A24’s Friday the 13th prequel series Crystal Lake gets a major filming update from creator Brad Caleb Kane. Events taking place before the original 1980 movie’s camp counselor massacre will get a deep dive with a new streaming series from Peacock, starring Linda Cardellini as masked killer Jason Voorhees’ equally homicidal mother Pamela. TheFriday the 13th-inspired Crystal Lake is expected to cover Pamela’s own days as a counselor at the movie series' infamous summer camp, revealing dark secrets about the isolated locale. 261u3r

Kevin Bacon its he finds it “disconcerting” when horror fans ask him to autograph pictures of one of his most famous movie deaths. With over 80 films to his name, the star of Prime Video’s current streaming series The Bondsman has tackled just about every genre imaginable. Bacon’s horror movie footprint happens to be particularly large, however, as the actor has starred in several memorable fright flicks over the years.

Now that the role of Pamela Voorhees has been cast, I’m back to being genuinely excited about the Friday the 13th prequel show. A TV series set before the Friday the 13th movies, tentatively titled Crystal Lake, was first announced way back in 2022. At the time, original franchise creator Victor Miller was confirmed to be involved and Hannibal’s Bryan Fuller was on board as a writer and executive producer, so there were a few reasons to be hopeful about the show.

Peacock and A24's Friday the 13th prequel series, Crystal Lake, has officially cast its leading star. The prequel is set to explore the origins of the location that will later be home to the hockey mask-wearing killer Jason Voorhees from the iconic 1980s horror franchise, which spawned over ten slasher films before going comatose in 2009. Crystal Lake has been stuck in development hell since the studio ordered the series in 2022, but with Brad Caleb Kane (It: Welcome To Derry) now attached to the project as the new showrunner, the Friday the 13th prequel has picked up its momentum.

The cinematic future of the Friday the 13th franchise is somewhat murky, but a director who is the perfect choice to breathe new life into Jason Voorhees seems to be interested. As it stands, a prequel series titled Crystal Lake starring Linda Cardellini is due out in late 2025 from A24 Television, but there hasn't been a Friday the 13th movie in more than 15 years, with nothing imminent. Hesitation to fund a new movie appears to be consistent across the major studios, as the Friday the 13th movies are notorious for producing horrible reviews and disappointing box office results.

It's still unknown if another Friday the 13th movie will happen, but if it does, it must include certain horror elements the franchise is known for.

Hollywood has given fans plenty of fantastic horror franchises but not as many crossovers as we'd like.

Based on the teases in the third Terrifier movie, Terrifier 4 seems like it could be the most exciting entry in the franchise yet. However, Terrifier 4 will have to avoid a mistake that a Friday the 13th sequel made. Damian Leone's Terrifier 3 was the most intense Terrifier movie yet. It followed both Art the Clown and Vicky, both fully possessed by demons, with the former dres as Santa Claus to go on his most vicious killing spree yet.

A forgotten Friday the 13th crossover makes sense out of the Jason's slasher-style killing spree. It's easy to look at Jason Voorhees' ever-changing origin story and boil his killing motivations down to his mother. Some will go a step further and argue that Jason's story is about protecting children, but the bottom line is that Jason's murder spree makes deeper narrative sense than it's usually given credit for.

In an epic horror franchise comic book crossover, the father of Jason Voorhees managed to make his Friday the 13th debut without anyone noticing. One longstanding question on every Friday the 13th fan's mind has been this: what happened to Jason's father? Jason's mother, Pamela, has a domineering presence throughout the franchise, even after she dies, yet his father barely gets mentioned.