How Friday the 13ths Ending Was Inspired By Stephen King

How Friday the 13th’s Ending Was Inspired By Stephen King

Friday the 13th originally had a different ending, and the one that made it to the final cut was inspired by that of the film adaptation of Carrie.

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How Friday the 13ths Ending Was Inspired By Stephen King

Friday the 13th had a shocking ending that marked the first appearance of Jason Voorhees in the franchise, but this wasn’t the ending the writers had planned and was inspired by the cinematic adaptation of Stephen King’s Carrie. The slasher genre went through a great run in the late 1970s and early 1980s thanks to movies like John Carpenter’s Halloween, and in 1980 viewers were introduced to a new horror story in Friday the 13th, directed by Sean S. Cunningham and written by Victor Miller.

Friday the 13th took the audience to Camp Crystal Lake to tell the story of Jason Voorhees, a kid born with hydrocephalus and mental disabilities who was kept isolated by his mother, Pamela Voorhees, who worked at the aforementioned camp. When Pamela took him with her, Jason drowned as no counselors were around, which led to the camp being closed for years and a sinister presence haunting the place. The camp was eventually reopened, but when a new group of counselors arrived, they were brutally killed one by one, bringing the legend of Jason to life, but with a big twist.

Jason’s legend haunted Camp Crystal Lake, but the real killer turned out to be his mother, who revealed her real identity, connection to the place, and motivations to kill towards the end of the movie. Friday the 13th’s final girl was Alice (Adrienne King), who after being chased by Mrs. Voorhees put an end to her killing spree by decapitating her. Alice then got in a canoe and hand paddled out to the middle of the lake, where she fell asleep. As police arrived to rescue her, she woke up and a decomposed Jason jumped out of the lake to attack her – but the scene then cut to Alice waking up screaming at the hospital and asking about Jason, with the police officer telling her there was no boy in the lake.

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This ending with Jason jumping out was not in the original draft, in which Miller had planned to end Friday the 13th with Alice floating on the lake, and Jason’s surprise appearance was suggested by makeup designer and now horror legend Tom Savini. Speaking to NY Daily News back in 2006, Savini shared that the reason for that cliffhanger ending was that he had just seen Brian de Palma’s Carrie, which changed Stephen King’s ending and instead went with Sue laying flowers on the remains of Carrie’s home and Carrie’s arm suddenly reaching out and grabbing her forearm, which is then revealed to be a dream. Savini explained he thought they needed a “‘chair jumper’ like that” and suggested they brought Jason. It’s worth noting, however, that Friday the 13th creator Victor Miller and uncredited screenwriter Ron Kurz have also claimed credit for that unforgettable ending, the latter because he claims to be the one who made Jason into a “creature”, but the Carrie influence is pretty clear.

Jason jumping out of the lake for one final scare in Friday the 13th definitely made the movie more memorable, and whether it was Tom Savini, Victor Miller, or Ron Kurz’s idea to change the ending, truth is that it was a lot better to see a decomposed Jason suddenly appearing and validating the legend of Camp Crystal Lake than just having Alice floating in the canoe, waiting to be rescued.

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