What’s up, y’all? It has been a long time since we last spoke but not as long since our favorite winter sports enthusiast and revenge slasher crashed through a door. Big Jason Vorhees will be back this October on Peacock after a mere 17 year, 8 month hiatus. Are you ready to return to Crystal Lake? Yeah, I’m not so sure I want to go back to camp either.

Full transparency I have never gone to camp in my life. My family didn’t have money for that shit.

Bloody Disgusting informed me a week ago and I’m not certain the Friday The 13th Franchise needs a prequel. Oh, by the way where do you get your horror themed news updates? Does our boy Jay really need an origin story? I like Linda Cardinelli and whatever Velma fetish she may or may not entertain, but still is this necessary? She is cool, nothing against her, but do we care enough about Pam and her struggles. The answer tips toward no. That is not to say it can’t possibly be good, it just probably won’t be but I’m not rooting against it and come October I’ll watch the first episode. We’ll take it from there.

It would be cool if it had the feel of Jason Lives. Part 2 is the best film in the series but 6 is near and dear to my staked heart. Tom Mcloughin brought the Mary Shelley vibes and some stellar production for his installment. It is not without flaws and there are some goofy shit that should have hit the cutting floor but overall it’s a film I love and revisit yearly. Jason Lives was on television seemingly every day when I was a child and to this day I fantasize about folding assholes in half like Jay did to Sheriff Garris. Ahem, Mick. Jason went full on supernatural-zombie mode in part 6 and I was all for it. The look was perfected.

All I’m saying is if they are looking to the previous films for reference, Jason Lives would be a great template. We’ll see come October.

I can’t pass a lake and not picture a masked dude chained to a rock at the bottom of it.