His Name Was Jason: 30 Years Of Friday The 13th Page #3

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is that you do have this kind

of passing of the baton

going from Mrs. Voorhees

to Jason.

Basically, he is fueled

by vengeance

for the death of his mother.

See, it's this seeking

righteous vengeance

that defines

the Jason character

and also separates

Jason Voorhees

from all the other horror icons.

( screams )

King:

Jason's misunderstood.

What happens is

when he watches

Alice kill his mother,

l believe Alice unleashes

the monster in Jason.

You feel bad for anybody

who has to see

their mom get their head cut off

on a beach. l know l do.

Barton:

So he finds this potato sack,

throws it over his head,

cuts out his little eyehole

and does his thing. He starts

plying his craft for the first time

that he learned

from his mom.

( screams )

l think he observed the camp

after many years,

kids coming and going.

l think at one point that's

when he decided to do what he did.

l think what he's doing

is protecting his home.

And anybody that walks

into his territory is kind of doomed.

Honestly, l don't think he's angry.

l think he's sad.

Poor Jason was brought

into this world

and he really had a tough start.

Kaitan:

lf your mother killed a bunch of people,

you would be a very tragic child,

l would say.

lt's like kind of a Ted Bundy

upbringing.

Here was this tortured soul

who lived for years

just on probably the revenge.

l think Ginny kind of understood

there's more to it than just

this demon guy.

Jason, Mother is talking to you.

By putting on his mother's sweater

and trying to speak like her,

it almost confused him

for a second.

King:
You see him questioning,

is that my mother?

He wanted to believe

his mother was still alive.

l guess Jason was

a unique character.

He wasn't just somebody

who put on a facemask.

He was a whole creature.

Lynch:
lt's almost like Jason

is a personification

of the dark side of all of us.

l find in this character

elements of myself.

And there are monstrous elements

of myself

that are bent on self-destruction

and destroying others.

And there are parts of myself

that feel wronged

and l'm unjustly treated

and l'm the victim.

He just hated everything

about people.

His reason for killing

is just because he does.

Don't reason with him.

He doesn't reason with you.

lt's all in his own head.

He just does it.

He's definitely

a tortured tragic soul,

but the truth is you can't go

around life with this badge

that you've been tortured

and kill and slash.

At some point,

it's gotta stop.

The main aspect

that enhances

the otherworldly character

of Jason is that

he's silent and faceless--

like death-- the death mask.

lt's plenty scary,

the mystery of the unknown.

What is behind that

potato sack?

ln ''Friday the 1 3th Part lll,''

Jason wears, for the very first time,

a hockey mask,

which he has taken from Shelly

when Shelly made the bad mistake

of walking into the barn

carrying the hockey mask.

And the moment when he puts

on the hockey mask

and realizes it,

it's a great moment for the franchise,

'cause it's like,

''What was l thinking?

l should have been wearing

this all along. This is awesome.''

This dock behind me,

this is where the legend

of Jason was born.

This is the first time

we saw him step out

in the hockey mask.

The birth of Jason.

There's something

to be said about

putting a mask on

and doing things

that you wouldn't normally do

with that mask off.

Katz:

Jason in ''Part lll'' runs.

That's the one where he runs.

Jason's a bit of a manic hillbilly

in ''lll'' still.

Got a little of that left over.

After that he becomes

the slow methodical stalker.

Todd Farmer:
lf he sees you,

he's not gonna stop.

lt's like a beacon.

Once he's popped in on you,

he's gonna stay there

until he kills you.

And it doesn't matter

what he has to use.

He's terribly creative.

And he's got lots of weapons.

He really had a thing

for knives,

and he really had a thing

for machetes.

He likes to puncture

through the body...

He really likes spears.

...sawing off heads,

twisting heads, crushing heads...

Taylor:

He was really into anything

that would splash blood.

...punching heads off,

eyes popping out.

l mean, he's a showman.

lt was really about

watching Jason do his thing.

He was the protagonist

in these films.

He has become

an anti-superhero.

So we just gotta come up

with a cape

for the Big J.

lf we can just get him

to do some good stuff, though,

you know?

He's got the killing down.

Jason's always been

the underdog,

and everybody roots

for the underdog.

Roday:

lt's every nerd's dream to get killed

and them come back

as a bad-ass

and start taking out

all the stereotypes

that pick on nerds.

- Why do you do these stupid things?

- l have to.

Carey More:
l think he's a little bit

of a madman, perhaps.

Well, he seems

a little superhuman also

because he seems

to be able to revive

and take almighty blows

with hatchets and stuff.

Jason is a kid

who's just too stupid

to know that he's dead.

l think it's always

kind of inventive

how we would bring Jason back.

l always loved that.

lt was almost like the cliffhangers

in the old serials.

How does he live

to see another day?

Something's gotta bring him back.

Why not lightning, right?

We can blow him up.

We can cut him up.

We can shoot him up. We can dice him up,

and he comes back for more.

lt's great that as times change,

audiences change.

The creature, the monster, the villain, l

think is allowed to evolve.

Jason is the 21st-century killer.

He's good old blood and guts.

Shepherd:

l think that Jason is both a monster

and a victim.

This is a very deep character

that survived this many episodes

in killings and destructions

because he's larger than life.

He's still that little troubled

mentally-ill boy

trapped in the large body

of a killing machine.

He's become iconic in our lives.

Jason has no expiration date.

( whimpering )

( screams )

That's enough sequels

to rival box-office legends

like James Bond or Godzilla.

''Friday the 1 3th'' defined

what is considered

the modern-day slasher.

Looking at this guy,

it's no wonder why.

But you know what?

lt takes more than a body count

to make a ''Friday the 1 3th'' movie.

The formula is pretty specific

with a ''Friday the 1 3th'' movie.

The first thing you need

in a ''Friday the 1 3th'' film

is nubile young flesh.

You have a bunch of teenagers

and they cannot be accessible

by adult power authorities.

They can't come in

and save them.

You have to have a reason

for the kids to be out in the woods.

lt's the ''Let's run out

into the woods,''

and, ''Ooh!

There's a killer loose.''

- The crazy old bastard.

- ( screams )

l'm the messenger of God.

You're doomed if you stay here.

These movies are made

for teenagers.

And so the point of view is

that anyone who is over a certain age

or in a position of authority

cannot be trusted,

because that's

how teenagers feel.

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