How did Jason drown?

In 1957, Jason accompanies his mother, Pamela, to the camp where she works as a cook. The deformed, mentally disabled young boy is picked on by the other campers and tossed into the lake. Because he is not a strong swimmer, Jason drowns.
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How did Jason Voorhees survive drowning?

It was implied in some of the early sequels that Jason was only thought to have drowned. In reality, he survived, and lived in the woods until adulthood, when he witnessed the killing of his mother. Jason only became the immortal zombie that he's known as in part 6, when he was brought back to life by lightning.
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How is Jason still alive if he drowned?

His mother thought he drowned in Crystal Lake at age 11. Jason survived and became a hermit, living in the woods and feeding off plants, bugs and animals. (Some claim he did drown but came back to life to avenge his mother's death).
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How old was Jason When drowned?

At age 11, he seemingly drowned in Crystal Lake, but survived and killed people who trespassed at Crystal Lake though he killed Alice Hardy in revenge after witnessing said camp counselor kill his mother, Pamela Voorhees, who had previously killed several camp counselors.
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Did Jason Voorhees drown in a lake?

Description. Camp Crystal Lake was a Summer camp in New Jersey. One day in on September 13, 1957, 11 year old Jason Voorhees drowned in the Crystal Lake.
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Why is Jason immortal?

Jason Vorhees isn't your run-of-the-mill biblical demon

In the movie, Jason's demonic soul keeps passing from person to person via a grotesque "hell baby" who takes over and destroys his host's body. The hosts don't last long because Jason needs to possess someone from his bloodline to once again become immortal.
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Who can beat Jason Voorhees?

Pinhead from Hellraiser

Physically imposing and hideously evil, Pinhead would utilize every evil trick in the book, ripping into Jason with chains, siccing his fellow cenobites on him, and just tearing Jason Voorhees a new one before dragging him into his realm.
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Was Jason alive the whole time?

Part II is the first time it's revealed that Jason is in fact still alive. He's now a fully grown adult man living in a shack in the middle of the woods, yet the sequel doesn't go into detail about this sudden reversal.
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Why is Jason deformed?

Jason Voorhees' story starts with his deformed face. Voorhees has these severe deformities due to the fact that he was born with hydrocephalus and an abnormally large head, which, as you can imagine, was the bane of his existence growing up. And eventually, he was bullied, thrown in the lake and drowned.
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How many times Jason Voorhees died?

A prolific serial killer, Jason Voorhees has killed well over 200 people, (some of which are completely off screen) over the years.
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Was Jason's mom the killer?

Pamela Voorhees was a vengeful psychotic serial killer mother. her son is known as Jason Voorhees.
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Is Jason Based on a true story?

Is Friday the 13th and Jason Voorhees Based on a True Story? Friday the 13th creators denied taking inspiration from real-life events; however, a Finland massacre bears an eerie resemblance to the franchise.
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Did Mrs Voorhees know Jason was alive?

The theory that Mrs. Voorhees knew that Jason was alive all along posits that Jason nearly drowned at the lake, but she found his near-lifeless body. She hid him away in the woods and vowed to never let the camp reopen. The lack of oxygen caused severe brain damage, affecting his speech and explaining why Mrs.
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Why is Jason so strong?

10 Jason is Immortal and Has Powers of Regeneration

Thanks to his immortality, Jason is also able to stay a young and strong man forever. Throughout the series, he doesn't age and his abilities never falter. This is partly due to his powers of regeneration.
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Why does Jason wear a mask?

Jason was born with hydrocephalus and mental disabilities, and in order to hide his deformed face, he covered it all the time before adopting the hockey mask he's well-known for now.
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Can Jason Voorhees talk?

Jason Voorhees can talk. He talks two times throughout this entire horror screen career, but nonetheless, he talks. The first time, he was shouting in desperation. In the original movie, when he is seen drowning, he shouts for help and no one comes to his aid.
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What is the Jason sound saying?

Per Manfredini, he simply shortened the phrasing to "ki" and "ma," recording the sounds in his own voice (with the help of a vocal manipulator) as "ki ki ki, ma ma ma," and dropped them into the film's original score whenever the point of view changed to that of the killer.
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What does ki ki ki ma ma ma mean?

Friday the 13th: The Game

Composer Harry Manfredini has said the famous "Chi, chi, chi; ha, ha, ha" in the film's score is actually "Ki, k,i ki; ma, ma, ma." It is meant to resemble Jason's voice saying "Kill, kill, kill; mom, mom, mom."
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How did Jason get his powers?

At the climax of the story, Jason battles his nemesis Tommy Jarvis and his great-niece Stephanie Kimble; Stephanie impales him before Tommy decapitates him with a shard of glass. Jason's soul is then absorbed by Freddy, who uses it to increase his own power.
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Is there a real Camp Crystal Lake?

Yes, Camp Crystal Lake—chillingly and informally referred to as “Camp Blood” in director Sean S. Cunningham's Friday the 13th—is a real-life place you can tour, along with several other filming spots in the surrounding area of Warren County, New Jersey, not far from the Pennsylvania border.
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Why does Jason keep coming back?

Tommy made the mistake of leaving the post embedded in Jason's chest on a stormy night. A lightning bolt struck the metal pole and resurrected Jason once more. Though the movies show Jason “surviving” his drowning, perhaps he did die.
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What is Jason Voorhees afraid of?

During the fight, Freddy discovered Jason's subconscious fear of drowning and exploited it by returning him to the moment he drowned as a child.
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Can Jason beat Michael Myers?

Both serial killers are extremely strong and durable, capable of taking umpteen amounts of punishment. But while Myers is still a freak of nature, Jason can easily win this fight. Jason is physically stronger than Myers and can take more damage.
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Who won Freddy vs Jason?

Jason kills over 14 people in the first 45 minutes of the movie. This was the final film from either the Nightmare or Friday franchises that followed the original plot before the reboot films. Although the ending to the movie is ambiguous, director Ronny Yu insists that he felt it was clear that Jason was the victor.
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