More than 45 years after the first friday the 13thBrad Caleb Kane is righting a mistake from the set of the 1980 slasher.
from friday onwards Crystal Lake At the premiere on Peacock, the series creator noted that in the first episode a snake Pamela Voorhees (Linda Cardellini) frees after finding it in the camp pantry is a “direct nod” to a trained serpent that was actually killed during the shooting of the original film.
“But [Pam’s] is a different person than the kids in the first episode [in the movie],” he explained. “Yes, it’s a direct nod, but then it goes back to the first film.”
Ken clarified: “But we don’t actually kill a snake at our place. No, no animals were harmed in the making of this.” Crystal Lake. Some hippies may have suffered in its construction Crystal LakeBut not any animal.
During the filming of the original 1980 slasher friday the 13thIn real life a pet bull snake was infamously killed during the shooting of the scene in which “final girl” Alice (Adrienne King) finds the reptile wandering around her cabin and calls her fellow counselors for help.
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In the scene, Bill (Harry Crosby) runs in with a knife and kills the snake, before it is shown writhing on the floor and dying. The cast and crew have been since Turns out the sequence was realNoting that the snake handler was unaware of the film’s intentions and was later “inconsiderate”.
With PETA launching it two months ago friday the 13thAfter premiering in 1980, Sean S. There were no animal protection laws yet in place during the filming of the Cunningham-produced film.
Streaming Fridays on Peacock, Crystal Lake Linda Cardellini plays Pam Voorhees, who struggles to grieve after the drowning of her son Jason over the summer. As two strangers begin to delve into her mysterious past, Pam goes to deadly lengths to keep her secrets buried.