Jason Voohees

REAL NAME:

Jason Voorhees
 

ORIGINS/RESIDES IN:

Crystal Lake
 

BACK STORY:

He was born on Friday 13th June, 1946 in a small town called Crystal lake. His parents were Pamela and Elias Voorhees. He also had a half sister on his fathers side called Diana Kimble. She herself had 2 daughters, Lauren and Jessica Kimble, and Jessica had a daughter called Stephanie Kimble. He was severely deformed and had disabilities which caused him to be sheltered away by his mother for most of his life. When he was 11, he went to Camp Crystal Lake, where his mother had worked as a cook. He was horrifically bullied however, and to try and escape his bullies, he ran down the pier and fell into the lake. He couldn't swim, but because some of the counsellors were too busy smoking weed and having sex, he drowned. A year later, his mother managed to sneak into the camp and kill the counsellors. There were attempts to reopen but she burnt it down and poisoned the water, causing locals to believe  that the place was cursed, dubbing it "Camp Blood". Eventually it was reopened in 1979. Pamela came back and killed everyone but one girl who chopped off her head with a machete. 2 months later, Jason came back and killed the survivor. He is believed to be some kind of zombie as it is not known how he actually returned. He is driven to kill by the immoral actions of his victims and the rage at the killing of his mother and his drowning.
 

ENEMY(S):

At first he seemed to aim for summer camp counsellors, but in later films it becomes anyone who came into crystal lake or whoever he bumped into. At one point he hunted down some of his family members.
 

CREATED BY:

Sean S Cunningham, Tom Savini, Ron Kurz, Victor Miller
 

APPEARS IN:

Friday The 13th (1980, although he is not actually the killer in this film), Friday The 13th Part 2, Friday The 13th Part 3, Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter, Friday The 13th: A New Beginning, Friday The 13th Part 6: Jason Lives, Friday The 13th Part7: The New Blood, Friday The 13th Part 8: Jason Takes Manhattan, Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday, Jason X, Friday The 13th (2009).
 

PORTRAYED BY:

Kane Hodder, Ken Kirzinger, Derek Mears, CJ Graham, Tom Morga, Ted White, Richard Brooker, Steve Daskenisz, Warrington Gillette, Ari Lehman (child).
 

APPEARANCE:

He is tall and heavy built with a severely deformed face which he covers with a sack in the second film and a hockey mask which he acquired in the third movie. he wore this as of that film. He also wears very tatty looking clothes. He also has superhuman strength and the power to regenerate.
 

HEIGHT:

Roughly about 6" or taller.
 

PERSONALITY:

He has no personality, just a built in instinct to kill. There are parts of the movies where he almost appears as human, but this is very rare. 
 

FAVOURITE WEAPON:

A machete is his weapon of choice, although, every so often he will make use of whatever object is at hand.
 

FAMOUS LINE/QUOTE:

He does not speak.
 

ANY OTHER MEDIA:

Friday 13th novelisation by Michael Avallone (1982), Jason Lives novelisation by Simon Hawke (1986), Jason Goes To Hell comic adaption by Andy Mangels, Satans 6 No.4 (1993), 4 young adult novels (these don't feature the actual character but people become possessed by him when they put on his mask), Freddy Vs Jason novelisation (2003), Jason X novelisation (2005), Jason X: The Experiment, Freddy vs Jason vs Ash.
 

POPULARITY:

Over the years, Jason has built up some what of a cult following. The amount of films he is in has made him more of a novelty rather than a big star. The later films are only favoured for their somewhat comedic value rather than an essential part of the series. Despite all this, he is still one of the most famous horror characters of all time and Friday 13th is one of the most popular horror films ever.