<P> 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 . </P>
<P> 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 . </P>
what happened to jason 's face in friday the 13th
what happened to jason 's face in friday the 13th
deformed a `` mongoloid creature '' mentally disabled
deformed a `` mongoloid creature '' mentally disabled