The gates of Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood have opened, and this year’s event has some of the theme park’s biggest debuts. Between Terrifier and Five Nights at Freddy’s, the headliner haunted houses really pack a punch, with the terror titan-led Jason Universe house, based on the Friday the 13th franchise, also helping to […]
‘Friday the 13th’ Short ‘Sweet Revenge’ Is a Gruesomely Fun Jason Voorhees Return
Last May, a new company called Horror Inc. announced the launch of the “Jason Universe,” an initiative aimed at injecting fresh life into the Friday the 13th franchise. Though the company has a hand in Crystal Lake, the upcoming Peacock prequel series, its first big launch is Sweet Revenge, a short film bringing everyone’s favorite […]
There’s No New ‘Friday the 13th’ Movie to Announce… Yet
If you had high hopes that the Jason Universe panel at San Diego Comic-Con would address “the elephant in the room,” as Horror Inc. executive Rob Barsamian called it—well, it did indeed do that. But as of now, there’s no concrete news to report about a new Friday the 13th film. Yet. “After 45 years, […]
‘Crystal Lake’ Casts a Familiar Horror Face as Little Jason Voorhees
Horror fans are excitedly awaiting Peacock’s Friday the 13th prequel series Crystal Lake—and now we know who’ll be playing the younger version of Jason Voorhees. Long before he decided a hockey mask and machete were an ideal killing-spree combo, and even before he drowned at summer camp, he was just a little kid with an […]
Why Does the Return of ‘Friday the 13th’ Have to Be… Like This?
Though previously troubled, the Peacock and A24 series Crystal Lake is now moving full speed ahead—Linda Cardellini will star as Jason Voorhees’ equally murderous mom, Pamela Voorhees—Friday the 13th fans are still longing to see Jason return to the big screen. The rights to the franchise have been in a legal tangle for years, with Sean […]
Linda Cardellini Will Be Jason’s Murderous Mom in the Friday the 13th TV Show
As every slasher fan knows, the killer in Friday the 13th isn’t Jason Voorhees—that unkillable hockey-masked maniac would come later. In the 1980 original film, the camp-counselor body count is all due to his mother, Pamela, seeking vengeance against those she blames for her son’s drowning death. We’ve long suspected she’ll be the central figure […]