On this day in Horror History, Jason Voorhees was born to Elias and Pamela Voorhees. Heavily deformed and suffering from Hydrocephalus, Jason would die in the summer of 1957 from a drowning incident at Camp Crystal Lake. After exacting revenge in the wake of her son’s death, Jason’s mother Pamela would also pass away and thus would begin Jason’s incomparable killing spree stretching far beyond the 148 murders committed on screen. Present in 20 Novels, 15 comics, and a popular NES Game, the account of Jason’s heinous murders raised the body count well beyond 300 victims after his return from the dead in 1984.
"There's a legend around here. A killer buried, but not dead. A curse on Crystal Lake, a death curse. Jason Voorhees' curse. They say he died as a boy, but he keeps coming back. Few have seen him and lived. Some have even tried to stop him... No one can. People forget he's down there, waiting." –Narrator, Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)
Jason Voorhees' iconic potato sack mask was inspired by "The Phantom Killer" for the 1976 classic "The Town That Dreaded Sundown"
