Friday The 13th's Kill Rule: Why Jason Doesn't Murder Kids Or Animals
Throughout the Friday the 13th films, Jason Voorhees has countless victims, but there are two exceptions to his carnage: he never kills children or animals. The Friday the 13th franchise was a surprising success, spawning 12 films in total — including a remake and a crossover with A Nightmare on Elm Street. Although the original film followed vengeful mother Pamela Voorhees (Betsy Palmer) on her bloodthirsty quest against those she blamed for her son's death, the rest of the films focused on Jason himself, in varying stages of life.
Jason has gone through several iterations over the course of the franchise, slaughtering the teenagers of Camp Crystal Lake as punishment for his own death as a child and his mother's murder. His strength, immortality, and preferred choice of victims have resulted in Jason being grouped with antagonists like Michael Myers and Freddy Krueger. But while his high body count is standard for a slasher movie villain, Jason differs from the others in one significant aspect—he refuses to harm those that he deems as «innocent.»
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Despite being presented with several opportunities, Jason has never killed a child or an animal, usually ignoring any cats or dogs he encounters. Kane Hodder, who played Jason in four of the films, has stated that hurting an animal is a line that Jason will not cross. In comparison, Michael Myers has no qualms about killing animals, and although Freddy Krueger exists primarily in the dream world, limiting his interactions with creatures outside of it, he derives happiness from harming the helpless and innocent. Jason, a product of his mother's puritan beliefs and his own tragic death, believes that
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