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Perth Now
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Friday the 13th legend Kane Hodder nearly played Freddy Krueger in A Nightmare On Elm Street
Friday the 13th franchise star Kane Hodder almost landed the role of Freddy Krueger in A Nightmare On Elm Street. The 70-year-old actor was the man behind the hockey mask playing killer Jason Voorhees in four films; Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood, Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday and Jason X. Now, Hodder has revealed he came very close to portraying fellow slasher movie icon Freddy after working with A Nightmare On Elm Street director Wes Craven on his 1985 horror film The Hills Have Eyes Part II. When he started his Hollywood career as a stuntman, Hodder was left with burns all over his body after a stunt demonstration went wrong and during a conversation with Craven on set, the late filmmaker told Kane that he was creating a supernatural character that had burns all over his body for which he could be perfect for. However, Craven - who died of a brain tumour at his home in Los Angeles on August 30, 2015, aged 76 - d3ecided to use prosthetics and make-up for Freddy on-screen and Hodder ultimately lost out on the part to Robert Englund. Appearing on the Talks From the Crypt podcast, Hodder said: "I was talking to Wes on the set one day, and he said he was developing a new character that was going to make a franchise. And he says, 'This is a character that's been burned, and I'm thinking about using an actor with real burn scars.' Which I have. And he briefly mentioned it to me on the set. He said, 'I think I'm going to call him Fred Krueger.' And then, of course, he decided to go in a different direction and do prosthetics. Because my face is not scarred, which is the whole point of Freddy. His face is all scars." Hodder - who did wear Krueger's glove of finger knives for a scene at the end of Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday - is full of praise for Englund's portrayal of Freddy and doesn't believe he would have played the child killer character as well as the V star. He added: "I don't think I would've done it as well as Robert. I would've tended to make the character less comical. But I don't know if that would've been the right choice. Because that's kind of the popularity with Freddy; he's a smartass, and violent, and you know. I don't think it would've been as good as the way Robert did it." Hodder has had a legendary career in the horror genre having also played Victor Crowley in the Hatchet series, as well as doing stunts as Leatherface in Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III and motion capture in the video game The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
Hindustan Times
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
How many Friday the 13th movies are there? Here's which one's the best
Happy Friday the 13th! While many believe in superstitions about Friday the 13th being an unlucky day, it has long reigned as a category of its own in pop culture. There are a total of 13 movies in the cult classic American slasher franchise inspired by the date. As if the scary plotlines were not enough, the series antagonist Jason Voorhees is what nightmares are made of. There are 12 movies in the franchise so far. A prequel series called Crystal Lake is also in development. The show will be set in a doomed small town where camp counsellors will face death. The first movie came out in 1980. Starring Betsy Palmer, Kevin Bacon, Adrienne King and Jeannine Taylor, the plot revolves around a group of teenage camp counselors whose decision to re-open Camp Crystal Lake, an abandoned summer camp, leads to a mysterious killer stalking them. The franchise introduced one of the most terrifying villains in Hollywood – Jason Voorhees, a machete-wielding killer who is determined not to leave any survivors. The antagonist has also been part of the films Friday the 13th Part 2, Friday the 13th Part 3, and Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter. Jason Voorhees' origins were also explored in the movie Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday. Also Read: Krispy Kreme rolls out sweet surprises for Friday the 13th: Here's what to know If we go by Internet Movie Database ratings, the highest-rated film in the slasher franchise is actually the first part- Friday the 13th, with a score of 6.4. Next on the list is Friday the 13th: Part 2 with a score of 6.1. Tied on the third spot with a 6.0 rating are Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter and Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives. The lowest-rated movie in the franchise is the 2011 movie, Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash, which features Jason Voorhees teaming up with Freddy Krueger, another serial killer. Friday the 13th (1980) Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) Friday the 13th Part III (1982) Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984) Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning (1985) Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986) Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988) Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989) Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993) Jason X (2002) Freddy vs. Jason (2003) Friday the 13th (2009) The date, Friday the 13th, is long considered unlucky due to the combination of the number 13 and the day Friday, both of which are seen as bringing bad luck. No. However, some believe that the real-life killings in Finland's Lake Bodom in the 1960s could have been an inspiration for the first movie. Yes, he is the main antagonist of the Friday the 13th movies, and strikes fear in the hearts of anyone who visits Camp Crystal Lake in the movies.
