part 2. Walt Gorney narrates the opening of The New Blood.

Steve Christy

Played by
Peter Brouwer
Appears in
Friday the 13th (1980)
Bio
The camp owner trying to reopen Camp Crystal Lake. Pamela kills him.

Annie Phillips

Played by
Robbi Morgan
Appears in
Friday the 13th (1980)
Bio
The camp's new cook, hitchhiking to Crystal Lake. Pamela kills her on the way. Robbi Morgan shot all her scenes in one day.

Jack Burrell

Played by
Kevin Bacon
Appears in
Friday the 13th (1980)
Bio
A counselor killed with an arrow through the throat in a cabin.

Marcie Stanler

Played by
Jeannine Taylor
Appears in
Friday the 13th (1980)
Bio
Jack's girlfriend, killed in the camp bathroom.

Ned Rubenstein

Played by
Mark Nelson
Appears in
Friday the 13th (1980)
Bio
A counselor and one of Pamela's victims.

Bill Brown

Played by
Harry Crosby
Appears in
Friday the 13th (1980)
Bio
A counselor killed by Pamela.

Brenda Jones

Played by
Laurie Bartram
Appears in
Friday the 13th (1980)
Bio
A counselor killed by Pamela.

Barry and Claudette

Played by
Willie Adams and Debra S. Hayes (1980); Phoenix Parnevik and Danielle Kotch (Crystal Lake)
Appears in
Friday the 13th (1980); Crystal Lake (2026)
Bio
The two counselors sneaking off together in 1958, the first victims in the series.

Officer Dorf and Sgt. Tierney

Played by
Ron Millkie; Ronn Carroll
Appears in
Friday the 13th (1980)
Bio
The local police who stop by the camp. A character named Dorf, played by Cameron Scoggins, is a series regular on Crystal Lake.

Ginny Field

Played by
Amy Steel
Appears in
Friday the 13th Part 2; Friday the 13th Part III (archive footage)
Bio
A counselor trainee at Packanack Lodge. In Jason's shack she puts on Pamela's sweater and pretends to be his mother, then drives a machete into his shoulder. She leaves in an ambulance. Early Part III ideas followed her, but Amy Steel did not return.

Paul Holt

Played by
John Furey
Appears in
Friday the 13th Part 2; Friday the 13th Part III (archive footage)
Bio
A counselor and Ginny's friend. He is missing at the end of Part 2 and his fate is never explained. John Furey said he was on set the whole shoot.

Ted Bowen

Played by
Stu Charno
Appears in
Friday the 13th Part 2
Bio
A counselor who stays at the roadhouse bar and survives the night.

Terry McCarthy, Mark Jarvis, Sandra Dier, Jeff Dunsberry, Vickie Perry and Scott Cheney

Played by
Kirsten Baker; Tom McBride; Marta Kober; Bill Randolph; Lauren-Marie Taylor; Russell Todd
Appears in
Friday the 13th Part 2
Bio
The counselor trainees Jason kills. The spear through Jeff and Sandra drew the most attention from the ratings board. Mark shares Tommy Jarvis's last name, though the films never connect them. Sandra's brother Rob comes for Jason in The Final Chapter.

Max and Deputy Winslow

Played by
Cliff Cudney; Jack Marks
Appears in
Friday the 13th Part 2
Bio
Max runs the counselor training center and Deputy Winslow is the local officer. Jason kills both.

Chris Higgins

Played by
Dana Kimmell
Appears in
Friday the 13th Part III
Bio
She was attacked by a disfigured man in the woods two years before and returns to her family's lake house, Higgins Haven, with friends. She hangs Jason from the barn and drives an axe into his head, then has a nightmare of Pamela's corpse rising from the lake and is taken away hysterical.

Rick Bombay

Played by
Paul Kratka
Appears in
Friday the 13th Part III
Bio
Chris's boyfriend, killed by Jason. Time's Richard Schickel said Rick's flying eyeball alone was worth the price of the 3-D glasses.

Shelly Finkelstein

Played by
Larry Zerner
Appears in
Friday the 13th Part III; Friday the 13th: The Game (2017)
Bio
A prankster who wrecks a biker gang's motorcycles and is killed by Jason. Larry Zerner was spotted walking down the street by casting directors. He played Shelly again in The Game and later became an entertainment lawyer who explained the rights lawsuit to fans.

Vera Sanchez, Andy Beltrami, Debbie Klein, Chuck Garth and Chili Jackson

Played by
Catherine Parks; Jeffrey Rogers; Tracie Savage; David Katims; Rachel Howard
Appears in
Friday the 13th Part III
Bio
Chris's friends at Higgins Haven, all killed by Jason. Janet Maslin of The New York Times praised Kimmell, Savage, Rogers and Parks.

Ali, Fox and Loco

Played by
Nick Savage; Gloria Charles; Kevin O'Brien
Appears in
Friday the 13th Part III; Friday the 13th: The Game (2017) (Fox)
Bio
A biker gang that comes after Shelly for wrecking their motorcycles. Fox is a playable counselor in The Game.

Harold and Edna Hockett

Played by
Steve Susskind; Cheri Maugans
Appears in
Friday the 13th Part III
Bio
Two of Jason's victims in Part III.

Tommy Jarvis

Played by
Corey Feldman (The Final Chapter, cameo in A New Beginning); John Shepherd (A New Beginning); Thom Mathews (Jason Lives, The Game, fan film Never Hike Alone)
Appears in
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter; Friday the 13th: A New Beginning; Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives; Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (archive footage); Friday the 13th: The Game (2017)
Bio
A boy who loves monster masks and makeup effects, a nod to Tom Savini. He shaves his head to look like young Jason and kills him in The Final Chapter. In A New Beginning he is a troubled teenager at a halfway house, and the ending hints he will become a killer. In Jason Lives he digs up Jason, accidentally revives him, and chains him under Crystal Lake. Jason Goes to Hell's Steven Freeman was first written as Tommy.

Trish Jarvis

Played by
Kimberly Beck
Appears in
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter; Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (archive footage)
Bio
Tommy's older sister. She fights Jason alongside Tommy and survives.

Mrs. Jarvis

Played by
Joan Freeman
Appears in
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Bio
Tommy and Trish's divorced mother, killed by Jason.

Rob Dier

Played by
E. Erich Anderson
Appears in
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Bio
Sandra Dier's brother from Part 2, who comes to the lake to track Jason and avenge her. Jason kills him.

Jimmy Mortimer, Ted Cooper, Doug Bell, Sara Parkington, Paul Guthrie, Samantha Lane, Tina and Terri Moore

Played by
Crispin Glover; Lawrence Monoson; Peter Barton; Barbara Howard; Alan Hayes; Judie Aronson; Camilla More and Carey More
Appears in
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Bio
The teens renting the house next door to the Jarvises. Real twins Camilla and Carey More play twins Tina and Terri.

Axel Burns and Nurse Robbie Morgan

Played by
Bruce Mahler; Lisa Freeman
Appears in
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Bio
Hospital staff Jason kills after waking up in the morgue.

Pam Roberts

Played by
Melanie Kinnaman
Appears in
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
Bio
A counselor at Pinehurst Halfway House who survives with Tommy and Reggie. The Jason Lives novelization says what happened between her and Tommy.

Reggie Winter

Played by
Shavar Ross
Appears in
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
Bio
A young Pinehurst resident and grandson of the cook George Winter. He witnesses much of the killing and helps stop Roy.

Roy Burns

Played by
Dick Wieand (unmasked); Tom Morga and John Hock (masked)
Appears in
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning; Friday the 13th: The Game (2017) (as Part V Jason)
Bio
A paramedic whose son Joey is killed at Pinehurst. He dresses as Jason and kills his way through the area. He falls onto a harrow in the barn.

Joey Burns

Played by
Dominick Brascia
Appears in
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
Bio
An eager, annoying Pinehurst resident killed with an axe by Vic Faden, which sets off his father Roy.

Victor Faden

Played by
Mark Venturini
Appears in
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
Bio
A violent Pinehurst resident who kills Joey and is arrested.

Dr. Matt Letter, Sheriff Cal Tucker, Ethel and Junior Hubbard, Violet Moraine

Played by
Richard Young; Marco St. John; Carol Locatell and Ron Sloan; Tiffany Helm
Appears in
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
Bio
Staff, police, neighbors and residents around Pinehurst.

Pinehurst residents and townspeople

Played by
Juliette Cummins; John Robert Dixon; Jerry Pavlon; Anthony Barrile; Corey Parker; Debisue Voorhees; Miguel A. Nunez Jr.; Vernon Washington; William Caskey Swaim; Bob De Simone; Jere Fields; Rebecca Wood-Sharkey
Appears in
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
Bio
Robin Brown, Eddie Kelso, Jake Patterson, Vinnie Manalo, Pete Linley, Tina McCarthy, Demon Winter, George Winter, Duke Johnson, Billy Macauley, Anita Robb and Lana Ardsley, most of them killed by Roy.

Megan Garris

Played by
Jennifer Cooke
Appears in
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
Bio
The sheriff's daughter and a counselor at Camp Forest Green who believes Tommy and pulls him from the lake.

Sheriff Mike Garris

Played by
David Kagen
Appears in
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
Bio
The local sheriff who knows Tommy, locks him up and blames him for the new killings.

Allen Hawes

Played by
Ron Palillo
Appears in
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
Bio
Tommy's friend from the institution who goes with him to dig up Jason.

Sissy Baker, Paula Mott, Nikki Parsley and Cort Andrews

Played by
Renee Jones; Kerry Noonan; Darcy DeMoss; Tom Fridley
Appears in
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
Bio
Counselors at Camp Forest Green.

Lizbeth Mott and Darren Robinson

Played by
Nancy McLoughlin; Tony Goldwyn
Appears in
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
Bio
Counselors driving to camp, killed by Jason. Lizbeth jokes about how to survive a horror film. Played by the director's wife Nancy McLoughlin and, in his film debut, Tony Goldwyn.

Martin

Played by
Bob Larkin
Appears in
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
Bio
The cemetery caretaker who looks into the camera and remarks on strange ideas of entertainment. His death was added in post-production.

Tina Shepard

Played by
Lar Park Lincoln; Jennifer Banko (young)
Appears in
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
Bio
A young woman with telekinetic powers. As a child her power caused her abusive father to drown in Crystal Lake. Trying to bring him back, she frees Jason. She survives after her father's spirit drags Jason under.

Nick Rogers

Played by
Kevin Blair (Kevin Spirtas)
Appears in
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
Bio
He survives and leaves with Tina in the ambulance.

Dr. Chris Crews

Played by
Terry Kiser
Appears in
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
Bio
Tina's doctor, who pushes her powers for his own research and uses her mother as a shield before Jason kills him.

Amanda Shepard and John Shepard

Played by
Susan Blu; John Otrin
Appears in
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
Bio
Tina's mother, pushed into Jason's path by Dr. Crews, and her dead father, whose spirit rises from the lake to drag Jason down.

Melissa Paur

Played by
Susan Jennifer Sullivan
Appears in
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
Bio
A party guest at the house next door.

Rennie Wickham

Played by
Jensen Daggett; Amber Pawlick (young)
Appears in
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
Bio
A Lakeview High graduate who is afraid of water because her uncle Charles McCulloch pushed her to swim in Crystal Lake years before. She has visions of young Jason and survives the ship and New York.

Sean Robertson

Played by
Scott Reeves
Appears in
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
Bio
Son of the ship's captain, Admiral Robertson, who survives with Rennie.

Charles McCulloch

Played by
Peter Mark Richman
Appears in
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
Bio
Rennie's uncle and a biology teacher on the trip. He pushed her into Crystal Lake when she was a child, which left her afraid of water.

Colleen Van Deusen

Played by
Barbara Bingham
Appears in
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
Bio
A passenger on the SS Lazarus.

Julius Gaw, Eva Watanabe, J.J. Jarrett, Tamara Mason, Wayne Webber and Miles Wolfe

Played by
V.C. Dupree; Kelly Hu; Saffron Henderson; Sharlene Martin; Martin Cummins; Gordon Currie
Appears in
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
Bio
Students on the SS Lazarus. Julius boxes Jason on a rooftop before Jason knocks his head off with one punch.

Deck Hand

Played by
Alex Diakun
Appears in
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
Bio
A crew member who warns everyone they are doomed, filling Crazy Ralph's role.

Jessica Kimble

Played by
Kari Keegan
Appears in
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
Bio
Jason's niece and Stephanie's mother. Creighton Duke gives her the dagger meant to kill Jason, and she stabs him with it.

Steven Freeman

Played by
John D. LeMay
Appears in
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
Bio
Jessica's ex-boyfriend, blamed for Diana's murder. Creighton Duke tells him Jason is after Jessica. He was first written as Tommy Jarvis.

Creighton Duke

Played by
Steven Williams
Appears in
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
Bio
A bounty hunter who knows the secret of Jason's heart and bloodline. Williams played him as a modern cowboy. Adam Marcus has said Duke survives Jason's bear hug.

Diana Kimble

Played by
Erin Gray
Appears in
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
Bio
Jason's half-sister. Jason kills her while trying to take her body, and later uses her corpse to be reborn.

Stephanie Kimble

Played by
Brooke Scher
Appears in
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
Bio
Jessica's baby daughter, another Voorhees heir.

Robert Campbell

Played by
Steven Culp
Appears in
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
Bio
One of the people whose body Jason takes over.

Joey B., Shelby, Sheriff Ed Landis, Vicki, Randy Parker, Josh and Phil the coroner

Played by
Rusty Schwimmer; Leslie Jordan; Billy Green Bush; Allison Smith; Kipp Marcus; Andrew Bloch; Richard Gant
Appears in
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
Bio
Townspeople, police and staff at Joey B.'s diner and around Crystal Lake. Phil the coroner, Josh and Randy Parker are among the bodies Jason possesses.

Rowan LaFontaine

Played by
Lexa Doig
Appears in
Jason X
Bio
A scientist who decides freezing is the only way to hold Jason. When he breaks free, she lures him into a cryo chamber and both are frozen. She is thawed more than 400 years later.

KM-14

Played by
Lisa Ryder
Appears in
Jason X
Bio
A member of the Grendel crew who blows Jason apart before the nanites rebuild him.

Tsunaron, Professor Lowe, Sgt. Brodski and Janessa

Played by
Chuck Campbell; Jonathan Potts; Peter Mensah; Melyssa Ade
Appears in
Jason X
Bio
Crew and soldiers on the Grendel. Brodski drags Uber Jason into the atmosphere of Earth Two.

Dr. Wimmer

Played by
David Cronenberg
Appears in
Jason X
Bio
A scientist at the research facility who wants to study Jason instead of freezing him. Jason kills him.

Adrienne

Played by
Kristi Angus
Appears in
Jason X
Bio
A student whose face Jason freezes in liquid nitrogen and smashes, the film's best known kill.

Freddy Krueger

Played by
Robert Englund
Appears in
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (glove only, Kane Hodder's hand); Freddy vs. Jason
Bio
The dream killer from A Nightmare on Elm Street. In Freddy vs. Jason he uses Jason to make Springwood afraid again, then fights him when Jason keeps stealing his victims. Englund's last film as Freddy.

Lori Campbell

Played by
Monica Keena
Appears in
Freddy vs. Jason
Bio
A Springwood teenager living in the house from the first Nightmare on Elm Street. She beheads Freddy with Jason's machete.

Will Rollins

Played by
Jason Ritter
Appears in
Freddy vs. Jason
Bio
Lori's boyfriend. Jason Ritter replaced Brad Renfro one week before filming.

Kia Waterson, Charlie Linderman, Gibb Smith, Mark Davis, Bill Freeburg

Played by
Kelly Rowland; Christopher George Marquette; Katharine Isabelle; Brendan Fletcher; Kyle Labine
Appears in
Freddy vs. Jason
Bio
Lori's friends and other Springwood teens caught between the two killers.

Deputy Scott Stubbs and Dr. Campbell

Played by
Lochlyn Munro; Tom Butler
Appears in
Freddy vs. Jason
Bio
Supporting characters in Springwood: a deputy and a doctor named Campbell.

Bobby Davis, Shack, Blake, Trey Cooper and Sheriff Williams

Played by
Zack Ward; Chris Gauthier; David Kopp; Jesse Hutch; Garry Chalk
Appears in
Freddy vs. Jason
Bio
Mark's older brother, three teens from the cornfield rave and Springwood's sheriff. Trey is the first person Jason kills on Elm Street.

Clay Miller

Played by
Jared Padalecki
Appears in
Friday the 13th (2009)
Bio
He comes to Crystal Lake searching for his missing sister Whitney and finds her in Jason's tunnels.

Whitney Miller

Played by
Amanda Righetti
Appears in
Friday the 13th (2009)
Bio
Captured by Jason and kept alive because she looks like Pamela. She stabs Jason with his machete. In the unmade sequel Jason had killed her.

Jenna Montgomery

Played by
Danielle Panabaker
Appears in
Friday the 13th (2009)
Bio
A college student who helps Clay and is killed in the tunnels.

Trent, Chewie, Bree, Chelsea, Nolan, Lawrence and Wade

Played by
Travis Van Winkle; Aaron Yoo; Julianna Guill; Willa Ford; Ryan Hansen; Arlen Escarpeta; Jonathan Sadowski
Appears in
Friday the 13th (2009)
Bio
Young people who come to Crystal Lake in the reboot and are killed by Jason. Aaron Yoo was hung from the rafters for Chewie's death with surgery staples showing.

Officer Bracke

Played by
Richard Burgi
Appears in
Friday the 13th (2009)
Bio
The local officer. Wikipedia calls him Sheriff Bracke.

Micki Foster

Played by
Louise Robey
Appears in
Friday the 13th: The Series
Bio
Co-owner of Curious Goods. Wikipedia's franchise article calls her Michelle.

