{"id":6935,"date":"2025-07-19T01:58:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T01:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/6935\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T01:58:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T01:58:08","slug":"crystal-lake-casts-a-familiar-horror-face-as-little-jason-voorhees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/6935\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Crystal Lake’ Casts a Familiar Horror Face as Little Jason Voorhees"},"content":{"rendered":"

Horror fans are excitedly awaiting Peacock\u2019s Friday the 13th prequel series<\/a> Crystal Lake<\/a>\u2014and now we know who\u2019ll be playing the younger version of Jason Voorhees. Long before he decided a hockey mask and machete were an ideal killing-spree combo, and even before he drowned at summer camp, he was just a little kid with an eccentric mother. Presumably. We don\u2019t know too many details about the show yet, but we know Linda Cardellini is playing Pamela Voorhees<\/a>\u2014and now we know Callum Vinson is Jason.<\/p>\n

You might not recognize the name, but the face could ring a bell if you\u2019re a fan of horror TV, especially horror TV inspired by popular movies. Vinson co-starred on the fourth and final season of Chucky, playing the President of the United States\u2019 youngest son. He\u2019s Chucky\u2019s entry point into the White House, innocently helping the evil doll launch his latest scheme to rule the world and\/or end the world, or possibly both.<\/p>\n

As Deadline<\/a> points out, \u201cVinson is billed as a recurring guest star, as this new project focuses on Pamela.\u201d Still, you had to have a Jason, and this kid has some serious genre credibility, so this feels like an excellent choice.<\/p>\n

The trade also shared more casting news, with Crystal Lake adding some characters that aren\u2019t as famous as Jason, but that Friday the 13th superfans will recognize: Nick Cordileone as Ralph, Danielle Kotch as Claudette,\u00a0and Phoenix Parnevik as Barry. Ralph, aka \u201cCrazy Ralph,\u201d is the Crystal Lake area drifter who warns young folks (or tries to warn them, anyway) not to go to \u201cCamp Blood.\u201d Barry and Claudette are Pamela\u2019s first victims (killed in the 1980 film\u2019s 1958-set prologue). Joy Suprano is also aboard as a character named Rita.<\/p>\n

Crystal Lake doesn\u2019t yet have a Peacock arrival date, but later this year or 2026 seems likely.<\/p>\n

Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel<\/a>, Star Wars<\/a>, and Star Trek<\/a> releases, what\u2019s next for the DC Universe on film and TV<\/a>, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Horror fans are excitedly awaiting Peacock\u2019s Friday the 13th prequel series Crystal Lake\u2014and now we know who\u2019ll be…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6936,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[49,7608,48,7609,6924,75,6925,337],"class_list":["post-6935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-ca","tag-callum-vinson","tag-canada","tag-chucky","tag-crystal-lake","tag-entertainment","tag-friday-the-13th","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}