a cult maniac, the main antagonist of the Friday the 13th series (except for the first and fifth parts). Jason was initially considered dead as a child who drowned in a lake, but he was alive all this time and became a maniac, killing people on the orders of his dead mother. At first he was a man, and after his death and resurrection - a living dead man. He has abilities almost like a god, but behaves weaker. Voorhees' signature murder weapon is a machete