Is "Jason Voorhees" REALLY Jason Voorhees?

[Leo656]

Well, keep in mind that "whoever" was the Hockey Mask Killer, be it Jason Voorhees or some random hillbilly psycho, that guy was hacked to death by Tommy Jarvis at some point in the mid-80s, as presented in "Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter". So that guy definitively died.

BUT, then he - or SOMEONE... as the article I posted points out, there's some chance that the body in the grave marked "Jason Voorhees" that Tommy digs up in Part VI might be someone else entirely; "Voorhees" is a very common name, especially in NJ, and there is a "Jason Voorhees" seemingly buried in almost every cemetery you walk into around here... but anyway - whoever was in that grave got reanimated after being hit by lightning. In turn, the "Jason" that's been around since Part VI is literally a zombie, so I'm pretty sure he's immune to the aging process.

...Although, as we've seen whenever later films unmasked him, NOT the decomposition process. Gross!

I've only seen the Rob Zombie Halloween movies, and the original one like once, a long time ago, so I can't speak much to that whole thing.

[oldmanwinters]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Well, keep in mind that "whoever" was the Hockey Mask Killer, be it Jason Voorhees or some random hillbilly psycho, that guy was hacked to death by Tommy Jarvis at some point in the mid-80s, as presented in "Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter". So that guy definitively died.

BUT, then he - or SOMEONE... as the article I posted points out, there's some chance that the body in the grave marked "Jason Voorhees" that Tommy digs up in Part VI might be someone else entirely; "Voorhees" is a very common name, especially in NJ, and there is a "Jason Voorhees" seemingly buried in almost every cemetery you walk into around here... but anyway - whoever was in that grave got reanimated after being hit by lightning. In turn, the "Jason" that's been around since Part VI is literally a zombie, so I'm pretty sure he's immune to the aging process.

...Although, as we've seen whenever later films unmasked him, NOT the decomposition process. Gross!

I've only seen the Rob Zombie Halloween movies, and the original one like once, a long time ago, so I can't speak much to that whole thing.

You know, I kinda prefer the notion that Tommy becomes the next Jason after the events of parts 4 and 5. It seemed that's the way the series was clearly meant to go if sequels continued, yet all of that groundwork was completely retconned away in part 6.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by oldmanwinters

You know, I kinda prefer the notion that Tommy becomes the next Jason after the events of parts 4 and 5. It seemed that's the way the series was clearly meant to go if sequels continued, yet all of that groundwork was completely retconned away in part 6.

As much as that would've made sense... nobody really wanted to see that.

[oldmanwinters]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

As much as that would've made sense... nobody really wanted to see that.

I'd say "the series really started to go downhill with Part 5," but... how much of a peak did it ever really have, aside from perhaps the original?

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by oldmanwinters

I'd say "the series really started to go downhill with Part 5," but... how much of a peak did it ever really have, aside from perhaps the original?

Personally, 6 and 7 were what got me into the franchise to begin with... so I got there just in time to see the big decline in quality.