50 Fun Facts About Jason Voorhees

Who is the killer in the original 1980 Friday the 13th?

Jason's mother, a camp cook played by Betsy Palmer, seeks revenge for her son's drowning.

Who played the young Jason in the 1980 film?

Lehman was cast on sight by Sean Cunningham and later formed the horror punk band First Jason.

Who created the character of Jason Voorhees?

Miller, the original screenwriter, has never seen the sequels and objects to Jason being made the villain.

The name 'Jason' was formed from the names of whose two sons?

Josh and Ian became Jason; 'Voorhees' came from a girl Miller knew in high school.

Where did the surname 'Voorhees' come from?

Miller simply thought it was a 'creepy-sounding name' that suited the character.

Which makeup artist designed Jason's original deformed look?

Savini based the face on someone he knew as a child whose eyes and ears did not line up straight.

In which film did Jason first wear his trademark hockey mask?

In Part 2 he hid his face under a sack; the mask arrived in 1982 and has defined him ever since.

The first hockey mask used on set belonged to a fan of which NHL team?

3D effects supervisor Martin Jay Sadoff pulled a goalie mask from his hockey bag for a lighting test.

What prompted the crew to throw a mask on Jason in Part III?

Nobody wanted to apply makeup just for the light check, and director Steve Miner loved the look.

What material was used to enlarge the too-small hockey mask?

Makeup artist Doug White made a new mold, and the red triangles and holes were added afterward.

Who added the red triangles to Jason's hockey mask?

The markings and hole pattern were changed so the prop differed from Sadoff's real goalie mask.

How many consecutive films did Kane Hodder play Jason in?

He was the first actor to play Jason more than once, from The New Blood through Jason X.

Which film was Kane Hodder's first as Jason?

Director John Carl Buechler pushed for him after working together on the film Prison.

Besides Jason, Kane Hodder played which horror slasher in the Hatchet films?

He also did stunts as Leatherface in Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III.

In the 1993 'Final Friday' film, Hodder also played which body part of Freddy Krueger?

Freddy's glove grabs Jason's mask in the film's final shot, teasing a crossover that took a decade to arrive.

Who was the first actor to wear Jason's hockey mask on screen?

The British former trapeze artist said the mask finally made him feel like Jason.

Which Part 2 actor had his name removed from the credits of The Final Chapter?

White disliked the shoot and clashed with the director over a co-star kept in a cold lake for long stretches.

Which stuntman played Jason in Freddy vs. Jason?

At 6 ft 5 in, the Canadian was chosen to tower over Robert Englund's 5 ft 10 in Freddy.

Who played Jason in the 2009 reboot?

Mears compared playing Jason to Greek mask work, with mask and actor as separate entities.

Since which film has the character had superhuman strength and near-invulnerability?

Director Tom McLoughlin reimagined him as a supernatural force rather than a drowning survivor.

Which 1985 film features Jason only as a psychological threat, with a copycat killer?

The real culprit is Roy Burns; stuntman Tom Morga wore the mask for most scenes.

Which producer suggested bringing Jason back for the first sequel?

The sequel pretended Alice never saw the 'real' Jason in her dream and that he had survived his drowning.

In 1992, Jason received a Lifetime Achievement Award from which network?

He was the first of only three fictional characters so honored, followed by Godzilla and Chewbacca.

IGN named Jason what in October 2021?

Wizard magazine had earlier ranked him No. 26 among its 100 greatest villains.

Which horror punk band did the original 1980 child actor go on to found?

The band's name honors his role, and one of its songs is 'Jason is Watching'.

Which rapper sometimes wears a hockey mask in concert and references Jason in 'Criminal'?

His songs 'Amityville' and 'Off the Wall' sample the series' 'ki, ki, ki... ma, ma, ma' motif.

The famous 'ki ki ki, ma ma ma' sound is derived from which two words?

The composer spoke them into an echo machine after hearing a Penderecki choral piece.

Who composed the score for the original Friday the 13th?

He chose to play music only when the killer was present, borrowing the idea from Jaws.

In which US state was the original Friday the 13th filmed?

The camp scenes used Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco in Hardwick Township, which is still in operation.

Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco, the 1980 filming location, belongs to which organization?

Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco in Hardwick is still in use, and the lake scenes were shot on its grounds.

Which 1978 film inspired Sean Cunningham to make Friday the 13th?

He advertised the film in Variety in early 1979 before the script was even finished.

The first film's surprise ending was meant to echo which Brian De Palma movie?

Miller wrote Alice dreaming of a lake attack before waking in a hospital, aiming to get 'as close to Carrie's ending as possible'.

Which Friday the 13th film is the only one released in 3-D?

It was meant to end the series as a trilogy; instead it introduced the mask that kept it going.

Jason X (2001) sends the character into what setting?

Set around the year 2455, it turns him into a cyborg dubbed 'Über-Jason' in tie-in media.

In what year is Jason X primarily set?

Humans have abandoned a polluted Earth for a new planet, Earth II, when a field trip discovers Jason.

What was the cyborg form created by future technology in the tenth film nicknamed?

The suit's metal chunks were attached with Velcro, and Hodder could get in and out in 15 minutes.

Freddy vs. Jason (2003) grossed about how much worldwide?

Despite poor reviews it became the highest-grossing film in the series.

Who directed Freddy vs. Jason?

Yu wanted a slower, more deliberate Jason than the previous aggressive version, prompting the recast.

Which production company behind the 2009 reboot is run by Michael Bay?

The remake earned back nearly five times its $19M budget, second only to Freddy vs. Jason in the series.

On what date was the Friday the 13th reboot released in US theaters?

The date was, naturally, a Friday; Marcus Nispel directed.

Jason's first video game appearance was on which computer in 1985?

LJN's notorious NES game followed in 1989, letting players pick one of six counselors.

Jason was a downloadable guest fighter in which fighting game?

He is also playable in MultiVersus and appeared in Call of Duty: Warzone.

How many players can face Jason in Friday the 13th: The Game (2017)?

The asymmetrical IllFonic game casts one player as Jason against up to seven counselors.

Which studio produces the Friday the 13th prequel series Crystal Lake?

The series was announced for a Peacock premiere on October 15, 2026, with all episodes released at once.

Who plays Jason's mother in the Crystal Lake prequel series?

Original Alice actress Adrienne King was cast in a recurring role; the shooting title was Mama's Boy.

In Scream (1996), what mistake does Casey make when asked to name Friday the 13th's killer?

Kevin Williamson got the idea after winning a free drink with the same question at a bar quiz.

Which toy company released Jason figures in 1998 and 2002?

The second was the Über-Jason from Jason X; NECA, Mezco and Sideshow followed with their own.

In which film does director Adam Marcus hide the Evil Dead's Necronomicon?

Marcus meant it to imply Jason was a 'Deadite', a demonic being from the Evil Dead series.

What question did Sean Cunningham ask the boy auditioning to play Jason in 1980?

The young actor had snuck into the audition for Cunningham's soccer film Manny's Orphans, which led to the call.

Which studio released the original Friday the 13th in 1980?

It grossed $59.8M, the studio's second-biggest film of the year, after Sean Cunningham sold it with a Variety ad.