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‘Friday the 13th’: Stephen King Has a Hellish Idea for Jason Voorhees!
While the Friday the 13th franchise is currently in rights hell, Stephen King, who is arguably the greatest mind in horror, shared his idea for a novel that would send franchise slasher Jason Voorhees through his own Groundhog Day-like hell.
Let’s take a look…
What King is suggesting is that the story is told from the perspective of Jason Voorhees (as opposed to the campers) and that he is subjected to repeated torment and death in a story arc similar to Groundhog Day with Bill Murray, Edge of Tomorrow with Tom Cruise & Emily Blunt, and Netflix’s more recent “Russian Doll” with Natasha Lyonne.
The concept is a brilliant one as it would not only flip the tension on the viewer in a very Hitchcockian way, but would allow King to tell Jason’s side of the story.
“Just thinking about the legal thicket one would have to go through to get permissions makes my head ache,” added King. “And my heart, that too. But gosh, shouldn’t someone tell Jason’s side of the story?”
As many fans noted, Voorhees technically only died once, at the very end of Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984), before being resurrected as a zombie in Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986).
Still, the concept is a novel one, and if King were ever granted permission to flex his muscles on the Friday the 13th franchise, I’m sure he’d find a way around the very obvious plot hole.
What do you all think of King’s idea?
Free League Publishing are forging ahead with a slew of new content for Alien The Roleplaying Game Evolved Edition, headlined by a new cinematic adventure in “Operation Leading Edge”, and an accompanying set of miniatures.
Both Operation Leading Edge and the miniatures set are available for pre-order now from the Free League webshop, with immediate PDF access ahead of its Q4 2026 release. You can also snag a new dedicated dice tray for the Alien RPG and the Evolved Edition.
Operation Leading Edge is a stand-alone adventure for Alien RPG, but also serves as the second installment of the Jeremiah Saga trilogy. The adventure is designed for 3–5 players plus the Game Mother, and lets the players take the roles of a team of Colonial Marines sent to secure a rich mineral deposit on the remote moon Jeremiah VI.
Here’s what you get with the new campaign:
- The main Operation Leading Edge adventure book.
- Two huge double-sided maps (format 34 × 22 inches) featuring the key adventure locations in great and terrifying detail.
- Five pre-generated characters to choose from.
- Playing cards for personal agendas and NPCs.
- Cardboard tokens for characters and creatures.
- GM maps and player handouts.
Complementing Operation Leading Edge is the new miniatures set for the campaign, featuring 20 high-quality miniatures of Colonial Marines, enemy troops from the Union of Progressive Peoples (UPP), and of course, a host of Xenomorphs.
Standing 28mm in scale, these are perfectly sized for use on the large battle maps included in Operation Leading Edge and other cinematic adventures for the Evolved Edition.
The new Operation Leading Edge miniatures set also includes a booklet with simplified combat rules that make it possible to play quick skirmish battle rules in the Alien universe using the included miniatures.
In case you haven’t hopped on board, you can check out Aaron’s review of the Evolved Edition, which as you might expect, adds even more fantastic content to an already fantastic TTRPG.
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