Archive · 14 Sep 2026
Crystal Lake Prequel Revisits Pamela Voorhees Before Friday the 13th
Crystal Lake is a new television series set before the first Friday the 13th movie.
Linda Cardellini plays Pamela Voorhees.
In the story, Pamela’s young son Jason drowned at Crystal Lake nearly a year earlier.
Pamela believes he may still be somewhere nearby.
She searches for him and refuses to accept that he is gone.
Two strangers arrive and begin asking questions about her past.
As Pamela searches, people start turning up dead.
The series shows what happened before Pamela became the killer in the original movie.
It will have eight episodes and premiere on Peacock in the United States on October 15.
The trailer for Crystal Lake, a prequel to Friday the 13th, was released on Sunday.
Linda Cardellini plays Pamela Voorhees, whose son Jason drowned at Crystal Lake nearly a year earlier.
Pamela believes Jason may still be alive and searches for him around Crystal Lake.
The eight-episode series shows people dying as strangers investigate Pamela’s past.
Crystal Lake premieres October 15 in the United States on Peacock; no India release details have been announced.
- Who
- Linda Cardellini plays Pamela Voorhees, while Callum Vinson plays young Jason; Brad Caleb Kane created the series.
- What
- Crystal Lake is an eight-episode prequel series to the Friday the 13th film series.
- When
- The trailer was released on Sunday, and the series will premiere on October 15.
- Where
- The story is set around Crystal Lake and the series will premiere in the United States on Peacock.
- Why
- The series explores Pamela Voorhees’s search for Jason before the events of the original Friday the 13th film.
- Series
- Crystal Lake
- Franchise
- Friday the 13th
- Episodes
- Eight
- Pamela Voorhees
- Played by Linda Cardellini
- Young Jason
- Played by Callum Vinson
- Premiere
- October 15 on Peacock in the United States
- India release
- No release date or streaming platform has been announced