Plenty of Stephen King‘s novels and short stories have been adapted for the big screen. But the bestselling author has revealed that there is one movie character he would love to see become the protagonist of a book. On Sunday, King wrote on Twitter that he toyed with the idea of writing a tale about Jason Voorhees, the homicidal slasher icon of the Friday the 13th franchise.
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“The best novel idea I never wrote (and probably never will) is I JASON, the first-person narrative of Jason Voohees, and his hellish fate: killed over and over again at Camp Crystal Lake,” tweeted King. “What a hellish, existential fate!”
King creates his personal monsters, so he often stays away from different folks’s franchises. That’s why it’s so stunning to see him tweet an concept for a e book about Jason Voorhees, the hockey masked assassin from the Friday the 13th franchise.
King’s idea was welcomed by several notable horror-loving folk.
“Never cared for Jason, but it is an interesting idea,” wrote author Joe Lansdale.
“Aaaaaaaand… I want this novel RIGHT NOW,” wrote comedian Patton Oswalt. “Let’s do one of those Ace paperback ‘doubles.’ My half will be either LEATHERFACE: HOW TO MAKE AN AMERICAN QUILT or MICHAEL MYERS: BABYSITTERS, CLUBBED.”
The last film in the series to be released was 2009’s Friday the 13th, which starred Jared Padalecki and Derek Mears, who played Jason Voorhees. In recent years, the franchise has become the subject of a legal battle between Victor Miller, who wrote the original 1980 film, and that movie’s producers.
Jason Voorhees within the ‘Friday the 13th’ saga
To perceive what King is proposing, contemplate the 12 movie saga. In Friday the 13th, Pamela Voorhees (Betsy Palmer) murders camp counselors to avenge her son Jason. Jason was a particular wants camper who drowned in Crystal Lake when counselors uncared for him to hook up. The shock ending was Jason popping out of Crystal Lake at the finish of the movie.
Kane Hodder (Jason Voorhees of “Friday the 13th” series) (Photo by Albert L. Ortega/WireImage)
For 10 extra sequels and a remake, Jason turned the killer of Camp Crystal lake, avenging himself. It appeared like each summertime, somebody thought it was protected to reopen the camp, and a brand new crop of counselors had intercourse and Jason killed them. A closing woman would defeat him every time, or a boy within the case 4 and 6.
The possibilities for that story are endless and beyond exciting for Stephen King fans and Friday the 13th fans a like. Getting inside Jason’s head would be an entirely fresh take on anything we have seen from the series.
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