Pamela Sue Voorhees is the loving mother of the infamous serial killer Jason Voorhees, and the Original Camp crystal lake serial killer who terrorized the camp grounds sabotaging it so it could never be open again to the public.
Pamela Voorhees is portrayed by Betsy Palmer in the Original.
Undead Pamela Voorhees is portrayed by Marilyn Poucher.
Pamela Voorhees is portrayed by Paula Shaw in Freddy Vs Jason.
History[]
Pamela Voorhees, was born in an unknown state in America, where an horrible event helped shaped her future life forever, in the year of 1946 by the time she was only 16-years old, she was raped by a unknown man, which later she would find someone who she thought would protect her and her unborn child, a man who would be known as Elias Voorhees, the plans of being protected quickly turned south as Elias was abusive toward both her and her unborn child, in an attempt to rid her of another malevolent man, she murdered had him in unknown methods, and left her current location to the state of New Jersey where she would quickly find herself serving as a Diner as their Cook, as her unborn child was due in months.
One day, her life would change for the better as David Christy with his wife Louise Christy had confronted a young Pamela with an offer of a new job opportunity for her and her child, as a Camp Cook at Camp Crystal Lake, which she accepted and moved away from the town, and into her own place, offered from and by the Christy family, and as time passed she gave birth to her son who she would name him, Jason, which in turn, she had sheltered her disfigured child, as he was never put into public school, but was always on the camp grounds with his mother being a part-time overseer of his activities and his protector, where she thought the camp counselors would be watching over her son during her shifts but she was very much naive.
As in the summer of 1957, a public incident that would help turn Pamela's entire life upside down yet again, and where she would be the progenitor that established foreshadowing "Curse of Camp crystal Lake", now at 27-years old, Pamela, was doing her routine job feeding the camp grounds, as she knew her son was suppose to be under the supervision of camp counselors Barry Jackson and Claudette Hayes, who would later fail to keep her son safe, as Jason being bullied by others wanted to prove to the other campers that he can swim, turned into dread as he was drowning while the camp counselors were off having sex and not watching the campers, and when it was too late, Jason's body couldn't be recovered due to unforeseen conditions, and left tjis young mother in complete agony, pain, sadness, and anger in her heart and soul, as the counselors weren't held accountable for their misdeeds, Pamela felt that Vengeance is all she needed and so she planned on her scheme without anyone else knowing of her malice intent.
In 1958, only a year-later after her Son's unfortunate accident, Pamela had went to the Christies for another chance at being the camp cook despite the trauma she had endured, but they only ever saw a grieving mother, and wanted to repay her for her good deeds as the camp cook, and so as the summer-time approach things were calm, until one faithful day, as returning counselors Barry and Claudette made their way into a unoccupied cabin to have sex as they've done a year prior, they weren't alone as a familiar face to them would wondered upstairs to them, and within moments, Barry was stabbed in the stomach, and as with his lover watching in complete terror, she too would fall with a throat slit, both were found hours later brutally murdered, and as the Cops investigated the camp grounds, they found nothing to point anyone as a suspect and took it as a madman in the woods, and so they shut the camp down for months.
And for years after numerous attempts to reopen the camp grounds, it was Mrs.Voorhees who was purposely sabotaging the camp grounds from poising the water sources, creating fires, and even creating numerous unexplained murders, which had kept the camp grounds closed for years which gave the camp numerous nicknames and titles from Camp Blood, and The Curse of Crystal Lake, she helped started the legend which will be told for years to come, as the events transpired, the many attempts had caused the Christy's to go both bankrupt and insane over these misfortunes.
It wasn't until the son of David and Louise, Steve Christy had begun cleaning, repairing, and then reopening the camp grounds in 1979, Pamela is now 49 years old, 21-years later, and she plays a role of an innocent and ole so nice elderly woman, where she picked up Annie Phillips, in her Jeep and later chased and murdered her, she goes into the camp killing off the future counselors one by one, she killed Ned Rubenstein, Jack Burrell, Marcie Stanler, Steve Christy, Bill Brown, and Brenda Jones in various and brutal ways, and as Alice Hardy were founding their corpses, it was Mrs.Voorhees who appears in her Jeep to Alice who was now being hysterical due to the situation she was forced in, and now Mrs.Voorhees brings her to a large cabin, where she revealed who she was to Alice, and explained the story of her beloved Son, who was wrong and goes berserk attacking and chasing Alice around the area, until Alice managed to get the upper-hand and grabs Pamela's Machete, and beheads her, ending the massacre.