Ryan Dallion

Played by
John D. LeMay
Appears in
Friday the 13th: The Series
Bio
Micki's cousin by marriage and co-owner of the shop. He is written out early in season three.

Jack Marshak

Played by
Chris Wiggins
Appears in
Friday the 13th: The Series
Bio
The older partner who helps Micki and Ryan track down the cursed objects.

Johnny Ventura

Played by
Steve Monarque
Appears in
Friday the 13th: The Series
Bio
Joins the main cast in season three after first being hired for one episode. Viewers saw him mainly as Ryan's replacement.

Lewis Vendredi

Played by
R.G. Armstrong
Appears in
Friday the 13th: The Series
Bio
Micki and Ryan's uncle, who sold his soul to the Devil and sold cursed antiques. His ghost returns in several episodes.

Levon Brooks, Briana Brooks, Dorf and Grace

Played by
William Catlett; Devin Kessler; Cameron Scoggins; Gwendolyn Sundstrom
Appears in
Crystal Lake (2026)
Bio
Series regulars in Crystal Lake.

Rita

Played by
Joy Suprano
Appears in
Crystal Lake (2026)
Bio
A recurring character in Crystal Lake.

Counselors of Friday the 13th: The Game

Played by
Various voice actors
Appears in
Friday the 13th: The Game (2017)
Bio
Original counselors include A.J. Mason, Adam Palomino, Buggzy Wilson, Chad Kensington, Deborah Kim, J.R. LaChappa, Jenny Myers, Kenny Riedell, Mitch Floyd, Tiffany Cox and Vanessa Jones.

Eve

Played by
Ally Ioannides
Appears in
Sweet Revenge (2025)
Bio
The final girl of the 2025 short film Sweet Revenge.

Places

Camp Crystal Lake (Camp Blood)

Appears in
Friday the 13th (1980); Friday the 13th Part 2; Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter; Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday; Freddy vs. Jason; Friday the 13th (2009); Crystal Lake (2026); Friday the 13th: The Game (2017)
About
The summer camp where Jason drowned in 1957 and where Pamela killed in 1958 and 1979. Locals call it Camp Blood. Filmed in 1979 and again in 2025 at Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco in Hardwick Township near Blairstown, New Jersey. A holographic version appears in Jason X.

Crystal Lake and the town

Appears in
Friday the 13th (1980); Friday the 13th Part 2; Friday the 13th Part III; Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter; Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives; Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood; Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan; Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday; Freddy vs. Jason; Friday the 13th (2009); Crystal Lake (2026)
About
The lake and nearby town in New Jersey. Jason's weakness from Jason Lives on is being returned to its water. Jason Lives renames the area Forest Green.

Blairstown, New Jersey

Appears in
Friday the 13th (1980); Crystal Lake (2026)
About
Real town used for the first film's town scenes, including the Main Street theater, and again for Crystal Lake. The theater hosted a July 13, 2007 screening.

Packanack Lodge and Jason's shack

Appears in
Friday the 13th Part 2; Friday the 13th: The Game (2017)
About
The counselor training center across the lake from Camp Blood in Part 2. Jason's shack in the woods holds a shrine to Pamela's head. Filmed at a private children's camp on North Spectacle Pond near Kent, Connecticut.

Higgins Haven

Appears in
Friday the 13th Part III; Friday the 13th: The Game (2017)
About
Chris Higgins's family lake house and barn. Built for the film at the Valuzet Movie Ranch in Saugus, California. The house stood until it burned down in 2006.

Jarvis house

Appears in
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter; Friday the 13th: The Game (2017)
About
Tommy and Trish's home next to the party rental. Filmed at Kelly Gulch in Topanga, California.

Morgue and hospital

Appears in
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
About
Where Jason wakes up at the start of The Final Chapter and kills the coroner and a nurse.

Pinehurst Halfway House

Appears in
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning; Friday the 13th: The Game (2017)
About
The halfway house where teenage Tommy lives in A New Beginning.

Jason's grave and cemetery

Appears in
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter; Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
About
Pamela's grave is seen in The Final Chapter. Jason's grave, where he is revived, was filmed at New Covington Cemetery in Covington, Georgia.

Camp Forest Green

Appears in
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
About
Camp Crystal Lake renamed. Filmed at Camp Daniel Morgan in Hard Labor Creek State Park near Rutledge, Georgia.

Shepard house and lake houses

Appears in
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
About
Tina's family house and the party house next door. Built as shells at Byrnes Lake in Baldwin County, Alabama. The Shepard house was blown up.

SS Lazarus

Appears in
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
About
The graduation cruise ship Jason stows away on. Filmed leaving port at Britannia Beach, British Columbia.

Manhattan and Times Square

Appears in
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
About
Jason's New York stop. Only the Times Square walk was shot in New York. Vancouver alleys and Granville Station stood in for the rest.

Manhattan sewers

Appears in
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
About
Where toxic waste floods at midnight and Jason reverts to a boy.

Voorhees house

Appears in
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
About
Jason's family home near the lake, holding the Necronomicon and Kandarian dagger from The Evil Dead. The sign spells the name Vorhees. Exteriors were shot in West Hills, Los Angeles.

Joey B.'s diner

Appears in
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
About
A Crystal Lake diner in Jason Goes to Hell. Filmed in Thousand Oaks, California.

Crystal Lake Research Facility

Appears in
Jason X
About
Where Jason is held and frozen before the time jump.

Grendel spaceship and Solaris station

Appears in
Jason X
About
The student ship that thaws Jason in the future, and the space station he attacks. Built on soundstages outside Toronto.

Earth Two

Appears in
Jason X
About
The planet where the Grendel's survivors land and Jason's mask falls into a lake.

Springwood, Ohio, the Elm Street house and Westin Hills

Appears in
Freddy vs. Jason
About
Freddy's hometown, the house from the first Nightmare film where Lori lives, and Westin Hills Psychiatric Hospital. Westin Hills and the drug Hypnocil come from Dream Warriors.

Jason's tunnels

Appears in
Friday the 13th (2009)
About
Old mine tunnels under the camp where Jason lives and keeps Whitney. About 150 feet of tunnel set was built.

Curious Goods

Appears in
Friday the 13th: The Series
About
The antique store Micki and Ryan inherit, base of the TV series. Filmed in Toronto.

Rutt's Hut, Clifton, New Jersey

Appears in
Crystal Lake (2026)
About
A real hot dog restaurant used for Crystal Lake scenes, August 1 to 8, 2025.

Cast & Filmmakers

Victor Miller

Writer of the 1980 film and creator of Jason, Pamela and Alice. Won the rights lawsuit. Executive producer of Crystal Lake. Won three Daytime Emmys for All My Children. Died August 31, 2026

Friday the 13th (1980), Credited for characters on the sequels and remake, Crystal Lake (2026)

Sean S. Cunningham

Producer and director of the 1980 film, producer of the New Line films and the 2009 reboot, head of Crystal Lake Entertainment. Directed the last days of Jason Goes to Hell uncredited

Friday the 13th (1980), Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday, Jason X, Freddy vs. Jason, Friday the 13th (2009), The CW series (unmade)

Phil Scuderi

A producer of the 1980 film and co-owner of Esquire Theaters who insisted Jason come back for Part 2. Worked out the story of The Final Chapter by phone with Joseph Zito every night

Friday the 13th (1980), Friday the 13th Part 2, Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

Steve Minasian

Co-owner of Esquire Theaters and one of the original rights holders who sold Jason to New Line

Friday the 13th (1980)

Bob Barsamian

Co-owner of Esquire Theaters with Phil Scuderi and Steve Minasian, and one of the original rights holders who sold Jason to New Line

Friday the 13th (1980)

Rob Barsamian (Robert M. Barsamian)

President of Horror, Inc. for more than 30 years, producer on The Final Chapter (credited as executive producer Robert M. Barsamian), executive producer of Crystal Lake

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, Crystal Lake (2026)

Robbie Barsamian

Executive vice president of Horror, Inc., working on the franchise since 2022 and leading Jason Universe

Crystal Lake (2026), Sweet Revenge (2025)

Lisa Barsamian

Executive producer and production manager

Friday the 13th Part 2, Friday the 13th Part III, Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

Steve Miner

Associate producer of the 1980 film, director of Part 2 and Part III. Plays the newscaster in Part III

Friday the 13th (1980), Friday the 13th Part 2, Friday the 13th Part III

Frank Mancuso Jr.

Associate producer, producer or executive producer of Parts 2 to VIII. Co-creator of Friday the 13th: The Series

Friday the 13th Part 2, Friday the 13th Part III, Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, Friday the 13th: A New Beginning, Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives, Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood, Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, Friday the 13th: The Series

Frank Mancuso Sr.

Paramount executive when the studio bought the first film. He wanted each sequel to be an event teenagers lined up for

Friday the 13th (1980), Friday the 13th Part 2, Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

Ron Kurz

Uncredited rewrites on the 1980 film, writer of Part 2, credited for characters on later films

Friday the 13th (1980), Friday the 13th Part 2, Friday the 13th Part III

Martin Kitrosser

Script supervisor on the first two films, co-writer of Part III and A New Beginning

Friday the 13th (1980), Friday the 13th Part 2, Friday the 13th Part III, Friday the 13th: A New Beginning

Carol Watson

Co-writer of Part III

Friday the 13th Part III

Petru Popescu

Uncredited rewrite of Part III

Friday the 13th Part III

Joseph Zito

Director of The Final Chapter. Later tried to revive the Freddy and Jason crossover

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

Barney Cohen

Screenwriter of The Final Chapter

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

Bruce Hidemi Sakow

Story credit on The Final Chapter

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

Danny Steinmann

Director and co-writer of A New Beginning

Friday the 13th: A New Beginning

David Cohen

Co-writer of A New Beginning

Friday the 13th: A New Beginning

Timothy Silver

Producer of A New Beginning

Friday the 13th: A New Beginning

Tom McLoughlin

Writer and director of Jason Lives. Wrote the unmade scripts Jason Never Dies and Diary of Pamela Voorhees

Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives

Don Behrns

Producer of Jason Lives

Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives

John Carl Buechler

Director of The New Blood. His company Magical Media Industries did the special makeup

Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood

Daryl Haney

Co-writer of The New Blood, who came up with the telekinetic final girl

Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood

Manuel Fidello

Co-writer of The New Blood

Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood

Barbara Sachs

Associate producer of The New Blood and Jason Takes Manhattan

Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood, Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan

Iain Paterson

Producer of The New Blood and of The Series

Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood, Friday the 13th: The Series

Rob Hedden

Writer and director of Jason Takes Manhattan. Wrote and directed episodes of The Series

Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, Friday the 13th: The Series

Randolph Cheveldave

Producer of Jason Takes Manhattan

Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan

Adam Marcus

Director and story writer of Jason Goes to Hell, his first film as director

Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday

Dean Lorey

Co-writer of Jason Goes to Hell. Rewrote Jay Huguely's script in four days

Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday

Jay Huguely

Co-writer and story writer of Jason Goes to Hell

Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday

Noel Cunningham

Sean's son and a producer of Jason X

Jason X

James (Jim) Isaac

Director of Jason X. Appears as a doctor

Jason X

Todd Farmer

Writer of Jason X. Plays Private Dallas. Took a pass at Freddy vs. Jason

Jason X, Freddy vs. Jason

Michael De Luca

New Line production head who greenlit Jason Goes to Hell and Jason X and liked the Shannon and Swift pitch

Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday, Jason X, Freddy vs. Jason

Ronny Yu

Director of Freddy vs. Jason

Freddy vs. Jason

Damian Shannon and Mark Swift

Writers of Freddy vs. Jason and the 2009 reboot, and of the unmade sequel Camp Blood: The Death of Jason Voorhees

Freddy vs. Jason, Friday the 13th (2009)

David S. Goyer

Uncredited script polish on Freddy vs. Jason and an earlier unused draft

Freddy vs. Jason

Jeff Katz

New Line development executive on Freddy vs. Jason and writer of the Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash story

Freddy vs. Jason, Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash comics

Robert Shaye

Head of New Line and executive producer of Freddy vs. Jason. Plays the principal as L.E. Moko

Freddy vs. Jason

Marcus Nispel

Director of the 2009 reboot

Friday the 13th (2009)

Mark Wheaton

Story credit on the 2009 reboot

Friday the 13th (2009)

Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form

Platinum Dunes producers of the 2009 reboot and the unmade sequels

Friday the 13th (2009)

Daniel Pearl

Cinematographer of the 2009 reboot

Friday the 13th (2009)

Larry B. Williams

Co-creator of Friday the 13th: The Series

Friday the 13th: The Series

Bryan Fuller

First showrunner of Crystal Lake, removed May 2024. Shares story credit on episode 1

Crystal Lake (2026)

Brad Caleb Kane

Creator, writer, showrunner and executive producer of Crystal Lake

Crystal Lake (2026)

Marc Toberoff

Victor Miller's lawyer in the rights case and executive producer of Crystal Lake

Crystal Lake (2026)

Michael Lennox, Celine Held, Logan George and Quyen Tran

Crystal Lake directors: Lennox on episodes 1 to 3, the team of Held and George on 4 to 6, and Tran on 7 and 8

Crystal Lake (2026)

Mike P. Nelson

Director of the Sweet Revenge short

Sweet Revenge (2025)

Harry Manfredini

Composer of the 1980 film and most sequels (Parts 2, III with others, IV, V, VI, Jason Goes to Hell, Jason X), The Game, the Crystal Lake Memories documentary and Crystal Lake. Created the ki ki ki, ma ma ma sound

Friday the 13th (1980), Friday the 13th Part 2, Friday the 13th Part III, Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, Friday the 13th: A New Beginning, Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives, Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday, Jason X, Friday the 13th: The Game (2017), Crystal Lake (2026)

Fred Mollin

Composer of The Series, finished The New Blood score and scored Jason Takes Manhattan

Friday the 13th: The Series, Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood, Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan

Michael Zager and Jack Tillar

Zager co-wrote the disco version of the theme for Part III. Tillar pieced together earlier music for Part III and was music editor on The Final Chapter

Friday the 13th Part III, Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

Graeme Revell

Composer of Freddy vs. Jason after New Line replaced Manfredini

Freddy vs. Jason

Tom Savini

Makeup effects on the 1980 film and The Final Chapter. Designed young Jason and suggested the lake scare. Hosted His Name Was Jason. Designed Savini Jason for The Game

Friday the 13th (1980), Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, Friday the 13th: The Game (2017)

Carl Fullerton

Makeup department head on Part 2, sculpted adult Jason's face

Friday the 13th Part 2

Doug White

Makeup effects director on Part III. Enlarged the hockey mask with a VacuForm

Friday the 13th Part III

Terry Ballard

Art director who painted the red triangles on the Part III mask and plays a state trooper

Friday the 13th Part III

Martin Jay Sadoff

3-D supervisor on Part III who handed over the hockey mask. Credited as an editor on The New Blood

Friday the 13th Part III, Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood

Chris Swift and Brian Wade

Special effects makeup on Jason Lives

Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives

Howard Berger and Greg Nicotero

Jason Goes to Hell makeup and full body suit. Nicotero designed the Sweet Revenge mask

Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday, Sweet Revenge (2025)

Stephan Dupuis

Makeup supervisor on Jason X, designed Uber Jason

Jason X

Scott Stoddard

Makeup effects supervisor on the 2009 reboot, recommended Derek Mears

Friday the 13th (2009)

Betsy Palmer

Pamela Voorhees

Friday the 13th (1980), Friday the 13th Part 2

Adrienne King

Alice Hardy

Friday the 13th (1980), Friday the 13th Part 2

Ari Lehman

Young Jason in 1980. Later started the horror punk band First Jason

Friday the 13th (1980)

Walt Gorney

Crazy Ralph

Friday the 13th (1980), Friday the 13th Part 2, Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood

Kevin Bacon

Jack Burrell

Friday the 13th (1980)

Amy Steel

Ginny Field

Friday the 13th Part 2

Steve Daskewisz (Steve Dash)

Jason in Part 2

Friday the 13th Part 2

Warrington Gillette

Unmasked Jason in Part 2

Friday the 13th Part 2

Dana Kimmell

Chris Higgins

Friday the 13th Part III

Larry Zerner

Shelly Finkelstein. Later an entertainment lawyer

Friday the 13th Part III, Friday the 13th: The Game (2017)

Richard Brooker

Jason in Part III, the first to wear the hockey mask

Friday the 13th Part III

Corey Feldman

Young Tommy Jarvis. Narrator of Crystal Lake Memories

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, Friday the 13th: A New Beginning

Kimberly Beck

Trish Jarvis

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

Crispin Glover

Jimmy Mortimer

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

Ted White

Jason in The Final Chapter, uncredited at his request

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

John Shepherd

Teen Tommy Jarvis

Friday the 13th: A New Beginning

Dick Wieand

Roy Burns

Friday the 13th: A New Beginning

Tom Morga

Masked Roy and Jason visions in A New Beginning

Friday the 13th: A New Beginning

Thom Mathews

Adult Tommy Jarvis

Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives, Friday the 13th: The Game (2017)

C.J. Graham

Jason in Jason Lives

Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives

Jennifer Cooke

Megan Garris

Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives

Lar Park Lincoln

Tina Shepard

Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood

Kane Hodder

Jason in four straight films and motion capture in The Game. Also plays an FBI security guard and Freddy's gloved hand in Jason Goes to Hell

Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood, Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday, Jason X, Friday the 13th: The Game (2017)

Jensen Daggett

Rennie Wickham

Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan

Ken Kirzinger

Stunt coordinator and diner cook in Jason Takes Manhattan, Jason in Freddy vs. Jason

Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, Freddy vs. Jason

John D. LeMay

Ryan Dallion in The Series and Steven Freeman in Jason Goes to Hell

Friday the 13th: The Series, Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday

Kari Keegan

Jessica Kimble

Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday

Steven Williams

Creighton Duke

Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday

Erin Gray

Diana Kimble

Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday

Lexa Doig

Rowan LaFontaine

Jason X

David Cronenberg

Dr. Wimmer in Jason X. Directed the Series episode Faith Healer

Jason X, Friday the 13th: The Series

Robert Englund

Freddy Krueger

Freddy vs. Jason

Monica Keena

Lori Campbell

Freddy vs. Jason

Paula Shaw

Pamela Voorhees in Freddy vs. Jason

Freddy vs. Jason

Douglas Tait

Jason in the reshot ending of Freddy vs. Jason

Freddy vs. Jason

Derek Mears

Jason in the 2009 reboot

Friday the 13th (2009)

Jared Padalecki

Clay Miller

Friday the 13th (2009)

Danielle Panabaker

Jenna Montgomery

Friday the 13th (2009)

Amanda Righetti

Whitney Miller

Friday the 13th (2009)

Nana Visitor

Pamela Voorhees in the 2009 reboot

Friday the 13th (2009)

Louise Robey

Micki Foster

Friday the 13th: The Series

Chris Wiggins

Jack Marshak

Friday the 13th: The Series

Schuyler White

Stuntman who plays Jason in Sweet Revenge

Sweet Revenge (2025)

Linda Cardellini

Pamela Voorhees in Crystal Lake

Crystal Lake (2026)

Callum Vinson

Young Jason in Crystal Lake

Crystal Lake (2026)

Peter M. Bracke

Author of the book Crystal Lake Memories (2005)

Crystal Lake Memories book and documentary

David Grove

Author of Making Friday the 13th: The Legend of Camp Blood (2005)

Book

Daniel Farrands

Director of His Name Was Jason, Crystal Lake Memories and The Crystal Lake Massacres Revisited

His Name Was Jason (2009), Crystal Lake Memories (2013), The Crystal Lake Massacres Revisited (2009)

Simon Hawke

Novelizations of Jason Lives and Parts 1 to 3

Novels, 1986 to 1988

Michael Avallone

Novelization of Part 3, the first Friday the 13th book

Novel, 1982

William Pattinson (Eric Morse)

Four young adult Friday the 13th novels

Novels, 1994

Brian Pulido and Mike Wolfer

Writers and artists of the Avatar Press comics

Comics, 2005 to 2006

Adam Green

Writer of the Tommy Jarvis Tapes in The Game

Friday the 13th: The Game (2017)

IllFonic and Gun Media

Developer and publisher of Friday the 13th: The Game

Friday the 13th: The Game (2017)

Production & Box Office

Box office

Friday the 13th (1980)

Budget
$550,000 (Crystal Lake Memories and The Numbers); Daily Variety reported $650,000
Domestic
$39,754,601
Worldwide
$59,754,601 (includes an estimated $20 million overseas)

Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)

Budget
$1,250,000; Daily Variety reported $1.4 million
Domestic
$21,722,776
Worldwide
$21,723,267 (The Numbers); $21,724,205 (Box Office Mojo)

Friday the 13th Part III (1982)

Budget
$2,250,000 (The Numbers); Wikipedia lists $2.2 million in the film article and $2.5 million in the franchise table
Domestic
$36,690,067 (includes $2,108,548 from the 1983 re-release)
Worldwide
$36,690,067 (The Numbers); $36,697,702 (Box Office Mojo)

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)

Budget
$2,600,000 (The Numbers); The New York Times reported $2.2 million
Domestic
$32,980,880
Worldwide
$32,982,177 (The Numbers); $32,984,636 (Box Office Mojo)

Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)

Budget
$2,200,000
Domestic
$21,930,418
Worldwide
$21,930,418 (The Numbers); $21,930,715 (Box Office Mojo)

Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)

Budget
$3,000,000
Domestic
$19,472,057
Worldwide
$19,472,809 (The Numbers); $19,476,736 (Box Office Mojo)

Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)

Budget
$2,800,000 (The Numbers); a 1988 Los Angeles Times report cited by AFI said $3.5 million
Domestic
$19,170,001
Worldwide
$19,170,001

Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)

Budget
$5,000,000 (The Numbers); period reports said $5.1 million and $5.5 million
Domestic
$14,343,976
Worldwide
$14,343,976

Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993)

Budget
$3,000,000
Domestic
$15,935,068
Worldwide
$15,935,068

Jason X (2002)

Budget
$14,000,000 (The Numbers and director Jim Isaac); Box Office Mojo lists $11 million and Todd Farmer said $10 million
Domestic
$13,121,555
Worldwide
$16,951,798 (The Numbers); $17,077,882 (Box Office Mojo)

Freddy vs. Jason (2003)

Budget
$25,000,000 (The Numbers); $30,000,000 (Box Office Mojo)
Domestic
$82,622,655 (The Numbers); $82,633,448 (Box Office Mojo)
Worldwide
$114,576,403 (The Numbers); $116,643,421 (Box Office Mojo)

Friday the 13th (2009)

Budget
$17,000,000 (The Numbers); $19,000,000 (Box Office Mojo)
Domestic
$65,002,019
Worldwide
$92,670,237 (The Numbers); $91,509,154 (Box Office Mojo)

Friday the 13th: The Series (1987 to 1990)

Budget
Estimated under $500,000 per episode
Domestic
Not applicable (syndicated TV)
Worldwide
Not applicable

Crystal Lake (2026)

Budget
Not announced for the Kane version. TheWrap reported the Fuller version was planned at about $9.6 million per episode for eight episodes; Wikipedia rounds to $10 million
Domestic
Not applicable (streaming)
Worldwide
Not applicable

Adding The Numbers' figures for all twelve films gives $78.65 million in budgets, $382,746,073 domestic and $466,200,822 worldwide. Wikipedia's franchise table, which uses higher budget and worldwide numbers for some films, totals $80.9 million in budgets, $383.3 million domestic, $83.78 million international and $468.24 million worldwide. Victor Miller's Wikipedia page gives $465,239,523 worldwide. Wikipedia says that adjusted for inflation the series had earned $908.4 million domestically as of 2023, second among horror franchises behind Halloween ($1.09 billion) and ahead of A Nightmare on Elm Street ($793.5 million), Scream ($779.5 million), Saw ($688.3 million), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre ($459.7 million) and Child's Play ($305.2 million). Freddy vs. Jason is the top grosser. Jason X is the lowest domestic grosser at $13.1 million. Jason Takes Manhattan held that spot before it, at $14.3 million. The Final Chapter sold about 9.8 million tickets. More than 5 million DVDs had sold by 2005.

Rights and business

According to the Horror, Inc. lawsuit, Georgetown Productions took the risk of financing the first film in exchange for the Manny Company's assignment of rights. Phil Scuderi, a producer of the film, co-owned Esquire Theaters with Steve Minasian and Bob Barsamian. The Manny Company hired Victor Miller on a two-page Writers Guild form called a Writer's Flat Deal Contract, which did not mention work for hire. The copyright registration named Georgetown as the author. Paramount paid $1.5 million for the United States and Canada, and Warner Bros. took international rights. Distributor George Mansour later said an earlier movie called Friday the 13th: The Orphan led to a threat to sue over the title, and the problem was settled.

Paramount took worldwide distribution of the sequels and released Parts 2 through VIII. Paramount also made Friday the 13th: The Series and sold it in syndication.

Part III caused its own legal fights. Paramount leased 3-D cameras from Marks Polarized Corporation but paid Sirius II Corp. $1 million to build projection lenses it could own. Marks sued Paramount for $25 million, claiming the studio was monopolizing 3-D equipment. Paramount agreed to a screen credit for the Marks 3-Depix Converter, but the court did not force it to change lenses. Stereovision International sued in 1985, and Paramount won in 1986. In 1985 Cunningham's and Miller's companies also sued Georgetown Productions and Belmont Management over unpaid residuals, according to Daily Variety.

After Jason Takes Manhattan, the rights to Jason went back to Scuderi, Minasian and Barsamian, who sold them to New Line Cinema. The deal did not include the Friday the 13th title, so New Line called its films Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday and Jason X. New Line first used the Friday the 13th name on May 13, 2005, with the Avatar Press comic Friday the 13th Special. Sean S. Cunningham's Crystal Lake Entertainment co-produced the New Line films.

For the 2009 reboot, Platinum Dunes spent more than a year getting rights from Paramount, New Line and Crystal Lake Entertainment. Paramount let the film use anything from the old movies, including the title, and took international distribution. New Line, now part of Warner Bros., kept the U.S. release. Brad Fuller later said neither studio would let the other make a sequel alone, because each was afraid of looking like idiots if it made money without them.

In June 2013 Warner Bros. gave its film rights to Paramount as part of the deal that let Warner Bros. co-produce Christopher Nolan's Interstellar. Paramount developed a new film with Platinum Dunes until February 6, 2017, when it cancelled it. The rights went back to New Line and Warner Bros. in 2018.

Victor Miller's case began under Section 203 of the Copyright Act, which lets an author end a grant of rights made after January 1, 1978, starting 35 years later. Grants of work made for hire cannot be ended. Wikipedia dates Miller's notice of termination to January 26, 2016. The Hollywood Reporter said the notices went out in June and took effect in July 2018. Horror, Inc. and the Manny Company sued in federal court in Connecticut in August 2016, represented by Bonnie Eskenazi and Julia Haye of Greenberg Glusker. They argued Cunningham hired and supervised Miller, who had never written horror before, so the script was a work for hire. They also asked the court to find Miller had breached his contract and slandered Horror's title.

Larry Zerner, who played Shelly in Part III and became an entertainment lawyer, explained to fans that Miller had been paid about $9,500 for a script that turned into twelve movies, a hit video game and years of merchandise. He said the usual step would have been to negotiate a split, since the termination affected only U.S. rights and did not touch finished movies, but Cunningham sued instead.

On September 28, 2018, U.S. District Judge Stefan Underhill granted summary judgment to Miller. The Hollywood Reporter noted Miller would likely control rights inside the United States while the producers controlled rights elsewhere, and that there could be fights over trademarks and over Jason, since Miller's script had only a boy who died, while the sequels created the adult killer. Horror, Inc. appealed, withdrew the appeal on a technicality, and reinstated it by the April 12, 2019 deadline.

On September 30, 2021, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed. Horror had argued that because Miller was a Writers Guild member and the Manny Company was a guild signatory, he was an employee under labor law. The court said labor law and copyright law serve different purposes and, applying the factors from the 1989 Supreme Court case Community for Creative Non-Violence v. Reid, found Miller was an independent contractor. The Hollywood Reporter's Eriq Gardner called it a big win for Miller's lawyer Marc Toberoff. Bloody Disgusting pointed out that owning the screenplay did not mean owning the adult Jason and covered only domestic rights.

The dispute hit other products. Gun Media stopped all new content for Friday the 13th: The Game on June 11, 2018, including a planned Uber Jason and Grendel map. The game's dedicated servers shut down in November 2020, it was delisted at the end of 2023 when the license ran out, and online services ended December 31, 2024. On April 8, 2024, Horror, Inc. sent a cease and desist to modders trying to revive the game's online play.

Crystal Lake was built around the split rights. TheWrap reported A24 made a deal covering the rights held by Miller, Toberoff and another producer. Variety reported Miller and Toberoff had the U.S. rights plus non-exclusive foreign rights, and that adding Rob Barsamian gave the project the other elements from the films. Bryan Fuller told Fangoria that as a streaming series they could use everything under the Friday the 13th umbrella, while the movie rights at New Line were super messy. NBCUniversal's Peacock ordered the show, Sky bought it for the U.K. and Ireland in October 2025, and HBO Max picked it up for Europe, Africa and the Middle East in July 2026.

Horror, Inc. describes itself as the creator of the franchise, led by president Rob Barsamian and executive vice president Robbie Barsamian. It launched Jason Universe in 2024 and lists the 13th theatrical movie and a sequel console game as announced projects. Wikipedia's franchise infobox lists Horror, Inc. as owner and says Paramount Skydance holds domestic distribution of the 1980 film, distribution of the 1981 to 1989 films, international distribution of the 2009 film and distribution of the 1987 to 1990 TV series, while Warner Bros. holds international distribution of the 1980 film, the 1993 to 2003 films, domestic distribution of the 2009 film and the trademark of the brand and characters. In March 2026 Cunningham told TMZ he and Miller had resolved their dispute and that a Warner Bros. and Paramount merger could remove the two-studio problem. After Miller's death in August 2026, what happens to his share had not been reported.

Reception

Critics were rough on nearly every film. The first one was attacked as a cheap copy of Halloween. Gene Siskel gave away the ending, called Cunningham one of the most despicable people in the business, and printed the address of Gulf+Western's chairman and Betsy Palmer's home city so readers could complain. He and Roger Ebert spent a whole episode of their show on slasher films. Ebert gave Part 2 half a star and said the review would do for any Friday the 13th film. Jason Lives is the one entry Wikipedia describes as getting generally positive reviews when it came out.

Current Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic scores, per the film records and Wikipedia, run like this. The 1980 film: 70 to 71 percent, Metacritic 22. Part 2: 29 to 30 percent, Metacritic 26. Part III: 14 to 16 percent, Metacritic 30, CinemaScore B minus. The Final Chapter: 25 to 27 percent, Metacritic 33. A New Beginning: 12 to 16 percent, Metacritic 16. Jason Lives: 61 percent, Metacritic 30, CinemaScore B. The New Blood: 32 to 33 percent, Metacritic 13, CinemaScore B. Jason Takes Manhattan: 13 percent, Metacritic 14, CinemaScore C plus. Jason Goes to Hell: 12 percent, Metacritic 17. Jason X: 20 to 21 percent, Metacritic 25, CinemaScore C. Freddy vs. Jason: 41 to 42 percent, Metacritic 37, CinemaScore B plus. The 2009 film: 26 percent, Metacritic 34, CinemaScore B minus. The numbers shift a little as reviews are added.

Opinion has warmed on several films. Complex ranked the original ninth among slashers in 2017, and Entertainment Weekly put it fourth of 21 in 2024. Entertainment Weekly's Kyle Anderson ranked The Final Chapter first in the series. Ken Hanke called Jason Lives easily the best, and writers have credited its self-aware jokes with paving the way for Scream. GQ's Scott Meslow called Jason Takes Manhattan one of the most stylish entries. British critics liked Jason X more than American ones, and younger fans came to enjoy how it makes fun of the series.

Scholars took the series seriously. Carol Clover cited Alice Hardy as an early example of the final girl, and many point to the reveal of a middle-aged mother as the killer as one of horror's biggest twists. S.T. Karnick argued in National Review that Friday the 13th boiled Halloween down to a formula other filmmakers could copy, putting the killer's history ahead of the victims'. He traced that pattern through A Nightmare on Elm Street, Child's Play, Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer and Saw. He quoted John Carpenter that the teens died because they were too busy to notice a killer, not as punishment for sex. Tom McLoughlin made Jason Lives the only film with no nudity partly to push back on that punishment idea.

Variety's obituary for Victor Miller said the first film popularized the summer camp setting and the teenage party themes that are still basic slasher tropes. Alice's quick death at the start of Part 2 helped start the habit of killing off the first film's survivor in the sequel. Part III was the first 3-D film given a wide domestic release.

Jason's hockey mask is one of the most recognized images in popular culture. Jason was nominated for AFI's 100 Heroes and Villains in 2003, won the MTV Lifetime Achievement Award in 1992, placed 26th in Wizard's 100 greatest villains, was named IGN's Greatest Movie Slasher of All Time in October 2021 and ranked second on a USA Today list of haunting horror villains. A 2005 California State University survey of 1,166 people found Jason scored highest of ten movie monsters on every killing measure. IGN ranked the franchise seventh among film series in December 2006.

Fans built a culture around it. Fridaythe13thfilms.com co-founder Brenna O'Brien talked about fans making their own films, Jason body suits and tattoos. Fan films include Never Hike Alone (2017), Never Hike in the Snow (2020) and Never Hike Alone 2 (2023) with Thom Mathews as Tommy, the Friday the 13th: Vengeance films with C.J. Graham as Elias, and Jason Rising (2021) with Adrienne King. The 1980 film has had revival screenings at the Blairstown theater in 2007, the Griffith Park Zoo in 2015 and Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco tours in 2018. Fangoria and Paramount held 40th anniversary screenings of The Final Chapter in 2024.

The films have been parodied and quoted for decades, in Mad, Cracked, Robot Chicken and South Park. Scream's opening quiz turns on the fact that Pamela, not Jason, was the killer in the first film.

Universal has built haunted houses around Jason for Halloween Horror Nights, including Freddy vs. Jason: The Battle Continues at Universal Orlando in 2015 and the 2025 Jason Universe houses in Orlando and Hollywood. Jason has been a playable character in Mortal Kombat X, MultiVersus, Call of Duty, Fortnite and Dead by Daylight, besides his own games on the Commodore 64, NES, mobile phones and Friday the 13th: The Game, which sold 1.8 million copies by August 2017.

