Happy Bloody Friday The 13th!

Well today is Friday The 13th, which occurs from time to time and reminds us that superstition is alive and well in the 21st century. Friday the 13th is considered bad luck around the world, but I have always been fond of it, especially as a kid watching the Friday The 13th marathons they would play on TV. So in reminiscing, here is a look back on one of the horror icons of this particular date, Jason Voorhees, of Friday The 13th!

Friday The 13th (1980)

A group of eager (and horny) teenagers decide to reopen Camp Crystal Lake, which 20 years earlier was closed after the shocking and mysterious murders of two amorous camp counselors. You can take it from there, as the teens get picked off one by one, during a dark and stormy night.

Friday The 13th Part II (1981)

Jason Voorhees, son of Mrs.Voorhees comes alive to avenge his mother's death (who killed to avenge Jason's death). Jason kills everybody except one girl - & you do get to see his hideous face.

Friday The 13th Part III in 3D (1982)

Yet another batch of hormonally advanced teens go camping, this time to Higgin's Haven, across the lake from Camp Crystal Lake where they start dying one by one. Originally presented in 3-D, which explains the never-ending slew of objects (knives, pitchforks, yo-yos, cats, eyeballs, etc.) that are repeatedly thrust in the viewer's general direction. Jason gets his trademark hockey mask in this third installment.

Friday The 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter (1984)

Thought to be killed by the sole survivor of the last Crystal Lake Massacre, Jason kills all the way back to the lake to once again murder its inhabitants. This time, has Jason met his final match with a little boy named Tommy.

Friday The 13th Part V: The New Beginning (1985)

Tommy, the young boy who finally killed hockey-masked murderer Jason Voorhees in Part V, has grown up and is now spending time in a home for the mentally fragile. Not long after Tommy checks in though, someone starts killing the patients one-by-one. Has Tommy picked up where the legendary serial killer left off or has Jason come back from beyond the grave to kill again?

Friday The 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)
As a child, Tommy Jarvis did what many others died trying to do, he killed Jason Vorhees, the

mass murderer who terrorized the residents of Crystal lake. But now, years later, Tommy is tormented by the fear that maybe Jason isn't really dead. So, Tommy and a friend go to the cemetery to dig up Jason's grave. Unfortunately for Tommy, (and very unfortunately for his friend), instead of finding a rotting corpse, they discover a well rested Jason who comes back from the dead for another bloody rampage.

Friday The 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)

Ever since homicidal maniac Jason Voorhees got trapped in chains at the bottom of Crystal Lake, the nearby summer camp has operated without a hitch... without a murder. But one of this season's happy campers has brought along a deadly secret. Tina Shepherd can see the future and levitate objects. Her doctor knows just how dangerous telekinesis can be, but he's out to exploit her, not help her. And now it's too late. Tina has accidentally unchained Jason from his watery grave--and the bloodbath is underway. Tina's special powers are her only hope for survival. But what chance does a teenage girl have against an ax-wielding maniac?

Friday The 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)

Start spreadin' the news... The Big Apple's in big trouble, as indestructible psycho-fiend Jason Voorhees hits the road to New York City--and paints the town "red." After a shocking return from beyond the grave, the diabolical Jason ships out aboard a teen-filled high school graduation cruise bound for New York, which he soon transforms into the ultimate voyage of the damned. Then one of his terrified victims escapes into the nightmarish maze of Manhattan's subways and sewers, only to confront Jason one final time.

Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday (aka Part IX) 1993

Killer Jason Voorhees is blown to smithereens in the opening sequence, but don't fret kiddies. Jason's evil spirit finds its way into a series of host bodies, thus continuing the carnage at Crystal Lake. Jason confronts a long-lost sister at the lake, while the usual assortment of naked teens are dispatched. This one tries to vary the formula a bit but ends up with a story line every bit as nonsensical as those that came before. The final sequence tries to put Jason away for keeps and calls upon the demons of hell for support (aka Freddy Kreuger).
Freddy vs. Jason (2003)

Four years after being killed by his daughter, Freddy Krueger rests in Hell. He depends on the dreams of those in Springwood to fuel his existence. But when the town covers up his existence in an attempt to make people forget, Freddy is left powerless. In a last ditch effort he springs Jason Voorhees from his own personal Hell and sends him to Elm Street, determined to strike fear in the hearts of Springwood teens. But when Jason won't stop killing Freddy's "children," Krueger decides it's time to take Voorhees out.

Jason X (2004)

Jason is cryogenically suspended along with the comely scientist who warned of his invincibility; by the time a sexy spaceship crew revives them in the year 2455, "Earth 2" has replaced the now-uninhabitable Earth, and Jason continues his reign of terror with his trusty machete. Eventually he battles a sexy android, gets a cybernetic facelift, and meets his fate back at Crystal Lake, where the whole thing started.