Horror Weekly News: Friday the 13th series coming soon. Mayfair of Witches coming next year.

 

Take a trip down Crystal Lake. Or don’t. 

Actually, do not think about going there because Crystal Lake is where the whole mess with Jason Voorhees began, and that too on Friday the 13th. 

Friday the 13th is one of the most popular and profitable horror franchises, and although there was no movie after the 2009 re-imagining of the story, there is now a series headed to the screens next year. 

The series will be an origin story, a prequel to the first movie's events. 

Now the first movie showed the counselors at Camp Crystal Lake being murdered. It is later revealed that it was Jason’s mother, Mrs. Voorhees, doing all the killing. She wanted revenge because the counselor’s carelessness caused her son Jason to drown. 

It is revealed later on that Jason was alive after all. How else were there going to be 12 movies? Although the last one was a re-imagining of the story and had Jason kill anyone who comes to Crystal Lake. 

So…the series is going to be about Mrs. Voorhees? How else is this going to be about the events before the first movie? 

Actually, there just has to be Jason in it. Friday the 13th is about Jason in a hockey mask going on a killing spree. 

CRYSTAL LAKE will come to Peacock next year. Probably be on Friday the 13th. 

In other news…

Following the success of the Interview with the Vampire series, another one of Anne Rice’s novels is heading for screen adaptation. 

ANNE RICE’S MAYFAIR OF WITCHES will release next year. The story is about a neurosurgeon called Rowan Fielding who turns out that she is an heir to a family of witches. But first, she must deal with a sinister presence. 

The trailer doesn’t reveal much but it seems like a thrilling series with some pretty good frightening sequences. 

The series will have eight episodes and will air on amc+ on January 5th.