Celebrate Friday the 13th With Every Kill in the Legendary Horror Franchise

A slightly grim way to celebrate Friday, Paramount Pictures! And yet, also an undeniably enjoyable one—the studio has released this nearly five-minute supercut of every single one of Jason’s kills in the eight original films in the Friday the 13th franchise. That’s a lot of killing, from the very beginning in director Sean S. Cunningham’s 1980 original when Camp Crystal was the chief location, all the way to New York City when Jason Vorhees does like the Muppets and takes Manhattan.

Did You Hear That? Nightmare on Elm Street Foley Artist Gary Hecker Reveals How Horror Movies’ Scariest Sound Effects Are Made

Ear-splitting screams. Ominous silence. The howling wind. The telltale creak of the stairs. It’s hard to imagine horror films without these heart-pounding audio elements, but they wouldn’t exist without the talented foley artists who use everything from celery stalks to leather belts to create aural terror.

As Halloween approaches, we thought we’d check in with industry vet Gary Hecker, who’s been honing his craft for 30 years and now works as the supervising foley artist at Todd-AO.

Nosferatu, Night Monster, Hocus Pocus: An Ode to Halloween, the Movie-Lover’s Holiday

It’s that time of year when things that go bump in the night are on our minds and our movie screens. Halloween, perhaps even more so than Christmas, is a movie holiday; what else are you supposed to do to celebrate, once society deems you too old to knock on doors and demand candy?

Boutique theaters across the country understand this grown-up Halloween need, and answer enthusiastically with holiday-specific programming that runs the gamut—from camp to horror,