Awards

  • 1981 Golden Raspberry Awards: Friday the 13th nominated for Worst Picture and Worst Supporting Actress (Betsy Palmer).
  • 1981 Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival: Friday the 13th nominated for the Grand Prize.
  • 1988 and 1989 Emmy Awards: Friday the 13th: The Series nominated for visual and graphic effects.
  • 1990 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films: Friday the 13th: The Series nominated for Best Series.
  • 1992 MTV Movie Awards: Jason Voorhees received the Lifetime Achievement Award.
  • 2003 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes and Villains: Jason Voorhees nominated as a villain.
  • 30th Saturn Awards (2004): Freddy vs. Jason nominated for Best Horror Film.
  • 2004 Taurus World Stunt Awards: Doug Chapman and Glenn Ennis nominated for Best Fire Stunt for Freddy vs. Jason.
  • 2005 Satellite Awards: the From Crystal Lake to Manhattan DVD set nominated for Best DVD Extras.
  • 2014 Saturn Awards: Friday the 13th: The Complete Collection nominated for Best DVD/Blu-ray Collection.
  • 35th Golden Joystick Awards (2017): Friday the 13th: The Game won Best Indie Game and was nominated for Best Multiplayer Game.
  • IGN Best of 2017: Friday the 13th: The Game won the People's Choice Award for Best Multiplayer and was runner-up with the editors.
  • Wizard magazine: Jason ranked number 26 of the 100 greatest villains of all time.
  • IGN, October 2021: Jason named the Greatest Movie Slasher of All Time.
  • IGN, December 2006: Friday the 13th ranked seventh of the top 25 film franchises.
  • Kane Hodder set a record for the longest uninterrupted on-screen controlled burn, forty seconds, in The New Blood.
  • Victor Miller won Daytime Emmy Awards for All My Children writing in 1985, 1988 and 1998.

Parodies and references

  • Unmasked Part 25 (1988): a British film about a hockey-masked killer named Jackson, mocking long slasher series.
  • Alice Cooper, He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask) (1986), from Constrictor, written for Jason Lives.
  • Vico C, Viernes 13 (1989) and Viernes 13, Parte II: Puerto Rican rap songs with Jason in Puerto Rico.
  • Eminem mentions Jason in Criminal, samples Manfredini's ki ki ki, ma ma ma in Amityville and Off the Wall, and has worn a hockey mask on stage.
  • Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre, LL Cool J and Insane Clown Posse have referenced Jason in songs.
  • Ari Lehman, the first young Jason, fronts the horror punk band First Jason. One song is Jason is Watching.
  • Common Shiner's videos Social Mediasochist and On and On star Jason.
  • Scream (1996): Casey Becker is asked to name the killer in Friday the 13th and wrongly says Jason.
  • Robot Chicken: Jason turns up in a Scooby-Doo parody at Camp Crystal Lake.
  • South Park, Imaginationland Episodes II and III: Jason lives on the bad side of Imaginationland.
  • Warehouse 13 (2009) was accused by critics of borrowing heavily from Friday the 13th: The Series.
  • VH1 advertised its Vogue Fashion Awards as Friday the 20th with a rhinestone hockey mask.
  • Cracked magazine put Jason on two covers, and Mad featured him in almost a dozen stories.
  • Mother Goose and Grimm featured Jason twice.
  • Usagi Yojimbo's villain Jei is based on Jason. With the honorific -san, the name is a pun on Jason.
  • Bret Easton Ellis's American Psycho and Audrey Niffenegger's The Time Traveler's Wife mention The New Blood.
  • MythBusters tested Jason X's liquid nitrogen face-smash kill in 2009.
  • Jason appeared in a June 2020 public service announcement about wearing masks during COVID-19.
  • Fan films: Never Hike Alone (2017), Never Hike in the Snow (2020), Never Hike Alone 2 (October 13, 2023), Friday the 13th: Vengeance and Vengeance 2: Bloodlines, Jason Rising (2021) and Voorhees.
  • Crossovers in print: Jason vs. Leatherface (Topps, 1995) and Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash (WildStorm, 2007 to 2008) and its sequel The Nightmare Warriors (2009). Jason Goes to Hell borrows the Necronomicon and Kandarian dagger from Evil Dead II.
  • Halloween Horror Nights: Freddy vs. Jason: The Battle Continues (Universal Orlando, 2015) and the Jason Universe houses (Orlando and Hollywood, 2025).
  • The Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood card appears in Fright-Rags' cross-franchise Fright Facts Series 8 pack, and Fright Facts Series 13 is all Friday the 13th.

Fandom

Fans kept Jason going on their own while the rights fight froze official films after 2009. James Sweet, who directed Jason Rising, told Willamette Week in 2021 that fan films were filling the void and keeping a fire burning. Houston Press compared it to Doctor Who fans after that show was canceled in 1989.

Vincente DiSanti and Womp Stomp Films set the bar. Never Hike Alone (2017) follows a hiking vlogger, played by Andrew Leighty, who finds the ruins of Camp Crystal Lake. DiSanti plays Jason, and Thom Mathews returns as Tommy Jarvis, now an ambulance driver. It drew nearly 2 million YouTube views, played a genre festival and got its own Blu-ray. The team shot at an abandoned summer camp they found and kept up as their own Crystal Lake, and DiSanti said it started as a five minute chase scene to test the idea.

The Never Hike series kept growing. Never Hike in the Snow (2020) is a prequel set three months earlier, with Vincent Guastaferro back as Sheriff Rick Cologne and Jason seeing his mother, played by Lennon Hobson. Plans for a multi part miniseries were folded into one feature after the pandemic, and an Indiegogo campaign launched March 13, 2022. Never Hike Alone 2 was released October 13, 2023 to watch online with Mathews, Guastaferro, Anna Campbell and Larry Zerner as Mayor Paul Owen. In 2026 the team announced Ghosts in the Fog, which they call the first animated Friday the 13th fan film, styled after Sin City with 2D animation over 3D sets by Mako Animation and Armass Productions. It is a bonus on a Kickstarter-funded Never Hike Alone Blu-ray and will be free online in November 2026.

Friday the 13th: Vengeance (2019) is a direct sequel to Jason Lives set about 30 years later, directed by Jeremy Brown. Its Kickstarter passed a $25,000 goal and reached nearly $40,000 from 116 backers. C.J. Graham, the Jason of Part VI, plays Jason's father Elias, who used black magic to raise his son, and Tommy's daughter Angelica Jarvis (Kelly Tappan) hunts Jason. Part 2's Steve Dash joined and Tom McLoughlin was listed as a film consultant. Jason Brooks plays Jason. Vengeance 2: Bloodlines (2022) brings Thom Mathews back as Tommy, and Elias tries to resurrect Pamela.

Jason Rising (2021) is an Oregon fan film directed by James Sweet and co-created with the late Oregon actor Robert Blanche. Crowdfunding passed $25,000 and it premiered Friday, August 13, 2021 at the Hollywood Theatre. Adrienne King plays Alice as an artist with PTSD who wants revenge on the Voorhees family, Amy Steel voices Dr. Ginny Field, and Jason's look is based on Parts III and IV with black blood. It won an Indie Spirit Award at the South African Horrorfest.

Rose Blood: A Friday the 13th Fan Film (2021) continues Tina Shepard's story from The New Blood. Lar Park Lincoln plays Tina in the framing story and Jessica Hottman plays her in the rest, as the military turns Tina into a lab subject to bring Jason back as a weapon, leading into Jason X. Park Lincoln was nominated for a FANtastic Horror Film Festival best actress award. She died of breast cancer on April 22, 2025.

Other fan films have their own followings. Jason vs. Michael: Evil Emerges by Luke Pedder has Joshua Pedder as Jason fighting John Pedder's Michael Myers. Voorhees: Born on a Friday by Chris R. Notarile stars Monica Dinatale as Pamela on the night of her first revenge killing, cut with her crying over Jason's uneaten birthday cake. 13 Fanboy (2021), directed by Deborah Voorhees, who played Tina in A New Beginning, is a meta slasher where Kane Hodder, Corey Feldman, C.J. Graham, Lar Park Lincoln, Judie Aronson and Dee Wallace play themselves stalked by an obsessed fan.

Fan art and fan fiction spread too. Animator Janie Lee made Camp Counselor Jason, a web comic where Jason protects campers. A LitReactor columnist drew and published a bootleg comic called Friday the 13th Part IX: The Last Mask in 2022. William Pattinson released a free fifth Camp Crystal Lake novel in 2011. Huracan Studio's fan-made fighting game Terrordrome: Rise of the Boogeymen puts two Jasons on its roster.

Fans pay their own way into the franchise. Friday the 13th: The Game raised $823,704 from 12,128 Kickstarter backers, and those backers got an exclusive Tom Savini Jason. Every Friday the 13th, fans pack the Blairstown Diner in costume and drive on to Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco, where tours have run since May 13, 2011 and the early ones sold out. In March 2026 Milwaukee Horror Con tried to set a world record with more than 250 Jasons in one place.

Former cast members stay close to the fans. Ari Lehman, the first Jason, formed the horror punk band First Jason for fans in 2004 after horror conventions found him. Adrienne King sells Crystal Lake Wines and her paintings, and fan Genoveva Rossi told News 12 in 2026 that Jason has become a warm and endearing figure to the community. Kane Hodder still headlines screenings, including an October 13, 2026 Part VII night in Massachusetts.

Books & Comics

Books

Friday the 13th Part 3 3-D

1982 · novelization

Author
Michael Avallone
About
The first Friday the 13th book of any kind. Avallone had already novelized Beneath the Planet of the Apes and Shock Corridor. He used an ending that was shot but cut from the film: Chris hears Rick's voice, runs back to the house and finds Jason waiting with a machete. His son David Avallone said his father wrote it in less than a week.

Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI

1986 · novelization

Author
Simon Hawke
About
Hawke's first Friday book. It brings in Elias Voorhees, Jason's father, a character cut from the film. Elias has Jason buried instead of cremated after The Final Chapter. It also adds flashbacks to Jason's childhood and fills in Tommy Jarvis, Pam Roberts and Sheriff Garris. Fangoria ran a column on it in August 2026 saying the book lacks the movie's fun.

Friday the 13th

1987 · novelization

Author
Simon Hawke
About
Seven years after the film. Alice gets a backstory with two boyfriends, John in California and Steve Christy at the lake. Mrs. Voorhees begs the Christy family to take her back after Jason drowns, and Hawke writes her as someone who tried to move on before her mind broke.

Friday the 13th Part II: A Novel

1988 · novelization

Author
Simon Hawke
About
Published in February 1988 by New American Library (Signet), ISBN 0-451-15337-5, based on Ron Kurz's screenplay. It shows how Jason finds Alice: he spots her at the lake and memorizes her car. Ginny Field is the lead.

Friday the 13th Part III

1988 · novelization

Author
Simon Hawke
About
The second novel of Part 3, from Signet. That makes Part 3 the only film novelized twice.

Friday the 13th: Mother's Day

1994 · novel

Author
William Pattinson as Eric Morse
About
Book 1 of the young adult Camp Crystal Lake series. Hunter Joe Travers digs up Pamela Voorhees' still living head, which tells him where Jason's mask is buried. He puts it on and is possessed. Jason himself does not appear in these books.

Friday the 13th: Jason's Curse

1994 · novel

Author
William Pattinson as Eric Morse
About
Book 2 of the Camp Crystal Lake young adult series. Another wearer of the cursed mask is taken over by Jason's spirit.

Friday the 13th: The Carnival

1994 · novel

Author
William Pattinson as Eric Morse
About
Book 3 of the Camp Crystal Lake young adult series.

Friday the 13th: Road Trip

1994 · novel

Author
William Pattinson as Eric Morse
About
Book 4 and the last of the original 1994 run.

Friday the 13th: The Mask of Jason Voorhees

2011 · novel

Author
William Pattinson as Eric Morse
About
An unofficial fifth Camp Crystal Lake book, 368 pages, put out 17 years later as a free e-book for fans on the author's website. It mixes the movies with Friday the 13th: The Series. Micki Foster and Ryan Dallion team up against the mask's last wearer. There was never a printed edition.

Freddy vs. Jason

2003 · novelization

Author
Stephen Hand
About
Black Flame, released July 29, 2003. Alice Hardy does not appear in the film, but the book mentions her fight with Mrs. Voorhees.

Jason X

2005 · novelization

Author
Pat Cadigan
About
Black Flame's official novelization of the 2001 film. It led straight into a four-book Jason X series.

Jason X: The Experiment

2005 · novel

Author
Pat Cadigan
About
Black Flame. The government tries to use Jason's indestructible body to make super soldiers.

Jason X: Planet of the Beast

2005 · novel

Author
Nancy Kilpatrick
About
Black Flame. Dr. Bardox and his crew try to clone a comatose Jason, then try to stay alive when he wakes up.

Jason X: Death Moon

2005 · novel

Author
Alex Johnson
About
Black Flame. Jason crash lands at Moon Camp Americana. A holographic Crystal Lake includes an underwater copy of Pamela's grave and a zombie Pamela built by Dr. Armando Castillo.

Jason X: To the Third Power

2006 · novel

Author
Nancy Kilpatrick
About
Black Flame. Jason is found under a prison. He fathers a son through artificial insemination.

Friday the 13th: Hell Lake

2005 · novel

Author
Paul A. Woods
About
Black Flame. Executed serial killer Wayne Sanchez talks Jason into helping him escape Hell. Gretchen Andrews seems to be possessed by Pamela. Rue Morgue revisited it in a July 2026 tie-in column.

Making Friday the 13th: The Legend of Camp Blood

2005 · non-fiction

Author
David Grove
About
FAB Press, February 2005 (the fan wiki lists May 30, 2005), ISBN 1903254310. Grove interviewed over 100 people who worked on the first eleven films and printed unseen photos from private collections.

Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th

2005 · non-fiction

Author
Peter M. Bracke, foreword by Sean S. Cunningham
About
Sparkplug Press, ISBN 0976543311, released October 24, 2005 per Wikipedia. Bracke spent three years on it and collected more than 200 interviews, with close to 600 unseen photos, storyboards and concept art. The launch party was October 22 at Universal CityWalk Hollywood. Titan Books put out an edition in 2006 (ISBN 978-1-845-76343-5). It later became the Daniel Farrands documentary of the same name.

Unmasked

2011 · non-fiction

Author
Kane Hodder with Michael Aloisi
About
Hodder's autobiography, released October 1, 2011. It covers the bullying he took as a kid, his teen years on a South Pacific island and the stunt fire that nearly killed him early in his career.

On Location in Blairstown: The Making of Friday the 13th

2013 · non-fiction

Author
David Grove
About
Dark Ink, September 13, 2013, ISBN 0988446820. A book only about shooting the 1980 film in and around Blairstown, New Jersey in 1979, built from cast and crew memories and production papers.

Curious Goods: Behind the Scenes of Friday the 13th: The Series

2015 · non-fiction

Author
Alyse Wax
About
BearManor Media, ISBN 1593938942. The first book on the 1987 TV show, episode by episode. Wikipedia says October 2015 and the fan wiki says January 11, 2016.

Legacy of Blood: A Comprehensive Guide to Slasher Movies

guide

Author
Jim Harper
About
A slasher guide that reviews the series. Harper called Corey Feldman's Tommy the one letdown in The Final Chapter and praised Thom Mathews' Tommy in Jason Lives.

Horror Films of the 1980s, Volume 1

guide

Author
John Kenneth Muir
About
Muir argues Tommy Jarvis worked because kids his age were finding the films on home video, and that many fans rank The Final Chapter first because of Tommy.

I JASON (unwritten)

2020 · novel

Author
Stephen King
About
Not a real book. In June 2020 King posted that the best novel idea he never wrote was I JASON, told in first person by Jason as he is killed over and over at Camp Crystal Lake. He added that the legal permissions made his head ache.

Comics

Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday

Publisher
Topps Comics
Years
1993
Issues
3
About
The first Jason comic, written by Andy Mangels and drawn by Cynthia Martin from the screenplay. It condenses the film and adds scenes that were never shot. Den of Geek notes the comic keeps spelling the name Vorhees.

Satan's Six #4

Publisher
Topps Comics
Years
July 1993
Issues
1 (guest spot)
About
Tony Isabella and John Cleary. Part of Topps' Secret City Saga built on unused Jack Kirby ideas. The demon Odious Kamodious summons Jason as a new agent and Jason tries to cut his head off. A guardian angel then complains the comic is being used to plug the movie, and page 31 carries a Jason Goes to Hell ad.

Jason vs. Leatherface

Publisher
Topps Comics
Years
1995
Issues
3
About
Nancy A. Collins, David Imhoff and Jeff Butler. Jason is washed out when Crystal Lake is drained of toxic waste, rides a train and ends up adopted by Leatherface's family before they turn on each other. Pamela is named Doris in a flashback, where she kills Elias with a machete.

Friday the 13th Special

Publisher
Avatar Press
Years
May 13, 2005
Issues
1
About
Brian Pulido with art by Mike Wolfer and Greg Waller. New Line's first use of the Friday the 13th name in comics. Set after Freddy vs. Jason, siblings Miles and Laura Upland inherit Camp Crystal Lake and Laura hires a paramilitary team to kill Jason. Pre-sold more than 17,500 copies and came with many variant covers.

Friday the 13th: Bloodbath

Publisher
Avatar Press
Years
2005 to 2006
Issues
3
About
Brian Pulido with Mike Wolfer and Andrew Dalhouse, starting September 2005. Teens working at Camp Tomorrow on Crystal Lake learn they share family backgrounds and wake Jason. Violet is the survivor.

Jason X Special

Publisher
Avatar Press
Years
October 2005
Issues
1
About
Brian Pulido with art by Sebastian Fiumara. In 2455, bio-engineer Kristen wants Uber Jason's regenerating tissue. Pamela comes back through a swarm of nano ants. Covers included regular, wraparound, Gore and Terror covers by Juan Jose Ryp, a black leather cover and several foil editions.

Friday the 13th: Jason vs. Jason X

Publisher
Avatar Press
Years
February 2006
Issues
2
About
Written and drawn by Mike Wolfer. A salvage crew finds the ship Grendel and wakes a regenerated Jason, who fights Uber Jason to the death.

Friday the 13th Fearbook

Publisher
Avatar Press
Years
June 2006
Issues
1
About
Mike Wolfer with art by Sebastian Fiumara. Avatar's last Friday comic. The Trent Organization captures and tests Jason, and he escapes to find Violet from Bloodbath. Several variant cover editions.

