Official Posters for 'Crystal Lake'

Before Jason, there was Pamela

Coming October 15th on Peacock, A24's 'Crystal Lake' will be unleashed into our lives. The series is a prequel to the 1980 film Friday the 13th and stars Linda Cardellini in the leading role of Pamela Voorhees. All 8 episodes will drop at the same time which is music to our ears and we can't wait to binge them. From showrunner Brad Caleb Kane (IT: Welcome to Derry) earlier this week: “I think the biggest conceptual issue was people know what to expect from a Friday the 13th, or at least they know what a Friday the 13th movie should be. Teens go out to a place, they are having sex and doing drugs, and then they are hunted by Mrs. Voorhees or Jason in the subsequent films. But, thankfully, we weren’t making a Friday the 13th movie. They are going to make another Friday the 13th movie, which I’m sure will be Friday the 13th to the max; but this was called Crystal Lake, and we were doing a story about the town and a prequel about Jason’s mom, and it was really fresh snow.” “We could build it however we wanted. And feeling ownership for the franchise as a long‑time fan and a lover of it, truly die‑hard lover, I kind of knew what I wanted to see as a grown‑up Friday the 13th fan, as somebody who these movies opened doors for me and opened my eyes and I was thrilled watching them with thousand‑seaters full of people yelling at the screen. But I also grew up a little bit and became interested in other films and other themes in films, and I wanted to bring all of that cinema love to my love for Friday the 13th.”