About Friday The 13th – One of the most celebrated horror franchises to ever grace cinematic screens is the Friday the 13thfranchise. No one in 1980 could have ever imagined the sheer impact that the year’s first Friday film would stir in moviegoers, nor that this one film would produce a phenomenon of a franchise featuring an undead zombie named, Jason Voorhees, as the series’ figurehead.
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Yet, that’s exactly what happened, and here we are over 35 years after the original film’s release still celebrating the franchise. For a film about a killer on the loose on a camp, the franchise has had a surprising amount of longevity that continues to withstand the test of time to this day. Both the franchise and Jason himself have become staples of mainstream pop culture and have continuously made successful transitions into several different forms of media, such as video games, comic books, and even some tv shows.
With recent studio talks in place regarding The CW adapting a television series based on the franchise,Friday the 13th seems to be as relevant now as it’s ever been. Considering how we’re quickly approaching the Halloween season, we should all expect to see at least a few hockey masks on our block on October 31st.
To get us all into that Halloween spirit and all the more ready to see those hockey mask wearing machete-wielding costumes, we should take a look at 12 moments from the horror franchise that’s harder to kill off than Jason Voorhees himself.
12. Friday The 13th (1980) – Almost Starred Sally Field
By the time Friday the 13th was released in 1980, Sally Field was riding a wave of momentum created by her roles in the Sybil mini-series, starring alongside Burt Reynolds in Smokey and the Bandit, and her Oscar-winning turn in Norma Rae.
It’s understandable why the studio wanted Field to play the lead role of Alice that would eventually go to Adrienne King. It is also understandable as to why Field turned down the part. Field was slowly rising to the top of Hollywood’s upper echelon thanks to her Oscar bait type roles. She likely did not want to tamper with her growing reputation by participating in a cheesy horror movie.
As fascinating as it is to think of an alternate reality where Academy Award-winning Sally Field was the first final girl of the Friday series, it all worked out in the end. Again, the part went to Adrienne King and the role ended up being a defining moment in her career.
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