The Peacock series Crystal Lake finally uses a discarded storyline from the 1985 film Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives, fleshing out Jason Voorhees' father after 40 years.
01Summary
- 01Crystal Lake introduces Elias Wittering (formerly Elias Voorhees) as the father of Jason Voorhees, a character never before seen on screen.
- 02A scrapped 1985 subplot for Jason Lives would have shown Elias reviving Jason with voodoo or paying a cemetery caretaker.
- 03The novelisation of Jason Lives depicted Elias as an abusive miner from Ohio who detested Jason for his disability.
- 04In Crystal Lake, Elias ran Project Argonaut, subjecting Pamela and Jason to experimental medical treatments and abuse.
- 05The series reveals Elias lied to Pamela about Jason's clinic visits and threatened to take Jason away when she objected.
02Why it matters
This gives long-time Friday the 13th fans new backstory for the franchise's core villain, fundamentally reshaping the family trauma that drives the series.
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