Analyzing Evil: Jason Voorhees From The Friday The 13th Franchise
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- Опубликовано: 12 окт 2023
- Hello everyone and welcome to the one hundred fifty-first episode of Analyzing Evil! Our feature character for this video is Jason Voorhees from The Friday The 13th Franchise. I hope you enjoy, and thanks for watching. If you have any feedback or questions feel free to let me know below!
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The single most evil thing Jason has done is make fans debate for years over whether he can teleport or not.
he can dammit
my guy has been using ender pearls
Just run backwards if you see him but then again if he teleports right behind you then yeah that theory is thrown out the window💀
Nah, idoits just be running in circles when they're scared
from part 8 onwards yes
Very fitting to have the central serial killer of Friday the 13th to get his own Analyzing Evil video ON Friday the 13th.
Very fitting indeed!
Should’ve been a Nightmare before Christmas villain because it turned 30 today.
@@excaliburknives3572you do realize why this is way more fitting though, right? 😂
And a Friday the 13th that falls in October! Perfect planning from The Vile Eye.
@@excaliburknives3572 You mean like Oogie Boogie? The bag of bugs that only had maybe 10 minutes of screentime before he was killed off by Jack Skellington?
Yeah, unless if we to include the other tie-ins with the Nightmare before Christmas, like the video games that act as a semi-sequel to the movie and, or Oogie Boogie's appearance in Kingdom Hearts, mainly 1, 2 and maybe Chain of Memories, there's not much to talk about.
He's a gambler, and a bad one at that, he's clearly not very smart and he hates Santa for unknown reasons. That's the majority of Oogie Boogie's character in Nightmare before Christmas.
"The child not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth" I think is an apt description of Jason. He has spent his life in complete isolation and whenever he does interact with society, society spits at his face and punches him in the gut. He learned and known only cruelty and now he shall return the favor tenfold
Perfect description bro. He’s the product of the evil and cruelty that was put upon him when he was a kid
Can't really blame them. Not condone, but certainly not blame.
His mother was the only one who loved him, and she was taken away. So Jason snapped and went psycho, why care about human life when the only human who ever cared for you was slain?
Jason and Leatherface is honestly two of the most sympathetic slashers. As both are essentially children in bodies of hulking 7foot tall murder machines
Acting on the only thing they really know
Randall Flagg
@@TheRealBatCave
Lol yea….Randall really isn’t that sympathetic
Dude is an absolute monster who enjoys what he is doing
He is pure evil
Children don’t have vicious murderous intent for the most part. They just wanna eat laugh and play
@@universal3024 leatherfsce was raised around murders and cannibals. He was a mentally ill and deformed child. He only knew what his family told him. What else would he know?
@@universal3024 “My name’s Richard Grayson, but all the kids at the orphanage call me Dick.”
"Well children can be cruel"
In many ways I'd like to point out Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees are opposites.
1. Jason is a brute who kills in anyway he can think of in the most efficient way possible. The other is a torturer who revels in killing their target as slowly excruciatingly as possible.
2. Children are safe from Jason. There has never been a child he has killed. Freddy *targets* children. The younger the better to him.
3. Jason's slaughter was born out of abuse and neglect, while Freddy's was borne out of sadism and happen-stance. There is no easily point-able reason for why Freddy is the way he is.
4. One makes their place of slaughter in a private, dark forest that you are safe from so long as you do not enter. Making *you* the transgressor if you ignore the warnings. The other targets you in the most vulnerable place, that being, your very mind whilst asleep. There's a transgression to invading someone's sleeping mind and torturing them from within.
5. Freddy has a clearly definable personality. Mocking and toying with his prey and elevating his own sense of ego and power every step of the way. Jason doesn't have an ego. He kills out of instinct and encouragement begged on by delusions, or the ghost of a loved one.
6. One is a child-predator, the other is an overgrown child. Which thematically makes it more satisfying when the one who preys on children is murdered by the who never had a childhood to begin with. Making it all the more satisfying when Jason takes Freddy's head in the end of the movie.
Thats why Jason is my favorite slasher.
But Freddy didn’t even have a childhood either and Jason actually has targeted children before but he just doesn’t do it as often ie just to clarify this was mostly shown in the Friday the 13th books but should still be taken into account even if it’s not necessarily canon to the movies Also I would even go as far to say jason has some pride in killing teens as well.
