History Franchise / FridayThe13th

* ''Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th'' (2013) -- ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. Very similar to ''Never Sleep Again'', this definitive documentary gives in-depth information on every movie in the franchise (reboot included) and the TV series and touches upon nearly everything Jason-related. It lasts [[UpToEleven six and half hours]], is narrated by Corey Feldman, and interviews as many cast and crew members involved in all of the films as they were possibly able to get in contact with.

* {{Meganekko}}: An FBI agent in ''Hate-Kill-Repeat'' mentions that his new partner suddenly goes from hot to absolutely adorable when she briefly puts on a pair of reading glasses.

But [[FollowTheLeader following the success]] of 2018's ''Film/{{Halloween|2018}}'', [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/friday-13th-reboot-works-lebron-james-vertigo-entertainment-1154236?utm_source=twitter it was reported]] that the long-awaited [[MilestoneCelebration thirteenth]] installment of the franchise was in development at UsefulNotes/LeBronJames' production company, [=SpringHill=] Entertainment. Because of murky rights issues within the franchise, however (Victor Miller, who wrote the original 1980 film, regained ownership of his script as recently as September 2018, but ''not'' the Jason character, who developed into his current state over successive installments), it's not a guaranteed thing... yet. A later complication came in September 2021, when Miller [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/friday-the-13th-copyright-termination-appeal-1235023236/ won an appeal to reclaim the domestic rights to the franchise]], but with Cunningham retaining the foreign rights of the original and intellectual property from its sequels (most notably, Jason in his most recognizable form), it's uncertain what it could mean for the franchise's future

The franchise also slapped its name onto a horror anthology series -- ''Series/FridayThe13thTheSeries'' -- which had very little to do with the films, and a [[http://fridaythe13th.wikia.com/wiki/Portal:_Novels series of horror novels.]]

* FilkSong: ''He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask)'' by ''Music/AliceCooper.''

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In the first movie, Jason [[spoiler:is not the killer, his mother is]]. He is also seen as a young boy. Jason only appears at the end, when he pulls Alice into the lake. He also doesn't don his iconic hockey mask in ''Part II'', instead covering his face with a white burlap sack with one eye hole in it. He eventually dons the hockey mask in ''Part III''.

But [[FollowTheLeader following the success]] of 2018's ''Film/{{Halloween|2018}}'', [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/friday-13th-reboot-works-lebron-james-vertigo-entertainment-1154236?utm_source=twitter it was reported]] that the long-awaited [[MilestoneCelebration thirteenth]] installment of the franchise was in development at UsefulNotes/LeBronJames' production company, [=SpringHill=] Entertainment. Because of murky rights issues within the franchise, however (Victor Miller, who wrote the original 1980 film, regained ownership of his script as recently as September 2018, but ''not'' the Jason character, who developed into his current state over successive installments), it's not a guaranteed thing... yet.

* FinalGirl: The ''Blake Flame'' novels, in order, include Kelly Mills, Gretchen Andrews, Hayley Harlan, Alexandra Coyle, and Alice Witney. The majority of them subvert the usual expectations of a final girl, with Kelly being [[TheLadette promiscuous and foul-mouthed]], Hayley being [[TeenPregnancy teenaged and pregnant]], and Alexandra being a bodybuilder convicted of murdering her [[YourCheatingHeart cheating ex-boyfriend]].

* '''''Film/FridayThe13thPartVIITheNewBlood'' (1988)''' -- Jason returns once again to stalks and kills teenagers residing at some houses on the shore of Crystal Lake, amidst this time he battles a psychic woman named Tina over the course of the film. You'd think people would know better by now. ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' makers New Line and Paramount wanted to make what would become ''Freddy vs. Jason'' with this installment, but after negotiations between the studios broke down, a girl with PsychicPowers (Tina) became the lead protagonist. Considered by many fans to have suffered the worst violence/gore cuts of all the films in the series.

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* ExtremelyShortTimeSpan: ''Part II'',''Part III'' and ''The Final Chapter'' apparently all take place over the course of a weekend.

* '''''Film/FridayThe13thPartIII'' (1982)''' -- A group of vacationing teenagers reside at a lakeside home in Crystal Lake, where a recovering Jason is residing - unknown to them. Originally shot in 3-D, the film randomly features shots of various things flying towards the camera -- along with a couple of (very cool) three-dimensional kills. Jason puts on [[IconicItem the hockey mask]] in this film -- and this film also marks the point where [[VillainProtagonist your sympathies might start going towards the killer]]. This was the intended end to the series, but it survived, returning in...

* WorldOfHam: With [[SilentAntagonist Jason]] an an exception, most of the other characters, including Jason's victims and {{Asshole Victim}}s before their deaths, spent most of their screen time ChewingTheScenery from the fifth film to beyond.

* ConvenientMiscarriage: Near the end of ''Hate-Kill-Repeat'', the [[TeenPregnancy teenaged]] protagonist, who had earlier discovered she was pregnant, miscarries when Jason nonchalantly punches her in the stomach.

* {{Fingore}}: ''Hate-Kill-Repeat'' ends with the protagonist's apparent new love interest losing half the fingers on his left hand when he deflects Jason's attack before the protagonist diverts Jason's attention (of course, considering what Jason usually does to people, 'just' losing a few fingers to him is lucky).

* SoapOperaRapidAgingSyndrome: Tommy is played, in succession, by a 13-year old, an early twenty-something, and a 28-year old, in an in-universe time period of about four years.

** Not really confusing, unless there are two identical looking dogs with two identical looking collars and spangles wandering in the woods far from town.

* '''''Film/FridayThe13thPartVIJasonLives'' (1986)''' -- Tommy Jarvis, now somewhat stable, sets out to destroy Jason's remains once and for all, in hopes to remove his hallucinations of him forever. This movie may involve the biggest case of NiceJobBreakingItHero EVER, since Jason is resurrected by a lightning bolt and heads straight back to Crystal Lake, now renamed to Forest Green, to resume killing once again. This is the first of the series to now have Jason as a undead, even more powerful being with supernatural abilities. Unlike the rest of the series, there's little to no nudity at all present in the film. The film is also notable for being the only one with children present at the camp, considering the camp is now finally open unlike in the first and second films. Presumably they go home early.

* SleazeBall: The TV exec in ''The Jason Strain'' is a complete greaseball, expecting sexual favours from his female staff Or Else, and having utter disdain for everyone older than 20. Oh yes, and his million-dollar idea is to have condemned murderers fight to the death on national TV in exchange for, not a pardon, but a commutation of sentences from Death to Life in Prison (it's rigged so that the prettiest girl wins).

* ChainsawGood: Averted by Jason himself - despite many MANY media references that [[HockeyMaskAndChainsaw combine the hockey mask with a chainsaw]], [[CommonKnowledge he never used one as a weapon. Closest was a hedge trimmer.]]

* FilkSong: ''The Man Behind the Mask'' by ''Music/AliceCooper.''