Friday The 13th Blog

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Today we are going to look at two axes that were used during the production of Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter and Friday the 13th Part 7: The New Blood. We will explain their uses and where they can be found in the films, but the more exciting news about these axes is that [...]

A few days ago a screen used wardrobe from the Friday the 13th 2024 reboot was sold on eBay. The wardrobe is from character “Clay Miller” played by Actor Jared Padalecki. The wardrobe includes a T-shirt, short button sleeve shirt, green jacket and brown boots (with mud still on the bottom). Below are the original [...]

There have been a few requests from visitors to see what the Jason costumes look like today outside of the films that they originally appeared in. Most of the costumes used in the films now reside in private collections, such as Mario Kirner’s Friday the 13th Props Museum. I usually forward fans over to his [...]

Friday the 13th Part 7: The New Blood is a film that is enjoyed by most every fan of the franchise. There are numerous reasons fans love the movie, starting with the portrayal of Jason by Kane Hodder or the recycled plot of The Final Chapter or the creative deaths designed by Magical Media Industries. The overwhelming favorite [...]

A lot of our posts and stories revolve around events that reside in the United States. This fact is discouraging to our visitors that live outside of the U.S. as those fans are just as big a part of the legacy and popularity of the franchise as us Jason crazed Americans. So, we have a [...]

One of the most talked about and iconic scenes in the Friday the 13th film series is that of the decapitation of Mrs. Voorhees. The effect of the decapitation was achieved by casting a fake head of actress Betsy Palmer and then attaching that fake head to a dummie via toothpicks. With one clean swipe, [...]

Each Thursday, for the forseeable future, we will feature one prop that was used during the production of a Friday the 13th film. To feature an item will be to give some background information on what the item is and how it was used in the respective film. One item may have more information than [...]

This hockey mask is my personal favorite in the franchise. I have nothing against any other mask that was used, but I just enjoy the dirty, worn look that the JGTH hock represents. It is very simliar to The New Blood hock in size and in damage and I like that fact. Recently, pictures of [...]

The Friday the 13th Museum has been very busy acquiring pieces from various Friday the 13th movies. I have known about a few of these for some time and was waiting until this summer to write about them after the convention as Mario wanted to unveil them as a surprise at the reunion in Texas. However, since [...]

Back in April, we mentioned that there was going to be a huge Hollywood auction through Profiles in History. Various items from the new Friday the 13th movie were auctioned off. One such item was the Hero Axe used on-screen my Derek Mears. Now that axe is up for auction once again on eBay. Originally, [...]