His Name Was Jason: 30 Years Of Friday The 13th Page #8

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on the screen that run into problems.

Over the past 30 years

there have been troublesome times

for the ''Friday the 1 3th''

filmmakers as well.

Many had nothing

whatsoever to do

with our hockey-masked friend.

Paul?

( screaming )

Shooting my death scene

was a bit of a challenge.

That's where

the horror part came

into the filming with me.

From here down,

l was in the water.

There were points

where l just felt

like l couldn't go on anymore.

lt was either 22 or 23.

lt was very very cold

and she had a bikini on

and she was freezing.

She was so cold

her teeth were chattering,

and this girl

was actually turning blue.

Aronson:

Ted White stood up for me

and demanded that we

get the shot now or else.

And it turns out that l had

gotten hypothermia,

and l was quite sick

for several days after that.

LeMay:
A whole day spent

filming the end of the movie

where Jason's getting

sucked into the earth

and trying to drag me down

with him.

On the soundstage, they'd pretty

much created this large sandbox

with a hole in it,

which Jason would pop up,

grab me by the leg

and keep pulling me down.

And for some reason

that sequence took a half a day

with me screaming

at the top of my lungs

and just wearing my body out.

l thought every shot was gonna

be the last dang one, you know?

l thought it was it.

''We got this one, baby.''

l don't think l've ever

been so exhausted in my life.

Man:
Now, dirt demons,

everything up, moving.

Al Magliochetti:

The visual-effects climax,

all these demons came up

from below the ground

and started grabbing Jason

and trying to pull him down into hell.

And KNB had a very elaborate

sequence designed for that,

with all kinds of puppets.

And we had a very elaborate miniature--

which wound up not being used

because of technical problems--

that actually grabbed Jason

and started dragging him under.

lsn't that cool?

How many people get this going on?

On the final day of production

l got my action figure--

made by the hair

and makeup guys.

So this is my one-of-a-kind

action figure.

We shot the ending twice.

We actually did

another ending,

which most people

have never seen,

in which Dana Kimmell

comes up to the door

of the house in a dream,

and Jason comes

through the front door

and decapitates her.

This is the actual mask that

was done on my skin.

lt's a little--

oh, here's a worm.

lt's a little crumbly,

but it's split up the back

because as it was on my face

all the way around my neck--

l had a bald cap on--

they did the whole thing

right on my head.

And so to get me out of it,

they split it right up the back.

So it used to be something

like this, but...

Monoson:

My parents are away in the movie--

l had to be stoned.

And so l thought,

''Hmm, wouldn't that be interesting

to actually be stoned

on camera?''

So l go to my trailer

and l get stoned.

l'm a very paranoid

stoned person.

So it was the worst worst idea

l could have ever done.

And they knocked on my door

to go to the set.

l'm like, ''What?!''

And they're like, ''We're ready for you,''

and l'm like, ''Okay.''

( laughs )

So they take me

and l'm on the set,

and, actors,

don't get stoned and act.

lt's absolutely the worst thing.

l was out of my mind.

Richman:

l do remember a scene

in my bedroom

where this girl comes on to me,

and l was getting

very keyed up,

turned on.

ln the editing

they didn't show any of that.

And l was pissed off.

l was really...

having it affect me.

The MPAA really went after

the ''Friday the 1 3th'' films,

'cause they were asleep

when the first film was rated.

They kind of let it pass.

When the sequels came out,

and after all the criticism,

they had to be more stringent.

Probably the most heavily edited

was ''Part Vll.''

The MPAA was just vicious

toward that film for some reason.

Ratings board raped my movie.

l equate horror

to telling a joke.

Everything's in the setup

and then the payoff

has gotta be,

''Whoa, that's great!''

We were telling the joke

and we weren't allowed

to give them the punchline.

So what you see

in the final cut of ''Friday Vll,''

which is not really my cut,

is a very watered-down version

of what we hoped it would be.

Rotten:

The MPAA was just responding

to a lot of parent advocate groups

that were coming out of the woodwork.

l mean, you had parents picketing

out in front of theaters

for certain films sometimes.

l think the MPAA gets crazy

when you combine sex and violence

at the same time, so l think that's

something you have to be careful about.

All the sequels

really went through the wringer

to secure R ratings.

Steinmann:

The MPAA,

after a lot heavy-duty fights,

insisted that we omit

Almost every kill

was either off-screen

or minimized.

Ross:
Tiffany Helm, there was a scene

that nobody knows about,

where she had her death scene.

l think they had to change it

because it would have

been rated X if they kept it.

Jason was gonna

go in for the kill.

Tiffany was gonna have

her legs up like this,

and he was just gonna go like--

couldn't show that.

Couldn't show that back then.

That was cut. Rated X.

X. Shoot it.

King:
''Friday the 1 3th'' was

the greatest experience for me,

and then slowly l realized

l had a stalker.

l had an ordeal with him

up close at one point,

which in itself

is a horror movie.

lt's all okay now.

lt's all good now.

And having

the three generations

of fans from

around the world that fly in

to wherever l am

at a city or a convention

that really talk to me

and care and tell me how much

it affected them

when they found out--

it's just a gift.

lt's a beautiful thing and l don't

care how sappy it sounds.

l thank them.

Steel:

One of the scary moments on the set

was in Jason's lair

when l put the sweater on

and l talked to him

about Mother.

And he's supposed

to bring up this pickaxe.

So l got really anxious

and l brought the machete down.

She missed the pickaxe,

and she came down

on my finger.

Steel:

And he goes to the hospital--

l think he had the machete

through his chest or something

and walks into

the emergency room

and they're like, ''Oh my God!''

Then he said, ''No no,

it's just right here on my finger.''

And l have 1 3 stitches

in this finger.

lt's right here.

This right here, it's 1 3 stitches.

And then he came back

and we started all over again.

We stayed at the camp. At one

of our first nights in the cabins--

l think it was John Furey

and Bill Randolph

and Russell Todd--

knew where l was staying.

And they went

to the screen windows

when it was really dark out

and they started scratching

on the screen windows.

l fainted.

l actually fainted

flat on the floor

'cause l just went... ( gasps )

Boom!

( rock music playing )

Though the counselors

at Crystal Lake

worked very hard to keep

the rules of the camp clear,

the same can't be said

for the ''Friday the 1 3th'' films,

which have had more

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