Friday the 13th

Publisher
WildStorm (DC Comics)
Years
December 2006 to 2007
Issues
6
About
Jason returns as teens fix up Camp Crystal Lake to reopen it as a tourist spot. His rampage is tied to the spirits of a Native American tribe killed at the lake by fur traders. Pre-sold about 60,318 copies in all (15,800, 9,600, 8,964, 8,637, 8,715 and 8,602). The September 2007 trade paperback has a foreword by Andrew W.K. Issue 6 shows young Jason pulling Alice into the lake.

Friday the 13th: Pamela's Tale

Publisher
WildStorm (DC Comics)
Years
July 11 and August 15, 2007
Issues
2
About
Written by Marc Andreyko. Pamela tells hitchhiker Annie her life story: Elias beat her while she was pregnant, she killed him with an axe, blew up their trailer and dumped his body in the lake, then worked at a diner before the Christys hired her. Pre-sold 16,051 copies combined. Ends with her first meeting with Alice.

Friday the 13th: How I Spent My Summer Vacation

Publisher
WildStorm (DC Comics)
Years
September 12 and October 10, 2007
Issues
2
About
Written by Jason Aaron. Jason befriends a boy born with a skull deformity. Issue 2 ends with Jason at his mother's grave. The first issue pre-sold about 7,837 copies.

Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash

Publisher
WildStorm (DC Comics) and Dynamite Entertainment
Years
November 2007 to March 2008
Issues
6
About
James Kuhoric wrote and Jason Craig drew it from Jeff Katz's roughly 30 page treatment for a film sequel that fell apart over creative differences with Bruce Campbell. Freddy wants the Necronomicon from the Voorhees house basement, and Ash works at the S-Mart in Crystal Lake. Cover dates run January to May 2008.

Friday the 13th: Bad Land

Publisher
WildStorm (DC Comics)
Years
January 9 and February 13, 2008
Issues
2
About
Ron Marz and Mike Huddleston. Two groups get snowed in at Crystal Lake 250 years apart: three hikers now and three fur trappers then.

Friday the 13th: Abuser and the Abused

Publisher
WildStorm (DC Comics)
Years
April 30, 2008
Issues
1
About
Joshua Hale Fialkov with art by Andy B. Teenager Maggie lures her abusive boyfriend to Crystal Lake to kill him and runs into Jason.

Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash: The Nightmare Warriors

Publisher
WildStorm (DC Comics) and Dynamite Entertainment
Years
June 24 to December 23, 2009
Issues
6
About
Jeff Katz and James Kuhoric with Jason Craig. Survivors of both killers band together. Tommy Jarvis and Jason's great-niece Stephanie Kimble kill Jason, Tommy takes his head with a shard of glass, and Ash names Tommy leader of the Nightmare Warriors. Collected July 14, 2010 in a 144 page book.

Camp Counselor Jason

Publisher
Fan comic by Janie Lee
Years
2021
Issues
Web comic
About
Animator Janie Lee (Scooby-Doo, DuckTales) turned Jason into a helpful camp counselor who feeds fish and runs kayak trips with Pamela, and still kills people he thinks deserve it.

Friday the 13th Part IX: The Last Mask

Publisher
Bootleg comic, self-published
Years
2022
Issues
1
About
An unlicensed tribute comic that a LitReactor columnist wrote and drew and described in a March 30, 2022 column. It uses the real Jason, Pamela and final girls, which the writer said was only possible as a bootleg.

Games

Friday the 13th: The Computer Game

1986

Platforms
Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC (cassette and floppy)
About
Domark, based on Part 2. You try to find Jason at camp while he hides disguised as one of your friends until you hit him. Weapons like chainsaws, pitchforks and machetes are spread around barns, a church and cabins, and a fear meter shows a blonde woman's hair standing up. Co-founder Dominic Wheatley launched it by bursting through a pub cellar door dressed as Jason with a cleaver. Crash issue 23 put Jason on the cover, parents complained to the Press Council, and the first release came with capsules of fake blood. Scores were rough: Zzap!64 13%, Your Sinclair 3/10, Crash 32%. Co-founder Mark Strachan later called it something he would rather forget.

Friday the 13th

1989

Platforms
Nintendo Entertainment System
About
Released February 1989 in North America only. Developed by Atlus, published by LJN. You pick from six counselors and have to beat Jason three times over three days, starting with rocks. Pamela is a floating head boss in a candlelit cave who drops a machete or axe, her sweater and a pitchfork. Jason wears purple and blue, possibly from a Japanese Part III poster. Atlus staff called it 13 Kin. Nintendo Power's September 1997 issue called it the sixth worst game ever, and EGM ranked it the eighth worst console game that year.

Friday the 13th (mobile)

2006 or 2007

Platforms
Java (J2ME) phones
About
Plan_B Media developed and Xendex published this adventure game loosely based on the 1980 film. You play a counselor, implied to be Annie, who restores the camp generator, finds the bodies and ends up beheading Pamela with an axe. Wikipedia dates the Xendex release to 2007, the fan wiki says 2006.

Mortal Kombat X: Jason Voorhees

2015

Platforms
PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC
About
NetherRealm Studios and Warner Bros. Interactive. Jason came as $4.99 downloadable content on May 5, 2015 on Xbox and was later bundled in the XL Pack, Mortal Kombat XL and the Jason Voorhees Bundle. Mortal Kombat Mobile added Slasher Jason and Unstoppable Jason as gold cards.

Friday the 13th: The Game

2017

Platforms
PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
About
IllFonic and Gun Media. It started as Slasher Vol. 1: Summer Camp and was shown to EGM in January 2015. Kickstarter raised $823,704.20 from 12,128 backers. Digital launch May 26, 2017, physical October 13, 2017 at $39.99, and the Ultimate Slasher Switch Edition on August 13, 2019. Kane Hodder did motion capture for Jason and Roy Burns, Harry Manfredini scored it, Thom Mathews returned as Tommy Jarvis and Larry Zerner as Shelly. Tom Savini designed a Jason given to Kickstarter backers. Maps include Camp Crystal Lake, Packanack Lodge, Higgins Haven, Jarvis House and Pinehurst, plus collectible Pamela Tapes and Tommy Tapes, with the Tommy Tapes written by Adam Green. It sold 1.8 million copies by August 2017. New content stopped June 11, 2018 because of the lawsuit, dedicated servers shut in November 2020, it was delisted at the end of 2023 and all online play ended December 31, 2024.

Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle

2018

Platforms
iOS, Android, Steam, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
About
Blue Wizard Digital, directed by Jason Kapalka, built in Unity. You slide Jason around isometric kill scenes. North America got it January 20, 2018 and the world April 13, 2018. Episodes go from summer camp to London, New York, prisons, prehistoric times and outer space. Apple named it iOS app of the week on January 26, 2018.

MultiVersus: Jason Voorhees

2024

Platforms
PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One and Series X/S, PC
About
Warner Bros. Games and Player First Games. Jason was revealed May 20, 2024 and led the Season 1 battle pass as a slow tank fighter. One taunt has him moonwalk, a nod to the famous backwards walking bug in Friday the 13th: The Game. MultiVersus shut down in May 2025.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Warzone (The Haunting)

2025

Platforms
PlayStation, Xbox, PC
About
Season 6, The Haunting, started October 9, 2025 with Jason as a playable operator and a Slasher Deathmatch mode where one side hides from Jason or Chucky. The fan wiki lists him in a Tracer Pack: Jason Ultra Skin Bundle, and his look comes from the new Jason Universe design.

Fortnite (Fortnitemares 2025)

2025

Platforms
All Fortnite platforms
About
Jason joined Fortnitemares on October 10, 2025 as a boss that roams Creepy Camps, Freaky Fields or Open-Air Onsen, and his outfit went on sale October 18. The fan wiki lists the outfit at 1,500 V-Bucks in the Jason Universe: Revenge set. A Jason Haunted Cup tournament ran in October 2025. At Licensing Expo 2026 Horror Inc. said Jason returns for Fortnitemares 2026.

Dead by Daylight: Jason (Chapter 40)

2026

Platforms
PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch
About
Behaviour Interactive. A public test started May 26, 2026 and it launched June 16, 2026, the game's tenth anniversary. Jason is listed as The Slasher with the power Omnipresent Evil, which makes him invisible with no terror radius, plus Impaling Throw and Jump Scare. Perks are Hex: Scared To Death, Silent Shadow and Rampage. The pack adds a Hockey Mask badge and Misty Cabin banner. Horror Inc. named three extra skins: Backwoods Terror, Depths of Despair and Death Forsaken. Youtooz sells a Bloody Jason figure from it.

Hellbreak TCG

2026 to 2027

Platforms
Tabletop trading card game
About
Spin Master with Ghost Galaxy and Universal Products and Experiences. Jason was announced for the first set at Gen Con, July 30 to August 2, 2026, booth 2727, with cards from different eras of the films and from Friday the 13th: The Game and Jason Universe. Spin Master plans an October 2026 launch event, but ICv2 reported store release moved to January 2027.

Terrordrome: Rise of the Boogeymen

Platforms
PC (fan game)
About
An unofficial fighting game by Huracan Studio with two playable Jasons, Undead Jason and Classic Jason, next to Freddy, Michael Myers, Leatherface, Chucky, Pinhead and others. Classic Jason can switch fighting styles.

Untitled Friday the 13th sequel game

In development

Platforms
Console
About
At San Diego Comic-Con in July 2025, Robbie Barsamian said a new sequel movie and new sequel game are at the top of Horror Inc.'s list and both are coming. Jason Universe lists a sequel console video game among its announced projects. No developer or date has been named.

Home Media

Documentaries and retrospectives

Betsy Palmer: Scream Queen Legend

2006

About
A documentary on Pamela Voorhees actress Betsy Palmer, made as publicity for Bell Witch: The Movie (2007).

His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th

2009

About
Directed by Daniel Farrands and hosted by Tom Savini, about 90 minutes, from Anchor Bay. It aired on Starz in early February 2009. Wikipedia gives the DVD date as February 3, 2009 and the fan wiki says February 13; IGN reviewed the DVD on February 6. Interviews include Sean Cunningham, Victor Miller, Kane Hodder, Adrienne King, Betsy Palmer, Derek Mears, Harry Manfredini, Seth Green and James Rolfe, and IGN noted every actor who played Jason took part. Steve Miner, Ronny Yu, Kevin Bacon, Crispin Glover and Corey Feldman were not in it. John Corlis scored it, and his music came out digitally in 2018.

The Crystal Lake Massacres Revisited

2009

About
A three part mockumentary by Daniel Farrands on the 2009 Deluxe Edition DVDs of Parts IV to VI. Townspeople, skeptics and victims' families talk about the killings as if they were real, including the rumor that Tommy did the Part VI murders.

Lost Tales from Camp Blood

About
A three part series of short bonus films. Parts 1, 2 and 3 sit on the matching discs of the 2020 Scream Factory box, and Part II is also on the 2026 Part 2 45th anniversary 4K.

Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th

2013

About
Written and directed by Daniel Farrands from Peter Bracke's book, narrated by Corey Feldman, released September 13, 2013 by RLJ Entertainment. It runs about 400 minutes and covers all twelve films and the TV series. Producers were Bracke, Bryan Fortin and Thommy Hutson, and Harry Manfredini scored it, with a CD in October 2013. Wikipedia says it made over $650,000 in home sales, the fan wiki says $600,000. A UK Blu-ray and digital release followed in April 2022.

Friday the 13th Part 3: The Memoriam Documentary

2017

About
A YouTube documentary on Part 3 with Adrienne King among the interviews. Dread Central reviewed it on September 26, 2017.

To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story

2018

About
Directed by Derek Dennis Herbert, covering Hodder's life and his run as Jason in Parts VII to X. Adam Green and John Carl Buechler are among those interviewed.

In Search of Darkness

2019

About
A long documentary on 1980s horror with Kane Hodder among the interviews.

Scream Factory Friday the 13th Collection bonus features

2020

About
The 16 disc set gathered hours of retrospectives: Fresh Cuts: New Tales from Friday the 13th, The Man Behind the Legacy: Sean S. Cunningham, a Friday the 13th reunion panel, My Life with Ginny, Inside Crystal Lake Memories: The Book, Friday's Legacy: Horror Conventions, Jason's Unlucky Day, The Lost Ending, New Beginnings, Jason Lives making-of, Jason's Destroyer, Mind Over Matter, New York Has a New Problem, The Gates of Hell, Jason vs. Terminator, Uber-Jason, Outta Space, By Any Means Necessary, The Many Lives of Jason Voorhees, Hacking Back/Slashing Forward and The Rebirth of Jason Voorhees. It also had the He's Back music video on home video for the first time.

A Killer New Beginning

2024

About
A video essay on Arrow Video's 4K of the 2009 film, carried over to the February 2026 SteelBook reprint.

Sweet Revenge behind the scenes coverage

2025

About
TheWrap and Variety ran behind the scenes interviews with writer and director Mike P. Nelson, final girl Ally Ioannides and costume designer Christianne Hedtke when the 13 minute short came out August 13, 2025. Nelson said they shot it in seven days with 3 1/2 weeks of post.

Producers on Producing panel, SDCC 2026

2026

About
Collider's panel with Brad Fuller, Andrew Form and Simon Kinberg, posted August 12, 2026. Fuller and Form talked about the Friday the 13th movie that fell apart four weeks before filming.

Horror Joy podcast: Friday the 13th

2026

About
Penn State Altoona professors Brian Onishi and Jeff Stoyanoff opened a summer camp slasher series with the 1980 film in August 2026, talking about gender roles, missing adult supervision and Reagan era anxiety.

Music

Friday the 13th main theme (ki ki ki, ma ma ma)

1980

Artist or composer
Harry Manfredini
About
Manfredini heard a Krzysztof Penderecki choral piece and took the idea of harsh vocal sounds. He spoke ki from kill and ma from mommy into a microphone and ran them through an echo unit, based on Mrs. Voorhees saying Kill her mommy. He finished the score in about two weeks and recorded it in a friend's basement. He said people always hear cha cha cha. The rule was music only when the killer is present, modeled on John Williams' Jaws.

Friday the 13th: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Parts 1 to 3)

1982

Artist or composer
Harry Manfredini
Label
Gramavision Records
About
An LP of selected cues from the first three films, released with Part III.

Friday the 13th Part 3 disco theme

1982

Artist or composer
Harry Manfredini and Michael Zager, credited with the made-up band Hot Ice
About
Manfredini only scored the first and last reels of Part 3 because of a Broadway job. Jack Tillar cut the rest together from the first two scores, and Zager reworked the opening theme with a disco beat. Manfredini said it played in disco and gay clubs. The extended version is called Rock Bottom.

Love Is a Lie

Artist or composer
Lion
About
Song heard in The Final Chapter but left off the soundtrack.

His Eyes

1983

Artist or composer
Pseudo Echo
About
From the Australian band's album Autumnal Park, used in A New Beginning (1985).

He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask)

1986

Artist or composer
Alice Cooper
Label
MCA
About
Lead single from Constrictor and theme of Jason Lives, released August 29, 1986. It peaked at No. 4 in Sweden and No. 61 in the UK. The 7 inch B-side is a fake live Billion Dollar Babies recorded in 1981 with crowd noise added later. The video, directed by Jeffrey Abelson, has C.J. Graham's Jason stalking teens at a midnight Jason Lives show. An unused rockier demo became Trick Bag. Covered by One Man Army and the Undead Quartet (2007) and Digital Love (2022), and played live by Lordi.

Jason Lives songs: Teenage Frankenstein, Hard Rock Summer, I'm No Animal

1986

Artist or composer
Alice Cooper; Felony
About
Two more Cooper songs are in Jason Lives, Teenage Frankenstein from Constrictor and Hard Rock Summer, later on The Life and Crimes of Alice Cooper box set. Felony's I'm No Animal comes from their album Vigilante. Tom McLoughlin said he used a Cooper song as temp music before Frank Mancuso Jr. suggested hiring him.

Friday the 13th: The Series, Music from the Original Television Scores

1989

Artist or composer
Fred Mollin
Label
GNP Crescendo
About
Released December 14, 1989, 72:23, with suites from The Baron's Bride, Badge of Honor, Symphony in B-Sharp, The Playhouse and more. Mollin's work on the show got him hired to finish Part VII.

The Darkest Side of the Night

1989

Artist or composer
Metropolis
About
The opening and closing song of Jason Takes Manhattan. Rob Hedden wanted something like Robert Plant. It was not released until the 1999 album The Power of the Night.

Broken Dream and J.J.'s Blues

1989

Artist or composer
Fred Mollin and Stan Meissner, vocals by Terri Crawford
Label
La-La Land Records
About
The songs J.J. plays guitar to on the boat in Part VIII. Meissner once said no full versions existed, but La-La Land put the full Broken Dream with an unheard chorus on its 2021 album. A longer instrumental of J.J.'s Blues turns up in the first episode of Forever Knight in 1992.

Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday

1993

Artist or composer
Harry Manfredini
Label
Edel Screen; Terror Vision
About
Score CD from Edel. Terror Vision put it out on cassette in July 2025.

Jason X: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

2002

Artist or composer
Harry Manfredini
Label
Varese Sarabande
About
Released May 14, 2002, 69:45, with cues like The Cryo'ing Game, Birth of the UberJason and Virtual Crystal Lake.

