His Name Was Jason: 30 Years Of Friday The 13th Page #10

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The ''Friday the 1 3th'' episode

made its debut

on Friday the 1 3th,

October 2006.

Uh-oh, he's coming. Whoa!

Well, he scared the sh*t out

of me and now he's fighting me

like in ''Mike Tyson's

Punch-Out!!''

They've created a hero image

of an individual that's unstoppable.

He's this super slasher hero.

There's no rhyme or reason,

you know?

He's been on lunchboxes

and thermoses,

and l think he was

in a Nike commercial.

- ( screams )

- ( pants )

Those l believe were banned

or pulled from the market.

There's been countless TV shows

that have parodied ''Friday the 1 3th,''

- from ''MADtv.''

- Man:
Jason Takes NASA.

Yeah, we've done a bunch

of ''Friday the 1 3th'' parodies.

The first thing we did was

a ''Horror Movie Big Brother.''

( chainsaw whirring )

We did a Scooby gang

investigates the mystery

- of Camp Crystal Lake.

- Zoinks!

When it gets referenced

on ''The Simpsons''

or ''South Park,'' that's like

your proudest moment.

( screams )

Run!

l love the fact that ''The Simpsons''

have Jason and Freddy.

- They should be here by now.

- Ah, what are you gonna do?

- ( switches channel )

- When he got that MTV Movie Award,

it was absolutely invigorating

for all the fans

and also it was like, ''Where have

we landed exactly as a society?''

We're giving a Lifetime

Achievement Award

to a masked predator.

Shortly after we did

''Jason Takes Manhattan,''

l was asked to do

''The Arsenio Hall Show''

in costume as a guest.

He pulled the whole interview off

by talking to someone who doesn't speak.

How are you?

- That's good.

- One of the rare things l've ever done

in full costume

besides the movie.

Miska:

Snow globes,

there's dolls,

there's even a haunted house

at Universal Studios in Florida

and in Hollywood.

One of the greatest thrills

that l've had as a Jason fan

was going to the Universal

Horror Nights last year.

Jason Voorhees is running after you.

lt's a real guy

in the whole costume.

l kind of pooped my pants a little bit.

Hi, l'm John Murdy,

creative director of Universal Studios'

Hollywood's Halloween Horror Nights

and right now we are standing

in front of the Crystal Lake cabin

from ''Friday the 1 3th: Camp Blood.''

When you're designing

a haunted attraction like this,

there's basically three things

you look for.

One is that the property has legs.

Second is that

the characters are something

that you can achieve with actors,

and the third is that the environments

are strong and easily recognizable.

And ''Friday the 1 3th'' has all three.

So we were very lucky

when we worked with New Line,

we were able to get

all three of those properties

and basically turn our theme park

into a living horror movie.

ln this case, he's got

a poor victim stuck in this vise.

His head's in the vise. Jason comes in and

gives the vise a crank.

We have a triggered audio effect

that sounds like his bones

in his skull are crushing,

and we tied this

into water spritz effect

so that the guests think ''eye goo''

is shooting out

of the victim onto them.

This is for the wheelchair victim

that has the machete in his head.

Again, there's a secret door

for Jason back here

so he can make

a dramatic entrance,

and this poor guy

that you think is dead leaps to life.

When you're designing an attraction like

''Friday the 1 3th: Camp Blood,''

for us, what we really want

to do is we wanna deliver

to the fans

all their favorite kills

from the ''Friday the 1 3th'' series.

So this is a kill

from ''Freddy vs. Jason.''

This is the guy who gets

his back broken in half.

There's a performer that's laying here

with his head against the bed.

Jason comes storming

into the room.

He grabs hold of the bed, and he gives it a

good... ( makes squashing sound )

With Jason,

they made countless toys.

Every year

there's new editions coming out.

The McFarlane stuff

and the Mezco stuff,

they all look great.

They're really well-sculpted,

articulated, awesome looking.

They're well-painted.

Who would have thought

there would be Jason dolls?

There was a great book

that came out a couple of years ago:

''Crystal Lake Memories''

about ''Friday the 1 3th.''

Peter Bracke did a great job.

He interviewed a lot of us

in the series,

from producers, directors

to actors, of course.

And it covers the series

from A to Z.

lt was so fun to have come

to the book signing

and to see all the people

that are now a part of

this whole ''Friday the 1 3th''

phenomenon.

lt was a party for the launch

of the ''Crystal Lake Memories'' book,

and we signed all

of the books.

And then of course

Jason showed up

and cut the cake

with a machete,

and that was awfully fun.

An iconic brand

has been built.

Everybody knows Jason.

Everybody, all ages.

lt's all over the world.

At Halloween,

there's always gonna be some kid

down the hall

wearing a hockey mask.

There's at least one kid

who comes down your street

who is Jason Voorhees,

and the funny thing is

he's up there with Santa Claus

in the sense

that everybody knows who it is.

Jason is a big icon.

l had a trick-or-treater

come to my house--

a little kid dressed as Jason.

And l went,

''l worked with him.''

And the kid kind of looked at me

like he didn't understand.

And l asked my nephew,

'cause he's 1 3,

l said, ''What is that?''

He goes, ''That's the Jason mask.''

And l said, ''You know

l'm in one of those movies?''

And he said, ''Oh, l've never

seen any of those movies,

but l know all about Jason.''

ln hindsight, it seems silly

there wouldn't be a backlash.

The critics were outraged.

Gene Siskel launched a letter-writing

campaign to Paramount.

''Friday the 1 3th:

The Final Chapter,''

an immoral and reprehensible

piece of trash...

When Roger Ebert said

that ''Friday the 1 3th'' was

''an immoral and reprehensible

piece of trash,''

l thought, ''Two thumbs up.

Gotta see it.'' ( laughs )

Kratka:

There's just so much in our culture

that gets labeled things

unnecessarily

or just unjustifiably.

And l think ''Friday the 1 3th''s

were just--

they're scary movies.

As film critics,

shame on them for not appreciating

the fact that they are

artistic entertainment vehicles

for a very defined demographic.

We have fun reading reviews.

We know what they're gonna be like,

and especially if someone gets

particularly bitchy and clever,

it's great. ln a way it's sort of like

the ''Friday the 1 3th'' movie itself:

if they're clever in the way

they're trying to kill you, you cheer.

What's more appealing

than forbidden fruit?

That's the oldest story

that there is.

So when you say

to a young 1 3-year-old,

''You can't go see that movie, young man.

lt's a piece of immoral trash,''

l'm pretty confident that's the first

thing the 1 3-year-old's gonna go do.

As long as nobody's going out

and doing nothing crazy--

they never had to put

''Don't try this at home''

on the screen-- so it's all fun.

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