@@christopher4249teens aren't children teens are young adults Jason has never in movie history killed anyone under 11
@@brandonspringfield2861 But in the books he has actually killed kids.
@@christopher4249 damn really ? Ive only watched the movies never read all the comics if those are canon then you you're right.
It's also important to note that Jason never at any point kills (at least directly) any children.
Another commenter made the point that Jason doesn't kill children because he himself is still (mentally, at least) a child.
@@DFloyd84 Oh okay
It makes sense. Pamela always blamed the teenagers for being too preoccupied with themselves to notice Jason drowning, so I imagine that he inherited his mother's disdain for everyone 13 and older.
Only because he never got
the opportunity.
In part 6, the only reason he doesn't kill all the kids in the dormitory
is because he gets distracted.
@@abegarfield7031 I think he deliberately let them live
Ok, alot to add here:
According to Adam Marcus who directed Jason Goes to Hell, Jason is a deadite. He did not survive the drowning, Pamela Voorhes used the necronomicon on him to make him come back to life as a zombie. That's where the magic psychic voices come from. As for whether Jason is evil, its important to note that Crystal Lake isn't exactly rural. It's a small town near expansive camp grounds and national parks, sure. But its not off the grid at all, its just near the Pennsylvania border on the I-80 in New Jersey. There's malls, there's restaurants, there's civilization. It's not like Jason didn't have any human contact leading up to his death. That said, it's also important to note that throughout the films, whenever Jason encounters children he ignores them (Tommy Jarvis is the exception to this rule because he hit Jason first). Jason isn't killing randomly, he wants revenge on the counselors and adults who killed him and his mother. He won't kill kids because he IS a kid.
Great points! Add more if there’s more.
It's kind of funny to think that Jason, an immortal serial killing zombie whose only drive in life is to kill anyone he sees, is the least evil of the big 4 (Michael Myers, Freddy Kruger Leatherface)
I replied to this comment already and apparently it didn't go through, so here goes a second try. So the reason I chose to leave out the bit about Jason being a deadite is because it seems like it's really only Adam Marcus who wants this to be the case. Most people either don't agree with or don't particularly like this idea, and the story about him surviving the drowning seems to be the preferred origin story for Jason, though it is technically canon.
Rural was the wrong word to use here, I should have just stuck with small town. Regardless, it's implied that Pamela kept Jason as hidden from the rest of the town as best she could, which included homeschooling him. So whether or not he had much exposure to other people doesn't matter all too much, as that exposure was quite minimal, and Jason didn't have much of a chance at properly integrating into society or develop any sort of concrete moral compass because of this.
Not sure why I forgot to include the bit about him not killing kids, so thank you for that. However I never said he killed randomly (and I didn't mean to imply that he did, if it came off that way I apologize). He does target counselors and the people who hurt hm and his mother, but he also kills anyone who gets in his way when it comes to killing those counselors. Police officers, grave keepers entire hospitals, a space crew, etc. will die if they get in his way. Similarly, it's implied that he'll kill pretty much anyone who sets foot on Camp Crystal Lake property. So no, he doesn't kill randomly, but anyone who crosses his path more often than not lose their lives. Thanks for adding somethings I left out and giving me the opportunity to clarify some things!
@@TheVileEye Thank you for your awesome content! And yes you are correct that Adam Marcus is the driving force behind the deadite theory, although I believe he did put a necronomicon reference into Jason Goes To Hell to try and make it canon. You're also correct about Jason killing anyone in his path who aggroes him as Tommy did.
....Your typed comments still sound like your video voice in my head....
Anyway keep up the great work!
The problem with that theory is obvious, Jason drowned as a child yet rampages as an adult, and as far as I know the undead do not age or grow as the living do. So did Pamela's spell age him up or what? I prefer to think he survived up to the first time we have to conclude that a human Jason dies in the movies, and from then on the zombie curse takes effect.
To think that all this sh*t with Jason happened because of this dialogue:
Male monitor: "Hey, I think I'm watching a kid drowning in the lake right now. Shall we save him?"
Female Moinitor: "Who cares? We're making one now!"
Male Monitor: "Yeah, who cares?"
That's the consequences of apathy and neglect.
If I was writing a Friday The 13th film, I would have Pamela kill the counselors and the kids who pushed Jason in the lake.