Freddy vs. Jason: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

2003

Artist or composer
Various artists
Label
Roadrunner Records
About
Released August 12, 2003 with 20 tracks, 14 of them new. Ill Nino's How Can I Live opens it. Mondo's listing names Sepultura, Slipknot, Type O Negative, Sevendust, Lamb of God, Killswitch Engage, Hatebreed and Chimaira, and the track list also has Spineshank, Mushroomhead, Murderdolls, Seether, Stone Sour, DevilDriver, Nothingface and In Flames. It hit No. 25 on the Billboard 200 and No. 4 on the soundtrack chart. Mondo sells a 2XLP pressing.

Freddy vs. Jason: Original Motion Picture Score

2003

Artist or composer
Graeme Revell
Label
Varese Sarabande; Death Waltz Recording Company
About
CD out August 19, 2003. Manfredini was replaced because New Line wanted a new direction. The score was added to Varese's 8 CD A Nightmare on Elm Street box on October 16, 2015 and came out on vinyl from Death Waltz in 2021. Mondo lists an initial pressing of 1,000.

Friday the 13th Part VII and Part VIII scores

2005

Artist or composer
Fred Mollin
Label
BSX Records
About
A limited CD released September 27, 2005.

Friday the 13th: Music From The Motion Picture and Expanded Score

2009

Artist or composer
Steve Jablonsky
Label
New Line Records (now WaterTower Music)
About
The music album came out February 13, 2009 and the expanded score on June 11, 2009, 50:05. Producers licensed Manfredini's original music, and Marcus Nispel told Jablonsky he did not want it to feel like John Williams and the London Symphony were sitting next to you.

His Name Was Jason score

2018

Artist or composer
John Corlis
About
Score from the 2009 documentary, released digitally in 2018.

Friday the 13th 6-CD box set (Parts 1 to 6)

2012

Artist or composer
Harry Manfredini
Label
La-La Land Records
About
Limited edition released January 13, 2012 that sold out in under 24 hours. The tapes for Parts 1 to 5 were thought lost, so those scores came from the films' sound stems. Manfredini had the Part VI masters himself. Two-disc reissues followed: Part 2 and Part 3 on October 10, 2017, The Final Chapter and A New Beginning in 2018, and Jason Lives on September 13, 2019.

Crystal Lake Memories score

2013

Artist or composer
Harry Manfredini
About
Manfredini's score for the 2013 documentary, released on CD in October 2013.

Waxwork Records Friday the 13th vinyl series

2015 to present

Artist or composer
Harry Manfredini; Fred Mollin
Label
Waxwork Records
About
Deluxe LPs sourced from original tapes. Friday the 13th (catalog WW13) has Cunningham and Manfredini liner notes, a 12x12 print and Jay Shaw and Jacqui Oakley art, repressed on silver with black, red and gold splatter vinyl. Part 2 (announced February 2015) uses the 1981 masters with Rich Kelly art. Part 3 is two 180 gram LPs with a 3-D lenticular cover. The Final Chapter came from Paramount's vault tapes. A New Beginning is two Impostor Jason splatter LPs with Matt Ryan Tobin art. Jason Lives (August 2021) uses the 1986 masters. Part VII (July 2020) came from rediscovered 1988 Paramount tapes, the first release of Mollin's full score in any format. Part VIII (November 13, 2020) is Mollin's electronic score, the first with no Manfredini credit.

Friday the 13th: The Game soundtrack and XIII

2017

Artist or composer
Harry Manfredini; Crazy Lixx
About
Manfredini scored the game. Swedish band Crazy Lixx released XIII, the game's theme song, on March 2, 2017, and three songs from the game are on their April 21, 2017 album Ruff Justice. The Virtual Cabin also plays Summer of Heat by Mitch Murder and Kristine. A vinyl soundtrack for the game was reported in July 2017.

Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (CD)

2020

Artist or composer
Harry Manfredini and Fred Mollin
Label
La-La Land Records
About
Released October 30, 2020, 78:22.

Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (CD)

2021

Artist or composer
Fred Mollin
Label
La-La Land Records
About
Released March 27, 2021, running 1:07:05, with the full Broken Dream.

La-La Land Ultimate Cut editions

2021 to 2025

Artist or composer
Harry Manfredini
Label
La-La Land Records
About
New remasters from the original tapes, now found, plus unused cues: Friday the 13th (2021), Part 2 (January 13, 2023), Part III (October 10, 2023, with Rock Bottom), A New Beginning (September 10, 2024) and Jason Lives (June 27, 2025).

First Jason albums: Jason is Watching! and Heed My Warning

2009 and 2013

Artist or composer
First Jason (Ari Lehman)
Label
Independent
About
Ari Lehman, the boy Jason in 1980, formed the horror punk band in 2004. Jason is Watching! has Nefarious of Macabre on bass and Cleaver of Cro-Mags on drums. In 2019 Lehman sang on the acoustic Thank God It's Friday on Ice Nine Kills' The Silver Scream Final Cut.

Viernes 13 and Viernes 13, Parte II

1989

Artist or composer
Vico C
About
The Puerto Rican rapper's song puts Jason in Puerto Rico. It was popular enough on the island for a sequel song.

Eminem songs: Criminal, Amityville, Off the Wall

Artist or composer
Eminem
About
Criminal names Jason. Amityville and Off the Wall with Redman use the ki ki ki ma ma ma sound. Eminem has worn a hockey mask on stage.

Pamela

2022

Artist or composer
Chat Pile
About
Third track on the Oklahoma City noise rock band's album God's Country, about Pamela's grief and rage.

Jason Universe 45th anniversary teaser music

2025

Artist or composer
Harry Manfredini
About
Manfredini wrote music for the 2025 Jason Universe teaser.

Crystal Lake opening titles

2026

Artist or composer
Harry Manfredini
About
In February 2026 Manfredini was reported to be working on the Peacock series. Rue Morgue, citing Empire, said he wrote new music for the title sequence, placed where the classic sting would go, and that the titles copy the 1980 film's font.

Signed Friday the 13th score vinyl (Crystal Lake Tours)

2026

Artist or composer
Harry Manfredini
About
The Crystal Lake Tours online store sells an exclusive pressing of the score autographed on location at the camp by Manfredini.

Events

Bill and Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure

Where
Universal Studios Florida, Halloween Horror Nights
Years
1992 (per Orlando Informer)
About
Jason's first Horror Nights appearance, in the stage show where Black Bart recruits movie killers including Freddy, the Terminator and Jason. SYFY dates his first appearance in this show to 1996 instead.

All Nite Die-In

Where
Universal Studios Florida, Halloween Horror Nights 13
Years
2003
About
A four part house built around that year's icon, The Director, with Michael Myers, Jason, Freddy and Leatherface.

Friday the 13th: Camp Blood

Where
Universal Studios Florida (HHN 17: Carnival of Carnage) and Universal Studios Hollywood
Years
2007 (Orlando and Hollywood), 2008 (Hollywood)
About
The first Horror Nights house fully about Jason. Universal got New Line's Freddy, Jason and Leatherface for 2007, when Orlando ran 23 nights with eight houses at $64.95. The name nods to the original's working title, A Long Night at Camp Blood. It showed kills from across the series, several Jasons including Jason X, and a shrine to his mother. Jason was also one of the 2007 icons in Hollywood.

Friday the 13th: Kill, Jason, Kill

Where
Universal Studios Hollywood, Halloween Horror Nights
Years
2010
About
A maze based on the 2009 reboot, with Jason again among the event's icons.

Jason's Bloody Diner and Friday the 13th houses

Where
Universal Studios Japan, Halloween Horror Nights
Years
2012 to 2014
About
Jason's Bloody Diner in 2012, then a Friday the 13th house in 2013 and again in 2014.

Freddy vs. Jason: The Battle Continues

Where
Universal Studios Florida (HHN 25) and Universal Studios Hollywood
Years
2015 (Orlando), 2016 (Hollywood)
About
Scenes and kills from both series. The Orlando house ended with a random finale: either Jason came out holding Freddy's head or Freddy came out with Jason's mask, copying the film's open ending.

Terror Trams

Where
Universal Studios Hollywood
Years
Various
About
SYFY counts Jason in three separate Terror Tram experiences on top of his houses.

Blairstown revival screening

Where
Blairstown Theater, Main Street, Blairstown, New Jersey
Years
July 13, 2007
About
The first screening of the 1980 film in the town's own theater, which appears in the movie. Crowds forced the Blairstown Theater Festival to add a second show.

Crystal Lake Tours at Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco

Where
Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco, Hardwick, New Jersey
Years
2011 to present
About
The Scout camp opened in 1927, is the oldest continuously operating Scout camp in New Jersey and covers 380 plus acres. More than 80 percent of the 1980 film was shot there. The first public tour was Friday, May 13, 2011, run by camp alumni as Crystal Lake Adventures, and early tours sold out on Friday the 13ths. In 2018 an auctioned VIP overnight on April 13 and 14 brought Adrienne King back to the camp for the first time since filming, with regular tickets at $175. Guests have included King, Tom Savini, Jeannine Taylor and Harry Manfredini. The 2026 season offers an Extended Tour (13+), an October Lakefront Tour and outdoor screening (13+), a Sunday Lakefront Tour (8+) and a VIP Overnight with dinner, screening and canoeing (21+). Money goes to the camp and Northern New Jersey Council Scouting. Wikipedia describes the April 2018 tours as covering nine filming locations.

Great Horror Campout 35th anniversary screening

Where
Griffith Park Zoo, Los Angeles
Years
March 13, 2015
About
A 35th anniversary showing of the 1980 film during the Great Horror Campout.

Book launch for Crystal Lake Memories

Where
Universal Studios CityWalk Hollywood
Years
October 22, 2005
About
A private party for Peter Bracke's book.

The Final Chapter 40th anniversary screenings

Where
Select theaters
Years
September 2024
About
Fangoria and Paramount Scares put The Final Chapter back in theaters for its 40th anniversary in September 2024.

45th anniversary one-day reissue

Where
Theaters across the United States
Years
June 13, 2025
About
Paramount rereleased the 1980 film for one day.

Jason Universe panel, San Diego Comic-Con

Where
San Diego Comic-Con
Years
July 2025
About
The 45th anniversary panel showed Crystal Lake first looks and the Sweet Revenge trailer, shared rare on-set photos from the Barsamian family, gave away limited items and confirmed a sequel film and game are in the works.

Sweet Revenge premiere

Where
Jason Universe YouTube channel
Years
August 13, 2025
About
The 13 minute short written and directed by Mike P. Nelson, sponsored by Angry Orchard, with Schuyler White as Jason in Greg Nicotero's redesign. Variety later said it was shortlisted at Cannes.

Jason Universe (Jason Un1v3rse) houses

Where
Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood, Halloween Horror Nights
Years
2025
About
Announced June 13, 2025, the only Friday the 13th of that year. A vengeance tour of the camp from Jason's cabin to the main lodge and forest, with Jasons from films 1 to 8 and the Nicotero redesign with a 13 hole mask. Jason Universe called it the number one house of HHN 2025. Hollywood also had a Jason Universe BBQ spot and both parks sold an exclusive shirt and camping mug.

Friday the 13th Part III in RealD 3D

Where
Regal Cinemas
Years
October 3, 2025
About
Regal showed Part III in RealD 3D, as reported by Bloody Disgusting the day before.

Hall of Terror: Camp Crystal Lake theme

Where
Palm Coast, Florida
Years
October 2025
About
The local annual haunt used a Camp Crystal Lake theme, reported by the Daytona Beach News-Journal as Where's Jason?

Blairstown Diner Friday the 13th fan days

Where
Blairstown Diner, Blairstown, New Jersey
Years
About 2021 to present
About
The diner from the 1980 film turns into a fan gathering every Friday the 13th, with a Blairstown Jason walking around and movie props inside. News 12 said in February 2026 it had run for five years. Fans often go on to Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco.

Roy's Hall screening

Where
Roy's Hall, 30 Main Street, Blairstown, New Jersey
Years
February 13, 2026
About
The 1980 film at 7:30 pm, $20 tickets.

Regal Friday the 13th series with Fangoria

Where
Regal Cinemas, nationwide
Years
2026
About
Regal was the only chain to rerelease the films on all three 2026 Friday the 13ths: the 1980 film and Part 2 on February 13, Part 3 3-D and The Final Chapter on March 13, and Jason Lives on November 13, with something big promised for November. Regal left out A New Beginning on purpose because of its fake Jason twist. Crown Club members get Fangoria rewards for attending more than one.

I Heart Horror Day

Where
VFW Post 4699, 575 Jernee Mill Road, Sayreville, New Jersey
Years
February 21, 2026
About
Fourth year of the one day charity convention run by brothers Christopher and Gregory Cuneo, raising money for Deborah Heart and Lung Center. Rue Morgue billed Friday the 13th stars among the guests.

Milwaukee Horror Con Jason world record attempt

Where
Baird Center, Milwaukee
Years
March 2026
About
The con tried to gather more than 250 people dressed as Jason over the Friday the 13th weekend to set a world record.

Licensing Expo 2026

Where
Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas, booth A170
Years
May 19 to 21, 2026
About
Horror Inc., represented by Striker Entertainment, showed more than 40 new licensing partners for Jason Universe, Friday the 13th: The Game and Crystal Lake.

Hellbreak TCG demos at Gen Con

Where
Gen Con, booth 2727
Years
July 30 to August 2, 2026
About
Spin Master let players try the card game with the new Jason cards.

JASON: Blood Reign

Where
SCarowinds (Carowinds), Kings Island Halloween Haunt, Six Flags Great Adventure Fright Fest, Six Flags Mexico Festival del Terror
Years
2026
About
A Jason Universe maze announced July 31, 2026: guests go into the woods around the camp and relive the events that made Jason. Six Flags' own dates: SCarowinds select nights September 11 to November 1, Kings Island September 25 to October 31, Great Adventure September 18 to November 1. Kings Island is the only Midwest park with it.

Jason Universe: Survive the Night and Director's Cut

Where
13th Floor attractions in Denver, Austin (House of Torment), Houston, San Antonio, Phoenix, Green Bay, Minneapolis, New Orleans and Nashville
Years
2026
About
Announced August 20, 2026 as the first licensed Jason Universe walkthrough haunt. The Director's Cut add-on puts a small group in a cabin where they pick Jason's next attack with four buttons, Panic, Slash, Strike or Stalk, and leave with a collectible patch. Austin's House of Torment runs September 12 to November 8 with tickets from $20.

Beyond Fest 2026

Where
Egyptian Theatre and other American Cinematheque venues, Los Angeles
Years
September 23 to October 5, 2026
About
Brad Caleb Kane hosts a special Crystal Lake screening, and the festival also shows the original Friday the 13th.

Crystal Lake at TIFF Primetime

Where
Toronto International Film Festival
Years
September 2026
About
World premiere of the series' first two episodes in the Primetime program with the creators and cast.

Crystal Lake at New York Comic Con

Where
Empire Stage, Javits Center, New York
Years
October 8, 2026, 6:30 pm
About
Screening of the premiere episode and a panel with Brad Caleb Kane, Linda Cardellini, William Catlett, Devin Kessler, Cameron Scoggins, Gwendolyn Sundstrom and Callum Vinson. NYCC runs October 8 to 11. Pabst Blue Ribbon is planning a PBR x Jason activation during the convention.

Nightmare Screenings: Friday the 13th Part VII live with Kane Hodder

Where
Shea Theater Arts Center, Turners Falls, Massachusetts
Years
October 13, 2026
About
The launch event for Nightmare Screenings, founded by Ghost Hunters' Steve Gonsalves and Dark Ink Books founder Michael Aloisi, with a Hodder Q and A, VIP meet and greet, giveaways and themed drinks.

Victor Miller celebration of life

Where
Not announced
Years
November 13, 2026
About
His son Ian said the celebration of life will be held in November, on Friday the 13th.

Merchandise

Merchandise lines

Screamin' Toys

Years
1988, 1994
Items
A build-it-yourself Jason model kit in 1988 that had to be cut and painted, and a second kit based on Jason Goes to Hell in 1994. Both are out of production.

McFarlane Toys

Years
1998 to 2006
Items
Movie Maniacs 1 (1998) Jason from Jason Goes to Hell, one of the line's three best sellers with Freddy and Leatherface. 6 inch Jason and Freddy in a glass display case the next year. Movie Maniacs 5 (2002) Uber Jason from Jason X. A 3-D movie poster in November 2006.

Sideshow Collectibles

Items
Jason X 12 inch figure with removable mask, restraints, bloody machete and logo stand. Part III sixth scale 12 inch Jason. Legend of Crystal Lake premium format figure with an exclusive unmasked head and harpoon gun hand. A polystone statue of the 2009 Jason in April 2010. A Pamela Voorhees figure.

NECA

Years
2016 to 2027
Items
Ultimate 7 inch Jasons for Part 2 (product 39719, reissue preorder May 2026 at $37.99), Part 3 in lenticular box, Part 4, Part 5 Dream Sequence, Part 6, Part 7 and 2009. Ultimate Freddy vs. Jason Jason (July 2019). Reel Toys 19 inch Freddy vs. Jason Jason. Part V Roy Burns mask replica (SKU 39703). Camp Crystal Lake accessory set (October 2024, $34.99). Ultimate Pamela Voorhees (April 2025, $39.99). Classic Video Game Jason with theme music box (October 2025). Ben Cooper Kids Costume Series 13 bundle with Jason (December 2025). Friday the 13th: The Game line: Toony Terrors Retro Jason (January 2026, $14.99), Pamela Shrine Diorama (February 2026, $59.99), Part 8 Jason (March 2026) and Part 9 Jason (June 2026) at $29.99, an Ultimate Savini Jason and an unmasked Jason Goes to Hell skin figure shown June 2026. Ultimate Sweet Revenge Jason ($37.99, shipping about Q2 2027) with machete, knife, apple corer and boat motor. Fortnitemares Jason (August 2026, $29.99) with Crystal Lake Life Preserver back bling and a Vengeance Seeker Wrap code. Bloody Disgusting reported in June 2019 that the legal fight had stalled the NECA line.

