FRIDAY THE 13TH Producer Says New Film Is Not An Origin Story
Along with the recent news that the upcoming remake of Friday The 13th will include Jason Voorhees' dad Elias, iHorror is saying Jason's mother Pamela Voorhees will be present in the story as well. This may be confusing for some, since many know that Pamela was driven to madness due to the death of her son...so is this an origin story? It would appear the remake is not, in fact, an origin story, and is going to take things in an alternate direction. Producer Brad Fuller explains:
It’s more of an alternate world that we’re creating for Jason – an alternate space, alternate reality – in this film. Yes, Pamela and Jason are together in this film, but this is the same Jason we all know and love. He’s Jason; he kills – he kills teenagers. We went down the origin route with the second Texas Chainsaw Massacre film, and I think when you go to deep into a character’s origin, the character stops being scary at some point. I’m not worried about demystifying Jason by revealing parts of his back story, which most of the fans are familiar with.
Well, now I'm a bit confused at what we will see. Maybe we see a world where he reveals he's alive prior to her going on a rampage? Who knows!
What I do know is that this series is in desperate need of a remake, so I'm not at all opposed to it. What's the scenario you would most like to see?