@@alienboy1322 what a stupid edgy comment
@@alienboy1322 Tho that's what happened in the first Friday the 13th film! You can check it out by searching videos of it
I'm so so happy you finally covered Jason. He's been my favorite for years & as someone who used to be bullied as a kid I always had a connection to him in that way tho thankfully nothing violent transpired from it. Also I've always felt his and Pamela's story works best when its told from a place of tragedy not innate evil. Its incredibly heartbreaking that they ended up the way they did & while I'll never condone the actions taken later on it is one of those where you can see how a person would snap. Phenomenal video my man & Did Jason Justice
Really. Mine was always Freddy. Especially enjoyed their kids would suffer too. Wasn't obvious there might have been any other abuse. It was Labeling Theory that still makes me question if he was a monster born. I believe they are made.
Happy Jason Day Jax!
Fancy seeing you here
hey Jax good to see you! Jason had been of my heroes too
"Don't be a bully or you may just create a Jason Voorhees."
I think Jason is smarter than most people think. He stalks his prey, he understands how to sabotage his surroundings and instead killing group of punks in Manhattan he just scared them away.
He has an animal cunning, but no emotional intelligence.
I think Jason has learned over the years that his appearance makes people run but I'm not sure he always knew that I think he learns through instinct
Book smart is different from being street smart.
We will never forget some of Jason’s most memorable moments!
- His rise out of Crystal Lake.
- The day he first donned the hockey mask!
- His one on one with Freddy Kreuger!
- The day he went to Hell in…well…Jason Goes to Hell.
- The day he went to space in Jason X. (AKA Jason and the Astronauts!)
- The time he took Manhattan and casually kicked a boombox like he was just in a bad mood…
What a horror icon!
Jason and the Astronauts, lol. Clever.
Too many naysayers auto-dismissed "Jason-X" as being too far-fetched. But I think the biggest fans of the Hockey-Mask-Killer readily gave the movie a chance and confirmed that it was actually a very well thought out and made installment. I absolutely loved the "virtual environment" scene.
Yeah! Also to the nay-sayers you can basically ask them: “You buy Jason going to Hell; but him going into space is too far-fetched for you??”
Man, you're one of the few youtubers, who put out such frequent content, that over the years has not only avoided a decrease in quality but it’s gotten better and better. You’re one a whole different level now and you’re awesome vile! Happy friday 13th
Absolutely agree! It's been fantastic
Well I also think his audience did him a service as well. Because there’s no shortage bad guys for him to cover on his channel
12:11 "I get it, we've all been there, riddled with hormones and ready to make woopie" is not something I expected to come out of Vile Eye's mouth and the serious tone only makes it better.
He’s evil but I can’t help but feel bad for him. He really didn’t deserve all that happened to him.
I think Jason really fits the Tragic Monster thing best. He's still evil, terrifying and clearly enjoys tormenting and killing people, but the fact that he is pretty much a bullied child in a mans body makes me feel more sympathy for him than guys like Michael or Freddy, who are just pure evil through and through.
still doesnt justify killing innocent people that had nothing to do what happened to him, the real fault here is pamela
When he walks into the room full of children, he doesn’t go straight to killing them. He just passes them because he knows they’re innocent. In most cases of all Friday the 13th movies apparently he’s punishing those for sining. Although some of them aren’t really sinners, he still kills them because choose to fight him, or feel like they have to fight him
We judge our own for our intentions. We judge others for their actions
@chandllerburse737 yes but i went to a state far from him so im safe
For me Jason was almost more like an animal than a man. He strictly kills people who enter his territory and generally kills them as quickly as possible and doesn't make a habit of chasing targets once they leave past a certain point. That makes him much less evil than Freddy or Micheal who actively enjoy killing.
I’m sorry but Jason isn’t afraid of water once he’s an adult. He legitimately swims to a ship then climbs up the anchor chain to get to New York. He’s also willing walked into and out of camp crystal lake multiple times.
It’s more like he would have had a fear of drowning. He also has never been known to kill animals (outside of hunting) or children (which he has had multiple opportunities to do and actively did nothing)
I feel like the only reason he was afraid of drowning in Freddy V Jason is because Freddy was specifically taking Jason back to the moment he drowned as a child and entering his subconscious.
@chandllerburse737 that was a dog and it was a dream sequence
@@jakealter5504Jason killed and ate Terri’s dog Muffin, so no he doesn’t refuse to hurt animals. Maybe he doesn’t treat them with unnecessary cruelty, but to him they’re just meals covered in fur waiting to be eaten.
