FIRST JASON: HEAVY METAL FROM ARI LEHMAN THE 1ST JASON VOORHEES

True horror fans know one vital fact about Friday the 13th: Jason Voorhees isn't the killer in it. It's his mom, Pamela,…

For those people not familiar with the history of Chicago-based First Jason, let me make things (Camp) Crystal (Lake) clear...

The band's leader is none other than Ari Lehman, the very first actor to ever play the iconic Jason Voorhees…

Ari Lehman, the actor who played Jason Vorhees as a child in "Friday the 13th," fronts First Jason.

 (J. Pinnington Photography)

NAPOLEON, MI – There has been countless reincarnations, but only one man can hold claim as the original Jason…

Remember the original Friday The 13th and how (SPOILER ALERT) it was actually Jason’s mother that was behind everything? We didn’t get our famed masked killer until Friday The 13th Part 2, the machete-wielding bastard that we’ve all come…

Ari Lehman, who played Jason Voorhees in the 1980 film “Friday the 13th,” performs

Sunday with his band, First Jason, at Cheers Pub in Roseland. (Photo provided)

The “boy in the lake” has grown up and now has a metal…

As a horror fan, you may sometimes feel like you’re spending more time with simpering victims instead of unflappable villains. And you’re probably right. Filmmakers like to deceive viewers with a litany of lead-up scares but no actual reveal. Other…

Fiendishly frightening horror flicks. Bone-crushingly heavy metal music. A match made in heaven, or perhaps a deep, fiery circle of hell. Such are the rumors of this weekend’s Housecore Horror Film Festival (HHFF), a celebratory hybrid of the most sinister…

By Karl Smallwood (@karlsmallwood) on October 21, 2013

Jason Voorhees is an on-screen legend. With the highest confirmed kill count of literally any other on-screen movie monster…

Being that it’s Friday the 13th, it’s only natural to wonder what the original Jason Voorhees from the film franchise of the same name is up to now.

Ari Lehman, who first appeared in “Friday the 13th” as a…

Music lineup confirms Ansemlo and Goblin double headers

BY RICHARD WHITTAKER, 10:50AM, FRI. JUN. 7, 2013

It may call itself the Housecore Horror Film Festival, but with…

Writer Steve De Roover of www.moviepulp.be / www.dvdinfo.be has been steadily collecting interviews of Friday The 13th alumni over the years and has agreed to let www.fridaythe13thfranchise.com publish these interviews for fans to read and enjoy. Below is Steve's interview…