Welcome to Camp Crystal Lake, where it’s safe to assume everything is trying to kill you. We’re just a week away from the premiere of Friday the 13th prequel series Crystal Lake, and summer camp is in session in the brand new teaser.
All episodes of “Crystal Lake” premiere Thursday, October 15, only on Peacock.
A camp counselor greets campers with warnings to follow the rules to stay alive, with none the wiser that the true threat may be lurking among them in Pamela Voorhees (Linda Cardellini).
She’s 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.
Based on Friday the 13th and the opening scene of Crystal Lake, we know where Jason gets his killer instincts from already. But showrunner Brad Caleb Kane (“IT: Welcome to Derry”) promises his prequel series will carve up an impressive body count, too.
“I went into the season knowing that we are going to spend a couple of episodes on Pam[ela Voorhees’] blossoming, her journey, her psychology. But I also know what the Friday the 13th fans are here for because I’m here for it, too — that’s really creative kills and a whole lot of them. So if you’re wondering if we’re ever going to go full fathom Friday the 13th, we go there and we drop a lot of bodies in really creative ways. It’s a lot more brutal. I think it’s even more brutal in many ways from some of the movies,” Kane told THR.
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.
Follow the rules, stay alive. Crystal Lake premieres on @Peacock October 15. https://t.co/99kfDiQQNP
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