@@Thundarr100 you’re forgetting that part of the third act of part 2 was a dream and I’m pretty sure that they confirmed that he didn’t kill the dog. This was something that was also said by Kane Hodder himself
Out of all the homicidal villains in cinema history, trying to understand what could possibly fuel a most monstrous evil like Jason's makes this one of your most helpful Analyzing Evil videos. Thank you.
As a kid the one character I would consistently have nightmares about was Jason Voorhees. Something about his invincibility and ability to always know where you are lead me to the worst dreams about him breaking through walls hunting me down. I never thought Id see him as sympathetic until I watched this. Thanks Vile 🙏🏻
Same for me though except it's rare. One time I was dreaming about him he was chasing me and trying to run away from him he was really fast but sense it was a nightmare it didn't matter lol. I would find object that would slow him down like a table and try to go around it but he would get me anyways lmao
Jason is basically a primal, mute, 7-foot-tall version of Norman Bates.
The difference is that Norman was kinda of charming and good looking, Jason is literally a case of only a mother could love
@@rafaelalodio5116 Yep!
Norman would actively lure traveller's to be victims while Jason clearly just wants to be left alone as the sole resident of Crystal Lake.
A battle between Jason and Michael Myers would be the battle of the century.
There's a fan film on that.
Death Battle made an episode on that. It's not one of their better ones tbh, because even though the right character won, the fight focuses on some random people instead of the fighters for most of the runtime
@@megabladechronicles962It gave me similar vibes to Godzilla 2014. Everytime something cool would start happening during the fight, it would quickly cut away to something else.
@@blueturret5596 not to mention the fact that they waste like 20 seconds at the end of the fight to show Jason walking away. It might not sound like a lot until you realize Death battles usually aren’t much longer than 3 minutes, that’s 20 seconds they could have spent on a longer fight
ITS TIME FOR Q DEATH BATTLLLLLLLLLLE
I’ve always wondered if he’s actually malevolent or if he’s more like an animal who kills when other encroach upon his territory.
It's the same paradox as a fight dog that will attack and kill anything. Mauling other living beings, people or animals, to death seems like the very definition of evil. But when that is all you know it isn't even a choice but a normal part of life like eating or sleeping.
He must be a far right conservative
@@slaughtergang518💀
@@innocuousalias6632having a choice isn’t a prerequisite for evil.
Jason is simply a spirit of vengeance. It seems whenever Crystal Lake is empty of trespassers, he's content to rest.
I like Jason as a force of entropy as compared to evil. He is an earthquake, a tsunami. He is here to disrupt your view of life. It is precarious. At any moment, horror can strike.
I never really thought Jason was evil to be honest, just that he is extremely demented and broken. Its not exactly easy to be an upstanding and functional member of society after going through what he has gone through 😂
He’s always given me the idea that he’s a man child. He’s basically a kid trapped in a hulking immortal body
Yeah he is more of a wild beast or force of natural causes than a villain… perfect slasher
Jason is evil but different than Patrick Bateman or Freddy Krueger. Jason never knew right from wrong in a traditional sense and he was driven to it by circumstances beyond his control. He can also be one of the most relatable since a lot of people were bulked as children like Jason. He's one you can sympathize with.
Neutral evil
If you cross the first two, you get the ultimate evil…Jason Bateman!
Broken*
Yet so many people idolise Bateman as the ultimate sigma… people are dumb af
i would say that is more than jason has given up and he is at war with rest of humanity so he wants everyone out of his home.
I look at Jason like he’s a machine. He just does what he does like it’s second nature and he doesn’t really think about anything. Obviously he does bad things but he doesn’t really choose to do it.
I never thought of Jason in this way; yet it’s so obvious. I suppose we can place him in D tier, as he seems to be in a similar predicament as Leatherface. I think it would be cool to see a video on the vampire Le Stat from the Ann Rice novels, ‘Interview with the Vampire’, and ‘Queen of the Damned.’
I'm officiating a horror-themed wedding today, the couple chose Friday 13th for a reason, so I will have the bride watch this video while she gets her hair and makeup done! :D Jason is her favourite villain and this will certainly calm her nerves.
I’ve always thought of Jason, and Michael Myers. as great white sharks in human form. Just quiet, strong, determined, aggressive, killing machines ..
Jason to me tends to move faster and erratically when necessary but with Michael, he's completely machine-like almost like in a trance.
@@anthonygarcia8749 he does move fast sometimes he’ll run after you but he has stalker skills too. Pop up outta nowhere, or comes outta hiding outta nowhere. He’s a good tracker too, based on that last movie. He’s a hunter ..
