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  2. www.cbr.com › friday-the-13th-jason-voorhees-trueWas Jason Vorhees A Real Person? - CBR

    Apr 14, 2024 · The Friday the 13th franchise has become increasingly fantastical, but its original movies depicting horrors that could happen in real life are the scariest. Many members of the franchise's production team denied that the original Friday the 13th was based on a true story, but a 1960 massacre in Finland shares eerily similar details to the movies.

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  3. screenrant.com › riday-13th-movie-jason-voorheesFriday The 13th: How Jason Voorhees Inspired A Real Serial Killer

    Sep 26, 2020 · The Friday the 13th movies feature a daunting killer, Jason Voorhees, but the fictional character inspired a real life serial killer, Peter Moore. Art imitates tragic real-life circumstances. Screen Rant

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  5. www.looper.com › 164579 › the-entire-friday-the-13thThe Entire Friday The 13th Story Finally Explained - Looper

    Sep 10, 2019 · Friday the 13th is one of the first and few horror film series to feature a bait-and-switch killer, as well as a copycat down the line. It also established many of the current slasher movie tropes ...

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  6. thecinemaholic.com › myth-busted-friday-the-13thMyth Busted: Friday the 13th is Not Inspired by a True Story

    Oct 13, 2023 · No, ‘Friday the 13th’ is not based on a true story. The makers of the film have repeatedly clarified that there’s no real incident on which it found its origin. Nevertheless, the true inspiration for the film has been attributed to the success of John Carpenter’s 1978 slasher film ‘Halloween,’ which sort of established the genre.

  7. ihorror.com › unsolved-lake-massacre-real-lifeIs This Unsolved Lake Massacre the Real-Life Friday the 13th?

    Feb 13, 2015 · According to its creators, the original Friday the 13th wasn’t actually based on actual events, though the similarities to a true horror story from two decades prior are quite chilling…

  8. www.looper.com › 1396832The Untold Truth Of Friday The 13th - Looper

    Sep 20, 2023 · The title "Friday the 13th" would prove so iconic that producer Frank Mancuso Jr., who took over the film series with "Friday the 13th Part 2," would use it for a completely unrelated syndicated ...

  9. screenrant.com › friday-13th-jason-voorheesFriday the 13th: Jason Voorhees' Ever-Changing Origins Explained

    Nov 20, 2019 · By Jack Wilhelmi. Published Nov 20, 2019. Link copied to clipboard. Friday the 13th is a slasher movie that relies on the simplicity of a very basic plot: a masked, machete-wielding madman wreaks bloody vengeance on counselors at the campgrounds where he drowned as a boy.