When Sean Cunningham went to Mike Deluca with the concept for Jason X, Mr. Deluca was all for the concept and said go for it. Todd Farmer’s script was ripe with original ideas that would add the wow factor to a franchise that was dormant for 6 years. Although the budget restricted what Todd’s script called for the movie to become, the movie itself was still creative and entertaining.

The film was completed for release for 2000. Unfortunately, Michael Deluca left New Line Cinema at that time as did all of the support for Jason X. The film preceeded to sit on the shelf for two years while execs figured out what to do with it. During that time the movie leaked onto the Internet as well as the Uber-Jason unveiling towards the end of the film. When New Line finally decided to release the film theatrically in the U.S., they dumped it into one of the worst slots available. Jason X was released the same weekend as the Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson spinoff, “The Scorpion King”. Strike one. This weekend also was a week before the launch of the Spiderman franchise with Sam Raimi’s first Spiderman. Jason X had no real chance to succeed in this slot.

So, did Michael Deluca leaving New Line have a real effect on the box office returns of Jason X, or would the movie have performed the same regardless of what date it was released?

I wanted to do this one for years now as I have never seen anyone do a full costume with lots of detail really except Wickedbeard, and never seen a life-sized Jason X. I got this about 95% done and it was about a 9 out of 10 on the pain in the hiney meter, right behind part 7 at 9.8. I was going to do a full frozen version but I did not want to cover all the details up with ice/frost, and may make storing it a pain. I might do another suit with that since I bought specific clothes for this. The hood is from Bellamy, I added my own hair from a mohair beard I bought that worked great for hairing. This was my first time ever hairing a mask but I did not go for perfection here being it should look kind of choppy for Jason X. I added a little more hair than the movie just in case some falls out, but I used tacky glue and it seems to work well.

I like the bald look better but I am pretty happy with how this looks. Bellamy only added a few pieces so I wanted to get it fuller to match the movie more. I believe Els Studios sculpted the hood and I also got my Hockey Mask from Earl, it came with the full frozen look which looked awesome. I took some ice off of it however as I did not want it to stand out too much and detract from the rest of the costume as I decided not to ice it much as silicone smells pretty foul. But I may add some moderate ice and frost later to the whole costume.

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