Micheal is evil imo, he fully understands what he’s doing. Jason seems like a disabled brainwashed child.
Great Whites arent that violent
I would say Jason is more evil than you think. Mostly because he has a sense of humor, by toying with his victims. He has multiple opportunities to kill people but simply chooses to let them run in fear or attempt to fight or kill him only to kill them once they’re exhausted and realize they’re screwed.
There a plenty of animals that do this too. Are orcas evil?
@@MB-pf7gv it displays a form of sadism in playing with something you fully intend to kill.
@@MB-pf7gvIf orcas could perceive morals the same way humans could, they would be evil. Anything an animal does that isn't for survival is just f-ckin around for them.
Orcas are joining the cartels in droves.
@@MB-pf7gvin my opinion, yes
I've been waiting for this one for so long. Was not disappointed.
Another thing to point out, while others have said already that Jason doesn't (usually) harm kids, there was one comic, Friday the 13th: How I Spent My Summer Vacation, where he encountered a kid named Davie with similar conditions to him. Deformed head, mental difficulties, and constant bullying from his peers. He kills the other kids, which says to me that the way they treat Davie enraged him to the point of breaking his usual rule on sparing kids, but afterwards Jason takes Davie under his wing, and even does things like steal a picnic to feed him and teaching him to kill (or as Davie puts it, protecting himself), and at the end he saves him from a methhead sheriff. The comic ends with Jason tending his mother's gravestone. This to me says that Jason, while mostly acting on instinct like you said, is capable of more complex emotions than just rage, such as empathy. He's not a completely mindless drone, he just doesn't realize that his default actions are inherently wrong.
He's the spiritual successor to Frankenstein's Monster. In fact, they have a lot in common, but with different phobias. The monster is pyrophobic, while Jason is hydrophobic.
What makes him different from Freddy and Michael Meyers is that touch of being a sympathetic monster.
Great to see Jason being covered! A future video on Chucky would be fun!
DO CHARLES LEE RAY.
DO EET.
Chucky killed his own parents he’s as evil as they come.
Basically, he's mentally a child who thinks he's protecting his mother from all the people he kills. The voice in his head is constantly urging him on -and He actually thinks he's saving her. He's not "evil" per say, just very VERY disillusional.
I have since I first heard the idea believed that he is the anthropomorphic personification of entropy. Order breaks down around him, he is relentless, he doesn't care what you say to him, and he specifically targets things making new life. When no new elements are in his presence he is inactive, when greater energy is added to his area he activates and reduces it back to no activity. You rarely see animals around Camp Crystal Lake, and he has trouble understanding robots and sims in the space movie.
I love the fact that the one who killed Jason was none other than Corey Feldman. Who better to take down the Butcher of Crystal Lake than expert vampire hunter Edgar Frog?
DEATH BY STEREO 😎
There was a Comic called Friday the 13th, How I Spent my Summer Vacation, where the Camp has be reopened and one of the kids going there had massive facial deformities. Jason goes on his killing spree but when he encounters the deformed boy, he actually takes care of him. This is probably the only time I remember Jason being anything other than a mindless killing machine.
I remember in the Jason vs Leatherface crossover comics, there is strong implication that Jason longs for people he can relate to and accept as family, as he comes into the Sawyer residence as a guest and even gains a strange shared friendship with Leatherface due to both men being quiet child-like brutes with similar traumatic histories. It falls apart and Jason eventually returns to Crystal Lake but there is some characterization there for sure.
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Jason is my favorite horror movie villain. Thank you so much for making a video about him. and happy Friday the 13th👍
To question whether Jason Voorhees is evil or not is a waste of time. He was a tortured soul that eventually became a revenant and murdered everyone every time he came back to life.... He had to be stopped. I mean if he's not evil what is pumpkin head??? There's a similarity to that story too
Thanks the Vile Eye for covering one of the most iconic slashers in cinema, and in HIS day.
One suggestion for another analyzing evil video would be the villains of Robocop, such as:
-OCP
-Clarence Boddicker
-Richard “Dick” Jones
-Cain
These are incredibly underrated villains, whose evilness is often overlooked by the public.
When Jason killed Alice, he had taken revenge for his mother's death. He had no reason to go any further, he could've just hidden away in the woods, in solitude.
Jason continues to kill, because killing is like a drug to him. The excitement of the hunt is euphoric, it keeps him going.
