Tom McLoughlin Biography

Fast Facts

• Won the Audience Award and was nominated for the Golden Star award at the Marrakech International Film Festival for "The Unsaid․"
• Studied mime in Paris with miming legend Marcel Marceau
• Quote: "To me, that's something that a good movie does․․․It mixes with life․ People say, 'I cannot go into the water because every time I try, I think of Jaws․․․' Powerful horror movies really can make a lifelong impression․"
• Best known for "Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives," "Sometimes They Come Back," and "One Dark Night․"
• Observed that people want to see annoying characters die in horror movies, so decided to make his characters as likeable as possible so the audience would care if they survived or not
• Kept the Jason Voorhees tombstone from "Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives" and placed it in his backyard
• His wife, Nancy McLoughlin, has appeared in a number of his films, including "Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives" and "Sometimes They Come Back․"
• Wrote the script for "Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives" during Christmastime next to a Christmas tree
• In "Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives," the hands that open the coffin lid are his