Jason Voorhees

Jason Voorhees was born in the small town of Crystal Lake on June 13, 1946, to Elias Voorhees and Pamela Voorhees. Although his age is often disputed, as the actress for Pamela, she created a backstory for her character that placed Jason's birth date in 1944. Jason suffered from severe facial deformities, hydrocephalus, an abnormally large head, and mental disabilities. Raising Jason alone, Pamela kept her son isolated from the community, not letting him attend school and educating him in her home on the outskirts of Crystal Lake. Due to his mental disabilities, his education was quite limited, but he learned to never question his mother. He obeyed his mother's every command, understanding the concept that his life would be difficult, if not impossible, without her guidance. His extreme obedience to his mother would manifest itself in a strange way after puberty. Even after she died, Jason could imagine her speaking to him from beyond the grave.

In 1957, Pamela was hired by Mr. and Mrs. Christy as a cook for their summer camp. Having no living relatives to take Jason in and unable to afford a babysitter, she took him to camp with her. Jason was with his mother most of the time instead of the other children, which led them to suspect that he was not very bright, so they began to bully him. While being bullied by the other campers, Jason tried to escape their attacks, but the cruel children caught up with him on the dock and threw Jason into the lake, where he presumably drowned. His last words were to his mother, then to anyone within earshot to help him. The counselors were supposed to be on the lookout for this kind of bad behavior, but they were distracted by casual sex. The Christys ordered the camp closed. Police searched the lake but were unable to find Jason's body. Questioning of the counselors led authorities to conclude that Jason's death was accidental, and no one was charged with his death. In 1958, it was reopened as planned. Pamela, who was mad with grief, murdered Barry Jackson and Claudette Hayes, the counselors she blamed for Jason's drowning. Pamela was never suspected of the murders, but unlike Jason's drowning, autopsies on the two teenagers clearly showed that they had died as a result of homicide, and the camp was promptly closed again.

The Christys reopened the camp in 1962, but the discovery of arsenic in water supplies on the camp property caused the summer season to be canceled. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, there were random fires on the property, and the fire department could not find a plausible reason. It was never proven, but strongly suggested, that Pamela lived near Jason. All of these tragedies led to the abandoned summer camp being nicknamed "Camp Blood" by locals, who came to believe the area was cursed. from the camp and became involved in these acts of sabotage to ensure that the camp remained untouched surveillance and that no child would suffer the same fate as, Despite struggling in the lake for the sake of the prank, he did not drown. Somehow, Jason managed to make it to land safely. With no idea how to seek help, he apparently decided that his only course of action was to wait for his mother to find him. He either built a house or managed to occupy an abandoned cabin in the woods. During these years, Pamela never discovered where he was, nor did they see each other again until her death. Presumably, Jason came to believe that his mother had died and that he was alone. He managed to live off the land, subsisting on edible plants in the woods around Crystal Lake or by hunting small game, or stealing food where he could. He also made use of the abandoned summer camp to scavenge for improvised goods, or made very limited forays into civilization to obtain supplies. Jason managed to gain independence from his mother and survive on his own as an adult man, albeit in a crude and very haphazard manner.

Steven Christy, the son of Camp Crystal Lake founders David and Louise Christy, attempted to reopen the camp. In 1978, he spent $25,000 hiring several carpenters, electricians, masons, and plumbers to come to the Camp Crystal Lake property and renovate it. He also hired several teenagers from out of town to help him with the renovations, with a deadline that by the summer of 1979 the camp would be open for business again. Steve traveled to urban areas and contacted community centers, offering working-class families in the inner city a chance for their children to enjoy the outdoors during the summer. Enraged by Steve's actions, Pamela murdered him and most of his employees, with only Alice Hardy surviving. In the end, Alice decapitated Pamela with a machete after a brief struggle on the lakeshore. After killing Pamela, Alice passed out from exhaustion and stress in a canoe, and fell asleep as it floated out into the lake. The following Saturday morning, police cars arrived at the camp property to investigate the murders, only for Alice herself to be pulled into the water by a revenant form of Jason's prepubescent self. Alice did indeed nearly drown, but this was in fact due to the canoe capsizing. She woke up in a hospital bed and was greeted by Sergeant Tierney, who said that they had found the bodies on the property, and that Officer Dorf and another of his men had rescued her from drowning. Alice was then admitted to the hospital and treated for hypothermia. When Alice asked about Jason, Tierney attributed it to a hallucination from her recent ordeal and replied "Ma'am, we didn't find any boys", causing Alice to comment that Jason is still out there.

