1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. 1955 - Events. January 7 - Marian Anderson is the first African American singer to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. January 22 - Pentagon announces plan to develop ICBMs (intercontinental ballistic missiles) armed with nuclear weapons 1955 - February. February 8 - Nikolai Bulganin becomes Soviet Premier. February 12 - US Pre ...

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Wishmaster and its three sequels are films about a Djinn that is released from a jewel, and seeks to capture enough souls to open a portal and free his fellow Djinni from their prison. The Djinn does this by granting a wish that also captures the wisher's soul. Andrew Divoff played the lead role in the first two films. In each movie, the Djinn goes about this a different way, but in all of the movies the three wishes must be granted to the "Waker", the person who released the Djinn from the imprisoning gem (in all four m ...

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The film begins with Freddy Krueger (played by Robert Englund) in his human days, throwing a doll into a furnace, then murdering a young girl he's holding captive. As he licks her picture on to his book, the parents of Springwood burn him to death. His eyes are then seen and the it becomes apparent that he is stuck in Hell. Because no one remembers him and his crimes, he remains unable to escape. Therefore, he conjures up Jason Voorhees (played by Ken Kirzinger), a renowned mass murderer from Crystal Lake who is also possessed, or is a ...

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Freddy vs. Jason, Freddy vs. Jason - Taglines, Freddy vs. Jason - Story, Freddy vs. Jason - Reaction, Freddy vs. Jason - Betting, Freddy vs. Jason - Notes

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Much like his masked counterpart Michael Myers, the part of Jason Voorhees has been played by various actors; some uncredited, others taking great pride in their parts. Due to the physical demands the character requires and the lack of emotional depth depicted, it comes as no surprise that almost all of the actors are stuntmen with no pre-existing history solely in acting. The best known among them is Kane Hodder who has become a favourite among fans and is often cited as the best to take up the role; there are others, however, that argue ag ...

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Jason Voorhees, Jason Voorhees - Childhood years, Jason Voorhees - Pamela Voorhees' revenge, Jason Voorhees - Jason resurfaces, Jason Voorhees - Jason comes back from the grave, Jason Voorhees - Freddy versus Jason, Jason Voorhees - What the future may hold, Jason Voorhees - Other appearances, Jason Voorhees - The men behind the mask, Jason Voorhees - External link

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In Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, we learn that both Loomis and Michael survived the explosion at the hospital. Loomis has been facially scarred and walks with a cane while Michael has spent 10 years in a coma. Once again, on Halloween eve, 1988, three EMTs are given the task of transferring Michael to another facility. While in the back of the ambulance, they discuss Michael's history and we learn not only that Laurie Strode was killed in a car wreck (which later turns out to be false), but she left behind a daughter, Jamie Lloyd. Upon hearing this news, Michael suddenly awakens, kill ...

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Michael Myers Halloween, Michael Myers Halloween - Halloween, Michael Myers Halloween - Halloween II, Michael Myers Halloween - First sequel continuity, Michael Myers Halloween - Second sequel continuity, Michael Myers Halloween - Notes

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1955 - January. January 7 - Marian Anderson is the first African American singer to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. January 22 - Pentagon announces plan to develop ICBMs (intercontinental ballistic missiles) armed with nuclear weapons 1955 - February. February 8 - Nikolai Bulganin becomes Soviet Premier. February 12 - US President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends the first U.S. advisors to South Vietnam. February 22 - ...

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The film begins with Freddy Krueger (played by Robert Englund) in his human days, throwing a doll into a furnace, then murdering a young girl he's holding captive. As he licks her picture on to his book, the parents of Springwood burn him to death. His eyes are then seen and the it becomes apperant that he is stuck in Hell. Because no one remembers him and his crimes, he remains unable to escape. Therefore, he conjures up Jason Voorhees (played by Ken Kirzinger), a renowned mass murderer from Crystal Lake who is also possessed, or is ...