Mezco Toyz

Items
One:12 Collective Part 3 Jason, Living Dead Dolls Deluxe Part II Jason, Burst-A-Box Part VII Jason, Deluxe Stylized Jason and MDS Mega Scale Jason with sound.

Funko

Years
2017 to 2026
Items
Pop! Jason Voorhees #1, an 8-Bit Pop (2017), Savini Jason from the game (October 2025), Pop! Nooks Jason at Camp Crystal Lake, Jason Universe Doodle Pops, and three Jason Universe Pops in June 2026 including an axe in the head Jason (Entertainment Earth exclusive) and a pond scum waterlogged Jason (GameStop exclusive, July).

Trick or Treat Studios / Zagone Studios

Years
Current
Items
The Classic Zagone Fantome mask sculpted by Bill Ystron, known from the Part 2 campfire scene (SKU MATTZS101). The Jason Goes to Hell '93 latex mask made from the original Illusive Concepts master (SKU MATTWB155, $39.99).

Rubie's

Years
Current
Items
Deluxe latex Jason hood with removable PVC hockey mask tied to The New Blood. New costumes announced for 2026.

Spirit Halloween

Years
2020s
Items
A 5 foot 11 inch Jason Universe animatronic, full and half masks, projection spotlight, solar bobblehead, mask cup, hoodie, retro costumes. In September 2025 it sold NES-style Jason merch including a blue mask and blue and purple axe. New costumes for 2026.

Mondo

Years
Various
Items
Numbered screen prints: Part 3 3-D by Jay Shaw (edition 150), Friday the 13th by Francesco Francavilla (345), The Final Chapter by Gary Pullin (225), Part 3 signed by Jason Edmiston, plus Part II, Part VI and Final Chapter prints. Enamel pins by Matt Ryan Tobin and Gary Pullin and a Camp Crystal Lake pin. A Jason Voorhees Mondoid vinyl figure and a Designer Con exclusive. Freddy vs. Jason soundtrack 2XLP and score LP.

Waxwork Records

Years
2015 to present
Items
Deluxe colored vinyl scores for the 1980 film through Part VIII, several repressed, with art by Jay Shaw, Jacqui Oakley, Rich Kelly and Matt Ryan Tobin.

Fright-Rags

Items
Horror apparel that often features Ginny Field, and Fright Facts collector cards including Series 8 and Series 13 Crystal Lake, a ten card set covering the 1980 film through Jason X.

Youtooz

Years
2020s
Items
Jason collectible, Call of Duty Jason, Bloody Jason from Dead by Daylight (June 2026, $29.99), Jason Universe plush and a 9 inch Jason plush (February 2026, $29.99).

BoxLunch

Items
Exclusive Jason windbreaker and print button-up, mask mug, cabin silhouette wallet, New Blood hoodie, Jason Takes Manhattan and Jason Lives shirts, Camp Crystal Lake Activities hoodie.

Gutter Garbs

Years
2026
Items
Friday the 13th: The Game shirts, long sleeves, hoodies, keychains and a sock line for Parts 2 to 9, Roy and Savini Jason (May 2026), plus Bloody Jason x Dead by Daylight shirt and hoodie.

Jason Universe licensing partners (Striker Entertainment)

Years
2025 to 2026
Items
Striker Entertainment runs global consumer products for Jason Universe, Friday the 13th: The Game and Crystal Lake with Horror Inc. CMO Sheri Conn. Partners named for 2026: Bioworld, Changes, Loungefly, King Ice, Gutter Garbs and Mad Engine (Jason x Fortnite and Jason x Call of Duty apparel); Jazwares, JAKKS Pacific, Brickcraft, Basic Fun, Premium Collectibles Studio, Well Played Toys and WizKids (toys); NECA, Funko, Mondo, Youtooz, Thrilljoy, Snap, KidRobot, Handmade by Robots, Monogram and Just Play (collectibles); Spirit, InSpirit and Rubie's (costumes); Surreal, Chia, Pin Club and Silver Buffalo (home goods). Earlier items include a Jason Chia Pet (September 2025), Squishmallows Jason, Thrilljoy PIX and Pin Club pins.

Universal Parks (Halloween Horror Nights)

Years
2025
Items
Jason Universe exclusive T-shirt and camping mug sold at HHN.

Pabst Blue Ribbon

Years
2026
Items
A limited 12-pack box you can cut out and wear as Jason's hockey mask, plus Jason apparel, glassware, bobbleheads, tap handles, tackers and koozies from September, with bar and retail promotions into mid-November.

Cinemark

Years
2026
Items
Jason Universe mask popcorn bucket, $39.95, on sale online in September 2026.

Spin Master (Hellbreak TCG)

Years
2026 to 2027
Items
Jason monster and event cards in the first Hellbreak set.

Angry Orchard

Years
2025
Items
Hard cider brand that sponsored Sweet Revenge. The film works it in with an apple orchard, a bitten apple and an apple slicer kill.

Crystal Lake Wines (Adrienne King with Valley View Vineyards)

Years
2010 onward
Items
Friday the 13th themed wines sold by Adrienne King through the Oregon winery, along with her paintings.

Paladone and others

Items
Jason mask light, LED mask sign, retro sign, doormat, mini tote, Horror Babies static prop, machete and axe props.

Propstore auctions (Mario Kirner Collection and others)

Years
2010s to 2020s
Items
Screen-used pieces sold at auction: Kane Hodder's Part VIII sewer climax mask (estimate $25,000 to $50,000, sold for $44,100), the primary Part VII mask (only two were made), the Jason Lives hero mask with propeller damage, a signed Jason Goes to Hell SWAT scene mask, Jason X bullet hit costume, Freddy vs. Jason battle damaged mask and cowl, a 2009 hero machete (one of 17 made, eight survive), hand drawn and printed Doug Brode storyboards and a Kane Hodder annotated early Jason Goes to Hell script. Tom Spina Designs restored the original Part 2 Mrs. Voorhees shrine head.

Home media collections

Friday the 13th (Paramount Home Video)

1981 · VHS (gatefold box), Betamax, LaserDisc, CED

Contents
First home release of the 1980 film, theatrical R cut. Reissued on VHS in fall 1988, in 1994 with Gateway and Extended Play, and a last time in 2002 with new cover art.

Friday the 13th Part 2 and Part III (Paramount Home Video)

1981 and 1983 · VHS, Betamax, CED, LaserDisc

Contents
Part 2 came out in 1981 and Part III in 1983. Both were reissued, Part III in fall 1988 and on September 28, 1994.

The Final Chapter, A New Beginning, Part VIII (Paramount Home Video)

1984 to 1990 · VHS, Betamax, LaserDisc, CED

Contents
The Final Chapter on VHS in 1984 and Beta in 1985, A New Beginning on LaserDisc, Beta, VHS and CED in 1986, Jason Takes Manhattan on VHS February 15, 1990. Parts V and VIII were reissued on VHS in 1994.

Jason Goes to Hell (New Line Home Video)

1994 · VHS

Contents
Released January 19, 1994 by New Line in the U.S. and Alliance in Canada.

Paramount DVDs

1999 to 2002 · DVD

Contents
Friday the 13th (Widescreen Collection) and Part 2 on October 19, 1999, The Final Chapter in 1999, Part III in 2-D on October 17, 2000, A New Beginning September 25, 2001, Parts VII and VIII September 3, 2002.

Jason Goes to Hell and Jason X (New Line)

2002 · DVD, VHS

Contents
Jason Goes to Hell on DVD with both the R cut and the unrated cut, about three minutes longer. Some regions like Australia got only the R cut. Jason X on VHS and DVD October 8, 2002.

Friday the 13th: From Crystal Lake to Manhattan

2004 · DVD box set

Contents
The first eight films. Adds a Part III cast commentary moderated by Peter Bracke and a Rob Hedden commentary on Part VIII.

His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th (Anchor Bay)

2009 · DVD

Contents
The Tom Savini hosted documentary, released in February 2009.

Paramount Deluxe Editions

2009 · DVD, Blu-ray

Contents
Friday the 13th uncut on DVD and Blu-ray February 3, 2009, the first U.S. release of the unrated cut with about 11 extra seconds. Part 2 with new featurettes. Part III 3-D on DVD in February 2009 with two pairs of red and cyan glasses, then a June 2009 Blu-ray with 2-D and 3-D and glasses shaped like Jason's mask. The Final Chapter and A New Beginning on June 16, 2009, Parts VII and VIII in September 2009. The Crystal Lake Massacres Revisited and Lost Tales from Camp Blood are among the extras.

Friday the 13th (2009)

2009 · DVD, Blu-ray, digital

Contents
Released June 16, 2009 with the theatrical cut and an extended cut. Made $11.3 million in home sales.

Friday the 13th 4-disc DVD collection

2011 · DVD

Contents
The uncut 1980 film with Parts 2, 3 and 4.

Friday the 13th: The Ultimate Collection

2011 or 2018 · Blu-ray

Contents
The first eight Paramount films. Wikipedia's Part 2 article says it first came in 2011 with a roughly 3/4 size replica mask and a glossy booklet and was reissued in 2018 in a plastic case. The A New Beginning article dates it to February 2018.

Friday the 13th: The Complete Collection

2013 · Blu-ray box set

Contents
Paramount and Warner Bros. co-release, September 13, 2013, all twelve films. The first Blu-ray release of A New Beginning and Jason Goes to Hell, though it used the R rated Jason Goes to Hell. Now out of print.

Paramount and Warner double feature Blu-rays

2014 to 2015 · Blu-ray

Contents
A New Beginning with Jason Lives (2014), The New Blood with Jason Takes Manhattan (September 8, 2015), and Jason Goes to Hell with Jason X.

Friday the 13th: The Series (CBS/Paramount, Umbrella)

2000s to 2023 · DVD

Contents
All three seasons on DVD in the U.S., Germany and Australia (Umbrella), later repackaged as The Complete Series. A 17 disc Complete Series with all 72 episodes, 3,275 minutes, came out May 16, 2023 (UPC 191329248799).

Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th (RLJ Entertainment)

2013 · Blu-ray and DVD combo

Contents
The 400 minute documentary. A UK Blu-ray and digital release followed in April 2022.

The Final Chapter standalone Blu-ray

2017 · Blu-ray, later SteelBook

Contents
Released October 10, 2017. A limited SteelBook followed January 10, 2023.

Friday the 13th Collection (Deluxe Edition)

2020 · 16 disc Blu-ray (Scream Factory)

Contents
October 13, 2020. All twelve films in their own cases in a rigid slipcover with new art and a 40 page essay booklet. Part III in 3-D, Part 2's recovered uncut gore footage, theatrical and unrated Jason Goes to Hell with TV footage, both cuts of the 2009 film, two bonus discs with more than five hours, and the He's Back video. Direct orders added a Devon Whitehead lithograph and a Joel Robinson poster.

Friday the 13th 40th Anniversary Limited Edition SteelBook

2020 · Blu-ray SteelBook (Paramount)

Contents
The 1980 film.

Friday the 13th 8-Movie Collection

2021 · Blu-ray (Paramount)

Contents
Released August 10, 2021 ahead of that year's only Friday the 13th. The first eight films, new remasters of the first four, old extras and digital copies of all eight including the uncut original.

Friday the 13th 4K Ultra HD

2022 · 4K UHD (Paramount)

Contents
The first physical 4K of the 1980 film, which made $60,507 in disc sales per Wikipedia. A 4K SteelBook was announced for Halloween 2023.

Paramount Scares Volume 2

2024 · 4K UHD collection

Contents
Released October 1, 2024 in the U.S. with Friday the 13th Part 2 in 4K. The UK got a single Part 2 4K on October 7, 2024.

Friday the 13th (2009) Limited Edition

2024 · 4K UHD (Arrow Video)

Contents
September 24, 2024. 4K remasters of the theatrical cut and the Killer Cut. It sold out, and a SteelBook reprint with reversible Gary Pullin art came February 3, 2026 with a filmmaker commentary, A Killer New Beginning essay, Terror Trivia excerpts, The Rebirth of Jason Voorhees, Hacking Back/Slashing Forward and The 7 Best Kills.

Jason Goes to Hell and Jason X Limited Editions

2025 · 4K UHD (Arrow Video)

Contents
Both on May 20, 2025. Jason Goes to Hell has 4K theatrical and unrated cuts in Dolby Vision with new interviews with Adam Marcus, Robert Kurtzman, Julie Michaels and Harry Manfredini. Both have reversible Gary Pullin sleeves, foldout posters and booklets.

Friday the 13th Part 2 45th Anniversary Edition

2026 · 2 disc 4K UHD and SteelBook (Paramount)

Contents
February 3, 2026. Extras include Lost Tales from Camp Blood Part II and Friday's Legacy: Horror Conventions.

Friday the 13th 4K UHD and SteelBook (UK)

2026 · 4K UHD, 4K SteelBook (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)

Contents
Due October 12, 2026 at 23 pounds and 35 pounds, the film's first 4K in the UK.

Friday the 13th 4K UHD + Blu-ray (Japan)

2026 · 4K UHD and Blu-ray (Warner Bros. Japan)

Contents
Due November 13, 2026, catalog 1000865009, English DTS-HD MA 5.1 and a Japanese mono dub.

Never Hike Alone Blu-ray (Womp Stomp Films)

2026 · Blu-ray (fan film, crowdfunded)

Contents
Kickstarter ran into mid-April 2026. The animated fan film Ghosts in the Fog is a bonus feature, with a free online release planned for November 13, 2026. The first Never Hike Alone had its own Blu-ray earlier.