Prelude to a wave of mass murders After his mother's murder spree, Jason, having witnessed his mother's death, took her sweater, pants, severed head, and the machete that killed her and returned to his shack with them, placing the objects on a rudimentary altar he had built as a shrine to his beloved mother. Two months after Pamela's death, Jason soon left the woods and entered the city in search of his mother's killer. Jason somehow tracked Alice to her apartment, snuck in, and stabbed her in the head with an ice pick after scaring her by placing her mother's head in her refrigerator. Escaping with Alice's body, Jason placed it at the foot of his mother's shrine. Three years after killing Alice, Jason discovered a local teenager named Chris Higgins in the woods and attacked her with a knife, knocking her unconscious in the struggle. What exactly happened next is unknown, but hours later, Chris woke up at home with no idea how he got there.Jason's mass murders began in the summer of 1984, when he learned of a new group of teenagers occupying the nearby Packanack Lodge. Determined to destroy the squatters, he began to watch the group closely and pursue them to their deaths. He killed a police officer and Ralph (and placed the police officer's body next to the shrine because he saw that he was already in the shack). Jason attacked the Packanack Lodge in the middle of the night, murdering the six aspiring counselors who had decided to stay behind rather than go into town for one last night of fun. Hiding the bodies of the counselors (and taking at least one to his shack), Jason remained in the shack, waiting for more victims to come forward. When Paul and his assistant Ginny Field returned, Jason knocked Paul out and then chased Ginny through the campsites and all the way to her shack, where she discovered the shrine erected to Pamela Voorhees. Aware of Jason's history, Ginny donned Pamela's sweater and tricked Jason into thinking she was his mother, distracting him

himJason's mass murders began in the summer of 1984, when he learned of a new group of teenagers occupying the nearby Packanack Lodge. Determined to destroy the squatters, he began to watch the group closely and pursue them to their deaths. He killed a police officer and Ralph (and placed the police officer's body next to the shrine because he saw that he was already in the shack). Jason attacked the Packanack Lodge in the middle of the night, murdering the six aspiring counselors who had decided to stay behind rather than go into town for one last night of fun. Hiding the bodies of the counselors (and taking at least one to his shack), Jason remained in the shack, waiting for more victims to come forward. When Paul and his assistant Ginny Field returned, Jason knocked Paul out and then chased Ginny through the campsites and all the way to her shack, where she discovered the shrine erected to Pamela Voorhees. Aware of Jason's history, Ginny donned Pamela's sweater and tricked Jason into thinking she was his mother, distracting him long enough for Paul to appear. As Paul and Jason fought, Ginny grabbed the machete used to kill Mrs. Voorhees and swung it at Jason's shoulder, knocking him unconscious. Despite the severity of his injury, Jason recovered and followed Ginny and Paul back to the Packanack Lodge, where an unmasked Jason crashed through a window and attacked Ginny, causing her to pass out. The next day, a bewildered Ginny was found by paramedics, but Jason and Paul were nowhere to be found.

Arriving at a small store, Jason killed the owners and stole some new clothes, then went to Higgins Haven, the vacation home of his alleged victim Chris, where he spent the night. The next day, Jason attacked two bikers (only managing to knock out the leader, Ali) before moving on to Chris's friends, killing them one by one, acquiring a hockey mask from a boy named Shelly Finkelstein and using it to replace his burlap sack, which he had lost earlier. When Chris and her boyfriend Rick, who were away, returned to Higgins Haven, Jason killed Rick and pursued Chris, who eventually recognized Jason as the man who attacked her two years ago. Trapped in the barn with Jason, Chris, as a recovered Ali died trying to attack Jason, used the distraction to split Jason's head open with an axe. After being momentarily stunned by the axe blow, Jason managed to stumble forward and tried to grab Chris before collapsing, apparently dead. The next day, a hysterical Chris was found by the police and taken away, complaining of a dream in which Jason was still alive and being attacked by a decaying Pamela at the lake.

