Director Tom McLoughlin says Friday the 13th Part 6: Jason Lives had an alternate ending that would have introduced Jason’s father, Elias Voorhees.
Over 43 years, there have been a whopping 12 Friday the 13th films. There would've been a lot more if it wasn't for that pesky lawsuit, which has resulted in no new entries since 2009 — but slasher fans are thankful for what we do have. While not every film in the franchise is a good one, Jason's biggest aficionados keep coming back to two as being the very best: 1984's Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter and 1986's Friday the 13th Part 6: Jason Lives.
What Is the Original Ending to ‘Jason Lives’? In Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter we were introduced to Jason's ultimate nemesis, a young boy named Tommy Jarvis . Similar to Ginny in Friday the 13th Part 2, Tommy is able to get in Jason's head and kill him. Tommy returns in the much maligned follow up, but his mentally unstable character actually works. He's back for a third time in Jason Lives, now played by Thom Mathews.
'Jason Lives' Alternate Ending Would Have Introduced Elias Voorhees A few of the Friday the 13th sequels have alternate endings, most notably Friday the 13th Part 3, which filmed an unused final scene that saw final girl Chris get decapitated by Jason. That wouldn't have really altered the franchise, however, as Chris is not in any other films. The sequels could've continued on exactly the same, just with that third film having a downer ending where evil prevails for once.
As McLoughlin put it, "I thought it would be very cool to introduce Jason's father, and that had not been done, and I always thought, well, obviously we met his father in the first one, what was his father like?" The DVD extra shows the unfilmed scene come to life through those storyboards, and Bob Larkin back to record his lines. Here, the caretaker is not just a drunk, but a man who specifically takes care of the graves of Jason and his mother.
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