Legacy[]
And for her legacy, Pamela was known as the first killer of Crystal Lake, she laid a bloodbath over her son, and inturn her own son started to take the reign as Jason was alive, and sought the same vengeance his mother had within herself, Jason's body count was steadily climbing since 1985, til his death by Tommy Jarvis ending his reign for a time being, as Jason Voorhees was the Camp Blood Killer of Urban Legends, a copycat would copy the M.O. of both Pamela and Jason, that being Roy Burns who committed a massarce at Pinehurst Youth Development Center, for the death of his own son, and killed by Tommy Jarvis, this is when the Son of Pamela, rises again at the ends of the man who killed him, as 1990 Jason is now resurrected as a Revenant Zombie, where he would continue to kill and keep his family's name forever engraved in the nation.
Alternate/Non-Canon History[]
- Pamela Voorhees (Reboot) (Alternate Canon)
- Pamela Voorhees (DC Comics) (Non-Canon)
- Pamela Voorhees (Topps Comics) (Non-Canon)
- Jason's Mother (NES) (Non-Canon)
- Pamela Voorhees (Friday the 13th the Video Game) (Alternate Canon)
- Pamela Voorhees (Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle) (Non-Canon)
Personality[]
Pamela was originally a loving, caring, and protecting mother who would do whatever she had to keep her and her son well, she homeschooled Jason, and worked a job close enough to watchover her son, she displayed high levels of grief when recounting the events of her Son.
Its only after the "Supposed" drowning of her son, is when this loving mother turned into a heartless killer, who would kill anyone who tried to reopen the camp grounds, she was cunning, ruthless, and evil, as she killed innocent people who had no direct cause of her son's death.
Appearance[]
Body Count[]
Number | Victim's Name | Cause of Death | On or Off Screen | Killer | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
#1 | Barry Jackson | Stomach stabbed with a Hunting Knife | On-Screen | Pamela Voorhees | |
#2 | Claudette Hayes | Throat slit with a Hunting Knife | Off-Screen | Pamela Voorhees | Behind the scenes shows a neck slit. |
#3 | Annie Phillips | Throat slit with a Hunting Knife | On-Screen | Pamela Voorhees | |
#4 | Ned Rubenstein | Throat slashed with a Hunting Knife. | Off-Screen | Pamela Voorhees | |
#5 | Jack Burrell | Arrow through the throat. | On-Screen | Pamela Voorhees | |
#6 | Marcie Stanler | An Axe to the face. | On-Screen | Pamela Voorhees | |
#7 | Steve Christy | Stab through the chest with a Hunting Knife | On-Screen | Pamela Voorhees | |
#8 | Bill Brown | Multiple Arrows, and a Neck stab. | Off-Screen | Pamela Voorhees | |
#9 | Brenda Jones | Unknown | Off-Screen | Pamela Voorhees |
Note: Elias Voorhees is not listed due to multiple continuity conflictions.
Trivia[]
- Pamela Voorhees is the original and the first female serial killer in the Friday the 13th franchise.
- Pamela and her Son Jason, almost have the same amount of kills in their debut films.
- Throughout the franchise, Pamela's actions left behind a legacy as you can't tell a story about Jason without mentioning what his mother did, she helped make herself a urban legend amongst the locals and anyone who retells the events.
References[]
- ↑ Gravestone in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
- ↑ Before the Events of Friday the 13th
- ↑ During the Events of Friday the 13th
- ↑ Friday the 13th 1980
- ↑ Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
- ↑ Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
- ↑ Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives Novel
- ↑ Friday the 13th
- ↑ Friday the 13th Credits
- ↑ Friday the 13th Part 3
- ↑ Freddy Vs Jason