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Freddy vs. Jason, Freddy vs. Jason - Story, Freddy vs. Jason - Reaction, Freddy vs. Jason - Betting, Freddy vs. Jason - Notes

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Friday the 13th film series - Friday the 13th 1980. In the first film, a group of teenagers return to a summer camp, Camp Crystal Lake, to prepare it for reopening. Many years earlier, a young boy named Jason Voorhees had drowned at the camp. Shortly thereafter, the two counselors responsible were murdered. One by one, the new teenage counselors are brutally murdered by Jason's mother, Pamela Voorhees.

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Friday the 13th film series, Friday the 13th film series - Series overview, Friday the 13th film series - The films, Friday the 13th film series - Friday the 13th 1980, Friday the 13th film series - Part 2 1981, Friday the 13th film series - Part 3 1982, Friday the 13th film series - The Final Chapter 1984, Friday the 13th film series - A New Beginning 1985, Friday the 13th film series - Jason Lives 1986, Friday the 13th film series - The New Blood 1988, Friday the 13th film series - Jason Takes Manhattan 1989, Friday the 13th film series - New Line Cinema purchases the franchise, Friday the 13th film series - Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday 1993, Friday the 13th film series - The road to Freddy vs. Jason, Friday the 13th film series - Jason X 2001, Friday the 13th film series - Freddy vs. Jason 2003, Friday the 13th film series - Further films?, Friday the 13th film series - DVDs, Friday the 13th film series - Books, Friday the 13th film series - External link

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Halloween II picks up where Halloween left off. Laurie, suffering from a laceration wound, is taken to Haddonfield Memorial Hospital. Michael follows her there after hearing a radio broadcast publicizing her whereabouts. In this movie, it is discovered that Michael and Laurie are brother and sister (she was adopted by the Strode family), which explains why Michael was trying to kill her. Dr. Loomis again attempts to stop Michael's murderous rampage, this time by igniting a gas-filled room containing both the doctor ...

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Michael Myers Halloween, Michael Myers Halloween - Halloween, Michael Myers Halloween - Halloween II, Michael Myers Halloween - First sequel continuity, Michael Myers Halloween - Second sequel continuity, Michael Myers Halloween - Notes

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Halloween H20: 20 Years Later begins with Laurie Strode, who changed her name to Keri Tate and became a teacher at a respected private school in Northern California. We learn that she had faked her death. Myers discovered her whereabouts, and again attempted to kill her and her 17 year old son. After a brutal fight Myers was decapitated by Laurie. This was supposed to be the end of the Halloween series, b ...

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Michael Myers Halloween, Michael Myers Halloween - Halloween, Michael Myers Halloween - Halloween II, Michael Myers Halloween - First sequel continuity, Michael Myers Halloween - Second sequel continuity, Michael Myers Halloween - Notes

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Michael Myers was born on October 31, 1957 in Haddonfield, Illinois. On Halloween night, 1963, he brutally murdered his sister, Judith Myers. Michael, only six-years-old, was sent to Smith's Grove Sanitarium, where he was placed under the care of psychiatrist Dr. Samuel Loomis (portrayed by Donald Pleasence). Loomis provided numerous descriptions of the deranged child throughout the first film, such as: "I met him, fifteen years ago. I was told there was nothing left. No reason, no conscience, no understanding; even the most rudimentary s ...

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Michael Myers Halloween, Michael Myers Halloween - Halloween, Michael Myers Halloween - Halloween II, Michael Myers Halloween - First sequel continuity, Michael Myers Halloween - Second sequel continuity, Michael Myers Halloween - Notes

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Living as a hermit in the camp's forest, Jason was drawn to the bank of Crystal Lake by the cries of two women fighting. He arrived just in time to witness his long-lost mother's bloody demise and was horribly devastated. Alice, his mother's murderer, was trying to get over the massacre when Jason attacked her in her home, stabbing her in the head with an ice pick. Jason then returned to the forest. Five years later, a man named Paul Holt opened up a camp counselor training ground near the Camp Crystal Lake site. Jason, wearing a pillowcase ...

