This past weekend’s official trailer revealed that the events of “Crystal Lake” begin in Summer 1971, with a young Jason Voorhees drowning in Crystal Lake during that fateful summer. But the original Friday the 13th movie revealed that Jason Voorhees drowned in the late 1950s, which suggests that the upcoming prequel series will be reorganizing the events of the franchise a bit.
What does this new timeline look like? And when is “Crystal Lake” taking place in relation to the original horror classic that was released in 1980? We’ve got some clarity on that this week.
Empire Online reveals in a new preview piece this week that A24 and Peacock’s prequel “Crystal Lake” takes place eight years before the events of the original Friday the 13th movie.
Jason drowns in the Summer of 1971, while the bulk of the series takes place in 1972.
Showrunner Brad Caleb Kane tells the outlet, “Pam is a cook at Camp Crystal Lake, Jason is an eleven-year-old camper participating in all activities despite his physical limitations, and his mom is absolutely intent on making sure he has a normal summer outdoors with other kids… but with ultimately tragic consequences.”
“Things take some twists and turns on the way to Pam’s total psychotic break and subsequent bloody rampage,” Caleb Kane previews.
Al eight episodes of “Crystal Lake” premiere October 15 on Peacock. Linda Cardellini stars as Pamela Voorhees, with Callum Vinson (“Chucky”) playing young Jason Voorhees.
The series follows single mother Pam Voorhees who has been unable to shake her grief after her young, sickly son Jason tragically drowned in the town lake almost a year before. When two strangers arrive at Pam’s door digging into her past, a disturbing chain of events is set into motion, leaving the townspeople of Crystal Lake wondering: just who is Pam Voorhees?
