‘Crystal Lake’ Series Will Have a Snow-Set Episode [Exclusive]

EXCLUSIVE: This fall, Peacock is taking a dip in Crystal Lake, its upcoming slasher series exploring the origins of Jason Voorhees from the famed Friday the 13th films.

Based on the slasher series begun by Sean S. Cunningham in 1980, Crystal Lake follows a doomed small town where camp counselors come to die. It tells the origins of the Voorhees family and leads up to the “birth” of the ultimate slasher: Jason.

While Friday the 13th is typically a summer-set franchise, the writers of the 2009 remake revealed they had planned a sequel script set in winter, finally bringing Jason Voorhees into a snowy setting and painting the snow red.

Dread Central can exclusively reveal that we’ll finally see Jason slashing through the snow in the Crystal Lake series. It’s unclear how this will fit into the story, but here’s hoping it’s for a Christmas episode, eggnog included.

Earlier this year, Peacock shared the first teaser photos from Crystal Lake, which stars Linda Cardellini as Pamela Voorhees and includes earlier versions of characters from the original film, such as Crazy Ralph (Nick Cordileone), Claudette (Danielle Kotch), and Barry (Phoenix Parnevik), along with new characters connected to the town’s history.

Crystal Lake has also confirmed the presence of Jason as a child, with Callum Vinson cast as a young Jason Voorhees.

Crystal Lake is overseen by showrunner Brad Caleb Kane, who serves as writer and executive producer. Kane has also worked on the hit HBO prequel series It: Welcome to Derry.

At this moment, Crystal Lake is set to invite campers back this fall.