His Name Was Jason: 30 Years Of Friday The 13th Page #5

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that was just f***ed up.

He already gets your sympathy

'cause you're like,

''Oh, he's in a wheelchair.''

But then he's gonna get laid.

And then Jason just goes,

''You're screwed!''

And not only does he get hit

in the face,

but he gets pushed backwards

down the stairs,

and the camera does this

great thing where it goes, ''Weeee!''

- ( screams, gagging )

- ( grunts )

Bonnie Hellman:

l had a track around my neck

with a flexible steel blade

that pushed from the back

and then a false neck over it,

which took hours to put on.

Of course,

l was eating a banana

at the time, so they had my mouth

full of banana and blood.

lt was such a messy little death.

Now cut that out right now.

That's not funny!

There was a cable

that was actually set up on the post

that ran across to where

she was standing.

The gun was rigged in such a way

that l actually hooked the gun

onto the cable and shot it

so it went straight

down the cable.

And in 3D with the glasses,

it's incredible.

We had to do it in one take

because the minute l hit the water,

the little prosthetic

would absorb the water

and just kind of slide off.

The hedge clippers to the eyes--

that girl had the best rack,

the best death

and her last name

really had Voorhees in it.

That was a pretty horrific

way to go.

That shish-kebab scene

is so original.

( gasps, grunts )

They attached this back to me

and then put the spear

through the latex

and had the blood

pumping out.

And they had a bed

which had a hole in it

and then she just

kind of came in, sat

and then put her head back.

lt looked like l was lying

on top of her.

Before it got butchered

by the ratings board,

there was this amazing shot

where you saw the real girl

doing the last moment

that she could have

trying to push

the guy off of her.

lt was such an effective

disturbing sequence.

You imagine Jason down there

like, ''l can't wait.''

What about the dude who goes

into a handstand

and gets the axe

right down the middle?

( gasps )

( screams )

( muffled scream )

He took my head by force

and slammed it through

the wall of the Winnebago.

And how they actually did that

is they filmed it underwater.

They shot it in slo-mo,

pushing through

this piece of plastic.

You start asking yourself

is there something wrong with you

when you're spending your day

thinking up ways to murder people,

- but l got over it.

- They used a real spear.

And it missed me

by a speck.

( screams )

( water gurgling )

- l like it when he crushes heads.

- ( grunts )

We had a string

go straight to the eye

so we could just pull the string

and the eye would pop out

of the socket,

come straight

down the line toward camera.

That is horrifically gory,

but it's classic Jason.

Ryder:

My favorite kill in ''Jason X''

is where he dunks

that chick's head in the ice.

We spent a lot of time on that--

prepping it.

And we not only

just storyboarded it out,

but we had to have a false sink

with the camera underneath

and a glass for the water

because l wanted to be able to see

the face come toward

the camera, not frozen.

- And then...

- Bam! Face salad.

( shatters )

That was technically

our most difficult kill.

l think his favorite thing

is smashing heads together.

My favorite Jason kill

that l've ever done

is the sleeping bag.

He bashed her against the tree,

l think, at least five times,

but we minimized it

to once.

And that was

actually more impactful.

Savini:
l cut his brain in half

in ''Part 4.'' l created the monster.

Thank you for letting me

kill the monster.

- And this is...

- Joseph Zito.

- The...

- Director of ''Friday the 1 3th

- Final Chapter.''

- l'm Erich Anderson and l played Rob.

And we're at the house

where we shot the movie.

This is really the site

of the death of Jason.

Right there.

Zito:
We have a big

special-effects makeup group.

And they're all around.

They're all around

and they're pumping blood

and moving the tongue

and working all

of the parts.

The mask hits the ground,

and the machete is picked up here,

and Tommy ends up

taking the machete

and killing Jason

to die die die.

Girl:
Tommy!

You maybe were expecting

something quick.

Tommy hits him in the head

with the blade, the end?

No, he slides down the blade.

( gagging, screaming )

( screaming )

Not too shabby.

But creating Jason's handiwork

is never an easy task.

Neither was creating

Jason Voorhees.

l should know.

So what does it take to create

an unforgettable movie villain?

l came up with the idea

for Jason's name

'cause originally it was

gonna be Josh,

but the more l worked

on the film and the creepier

the whole subject of that got,

l stuck with the ''J''

and went to Jason.

Tommy Savini,

who of course

did all those

fabulous special effects,

gave me some Polaroids

to look at.

And he said,

''That's your son,

Jason.

He's a mongoloid.''

l said, ''He's what?''

His features were really a guy l used

to see in my neighborhood,

a homeless drunk guy,

one ear was lower than the other.

He was almost

a Quasimodo kind of guy.

Lehman:

The first thing they do is they take

a cast of your head.

There was fake teeth.

There was a glass eye.

One thing people often ask is,

''Was it specially made

to go underwater?''

and stuff like that.

No, it was just--

it was a latex prosthetic.

Daskawisz:

Once l put the bag over my head

and l ran in the woods,

l couldn't see anything

'cause the bag flopped

back and forth.

And he came up with this idea--

we'll put double-faced tape here

and here, and we'll hold it

right close to your eye.

This way you'll see where

you're going, and it worked great.

But from taking the tape

on and off,

l had started to develop burns

on my face.

Gillette:

First they cut off all your hair,

and then they started to build

the face with little rubber forms

they would glue on.

And they sent me to a dentist

that created dental plates

that would go in

that were sort of

the worst dental problems

anyone could ever have.

And they built the beard

and the hair,

and they taped off the eye.

lt's sort of painful

to have all this stuff put on.

The scene of ''Friday the 1 3th: 2''

where Jason

comes careening

through the window--

they built a platform

outside the house.

The platform was probably

four feet long.

So we coordinated

how many steps it takes.

So one, two, three-- aggh!

( screaming )

At the time when this was created,

there was a serial killer

running around in Texas.

And he was killing people

with a potato sack on his head.

This could have been

the inspiration,

which l believe the potato sack

is a little scarier

than the hockey mask,

which of course

is now iconic.

Brooker:
l didn't get any direction

from Steve Miner at all.

He actually came to me and said,

''You're just a mindless killer.

You're like

the living version of 'Jaws.'''

l used to have to go in

and do about six,

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