“He Did Have One other Masks…”

The creator of Crystal Lake has weighed in on the potential of Jason Voorhees showing within the present. The upcoming Crystal Lake Peacock collection is being produced by A24 and will probably be set earlier than the occasions of the Friday the thirteenth franchise.

The present will discover the sooner years of Jason Voorhees’ mom, Pamela (Linda Cardellini), who was the killer within the authentic 1980 film earlier than her son stepped in as the first antagonist within the majority of the film’s sequels.

In an interview with ScreenRant‘s Ash Crossan on the IT: Welcome to Derry purple carpet, Crystal Lake creator and showrunner Brad Caleb Kane mentioned if Jason would seem within the Peacock present. Whereas he confirmed that the “completely sensible” Linda Cardellini is taking part in Mrs. Voorhees, he mentioned that “I can’t say whether or not or not Jason is definitely in it.“

Nevertheless, he hinted that “Jason could be in it,” saying that “I don’t know if I’d wish to do a Friday the thirteenth and not using a Jason in it.“

He was extra conclusive about the concept that Jason Voorhees’ iconic hockey masks will in all probability not seem within the collection. Whereas the masks is a crucial visible ingredient of the character, Jason didn’t purchase it till 1982’s Friday the thirteenth Half III, which takes place at the least 10 years after the occasions of Crystal Lake.

Regardless, Kane provided a reminder that “he had one other masks in earlier incarnations” and that “he was a bit boy who drowned at Crystal Lake.” He teased that “perhaps we’ll see a bit little bit of that,” as a result of the present is “actually in regards to the mom and son, and what occurs on the opposite aspect of the drowning.“

In the end, it stays to be seen how Crystal Lake reconciles the truth that Mrs. Voorhees’ motivation to turn out to be a killer got here from the truth that Jason drowned as a baby, however he ultimately returned as a residing grownup in 1981’s Friday the thirteenth Half 2.

It appears seemingly that the opposite masks that Kane is referring to is the sack with a single eyehole that Jason dons in Half 2 earlier than he eschews it in favor of the hockey masks within the remaining Friday the thirteenth motion pictures. It stands to purpose that this will have been the youthful Jason’s most popular facial protecting.

Nevertheless, given the truth that Crystal Lake largely takes place after Jason drowned as a baby, it’s completely doable that he doesn’t seem within the collection in any respect.

The timeline that Kane lays out means that the present will comply with Mrs. Voorhees grappling together with her grief and making ready to kill the advisors Barry and Claudette, who’re murdered within the opening prologue of the unique film, only one 12 months after Jason’s demise.

Nevertheless, given Kane’s considerably cagey reply, it in the end appears possible that Jason will on the very least seem in flashbacks that assist outline Pamela’s character in Crystal Lake. Given what a central character he’s within the Friday the thirteenth franchise, and in Pamela Voorhees’ murderous rage, he’ll play a significant position in her story, whether or not he’s onscreen or offscreen.