That night, Jason and his ten victims were taken to the Wessex County morgue, where Jason revived, killing the coroner and a nurse before beginning to make his way back to Crystal Lake, murdering a hitchhiker on the way there. Arriving at the home of twelve-year-old Tommy Jarvis and his family the following night, Jason murdered a group of teenagers who were vacationing next door, as well as Mrs. Jarvis and Rob Dier, the brother of one of Jason's victims at the Packanack Lodge, who was searching for Jason to avenge his sister's death. Going after Tommy and his sister Trish, Jason's rampage came to an end when Tommy, using some newspaper clippings belonging to Rob as reference, altered his appearance to resemble a young Jason, which distracted the killer and allowed Tommy to strike him in the head with Rob's machete, causing Jason to fall forward, driving the blade even deeper into his skull. As Tommy and Trish embraced, Tommy, noticing that Jason was showing slight signs of life, grabbed the machete and began cutting into Jason's body, screaming "Die! Die! Die!" repeatedly. The Jarvis brothers were found shortly afterward, and Jason's body was buried in Eternal Peace Cemetery, although most local authorities were apparently misinformed and believed the killer had been cremated. Killing

Five years after killing Jason, Tommy Jarvis, who had been in and out of institutions since his encounter with Jason, was sent to the Pinehurst Halfway House. Soon after Tommy's arrival, residents of the area began to be killed at an alarming rate, the brutality and seemingly random nature of the murders causing authorities to fear that Jason had somehow returned. The person responsible for the new wave of murders, revealed to be a paramedic named Roy Burns (who went insane and began imitating Jason after the death of his son in Pinehurst) was eventually killed in self-defense by Tommy. Due to Roy's murder spree awakening his deep-seated fear of Jason, Tommy, already unhinged and suffering from visual and auditory hallucinations, has a psychotic break and nearly becomes another Jason impersonator, donning a hockey mask that closely resembled or in some way was Roy's mask, brandishing a knife, and coming close to murdering his friend Pamela Roberts.Characteristics and Methods Because there are supernatural elements involved with Jason, he has a childlike personality, as well as being very angry. Jason was also known to grunt when seriously injured. He loved his mother very much, as she was the only person who showed him true love when he was a child. After her death, he built a rudimentary altar in the shack where he lived with his mother's head in the center, on which he would place his victims at her feet, as if it were a way of showing his mother the victims he killed to please her. Ginny Field, knowing of his and her mother's history, used the child persona of pretending to be his mother against him to trap him in order to prevent Jason from protecting himself from further harm. Tommy Jarvis, as a child, also used the child persona against him, pretending to be Jason as a child in order to trap him as Ginny had once done to save her sister. Both attempts to use the child persona against him were successful, as he mentally shuts down upon seeing the two perform

Characteristics and Methods Because there are supernatural elements involved with Jason, he has a childlike personality, as well as being very angry. Jason was also known to grunt when seriously injured. He loved his mother very much, as she was the only person who showed him true love when he was a child. After her death, he built a rudimentary altar in the shack where he lived with his mother's head in the center, on which he would place his victims at her feet, as if it were a way of showing his mother the victims he killed to please her. Ginny Field, knowing of his and her mother's history, used the child persona of pretending to be his mother against him to trap him in order to prevent Jason from protecting himself from further harm. Tommy Jarvis, as a child, also used the child persona against him, pretending to be Jason as a child in order to trap him as Ginny had once done to save her sister. Both attempts to use the child persona against him were successful, as he mentally shuts down upon seeing the two perform these actions.

As a mortal human, Jason never enjoyed killing as much as one might think and wasn't very sadistic as he was quite silent, but you could tell he was an angry and vengeful man as he made numerous growls when he chased his victims out of revenge for his mother's death and the rage he held inside after nearly drowning in the waters of Camp Crystal Lake. Jason was also very childish mentally as he did everything he could to please his mother by killing those who had wronged them, but he would also ransack the barn out of frustration when he couldn't find Chris as if he was having a tantrum. After becoming one of the undead, Jason lost many of the human limitations he once had, but he retains most of his emotions, such as his undying hatred for people for the way the world treated him and his mother, Pamela, but he did not harm the children who were staying in one of the cabins at Crystal Lake in Jason Lives. Jason stalked his victims cunningly, silently, and sometimes reluctantly, as with Tommy Jarvis and Tina Shepard at one point, but not recklessly, and lured them to their deaths. After killing his victims, he would usually hide the bodies to prevent others from raising the alarm and to create more terror when his next intended victim found them. If Jason had any remaining virtues, it would be that he never killed children under the age of eighteen or pets (the novel Hate-Kill-Repeat implied that he was responsible for the deaths of two children in one family, but the murders were never witnessed and they may simply have been unintentional collateral damage), and when he did kill, it was always quick and their suffering was not long unless they fought him. Another possible virtue of Jason's is shown when he saved Lori Campbell twice from falling victim to Freddy Krueger after she saved him from being killed by the dream stalker himself; although it is not actually known whether he saved her on purpose. Jason really hated Freddy Kruger for tricking and using him.

