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Jason Voorhees
Jasons endelige design blev oprindeligt skabt af Victor Miller, men var en fælles opgave for Miller, Ron Kurz og Tom Savini. Navnet "Jason" er en kombination af "Josh" og "Ian", Millers to sønner, og "Voorhees" er inspireret af en pige, som Miller kendte i gymnasiet, hvis efternavn var Van Voorhees. Miller følte, at det var et "uhyggeligt klingende navn", som var perfekt til hans karakter. Miller skrev oprindeligt Jason som et normalt udseende barn, men holdet bag filmen besluttede, at han skulle være deformeret. Victor Miller forklarede, at Jason ikke skulle være et væsen fra "Den sorte lagune" i hans manuskript, og han skrev Jason som en mentalt handicappet ung dreng; det var Savini, der gjorde Jason deform. Ron Kurz bekræftede, at Millers version af Jason var et normalt barn, men hævder, at det var hans idé at gøre Jason til et "mongolsk væsen" og lade ham "springe ud af søen i slutningen af filmen". Miller var senere enig i, at slutningen ikke ville have været lige så god, hvis han havde lignet "Betsy Palmer på otte år". Miller skrev en scene, hvor Alice drømmer, at hun bliver angrebet i en kano af Jason, og så vågner hun op i en hospitalsseng. Millers hensigt var at komme så tæt på Carries slutning som muligt. Savini mente, at det ville være psykologisk foruroligende for publikum at lade Jason springe op af søen, og da Alice skulle drømme, kunne holdet slippe af sted med at tilføje alt det, de ville.
Jason Voorhees
Initially created by Victor Miller, Jason's final design was a combined effort by Miller, Ron Kurz, and Tom Savini. The name "Jason" is a combination of "Josh" and "Ian", Miller's two sons, and "Voorhees" was inspired by a girl that Miller knew at high school whose last name was Van Voorhees. Miller felt it was a "creepy-sounding name", which was perfect for his character. Miller initially wrote Jason as a normal-looking child, but the crew behind the film decided he needed to be deformed. Victor Miller explained Jason was not meant to be a creature from the "Black Lagoon" in his script, and scripted Jason as a mentally disabled young boy; it was Savini who made Jason deformed. Ron Kurz confirmed that Miller's version of Jason was that of a normal child, but claims that it was his idea to turn Jason into a "mongoloid creature", and have him "jump out of the lake at the end of the film". Miller later agreed the ending would not have been as good if he looked like "Betsy Palmer at eight years old". Miller wrote a scene where Alice dreams she is attacked in a canoe by Jason, and then she wakes up in a hospital bed. Miller's intention was to get as close to Carrie's ending as possible. Savini believed having Jason pop out of the lake would be psychologically disturbing to the audience, and since Alice is supposed to be dreaming, the crew could get away with adding anything they wanted.
Jason Voorhees