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Jason Voorhees, Jason Voorhees - Childhood years, Jason Voorhees - Pamela Voorhees' revenge, Jason Voorhees - Jason resurfaces, Jason Voorhees - Jason comes back from the grave, Jason Voorhees - Freddy versus Jason, Jason Voorhees - What the future may hold, Jason Voorhees - Other appearances, Jason Voorhees - The men behind the mask, Jason Voorhees - External link

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Paramount released the first eight films of the series on DVD, two at a time between 1999 and 2002. While this prospect pleased fans, many were upset that the films were the standard cut, R-rated versions. In addition, the only supplement contained on the discs were a single trailer, but even the last two films were not supplied with this. To further upset fans, the last half of the films were given new art covers, which many feel are inferior to the originals (some of the images in the set were also mixed; for example an image of Roy posing ...

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Friday the 13th film series, Friday the 13th film series - Series overview, Friday the 13th film series - The films, Friday the 13th film series - Friday the 13th 1980, Friday the 13th film series - Part 2 1981, Friday the 13th film series - Part 3 1982, Friday the 13th film series - The Final Chapter 1984, Friday the 13th film series - A New Beginning 1985, Friday the 13th film series - Jason Lives 1986, Friday the 13th film series - The New Blood 1988, Friday the 13th film series - Jason Takes Manhattan 1989, Friday the 13th film series - New Line Cinema purchases the franchise, Friday the 13th film series - Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday 1993, Friday the 13th film series - The road to Freddy vs. Jason, Friday the 13th film series - Jason X 2001, Friday the 13th film series - Freddy vs. Jason 2003, Friday the 13th film series - Further films?, Friday the 13th film series - DVDs, Friday the 13th film series - Books, Friday the 13th film series - External link

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1955 - January. January 2 - Jose Antonio Remon, President of Panama January 15 - Yves Tanguy, French painter (b. 1900) January 21 - Archie Hahn, American athlete (b. 1880) January 31 - John Mott, American YMCA leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1865) 1955 - March. March 11 - Sir Alexander Fleming, Scottish scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1881) March 12 - Charlie Parker, American ja ...

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1955 - January. January 2 - Tex Brashear, American voice actor January 6 - Rowan Atkinson, English comedian and actor January 12 - Rockne O'Bannon, writer and television producer January 13 - Jay McInerney, American writer January 15 - Nigel Benson, British author and illustrator January 17 - Steve Earle, American musician January 18 - Kevin Costner, American actor January 22 - Neil Mallon Bush, son of George H. W. Bush and Barbara Pierce Bush a ...

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Six of the eleven films have been novelised: Friday the 13th, Part 2, Part 3 (twice by two different authors), Jason Lives, Jason X, and Freddy vs. Jason. It is worth noting that while Jason X was released before Freddy vs. Jason, it was not novelised until 2005, accompanied by a set of books from Black Flame that served as sequels to Jason X. They are The Experiment, Planet of the Beast, and Death Moon. They were released around the same time with three othe ...

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Friday the 13th film series, Friday the 13th film series - Series overview, Friday the 13th film series - The films, Friday the 13th film series - Friday the 13th 1980, Friday the 13th film series - Part 2 1981, Friday the 13th film series - Part 3 1982, Friday the 13th film series - The Final Chapter 1984, Friday the 13th film series - A New Beginning 1985, Friday the 13th film series - Jason Lives 1986, Friday the 13th film series - The New Blood 1988, Friday the 13th film series - Jason Takes Manhattan 1989, Friday the 13th film series - New Line Cinema purchases the franchise, Friday the 13th film series - Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday 1993, Friday the 13th film series - The road to Freddy vs. Jason, Friday the 13th film series - Jason X 2001, Friday the 13th film series - Freddy vs. Jason 2003, Friday the 13th film series - Further films?, Friday the 13th film series - DVDs, Friday the 13th film series - Books, Friday the 13th film series - External link