When Jason died, he rested for a long time. All of that hatred in his soul had began to erode away, but it came back and multiplied when Tommy interrupted his eternal rest.
Now Jason doesn't even feel bloodlust, just rage against all that lives, and a desire to return to his grave.
That would be the reason for a nornal, rational being.
Jason has made his purpose to kill. It doesn't matter if he takes joy or pleasure in it, he does it as if on a mission.
This was an excellent analysis of Jason Voorhees. One of the most iconic, yet tragic killing machines right next to Leatherface.
For the next evil to analyze, you should do Mary Van Tassel (neé: Archer) from Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Jason's gotta be my favorite slasher. I liked how angry he looked when played by Kane Hodder. Michael Myers was cool because he literally was just an emotionless killing machine, but I liked Jason more when you could feel his anger and frustrations, just in the way he stomped around to the way he killed his victims, you could really feel like he was legit pissed off after getting killed so many times lol
Super happy to see one of the most iconic villains in cinema get covered on the most fitting day possible!
It's only fair that Jason has his own episode since Freddy Krueger, Michael Myers, Leatherface, and Pinhead already have their episodes.
I always found it interesting that Jason was never willing to kill a child or an animal(unless for survival purposes). As if he feels a relation to more innocent minded or pure beings. Because in a way, Jason is an innocent minded child, but was corrupted to the point of feeling nothing but raging vengeance.
🎵She raised him right, and he’ll come out to play
When Mother whispers
“Thank God It’s Friday”
He drowned in all our sins
He drowned in our mistakes
Fueled by the flood, we pay in blood
The curse of Crystal Lake
He’s down there deep within
We’ve found there’s no escape
You just scratched the surface of the curse of Crystal Lake
Ki-ki-ki, Ma-ma ma🎵
- Ice Nine Kills, “Thank God It’s Friday”
Man of culture.
Bro, such a quality and consistency doesn't exist across this platform. Thank you for your passion, have a great October
The true embodiment of a vengeful evil.
I think a good analyzing evil would be on neil mcauley from heat (1995) very complex characters and narrative. Goated film
Jason was thrown into a world where almost everyone he came across was cruel to him and treated him as lesser for reasons that were out of his control. I can't exactly say I blame him for having a deep burning hatred for humanity. You beat down a dog enough and eventually the dog bites back, and people are exactly the same. Seeing his mom get decapitated was probably the straw that broke the camel's back, the moment that he decided anyone who crossed his path was dead. Someone like you or I could rationalize that not everyone is bad and that there's still good people out there, but Jason's mind does not have the capability because his way of thinking is far more simple than ours. The way Jason sees it, he's probably thinks he's just defending himself/striking back at a world that never gave a damn about him, a world that fully deserves the punishment he dishes out.
I don't think Jason is evil, I think he's a profoundly unlucky and tragic character molded into a near mindless killing machine by a world that could have and should have treated him with more kindness. His presence in Camp Crystal Lake is almost like a sort of karma for those who let him die.
Always waited that Jason also gets a "Analyzing Evil" video. Great Video! 💪
I’m always in the lookout! I love both your content AND your delivery, and thank you so much for the time and attention you give towards making your videos so great to watch. For this month please consider doing one on Ramsay Bolton! Happy friday 13th! You're the best!
I would like to mention about the "unnamed medical condition" that Jason is affected by. It's a brain disorder called Hydrocephalus, which is a build up of fluid in the brain causing pressure. The effects of hydrocephalus can include: learning disabilities, speech problems, memory problems, short attention span, problems with organisational skill and vison issues. The average iq of someone affected by Hydrocephalus is usually around 60 to 80, so Jason is surprisingly smart for someone which such condition.
Jason Voorhees is one of my favorite horror movie characters, mainly because of the way he looks with the hockey mask, but man is his story tragic. Had the camp counselors actually did their job, Jason wouldn't have drown. Makes me wonder how different his life would've been if those events didn't happen.
I’m so happy you waited for October with a Friday the 13th to post this
Another excellent video of a revered villain! Motives for killing (or lack thereof) are what make slashers like Jason Voorhees and Leatherface legendary in the horror genre. I'd like to recommend another slasher, perhaps one that isn't as well known as the aforementioned. I think Fenix from Alejandro Jodorowsky's film Santa Sangre also deserves his own episode because his motives for killing are also quite complex.
Jason was pure evil, end of story. The only question is who of the top four were most evil. Freddie, Jason, Leatherface or Michael.
