ken kirzinger played the original jason on friday the 13th.
ken kirzinger played the original jason on friday the 13th.
who played the original jason on friday the 13th?
ken kirzinger
in the original "friday the 13th" (1980), mrs. pamela voorhees (betsy palmer) stalks and murders the teenagers preparing camp crystal lake for re‑opening. she is determined to ensure the camp does not reopen, after her son jason (ari lehman) drowned in the lake, due to the negligence of two staff members. the last counselor, alice hardy (adrienne king), fends off mrs. voorhees long enough to grab a machete and decapitate her. in "friday the 13th part 2" (1981), jason (steve daskewisz/warrington gillette) is revealed to be alive and fully grown. after killing alice hardy, jason returns to crystal lake to guard it from all intruders. five years later, a group of teenagers arrive at crystal lake to set up a new camp, but jason murders them. ginny field (amy steel), the last counselor jason attempts to kill, finds a cabin in the woods with a shrine built around the severed head of mrs. voorhees. ginny fights back and slams a machete through jason's shoulder. jason is left for dead as ginny is taken away in an ambulance. during the events of "friday the 13th part iii" (1982), jason (richard brooker) removes the machete from his shoulder and finds his way to chris higgins' (dana kimmell) local homestead. chris returns to her property with some friends, and jason kills anyone who wanders into the barn where he is hiding. taking a hockey mask from a victim to hide his face, jason leaves the barn to kill the rest of the group. chris seemingly kills jason with an axe to his head, but the night's events drive her into hysteria as the police take her away.
friday the 13th (franchise)
on may 13, 2005, new line first exercised their rights to use the "friday the 13th" moniker when they, along with avatar comics, released a special issue of "friday the 13th". written by brian pulido and illustrated by mike wolfer and greg waller, the story takes place after the events of "freddy vs. jason", where siblings miles and laura upland inherit camp crystal lake. knowing that jason caused the recent destruction, laura, unknown to her brother, sets out to kill jason with a paramilitary group so that she and her brother can sell the property. the issue pre‑sold more than 17,500 copies. avatar released a three-issue miniseries titled "friday the 13th: bloodbath" in september 2005. the series was written by brian pulido, illustrated by mike wolfer and andrew dalhouse, and revolves around a group of teenagers who come to camp tomorrow, a camp that sits on crystal lake, for work and a "party-filled weekend". the teenagers begin to discover that they share common family backgrounds and soon awaken jason, who proceeds to kill them. brian pulido returned for a third time in october 2005 to write another special issue for avatar, titled "jason x". picking up after the events of the "jason x" film, jason is now on earth 2 where a bioengineer, kristen, attempts to subdue him in hopes that she can use his regenerative tissue to save her own life and the lives of those she loves. in february 2006, avatar published their final "friday the 13th" comic, a two-issue miniseries titled "friday the 13th: jason vs. jason x". the series was written and illustrated by mike wolfer. the story takes place after the events of the film "jason x", where a salvage team discovers the spaceship grendel and awakens a regenerated jason voorhees. the "original" jason and über-jason, a version of jason with mechanical limbs, are drawn into a battle to the death. in june 2006, a one-shot comic titled "friday the 13th: fearbook" was released, written by mike wolfer with art by sebastian fiumara. in the comic, jason is captured and experimented upon by the trent organization. jason escapes and seeks out violet, the survivor of "friday the 13th: bloodbath", whom the trent organization is holding in their crystal lake headquarters.
friday the 13th (franchise)