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Jason was born on June 13, 1946 to Pamela and Elias Voorhees. Born with hydrocephalus, Jason suffered from mental retardation(not fully certain) and severe facial disfigurement. Sometime later, Elias left Pamela to raise Jason on her own. Due to his disablities, children his age frequently teased and bullied him. However, his mother never drew attention to his mental and physical illness and loved him deeply. In the summer of 1957, Jason attended Camp Crystal Lake, where his mother worked as a chef. The other children chased hi ...

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Jason Voorhees, Jason Voorhees - Childhood years, Jason Voorhees - Pamela Voorhees' revenge, Jason Voorhees - Jason resurfaces, Jason Voorhees - Jason comes back from the grave, Jason Voorhees - Freddy versus Jason, Jason Voorhees - What the future may hold, Jason Voorhees - Other appearances, Jason Voorhees - The men behind the mask, Jason Voorhees - External link

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Years later, Tommy Jarvis, now in his early 20s, was released from the mental institution, but was still plagued by nightmares about Jason and a man named Roy Burns, whom he had killed a year earlier because he was masquerading as Jason and killing people in the mental institution. After he got out of the institution, Tommy and a friend went to Eternal Peace Cemetery to dig up Jason's grave and cremate him. After they dug him up, Tommy stabbed a metal rod from a cemetery fence into Jason's rotting corpse and threw his hockey mask into the grave. As they were about to cremate him, however, ...

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Jason Voorhees, Jason Voorhees - Childhood years, Jason Voorhees - Pamela Voorhees' revenge, Jason Voorhees - Jason resurfaces, Jason Voorhees - Jason comes back from the grave, Jason Voorhees - Freddy versus Jason, Jason Voorhees - What the future may hold, Jason Voorhees - Other appearances, Jason Voorhees - The men behind the mask, Jason Voorhees - External link

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Mrs. Voorhees went insane with grief after her son's disappearance. She swore revenge on the people responsible for her son's death. She waited one year to act out her vengeance. On June 13, 1958 she murdered the two teenagers she believed to have been responsible for Jason's drowning. After the incident, the camp was closed. A few years later, Mrs. Voorhees sabotaged an attempt to reopen the camp by setting fire to it. Later still, Mrs. Voorhees poisoned the camp's water to prevent the camp from reopening. Because of these incidents, the locals around Crystal Lake began to b ...

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Jason Voorhees, Jason Voorhees - Childhood years, Jason Voorhees - Pamela Voorhees' revenge, Jason Voorhees - Jason resurfaces, Jason Voorhees - Jason comes back from the grave, Jason Voorhees - Freddy versus Jason, Jason Voorhees - What the future may hold, Jason Voorhees - Other appearances, Jason Voorhees - The men behind the mask, Jason Voorhees - External link

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Years later, Jason would be resurrected once again. This time, by Freddy Krueger, another mass murderer with supernatural powers. Disguising himself as Mrs. Voorhees, Krueger manipulated Jason into killing the children of Elm Street. Freddy's plan was for the murders to make people relate the teens' deaths to the almost-forgotten memory of Freddy Krueger. Thereby, Freddy would once again be feared, which was key to his power. Eventually, Jason interrupted Krueger's plan by killing so many teens in public places that he left behind witnesses. ...

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Jason Voorhees, Jason Voorhees - Childhood years, Jason Voorhees - Pamela Voorhees' revenge, Jason Voorhees - Jason resurfaces, Jason Voorhees - Jason comes back from the grave, Jason Voorhees - Freddy versus Jason, Jason Voorhees - What the future may hold, Jason Voorhees - Other appearances, Jason Voorhees - The men behind the mask, Jason Voorhees - External link

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