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Sep 27, 2019 · Genre fans have probably seen Derek Mears even if they don't recognize his face, which was notably hidden behind a hockey mask when he played Jason Voorhees in the 2009's Friday the 13th.
Oct 11, 2017 · An image of the iconic mask worn by machete-wielding Jason Vorhees served as the teaser poster for the 2009 reboot of the "Friday the 13th" franchise, starring Bakersfield actor Derek Mears.
Feb 12, 2009 · LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Actor Derek Mears has a big hockey mask to fill. Derek Mears arrives on the red carpet at the Hollywood premiere of the new "Friday the 13th" movie. Mears...
Apr 1, 2024 · From Derek Mears’ point of view, the iconic 1970s-style mask is synonymous with Jason Voorhees – the terrifying, serial-killing star of the Friday the 13th movie franchise – not hockey. That...
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- Friday The 13th
- Friday The 13th Part 2
- Friday The 13th Part III
- Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter
- Friday The 13th: A New Beginning
- Jason Lives: Friday The 13th Part Vi
- Friday The 13th Part VII: The New Blood
- Friday The 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
- Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
- Jason X
This was the movie that started it all. It was at the end of Friday the 13th that Jason jumped out of the water behind the unsuspecting Alice and he pulled her down. Of course, it is unclear as to whether this scene was a dream or whether Jason was a zombie at this point, and fans still disagree about it even now. Either way, it still has a place o...
The first sequel shows a truly contrasting version of Jason from the glimpse we get in the first movie. This time he is portrayed as disabled hillbilly, scared and setting traps for his prey (teenagers) and we see him with a full head of hair and beard. The look certainly matches the persona that this movie gave the character. The scene in which we...
Part III saw the return of hillbilly Jason, but different. Continuing his murders, this is the movie in which we also learn through a flashback that the killer is a rapist, or at the very least attempted it. This look is definitely the most plain incarnation of the character, who was played by Richard Brooker. Although there isn’t much to say about...
Ted White played this version of Jason in, what turned out to be, not at all the final chapter. Tom Savini is the familiar name behind the special effects prosthetics, though he brought a completely unfamiliar look to the character. This version is certainly worlds away from the young version he created for the original movie. This, for me, was the...
So, the unmasking in this movie doesn’t reveal a new face for Jason, it reveals that the man behind the mask wasn’t actually Jason to begin with. We find out that Roy, played by Dick Wieand, was the killer in the fifth installment of the franchise. This could probably have been left off of the list given that it doesn’t have anything to do with wha...
This movie doesn’t include an unmasking that is typical to the franchise, as we are shown Jason’s corpse at the beginning. The decaying body of the killer is essentially just a skeleton covered in worms and other gross stuff. Of course, it doesn’t stay that way. A bolt of lightening revives the killer so he can do what he does best. This version wa...
This was arguably the most effective reveal of Jason’s face, paired with one of the best versions of it. The female lead uses her mind powers to tighten his mask to the point where it splits in half. This was the death of the original mask, but underneath it revealed a brilliant version of the killer, worthy of the dramatic reveal. This look includ...
Kane Hodder’s Jason Voorhees is undoubtedly the most hilarious version. Jason’s mask is removed due to a face full of toxic waste, which reveals a melty, blue, mess underneath. Although I understand the thought process behind it, I think it could have been done better. It certainly couldn’t have been done any worse.
Jason Goes To Hell doesn’t involve any sort of reveal at all, but we do learn that the killer is actually a supernatural entity called a ‘hellbaby.’ Kane Hodder returned to the role.
In Kane Hodder’s final portrayal of the character, we see his face at the beginning of the movie as he appears more like a gooey version of his former, hillbilly self. Of course, this doesn’t last long. After being revived he gets transformed into a robot version of himself, Über-Jason. What else would you expect from a Jason that has been awakened...
May 7, 2020 · While understanding how strange it is to say that portraying a vengeful, murderous man-child—one wrapped in prosthetics, disguised by a hockey mask, armed with a machete—is his destiny, Hodder...
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Mears isn’t a household name, his mug often caked in prosthetics, but the characters he’s essayed are instantly recognisable: the intergalactic headhunter in Predators, a cannibal mutant in The Hills Have Eyes, the ice-hockey mask-wearing Jason Voorhees in Friday the 13th, just to name a few.