News

News in 2026

  • January 2026: NECA put out the Friday the 13th: The Game Toony Terrors Retro Jason, a 6 inch figure of the purple NES Jason, listed at $14.99 on January 13.
  • January 26, 2026: Preorders opened for two February 3 releases: a Part 2 45th anniversary 4K and SteelBook, and a reprint SteelBook of Arrow's sold out 2009 4K with reversible Gary Pullin art.
  • February 3, 2026: Friday the 13th Part 2 got its first standalone 4K UHD for its 45th anniversary.
  • February 2026: Screenwriters Damian Shannon and Mark Swift detailed their unmade sequel to the 2009 film, Camp Blood: The Death of Jason Voorhees. It had a winter setting, opened with Whitney killed and her body in a frozen lake, and had what they called a really awesome zipline kill.
  • February 2026: Harry Manfredini was reported to be working on music for Crystal Lake. Rue Morgue later said, citing Empire, that he wrote new music for the opening titles.
  • February 10, 2026: Regal announced a year of screenings with Fangoria on all three 2026 Friday the 13ths, skipping A New Beginning on purpose.
  • February 13, 2026: The first of three Friday the 13ths in 2026. Regal showed the 1980 film and Part 2, Roy's Hall in Blairstown screened the original, the Blairstown Diner held its fan day, NECA revealed its Friday the 13th: The Game figure line with a Pamela Shrine Diorama, Fangoria reported Paramount's Camp Crystal Legacy series, and Paramount posted a Season's Screamings video with Melanie Kinnaman.
  • February 21, 2026: The fourth I Heart Horror Day charity convention in Sayreville, New Jersey billed Friday the 13th stars.
  • March 13, 2026: Second Friday the 13th of the year. Regal showed Part 3 3-D and The Final Chapter. Milwaukee Horror Con tried to set a record with more than 250 Jasons. NECA opened preorders for the game line's Part 8 Jason. A24 gave a short peek at Crystal Lake.
  • March 13 to 14, 2026: Womp Stomp Films released the trailer for Ghosts in the Fog, an animated Never Hike Alone prequel, with a Blu-ray Kickstarter running until mid-April.
  • March 14, 2026: Sean S. Cunningham told TMZ he and Victor Miller had resolved their issues, an old school treatment for a new film was done, and he hoped the Warner Bros. and Paramount merger would clear the film rights. He said the script needs a young writer and he expects to be an executive producer if it happens.
  • April 2026: Brad Caleb Kane said on Instagram that all eight Crystal Lake episodes were in the last stages of post-production, finishing the audio mix.
  • April 15, 2026: Funko and Jason Universe announced three Jason Pops for June, including an Entertainment Earth exclusive with an axe in his head and a GameStop exclusive waterlogged Jason due in July.
  • April 2026: Set photos showed Kane Hodder had joined season 2 of Dexter: Resurrection.
  • May 8 to 21, 2026: Horror Inc. brought more than 40 new partners to Licensing Expo in Las Vegas (May 19 to 21), covering apparel, toys, collectibles, costumes and home goods for Jason Universe, Friday the 13th: The Game and Crystal Lake. It also said Jason returns to Fortnitemares.
  • May 11, 2026: Peacock set Crystal Lake for October 15, 2026. Bloody Disgusting noted that will be 17 years and 8 months after the last Friday the 13th movie. Gutter Garbs released a Friday the 13th: The Game sock collection.
  • May 23 to 26, 2026: Behaviour revealed Jason for Dead by Daylight, with a public test build starting May 26.
  • June 16, 2026: Dead by Daylight Chapter 40: Jason launched on all platforms on the game's tenth anniversary.
  • June 2026: NECA revealed a Part 9 Jason, an Ultimate Savini Jason and an unmasked Jason Goes to Hell skin figure from Friday the 13th: The Game. Youtooz released a Bloody Jason figure from Dead by Daylight.
  • June 22, 2026: Bloody Disgusting reported Jason Universe brought Sweet Revenge back to YouTube.
  • July 10, 2026: Robbie Barsamian told Variety that 2026 is just the tip of the iceberg and a thrilling lineup of new projects is coming. Variety noted Sweet Revenge had been shortlisted at Cannes.
  • July 13 to 18, 2026: Peacock released the Crystal Lake teaser and first look photos and reconfirmed October 15. Sky released the UK teaser.
  • July 22 to 23, 2026: NECA opened preorders for an Ultimate Sweet Revenge Jason, $37.99, shipping about Q2 2027.
  • July 23, 2026: TIFF named Crystal Lake a world premiere in its Primetime TV program.
  • July 30, 2026: Warner Bros. Discovery bought Crystal Lake for HBO Max across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, not counting the UK and Ireland, where Sky and NOW have it. Spin Master announced Jason for Hellbreak TCG ahead of Gen Con.
  • July 31, 2026: Six Flags announced JASON: Blood Reign mazes for SCarowinds, Kings Island and Six Flags Great Adventure. Six Flags Mexico's Festival del Terror is the fourth location.
  • August 2026: ICv2 reported Hellbreak TCG's store release moved to January 2027, with a launch event still planned for October 2026.
  • August 12, 2026: Collider posted its SDCC panel where Brad Fuller and Andrew Form discussed the canceled Friday the 13th film that fell apart four weeks before shooting.
  • August 17, 2026: Six Flags' Halloween press release named Jason Universe among 11 new mazes. Linda Cardellini told Variety the show gets gory, with practical effects and blood everywhere at one point.
  • August 19, 2026: New York Comic Con set a Crystal Lake premiere episode screening and panel for October 8. Warner Bros. set a UK 4K and SteelBook of Friday the 13th for October 12.
  • August 20, 2026: Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group and Horror Inc. announced Jason Universe: Survive the Night and the interactive Director's Cut add-on at haunts in nine cities.
  • August 24 to 26, 2026: Pabst Blue Ribbon and Jason Universe announced a 12-pack that turns into a Jason mask, plus themed merch and promotions timed to Crystal Lake.
  • August 27, 2026: NECA revealed its Fortnitemares Jason figure based on the 2025 Jason Universe: Revenge set.
  • Late August 2026: Horror Inc. sued Gun Interactive in federal court in the Central District of California over Friday the 13th: The Game royalties, alleging about $4 million to $4.5 million unpaid and destroyed reports. In an August 28 statement Gun said it had already paid more than $18 million, that Horror Inc.'s people approved its accounting, and that it had wanted to make a remaster and keep paying for servers before Horror Inc. let the license lapse. These are claims, not court findings.
  • August 31, 2026: Victor Miller, writer of the 1980 film and creator of Jason, Pamela and Alice, died in Alameda, California at 86. His son Ian confirmed it. He is still credited as an executive producer on Crystal Lake.
  • September 9, 2026: Beyond Fest (September 23 to October 5) announced a Crystal Lake screening hosted by Brad Caleb Kane and a showing of Friday the 13th. Nightmare Screenings announced Kane Hodder live with Part VII on October 13 in Turners Falls, Massachusetts.
  • September 11, 2026: SCarowinds, one of the JASON: Blood Reign parks, began its Halloween nights, and Attractions Magazine reviewed the maze the same day.
  • September 13, 2026: Peacock released the full Crystal Lake trailer, key art and photos. Sky released the UK trailer. Empire reported Jason drowns in summer 1971 and most of the season is set in 1972, eight years before the original film.
  • September 15, 2026: Cinemark put its Jason Universe mask popcorn bucket on sale for $39.95. Crystal Lake Tours announced its 2026 season at Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco. The 13th Floor Jason attraction opened in Houston.
  • September 2026: Crystal Lake episodes 1 and 2 premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
  • October 8, 2026 (upcoming): Crystal Lake premiere episode screening and panel at New York Comic Con, Empire Stage, 6:30 pm.
  • October 12, 2026 (upcoming): Friday the 13th 4K UHD and 4K SteelBook in the UK.
  • October 13, 2026 (upcoming): Kane Hodder screening of Part VII at the Shea Theater.
  • October 15, 2026 (upcoming): All eight episodes of Crystal Lake premiere on Peacock, and on Sky and NOW in the UK and Ireland. HBO Max in Europe, the Middle East and Africa follows later in the year.
  • November 13, 2026 (upcoming): The last Friday the 13th of 2026. Regal shows Jason Lives with something big planned with Fangoria, Warner Bros. Japan releases the 4K and Blu-ray set, Womp Stomp plans to release Ghosts in the Fog free, and Victor Miller's family holds his celebration of life.
  • Fall 2026 (upcoming): Jason returns to Fortnite for Fortnitemares 2026.
  • In development: A new sequel film and a sequel console game from Horror Inc., first confirmed at SDCC in July 2025. No studio, director or date announced.

Related

Crystal Lake

2026 · tv

Status
Upcoming
Notes
A24 / Peacock prequel series centered on Pamela Voorhees.

Friday the 13th: The Series

tv

Years
1987–1990
Notes
Brand-adjacent television series with no Jason Voorhees story connection; catalog separately to avoid confusing continuities.

Trivia

  • Victor Miller named Jason after his sons Josh and Ian. He took Voorhees from a girl he knew in high school because it sounded creepy.
  • Miller wrote Jason as a normal looking, mentally disabled boy. Tom Savini made him deformed, basing the look on someone he knew as a kid whose eyes and ears did not line up. Savini also suggested Jason jumping out of the lake at the end, after seeing Carrie.
  • Producer Phil Scuderi is the one who suggested bringing Jason back for Part 2. Steve Miner then decided Alice's lake attack was a dream and that Jason had survived and grown up.
  • In Part 2, Steve Dash (Steve Daskewisz) played Jason under the mask and Warrington Gillette played him unmasked. Dash was credited only as a stunt double.
  • The hockey mask came from Part III's 3-D effects supervisor Martin Jay Sadoff, who pulled out a Detroit Red Wings goalie mask for a test. Terry Ballard added the red triangles.
  • Richard Brooker, a British former trapeze artist, was the first actor to wear the hockey mask.
  • Ted White, Jason in The Final Chapter, had his name taken off the credits. He fought with director Joseph Zito over how Zito treated other actors.
  • Carol Clover notes Part III has been called one of the most violent entries, with fourteen murder sequences.
  • Jason X's liquid nitrogen face smash kill was tested on MythBusters in 2009. Roger Ebert gave the film half a star, and British critics liked it more.
  • Kane Hodder is 6 foot 3. Ken Kirzinger, cast for Freddy vs. Jason, is 6 foot 5, and Ronny Yu wanted a Jason who towered over 5 foot 9 Robert Englund. Kirzinger had doubled Hodder on two scenes in Part VIII. Douglas Tait played Jason in the reshot ending.
  • Scott Stoddard made six new hockey masks for the 2009 film.
  • Jason is only the killer from Part 2 on. In Scream, Drew Barrymore's character loses her trivia question by answering Jason when asked who the killer was in Friday the 13th.
  • In 1992 Jason got the MTV Lifetime Achievement Award, the first of only three fictional characters to get it. Godzilla (1996) and Chewbacca (1997) followed.
  • Wizard magazine ranked Jason No. 26 of the 100 greatest villains. IGN named him the Greatest Movie Slasher of All Time in October 2021, and USA Today's Scott Gleeson ranked him second most haunting horror villain.
  • In June 2020 Jason appeared in a PSA telling people to wear a mask during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Friday the 13th: The Series was first titled The 13th Hour. Frank Mancuso Jr. switched to the film name because he thought it would draw more viewers. The show has no tie to Jason.
  • The TV show cost under $500,000 an episode, was shot in Toronto and ran 72 episodes. The cast learned it was canceled while filming episode 20 of season three.
  • Lewis Vendredi's name in the TV show is French for Friday. John D. LeMay went from the show to star in Jason Goes to Hell, and episode director David Cronenberg later acted in Jason X.
  • The official summary of Peter Bracke's Crystal Lake Memories calls the series the most successful horror franchise of all time. Wikipedia ranks it the second highest grossing horror franchise in the U.S. behind Halloween.
  • The 1980 film cost $550,000 and grossed $59,754,601 worldwide. Part 2 had a $1.25 million budget. Freddy vs. Jason cost $30 million and made $116.6 million.
  • Miller said he never watched the sequels because he did not like Jason replacing his mother as the killer.
  • Before Friday the 13th, Miller wrote Sean Cunningham's Manny's Orphans and Here Come the Tigers. He later won three Daytime Emmys for All My Children.
  • Sean Cunningham ran a Friday the 13th ad in Variety in 1979 before a screenplay existed. The ad showed the title bursting through a pane of glass.
  • The rights fight: Miller sent Horror Inc. a notice of termination on January 26, 2016. A Connecticut federal judge ruled for him on September 28, 2018. The Second Circuit affirmed on September 30, 2021, finding he was an independent contractor under copyright law even though he was a WGA member. Marc Toberoff represented Miller.
  • The Hollywood Reporter wrote after the 2021 ruling that Cunningham's company still held non-exclusive foreign rights and material from the sequels, possibly including the grown Jason.
  • Warner Bros. gave its Friday the 13th film rights to Paramount in June 2013 as part of the deal to co-produce Interstellar. The rights went back to New Line and Warner in 2018.
  • Paramount's planned Friday the 13th Part 13 moved from May 13, 2016 to January 13, 2017 to October 13, 2017 before it was canceled on February 6, 2017. Paramount gave the October date to mother!.
  • The CW passed on a Friday the 13th series in 2016. Network president Mark Pedowitz said the pilot was well written but darker than they wanted and not sustainable.
  • Tom McLoughlin wrote a spec sequel to Jason Lives called Jason Never Dies in 2019 and, with James Sweet, a prequel called Diary of Pamela Voorhees in 2022. The fan film Jason Rising (2021) was also directed by a James Sweet.
  • Charlize Theron was considered for Pamela during Bryan Fuller's version of Crystal Lake, which had a planned budget of about $9.6 million an episode and Kevin Williamson writing one episode. Fuller was let go in May 2024.
  • Crystal Lake shot under the title Mama's Boy from June 20 to October 2025 in Jersey City, West Milford, Rutt's Hut in Clifton (August 1 to 8) and Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco, where the 1980 film was made. The camp is in Hardwick Township, near Blairstown.
  • Crystal Lake moves Jason's drowning to summer 1971. In the films he drowned in 1957.
  • Callum Vinson, young Jason in Crystal Lake, played Henry Collins on the TV series Chucky.
  • Manfredini did not score Part VII or VIII because of other films. He was scoring Cunningham's DeepStar Six when producer Iain Paterson hired Fred Mollin, who was scoring the TV show, to finish The New Blood.
  • La-La Land's 2012 Parts 1 to 5 music came from sound stems because the master tapes were thought lost. Those tapes turned up later and became the Ultimate Cut editions.
  • Waxwork found the Part VII tapes in Paramount's vault. Before that, Mollin's full New Blood score had never been released in any format.
  • Part 3's disco theme credits a band called Hot Ice that did not exist.
  • The NES game's Jason wears purple and blue. NECA later made a Classic Video Game Jason in a box that plays theme music, and Spirit Halloween sold a blue NES style mask and blue and purple axe in 2025.
  • Domark's 1986 game was the first licensed Friday the 13th video game.
  • Jason's MultiVersus moonwalk taunt copies a well known bug from Friday the 13th: The Game.
  • Dead by Daylight calls Jason The Slasher in game. Its Chapter 40 launched on the game's tenth anniversary, June 16, 2026.
  • Jason's first Halloween Horror Nights appearance was in Bill and Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure.
  • SYFY counted Jason in three of his own Orlando houses and four Hollywood houses before 2025, plus three Terror Trams.
  • Crystal Lake Tours began on Friday, May 13, 2011, per Attractions Magazine.
  • Adrienne King had not been back to Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco since filming until the April 2018 VIP overnight. Houston Press says she left acting for about three decades after being stalked by a real fan.
  • The Jason Universe redesign by Greg Nicotero uses a 13 hole hockey mask, per Orlando Informer.
  • Sweet Revenge was shot in seven days. Director Mike P. Nelson said Parts 1 to 4 were his canon and The Final Chapter is the definitive Jason movie. It was put together after Atomic Monster and Blumhouse's Judson Scott and Ryan Turek suggested him to Horror Inc.'s Sheri Conn.
  • Regal skipped A New Beginning in its 2026 series, saying it left out Part 5 out of respect to the Voorhees family's murderous legacy.
  • 2026 has three Friday the 13ths, February, March and November, the most a year can have.
  • Mad magazine featured Jason in almost a dozen stories and Cracked put him on two covers. The Usagi Yojimbo villain Jei is based on him, and his name plus -san puns on Jason.
  • Robot Chicken put Jason in a Scooby-Doo parody, and South Park put him in Imaginationland.
  • VH1 ran a Vogue Fashion Awards ad called Friday the 20th with a rhinestone hockey mask.
  • The 1988 British film Unmasked Part 25 spoofs the endless sequels with a hockey masked killer named Jackson.
  • Chicago band Common Shiner made Jason the lead in the videos for Social Mediasochist and On and On.
  • A longer instrumental of J.J.'s Blues from Jason Takes Manhattan plays in the first episode of Forever Knight in 1992.
  • Larry Zerner, whose character Shelly owns the hockey mask in Part III, became an entertainment lawyer. On February 9, 2007 he won $250,000 on a Last Man Standing edition of 1 vs. 100, beating a field that included Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter.
  • Michael Aloisi co-wrote Kane Hodder's Unmasked, founded Dark Ink Books and in 2026 co-founded Nightmare Screenings, whose first event stars Hodder. David Grove's On Location in Blairstown lists its publisher as Dark Ink.
  • Stephen King said I JASON, a first person Jason novel, is the best novel idea he never wrote, but that the legal permissions made his head ache.
  • Only two hockey masks were made for Part VII, per Propstore. Seventeen machetes were made for the 2009 film and eight survive.
  • Friday the 13th: The Game's Tom Savini also designed an unmasked Jason Goes to Hell look for the game, since the film never fully shows his face. NECA made it a figure in 2026 with corrected eye placement.
  • Tech Times wrote in June 2026 that Warner owns the Friday the 13th title for films, which is why the revival uses the Jason Universe name. Dread Central's March 2026 report on Cunningham says the same, that they cannot use the Friday the 13th title or earlier Jason looks. Horror Inc. itself has not spelled out the split publicly.

Online

  • JasonUniverse.com: the official Horror Inc. site for the franchise, launched with Jason Universe in 2024. It carries news, partner shops and the About page for Rob Barsamian (president, and a producer on The Final Chapter) and Robbie Barsamian (executive vice president since 2022).
  • @JasonUniverse13: the official Jason Universe social handle. A November 2025 post on X set off talk that Friday the 13th: The Game could come back.
  • Jason Universe YouTube channel: home of the Sweet Revenge short (August 13, 2025). Bloody Disgusting reported on June 22, 2026 that the short had been brought back to YouTube.
  • f13game.com: the official site for Friday the 13th: The Game, with news posts like the Ultimate Slasher editions.
  • Friday the 13th: The Game BackerKit FAQ (friday-the-13th-the-game.backerkit.com): explains the backer-only Savini Jason and backer clothing.
  • FridayThe13thFilms.com: a long running fan site co-founded by Brenna O'Brien, quoted by ABC Online about fans making films, latex suits and tattoos. It hosted film retrospectives, a forum and blog posts on items like Dick Warlock's mask.
  • Friday the 13th: The Franchise (fridaythe13thfranchise.com): a fan news site. Geek Vibes Nation credited it with first reporting Horror Inc.'s 2026 royalties lawsuit against Gun Interactive, and it covered the Eric Morse books in 2012.
  • Friday the 13th Wiki (fridaythe13th.fandom.com): the Fandom wiki with pages on every film, book, comic, game, soundtrack, kill and crossover, plus a list of canceled media.
  • Friday the 13th Legacy (fridaythe13thlegacy.com): fan archive with film pages and script downloads for several entries.
  • CrystalLakeTours.com: booking site for the tours of Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco run by Crystal Lake Adventures, with an online merch store.
  • victormiller.com: Victor Miller's official site. An archived 13 Questions with Victor Miller interview survives from the old fan site campcrystallake.com.
  • authorericmorse.weebly.com: William Pattinson's page with the free PDF of The Mask of Jason Voorhees.
  • Womp Stomp Films YouTube channel: home of Never Hike Alone, Never Hike in the Snow and Never Hike Alone 2, and the planned home of Ghosts in the Fog in November 2026.
  • NightmareScreenings.com: ticket site for the October 13, 2026 Kane Hodder Part VII screening in Turners Falls, Massachusetts.
  • Horror Joy podcast (Red Circle): Penn State Altoona professors Brian Onishi and Jeff Stoyanoff started a summer camp slasher series with Friday the 13th in August 2026.
  • Bloody Disgusting's Halloweenies podcast: The 13 Best Kills in the Friday the 13th Franchise (September 9, 2024), plus an August 2025 episode on Jason's return.
  • Horror Queers podcast (Bloody Disgusting): an episode on the 2009 remake for its 15th anniversary (February 19, 2024).
  • Happy Horror Time podcast: interview with Part 2's Lauren-Marie Taylor (June 3, 2024).
  • Doug Loves Movies (formerly I Love Movies): Larry Zerner, Shelly in Part III, appeared in 2009 and gave $1,800 to the Los Angeles Food Bank.
  • Pluto TV: in February 2026 the first eight films were streaming free there, per Horror Geek Life.
  • Stephen King on Twitter, June 2020: his I JASON pitch for a first person Jason novel.
  • Fangoria online: reported Paramount's Camp Crystal Legacy series (February 13, 2026) and runs Regal's 2026 screening rewards.
  • JoBlo (February 13, 2026): reported Paramount made a Season's Screamings video with Melanie Kinnaman and Jason.
  • IMDb: holds pages for fan projects like Rose Blood: A Friday the 13th Fan Film (2021), Never Hike Alone 2 (2023) and Friday the 13th Vengeance 2: Bloodlines (2022).

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