And I believe it’s the only time we ever get to see Jason with a beard, too.
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“Grizzly Adams Jason” (Warrington Gillete) marks the first and last time we’ll get to see Jason with a full head of hair until, I want to say, Jason X.
But you can’t recapture lightning in a bottle no matter how hard you try, fellas.
The famous shock ending to the first film was received SO well, Steve Miner wound up ganking it for both his sequels. Believe it or not, but this exact same argument is going to crop up twice more as we progress. Some believe that it represents Jason coming back from the grave to seek vengeance (meaning Jason was already a zombie before Friday the 13th Part VI) while still others take it as nothing more than a dream. Fans fight tooth and nail to this very day over whether this appearance “counts” or not. With special makeup effects by Tom Savini, this is a classic look for Jason and the brief glimpse we get is more than enough. I miss the days when I could actually be frightened by movies. So yeah, I jumped like crazy when he popped out of the water and my older brother, sitting behind, knowing it was coming, had a good laugh at my expense. All I knew is “this is the one with Jason’s mom in it” and, being a little kid, had yet to have the ending spoiled for me. I remember watching the original Friday the 13th for the first time and going into it cold. “Little Boy Jason” (portrayed by Ari Lehman), perhaps the only time that Jason ever actually scared anybody. Click the button below to get started! Friday the 13th (1980) Like what we do here at AIPT? Consider supporting us and independent comics journalism by becoming a patron today! In addition to our sincere thanks, you can browse AIPT ad-free, gain access to our vibrant Discord community of patrons and staff members, get trade paperbacks sent to your house every month, and a lot more. So let’s take a look at Jason’s numerous faces, from the good to the bad to the ugly (okay, so they’re all ugly). “Just what is Jason gonna look like THIS time?” was something I pondered as I began each flick and I happily forced myself to stay up past 2am with as much Coke and Pixie Sticks as I could handle just to learn the answer.
There was never any rhyme or reason to his look and each makeup artist employed their own unique vision to his vile visage.
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While not every film in the series followed the formula, you could typically look forward to seeing Jason lose his mask somewhere during the climax and catch a glimpse at just how jacked-up his face has gotten between installments. I was hooked on his increasingly bizarre adventures.Īnd one of my favorite staples of each installment was the dramatic unmasking. I loved the continuity of the films and looked to Jason as the hero (because really, who watches a slasher film and roots for the teenagers?). I’m one of those weirdos that has always enjoyed the films for the story, believe it or not, and in those early years where everything was a brand new discovery, I thrilled to the exploits of Jason Voorhees. Staying up late was the test of endurance, but the test of skill came in keeping a trained ear for parental footsteps and a fast finger on the remote to change the channel before they could catch me watching something I shouldn’t be.īut of all the horror flicks I digested in my youth, Friday the 13th was my favorite franchise. The best ones played at the wee hours on cable ( Friday the 13th was a recurring theme for USA’s Up All Night), and the best-BEST ones played at the weeeee hours on HBO. I was as passionate about horror movies as I was cartoons, and perhaps even moreso, as watching horror movies required a certain test of skill and endurance for an elementary schooler.