Is Friday 13th based on a true story?

"Friday The 13th" is the story of a group of teenagers who are stalked and murdered while trying to reopen a summer camp at Crystal Lake. But the shocking truth is that the film is based on the real life murders of three teenagers at Lake Bodom, Finland.
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Was Jason Based on 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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Is Friday based on a true story?

According to Ice Cube, a majority of the film is autobiographical, with much of it being based on events that occurred in his neighborhood growing up.
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What the story behind Jason from Friday the 13th?

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). He grew to be a large, deformed and uneducated man who never said a word.
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Is Friday the 13th Jason real?

You can relax! Jason Voorhees is not a real person, the fictional character was created by Victor Miller the writer responsible for 1980's Friday the 13th. While the character might have had some real-life inspiration there was no one individual responsible for the character or his distinct appearance in mannerisms.
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The Truth About Friday The 13th



Does Jason exist?

Although Jason is supposed to be a fictitious character, there are striking similarities in the film to a series of grisly murders in Finland in the summer of 1960. Three teens were stabbed to death while camping at Lake Bodom.
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Was there a real Michael Myers?

No, Michael Myers isn't real and there was never a serial killing that the character or Halloween movies were based on. Michael Myers was inspired by a young boy that John Carpenter met during a college trip.
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Is Jason still alive?

In Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986), Tommy (Thom Mathews), who has run away from a mental institution, visits Jason's grave and learns that Jason's body was never actually cremated, but buried in a cemetery near Crystal Lake.
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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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Did Jason 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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Does Crystal Lake really exist?

The truth is, there is no “real” Camp Crystal Lake, however, there is a filming location in the woods. And the filming location for the real Camp Crystal Lake, is an ACTUAL camp! The real location for the Friday the 13th movies is Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco. Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco is actually owned by the Boy Scouts of America.
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Is Halloween based on a true story?

— Loomis' description of a young Michael was inspired by John Carpenter's experience with a real-life mental patient. 'Michael Myers' was the real-life name of the head of the now dissolved British company Miracle Films.
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How common is Friday the 13th?

On average, there is a Friday the 13th once every 212.35 days. Friday the 13ths occurs with an average frequency of 1.7218 per year or about 3477 since the year 1 CE.
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Is Jason the killer still alive?

The comics (and novelization) that continued the story revealed that Jason survived atmospheric re-entry, and is still alive, on Earth 2, more unkillable than ever. Jason also appeared in the comic series, Freddy vs.
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Is Jeepers Creepers real?

Dennis DePue was a real-life killer that inspired the horror movie Jeepers Creepers! Plenty of horror movies have been inspired by actual events over the years, from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre to Child's Play.
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Who is the real killer in Friday the 13th?

The killer: Pamela Sue Voorhees, whose 11-year-old son, Jason, allegedly drowned while swimming at the camp in 1957. Voorhees faults two counselors, who she believes were making love instead of supervising children who were swimming in the lake.
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Why is Jason's face 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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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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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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What does Jason look like?

In appearance, Jason looks like very redneck or hillbilly, with hazel eyes, yellowish deformed teeth, long reddish-brown hair, a rustic beard and several bloated skull deformities on the right side of his face.
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Is Michael Myers still alive?

The only death Michael received was in 1981's Halloween II (which celebrated its 40th-anniversary last year) when he supposedly burned to death. Even then, the death was taken back seven years later, and ever since he's never truly died.
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What horror movie was based on a true story?

"The Exorcist" (1973)

Often referred to as the scariest horror movie in history, “The Exorcist” is based on a true story.
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Is Michael Myers immortal?

It appears that Michael Myers isn't immortal or supernatural. He's simply perceived that way by the townspeople due to his incredible resilience. While this might not fit in with the grounded take David Gordon Green hinted at with the 2018 film, it is an interesting way to view the character.
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