Freddie because he was smart.
I didn't expect there to be a deep meaning in his story lol. Nice work! 😀
i like the idea of him being more of a machine. he's single minded, unstoppable, and deadly. More like an out of control tractor than a man. there is nothing there to make a moral choice or be rehabilitated so i think you can't really call him evil from the normal moral sense
who would win if jason voorhees and chucky fight each other?
Most likely Jason specifically Part 6 onwards or Uber Jason.
Jason would definitely just stomp chucky’s head like a tomato
Jason, would not even engage ..
I had always felt that Jason was no longer the person he was when he was alive, but that it was an evil entity that took on the corporal form of him, somehow unlocked from the malicious will of his mother after he died, a little bit like Michael Myers or The Crow or something.
Amazing video as always man! It goes to show that even the most apparently inconsequantial of actions at the moment can have MASSIVE, deathly consequences for not only yourself but for countless other people. Keep on the great work! Huge fan, please do a remake on michael myers!
Why comment twice?
Jason Goes to Hell does a good job of retconing the story into something coherent. In the retcon adult Jason was always a unique deadite. Jason's mother attempts to resurrect her son with the Necronomicon. Believing it didn't work she moves on to revenge. Maybe the magic took a while to kick in.
Happy Friday the 13th!
I like to think that Freddy brought Jason back to the moment when he was a scared child rather than Jason always being scared of water. This is because Jason has been swimming with no problem throughout his movies and the fact that Freddy literally turned him into a child in what I assume is after he discovers that there was once fear in Jason based on that traumatic event. I also don’t like the idea of water being his weakness since again, he’s pretty much a professional swimmer!
It is possible to direct Jason or confuse him, such as when Tommy made himself look like young Jason or when the girl pretended to be Pamela, so there is some level of consciousness but it only recognizes family and himself
Great episode. You should do one on Negan from the walking dead
I'm so glad someone is finally agreeing that Jason is evil and not justifying all the innocent lives he took. It baffles me how MANY people come up with excuses and act like everyone he killed deserved it
Not gonna lie, I always expected Mrs. Voorhees to get a video before her son.
She's, frankly, the more interesting character.
The power of ones appearance is very powerful. I guess that's the reason for the audience being more drawn to Jason.
There were plans to feature Elias Voorhees in “Jason Lives” and “Jason Goes To Hell”, both would have implied Elias is aware of his sons survival, murder sprees and his current undead state.
While these were scrapped concepts, they were used in the fan film “Vengeance” and its sequel “Bloodlines” - both of which featured Elias Voorhees as the main antagonist; and both of which featured returning cast and crew from the films.
Elias Voorhees was played by CJ Graham, who played Jason himself in “Jason Lives”.
Awesome thank you Vile Eye for uploading this on Friday the 13th giving one of my favorite all time horror killer villains his Analyzing Evil video. I would say Jason was probably at his most evil and sadistic was in Parts 2, 3 and 4, 4-The Final Chapter especially. Seems like in the fourth film, it was almost like he got some enjoyment for what he was doing like he was slowly torturing his victims before finally killing them. I mean in all the movies he’s brutal when he kills people but just in those early entries alone, he seemed very sadistic.
Excellent breakdown on the classic horror hockey masked villain!
Suggestions on other horror villains
Frank Zito (Maniac 80 original)
The evil Witches (Suspiria)
Mick Taylor (Wolf Creek films)
The Collector (The Collector and The Collection movies)
Krug Stillo and his gang (The Last House on the Left 72 original)
Charles Lee Ray/Chucky (Child’s Play series)
John Ryder (The Hitcher 86 original)
The Firefly Family (House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil’s Rejects and 3 from Hell) to name a few.
*Thanks you for this gift, vile. Happy Friday the 13th ❤️*
I’m pretty sure that in part three Jason knows exactly what he’s doing to all of them. If you look closely at his mannerisms, you can see that he’s either mocking or playing with his victims before he kills them, and the way he jump-scares Chris while pretending to hang on that rope is something that you would do if you’re intentionally being cruel. He even takes off his mask to show her his face because he remembers her, just because he knew it would hurt and terrify her.
In my opinion, I always believed Jason Voorhees and Norman Bates where almost one in the same as both are disturbed killers with mommy issues.
Also have you thought about covering Matt Cordell from the Maniac Cop trilogy?
A suggestion:
Analyzing Evil: Park Yeon-jin from The Glory.
