Pamela Voorhees (Linda Cardellini) is not okay in the brief sneak peek at the opening scene of the prequel series “Crystal Lake.” The NSFW clip reveals a blood-drenched Pam as she shakily attempts to remove an embedded tooth from her knuckle.
All episodes of “Crystal Lake” premiere Thursday, October 15, only on Peacock.
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?
Callum Vinson (“Chucky”) is playing young Jason in “Crystal Lake,” which will tell the origin story of the masked slasher who has stalked the grounds of Crystal Lake for decades.
The show’s cast also includes William Catlett (Abigail), Cameron Scoggins (“Nashville”), Devin Kessler (“Godfather of Harlem”), Gwendolyn Sundstrom, Nick Cordileone (“Warrior”), Joy Suprano (“Fleishman Is in Trouble”), Danielle Kotch (Sinister), Christopher Denham (“Shining Girls”), Nancy Nagrant (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”), and Phoenix Parnevik.
Brad Caleb Kane (“IT: Welcome to Derry”) is the showrunner for the series, and describes the series as “a mixtape of genre.”
“Everybody in this world is living in a different genre in their mind,” Kane says, “until they collide with the genre that Pam is in.” Kane clarifies Crystal Lake is “100 percent” still a slasher. What’s more, the series is set in the ’70s.
Though the series will revisit fan-favorites, including Crazy Ralph, the trailer indicates there’s more to Jason’s condition than meets the eye. Based on the clip below, there’s a lot more to his mom, too.
The eight-episode series is set to be directed by Michael Lennox (“Derry Girls”), Celine Held & Logan George (Caddo Lake), and Quyen Tran (“The Pitt”).
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