While the Friday the 13th movies are infamous for always bringing back their masked villain, Jason Voorhees hasn’t died as many times as viewers might think. One of the most enduringly popular tropes in slasher movies, pioneered by franchises like Halloween and Friday the 13th, is the killer villain who is not quite dead. Although the masked murderer might have been shot repeatedly, stabbed, and, in some cases, even disfigured, unless they’ve been decapitated, a slasher villain always seems to reappear right at the end of the movie to prove that they are still alive and available to appear in a sequel. 4j3u5m

The Friday the 13th franchise set three movies during the same very bloody week, with Jason Voorhees killing as many as 36 victims in one seven-day period. It's long been established that the Friday the 13th movies' timeline doesn't make sense. The 1980 original reveals that Pamela Voorhees is killing camp counselors to avenge her son, who drowned at Camp Crystal Lake years earlier. Yet most of the subsequent sequels depict Jason — who should be dead — avenging her death by killing even more counselors.

While the Friday the 13th franchise includes some of the most famous and beloved slasher movies ever made, the series' overarching story of the series doesn’t make sense upon re-watch. The Friday the 13th movies are not famous for their ingenious plotting. Like the Halloween movies, Friday the 13th and its sequels are renowned for their effectiveness as quintessentially '80s slashers that set up a sub-genre formula that has been endlessly copied, subverted, and parodied in the decades since their release.

It's no secret that Friday the 13th took inspiration from early slasher horror movies like Halloween, but it copied most of its elements from one 1970s Italian horror movie. Friday the 13th's screenwriter, Victor Miller, has plainly said that he saw Halloween and wanted to make a similar movie in a new location while also being inspired by teen sex comedies that were popular at the time. The original Friday the 13th, released in 1980, was so successful that it spawned 11 sequels, including a crossover movie with Freddy Krueger.

With recent hits like X and Fear Street: 1978, it looks like slashers are in vogue again. That's getting fans nostalgic for arguably the most iconic slasher franchise ever, Friday the 13th. But while many fans are discussing their favorite kills or weapons from the Friday movies, others are discussing which of Jason's victims didn't deserve their fate.

How many people has Jason Voorhees killed with his trusty machete in the Friday The 13th franchise? Every good horror movie villain needs a signature weapon to exact their murderous ends. Nightmare On Elm Street’s Freddy Krueger, for example, has his famous bladed glove while Halloween killer Michael Myers - who Jason fought in a fan short - relies on a simple yet effective chef’s knife. Leatherface from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre obviously has his chainsaw and Candyman’s titular villain has both a prosthetic hook and a swarm of bees. The signature weapon of Friday The 13th villain Jason Voorhees, meanwhile, is a machete.

Jason Voorhees has become one of the most popular villains in the horror genre thanks to his role in the Friday the 13th franchise, but he wasn’t supposed to be the villain in it. The horror genre has been home to some of the most extensive and popular franchises in the entertainment world, and among those is Friday the 13th, and it all began in 1980 with the movie of the same name directed by Sean S. Cunningham and written by Victor Miller.

The Friday The 13th franchise has made it clear that being a Crystal Lake camp counselor is a poor career choice, but how many have actually survived Jason Voorhees' many massacres? The original Friday The 13th featured Crystal Lake camp counselor Alice (Adrienne King) as the final girl, who was forced to kill Pamela Voorhees in self-defense. Poor Pamela was driven to madness after the tragic drowning of her son Jason, and she blamed Crystal Lake's camp counselors for this. When the camp was due to reopen, she took murderous steps to make sure it stayed shut.

Halloween: H20 famously put the storied Halloween movie franchise back on track, and its success is due to one of horror's great unsung directors: Steve Miner. While Miner's name might not be as recognizable or legendary as horror directors like John Carpenter, George A. Romero, or Wes Craven, his output in the genre is more than deserving of praise. When it comes to genre clout, Miner has far more on his resume than just the seventh Halloween film. His name is attached to some of the most beloved cult horrors of all time, cementing his status as something of an underappreciated figure in the genre.

Jason Voorhees may not seem like the most versatile slasher in horror cinema, but the character has actually taken on many forms over the course ofFriday the 13th. Released in 1980, Friday the 13th was a Giallo-style whodunit that saw a stream of interchangeable teens killed off by an unseen killer as they revamped an abandoned summer camp. Cheap, fast-paced, and featuring a deliriously silly killer reveal, the movie was intended to be a quick cash-in on the huge success of John Carpenter’s Halloween.