Jason's dad was going to appear in the original ending of Part 6 having paid Martin the caretaker to look after Jason and Pamela's graves. He knew Jason had been chained under Crystal Lake.
Vile, you are one of my favorite channels on RUclips man. I just need to like everything you've put out so far
Jason Vorhees is literally one of the scariest mofo's in slasher films. He has good aim, he's super durable, he can punch a whole through the door and drag you out, he can one shot you with only one punch, he's strong enough to fold an entire mattress with you stuck in the between it, he basically has omnipresence because you'll think you got away from him just because you can out run him and then he just mysteriously pops out of nowhere right in front of you, and he becomes even more durable and stronger everytime he dies in the movie. His only weaknesses are getting his head cut off or being periced through the heart (as confirmed in Jason goes to hell). Jason overall kills people because he believes his deceased mother Pamela vorhees is talking to him in spirit (basically he's schizophrenic).
Yes! Another great slasher. On the topic of ghouls and ect like vampires, could a potential analysis be on DIO from JoJo’s Bizzare Adventure?
It's difficult to determine how evil Jason actually is due to his lack of autonomy. How in control is Jason? Does he possess consciousness? Is he aware of the cruelty and pain he inflicts or is he just a murderous robot incapable of being anything else?
Jason is clever, but still has a childlike intelligence. The hallucinations of his mother give him direction and drive
He definitely possesses consciousness and knows right from wrong because he doesn’t kill kids or animals.
@@zxtwist Ah, very good point
@@zxtwist Does he really not kill animals though? Dude's gotta eat and I doubt he's vegan lmao
(I'm referring to pre-Zombie Jason)
@@Chillnobody-vn3oh hmm, I’m not too sure.. I mean I would presume Jason would need to hunt if he lived in the wilderness.. but when I say animals I mean like cats and dogs.
Great timing. Love this channel! 👍🏽
Nice to see you covering my favorite Slasher villain! Eheheh. Jason went from a bullied child to an unstoppable force of the supernatural!
This couldn't be a more fitting day to release a Jason video.
*tips hat*
Still hopeing we can get a video on Dollface, Pin Up Girl and Sackhead from the strangers before the new movie comes out
I always find it interesting to compare Jason Voorhees and Michael Myers as characters cause of how similar they are while being so different, and how their behaviors and means to the common end of murder reflect those differences. For instance, Jason doesn’t always feel like a sadist to me (except in the remake maybe), he tends to dispatch his targets quickly and not drag things out for the most part, whereas Michael will really savor the terror and pain of his victims and select his targets at random. Jason is the rage of tarnished innocence where Michael is a mind and body dedicated wholly to malice.
I’d like to see you do a video on Dio Brando/DIO from Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure.
Thank you definitely enjoying this and your channel!
Let's just say Jason did nothing wrong.
While you can certainly make a case that deep down, Jason isn’t evil, his ACTIONS on the other hand, are completely inexcusable (except for a handful of people he killed who deserved to die)
I mean...if you slap tf out of an innocent grizzly bear, is it in the wrong when it mauls you to death?
Part 3 Jason was definitely evil
He was smiling while doing his thing, and he r***** people in that movie
@@DTownNashthe other 230 something people it mauls including some from multiple planets yes
I have schizophrenia and bipolar, and what you were saying about mental conditions is completely accurate. I don’t believe the crime itself should be excused, as we should still look at the crime the same way if a person with mental illness did not commit it, but Jason has always been interesting one to me, because I never figured out why he did the things he did. When you look at Jason, Freddy and even Michael for that matter, it’s obvious all three of them have antisocial personality disorders.
W video like always Vile Eye. You became my favorite RUclipsr and I’m glad you decided to post this on Friday the 13th in October. Hopefully you could do Eraserhead since it’s one of my favorite horror movies of all time.
So glad u uploaded another video I couldn’t find you on RUclips
Jason is truly terrifying
Im surprised you havent cover him already. I guess you were saving him for Friday the 13th
I have been waiting for this episode since i first knew your channel, thank you vile eye
Thank you for this, your channel is awesome!
Jason isn’t a villain he is a misguided soul. Who is victim of spoiled, entitled, sex crazed camp counselor. You either did the hero or live long enough to become the villain.
Jason Vorhees is the modern analog of the Frankenstein monster
Been waiting on this one. Thanks VileEye.
I really enjoyed your insights in this video. Amazing work as always.