‘I begged to be in the cabin when Kevin got the arrow through his neck. The special effects artist was underneath the bunk, blowing the blood up. He invented the whole technique – on the spot’
The title came first. I was trying to finish a kids’ movie and wasn’t getting the response I’d hoped for. We thought it might be because of the title so started free-associating. I came up with Friday the 13th. Then I thought: “If I had a movie called Friday the 13th, I’d know how to sell.” Six months later, when we were figuring out a film to do next, I said: “Let’s try Friday the 13th.”had just got to New York.
Kevin’s death delighted me the most because it involved some shameless misdirection. He lies back in his bunk, unaware that a corpse is concealed above. Then, when a drop of blood lands on his face, we see him looking confused, his attention and ours focused upwards. But then a hand swings up from under the bed, grabs his forehead and seconds later we see the head of an arrow coming through his neck from underneath, as blood spurts up on to his face. It was shocking.
My climactic fight with Mrs Voorhees was choreographed like ballet. We started at sunset and didn’t finish until sunrise. The reason it looks so real is because itreal. Betsy said: “The camera catches everything. If you don’t fight back, you’re going to get hurt.” I didn’t hold back and neither did she. We both limped off set, bloody and bruised.
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