Jason stalked his victims cunningly, silently, and sometimes reluctantly, as with Tommy Jarvis and Tina Shepard at one point, but not recklessly, and lured them to their deaths. After killing his victims, he would usually hide the bodies to prevent others from raising the alarm and to create more terror when his next intended victim found them. If Jason had any remaining virtues, it would be that he never killed children under the age of eighteen or pets (the novel Hate-Kill-Repeat implied that he was responsible for the deaths of two children in one family, but the murders were never witnessed and they may simply have been unintentional collateral damage), and when he did kill, it was always quick and their suffering was not long unless they fought him. Another possible virtue of Jason's is shown when he saved Lori Campbell twice from falling victim to Freddy Krueger after she saved him from being killed by the dream stalker himself; although it is not actually known whether he saved her on purpose. Jason really hated Freddy Kruger for tricking and using him. However, in Freddy vs Jason vs Ash, he was shown to be willing to cooperate with him, in exchange for Freddy using the Necronomicon to increase his intelligence.

Many have given suggestions as to Jason's motivation for to kill. Ken Kirzinger refers to Jason as a "little boy" psychotic mom gone horribly wrong... very resilient. You can't kill him, but he does feel pain, just not like everyone else." Kirzinger goes on to say that Jason is a "psycho-savant" and believes his actions are based on pleasing his mother rather than anything personal. Andrew O'Hehir stated, "The surging hormones act, of course, as smelling salts for the prudish Jason, that ever-vigilant enforcer of William Bennett-style values. Todd Farmer, writer of Jason X, wrote the scene in which Jason wakes up from cryogenic hibernation just as two of the teenagers have begun to make love. Farmer liked the idea that sexual acts brought Jason back to life. Whatever his motivations, Kane Hodder believes there is a limit to what he will do. According to Hodder, Jason can violently murder anyone he encounters, but when Jason Takes Manhattan asked Hodder to kick the main character's dog, Hodder refused, stating that while Jason has no qualms about killing humans, he is not bad enough to hurt animals. Another example from Jason Takes Manhattan involves Jason being confronted by a street gang of young teenagers, one of whom threatens him with a knife, however, Jason chooses to by not killing them and instead scares them by raising their mask and showing his face. Likewise, the director Tom McLoughlin chose not to have Jason hurt any of the children he meets in Jason Lives, stating that Jason would not kill a child, out of sympathy for the plight of children caused by his own death as a child.

Final Friday, Jason can be heard groaning in pain as he is shot by the FBI. Stealth (Stalking/Super Speed): Jason can seemingly appear near his victims by walking; he can easily enter and exit areas undetected. This is best seen in Part VIII when Jason kills Charles. He can swim at incredible speeds, completely unrestricted by water resistance. He can blend in with his surroundings, allowing him to act freely without being noticed, essentially allowing himself to slip into the shadows to go unnoticed and reappear behind his victims for a quick and easy elimination.

Intelligence: Jason is shown to be extremely intelligent and highly functional, while possessing some tactical sense and strategic planning, despite his hydrocephalic deformities. He sets traps for his victims, as seen in Part 2, can be seen restraining victims to avoid detection, and he carefully arranges his victims' bodies, occasionally using them as blockades or projectiles. His sense of direction is perfect, as he is always able to go where he wants to go, usually back to Crystal Lake, even from long distances. He can escape from all manner of restraints. Each of his kills is unique, and he often finds creative ways to get to his victims as well. Beyond this, however, his intellectual capabilities are unclear and are not made clear throughout the series, being shown only in his tactical malice towards the camp counselors and his never-ending goal of killing anyone who wanders onto Camp Crystal Lake's grounds.• Revenant Zombie Physiology: After being resurrected from a lightning strike caused by Tommy Jarvis stabbing his corpse with a metal rod, Jason was accidentally brought back to life as an undead, but unlike common zombies, Jason does not want to eat human flesh like common zombies, but Jason Voorhees kept his human personality and his previous memories intact, meaning that now he is just a zombie with intelligence.

