Jason Had Down Syndrome? And More Friday the 13th Trivia!
So I'm screening the deliciously dark and insight-rich Starz documentary Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (premiering this Friday the 13th at 9 pm/ET), and one of the many fascinating talking (but not severed) heads — "Mrs. Voorhees" herself, Betsy Palmer, perhaps it was — mentions in passing that Jason was born with Down Syndrome, and that's why he was taunted at the Camp Crystal Lake where he also ultimately [Cough-cough] died. For whatever therapist*-befuddling reasons, I like to fancy myself a Friday the 13th buff, so this sound "bite" was, well, news to me. Going to Pieces is chock-a-block with such horror vittles, and if you relish a good slasher pic and have Starz, it's can't-miss TV. John Carpenter, Wes Craven, Sean. S. Cunningham, Paul Lynch, Joseph Zito, Rob Zombie... they're all here, relating riveting anecdotes from their own dips into the blood pool, and offering insights as to what makes sick pics tick with filmgoers. — Why is Hallo...
Thu, Oct 12, 2006