Brad Caleb Kane said a snake scene in Peacock’s Crystal Lake is a direct nod to the real animal killed during filming of Friday the 13th in 1980. He said no animals were harmed in the new series.
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01Summary
- 01Brad Caleb Kane said the snake Pamela Voorhees frees in Crystal Lake is “a direct nod” to the snake killed in the original Friday the 13th.
- 02The original 1980 film showed Alice, played by Adrienne King, finding a bull snake in her cabin before Bill, played by Harry Crosby, killed it with a machete.
- 03Cast and crew later said the snake’s handler did not know the film’s intention and was left “inconsolable”.
- 04Crystal Lake stars Linda Cardellini as Pam Voorhees and streams on Peacock from Friday.
- 05Kane said, “No animals were harmed in the making of Crystal Lake.”
02Why it matters
The series is deliberately referencing one of the most notorious on-set animal killings from the original Friday the 13th. For viewers, it links the new prequel directly to the franchise’s history while highlighting that no animals were harmed this time.
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