Supernatural Strength: After becoming a zombie Revenant, Jason's superhuman physical strength became titanic, and he immediately demonstrated his new power by punching Tommy's friend's body and ripping his heart out with a single punch. Jason is able to send his victims flying through the air. His feats of strength include walking through concrete, decapitating someone with a single punch, freeing himself when he was pinned by a fallen tree, and can snap humans in half as well as rip limbs from their bodies, only a small portion of his new zombie strength, as he threw a man with a single throw and ripped off his arm in the process and then proceeded to decapitate three people with a single swing of a machete, smashed a girl's head against a metal wall by projecting his facial expression through it, and is able to twist a girl's head off without any effort, and is able to snap police officer Mike Garris in half by bending him backwards • Immortality: After becoming a zombie revenant in Part VI (Part 6), Jason became functionally immortal, meaning he does not age and physical injuries or illnesses that would have killed a normal human would eventually heal and not truly affect him. • Regeneration: Jason, after becoming a Zombie Revenant, now has a unique ability to regenerate any lost and damaged tissue at an accelerated rate. As a result, he can sustain gunshot and knife wounds and be essentially unaffected by them. This ability allows him to recover from any fatal injuries that are physically inflicted upon him.

Skills Main article: About Jason • Nigh-Invulnerability: Due to the Nano Ants resurrecting and completely upgrading Jason to an unknown metallic substance around most of his body, he is now completely immune to bullets and other things, as the only thing capable of damaging this new body was when Sergeant Broski intercepted Jason in space, sending the two through Earth II's atmosphere and back into reentry, leaving only Jason's mask behind, but Jason may have survived. • Incomprehensible Strength: Already possessing Superhuman and Supernatural Strength, this new form dubbed Über Jason drastically increased his new abilities, being able to knock down a steel beam door that was locked and sealed with a single punch, displaying his new monstrous strength. • Space Vacuum Survival: Due to nanotechnology upgrades, Über Jason's mask gives him the ability to survive in the vacuum of space without experiencing any known side effects.Weapons Jason can use anything at his disposal as a weapon, but he seems to be particularly fond of the machete. He has also used his bare hands on many occasions to kill. However, Jason does not use any type of firearm

Abilities and powers In the first four films, Jason is often portrayed as a human with no overt supernatural traits, although he is exceptionally strong and durable.[10] He is also highly intelligent, despite the hydrocephalus and mental health issues he was diagnosed with as a child. His tactical sense allows him to strategically plan each of his captures. He sets traps for his victims and even arranges corpses to use as blockades. He has a keen sense of direction, easily escaping detection by others. Even from long distances, he can find his way back to Crystal Lake, as well as travel to other places without difficulty.[109] The exceptional abilities of the "human version" of Jason are further accentuated in the 2009 remake.[107] He's a juggernaut. He just keeps coming. No matter what you throw at him, he finds a way to come back. We've had 300 rounds thrown at him. No matter what happens, he's always going to be there. Sean S. Cunningham, on the character's invincibility. [100][note 4] Since Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives, the character has become "virtually indestructible". Director Tom McLoughlin considered it foolish to have Jason be just another masked man who kills people on a whim, but who is "beaten and taken down by the heroine in the end". He wanted to make him a "formidable and unstoppable monster".[37] Resurrected from the dead, the villain's weakness was the waters of Crystal Lake, making him helpless if trapped at the bottom of the lake; inspired by vampire lore, the filmmaker decided that Jason had in fact drowned as a child, and that it would be possible to immobilize him by returning him to his resting place.[11

Motivations Several explanations have been presented for the character's motivation to kill. Ken Kirzinger has referred to Jason as a "psychotic mama's boy who went down a horribly wrong path [...] very resilient. You can't kill him, but he feels pain, just not like everybody else does."[112] The actor adds that Jason is a "psycho-savant" and believes his actions are based on pleasing his mother rather than anything personal. [86] O'Hehir stated: "The flowing hormones act, of course, as smelling salts for the prudish Jason, that ever-vigilant enforcer of William Bennett-style values." [105] Inspired by the original narrative that Jason drowned at camp while counselors were having sex, Jason X screenwriter Todd Farmer wrote the scene in which the killer awakens from cryogenic hibernation just as two teenagers are having sex. Farmer liked the idea of ​​showing that Jason's resurrections could be the result of sexual acts. [85] [109] Whatever his motivations, Hodder believes there is a limit to the villain's actions. According to the actor, Jason can violently kill anyone he encounters, but when asked in Jason Takes Manhattan to kick the main character's dog, Hodder refused, stating that while Jason has no qualms about killing humans, he is not so cruel as to harm animals. [113] Another example from Jason Takes Manhattan involves Jason being confronted by a gang of street teenagers, one of whom threatens him with a knife, but Jason chooses not to kill them and instead scares them by lifting his mask and showing his face. Similarly, director Tom McLoughlin did not allow Jason to harm any of the children he encounters in Jason Lives, stating that the killer would be incapable of killing children because they arouse compassion in the character, which stems from his own death as a child. [11]