The Complete Timeline

We know creating a timeline for the Friday the 13th movies is virtually impossible, due to the contradictions that occur when each new sequel comes out. Still, we thought we would go ahead and compile the ONLY complete timeline on the net, so enjoy!


1930
Pamela Voorhees is born.


1935
Camp Crystal Lake opens.


1945
Young Pamela is impregnated by Elias Voorhees, more than likely out of wedlock.


Friday, June 13, 1946
Jason Voorhees is born.


Summer 1957
Young Jason drowns in Camp Crystal Lake; His body is never recovered.


1958
Diana is born to Elias and another woman.


Friday, June 13, 1958
Two counselors at Camp Crystal Lake are murdered; The camp is shut down.


Summer 1959
The camp is burnt down by an arsonist (Pamela).


Summer 1962
An attempt to open camp is halted once again, this time by poisoned water. (Done by Pamela).


Friday, June 13, 1979
Steve Christy attempts to re-open his parents' camp. However, he and eight of his counselors are brutally murdered by Pamela Voorhees. The only survivor, Alice, chopped off Pamela's head.


August 1979
Alice returns to Crystal Lake to put her life back together. However, unknown to Alice, Jason rose from his watery grave and stuck an ice pick in her temple. Her body is never found.


Summer 1983
Young Chris Higgins is attacked by Jason after she ran away from home. The next thing she remembered was waking up in her bed the next morning. Nothing was said about it since.


July 7, 1984
Five years after Pamela's murder spree, Paul Holt opens a counselor training center adjacent to the now off-limits Camp Crystal Lake. Paul informs everyone of the Voorhees legend, but tells them to forget about it.


July 8, 1984
When all of the trainees decide for one last night on the town, Jason arrives at the center and kills all who remained. Paul and his assistant Ginny return to the center to find Jason there waiting for them. Ginny sticks a machete in Jason's shoulder and Paul and Ginny escape. Soon after, Paul disappears, and Ginny is attacked by Jason, who escapes. The next morning, the medics arrive and find that Ginny is the only one left alive. Jason was nowhere to be found.


July 9, 1984
Jason makes his way into town, kills a storeowner and his wife, and gets a new set of clothes.


July 10, 1984
Chris returns to Crystal Lake to confront her past, along with some of her vacationing friends. However, Jason is there, and kills 10 of them, including three bikers. Chris faces her fear and axes Jason in the head.


July 11, 1984
The next day, the authorities arrive and find a delusional Chris, who visioned being pulled into the lake by the deceased Pamela Voorhees. All the bodies, including Jason, are taken to the Wessex County Medical Center morgue, where Jason revives, kills two hospital workers, and escapes.


July 11-12, 1984
Jason returns to Crystal Lake and kills several partying teenagers, as well as Joan Jarvis, who lived nearby with her 17-year-old daughter Trish and 12-year-old son Tommy. Jason moved in to finish off Trish and Tommy, but Tommy freaks out and maniacally machetes Jason to death.


July 12-13, 1984
Jason's body is buried at the Eternal Peace Cemetery.


1984
Sometime after the murders, Tommy is committed to various mental hospitals, where he can't come to grips with his traumatic experience.


1985-1986
The town of Crystal Lake is re-named Forest Green, in an attempt to bring people back.


1987
Tommy, now 15, is committed to Pinehurst Mental Institution, where he is preparing to re-enter society. However, while he is there, a fellow patient is murdered. This sets off another Jason-style killing spree by Roy Burns, the father of Joey, the boy killed. Tommy is forced to kill Roy, and further damages his already unstable mind.


May 12, 1988
Tommy, 16, escapes from the mental hospital and makes his way back to Forest Green (Crystal Lake), convinced that Jason is still alive. Along with fellow inmate Allen Hawes, they dig up Jason's grave and try to cremate it, when lightning strikes Jason, and he is brought back to life. Jason kills Hawes and gets his mask back as Tommy escapes.

Tommy tries to warn the local sheriff, but he passes it off as nothing, and Tommy gets locked up in jail.


Friday, May 13, 1988
Camp Forest Green attempts to open its doors, but Jason shows up and murders all but one counselor, the sheriff's daughter, who busted Tommy out of jail.

By the time the sheriff realizes that Tommy is not the killer, it is too late. Jason kills the sheriff, then goes out to the lake, where Tommy is waiting.

Tommy and Jason fight, and Tommy manages to submerge Jason by tying a chain around a boulder and securing it around Jason's neck. The camp is shut down for good.


Friday, October 13, 1989
John Shepherd drowns in Crystal Lake when his 13-year-old daughter Tina mistakenly uses her telekinetic powers to collapse a dock he was standing on. Tina was committed to a mental hospital.


1991-1992
Somewhere around this time, the name of the town is changed back to Crystal Lake, to capitalize on the notoriety of the Voorhees legend.


Friday, May 13, 1993
Tina, now 17, returns to Crystal Lake with her mother and doctor, in an attempt to confront her fears. However, she mistakenly releases Jason from his watery prison, and another murder spree ensues, as Jason kills more partying teenagers. When Jason moves in for the final kill, Tina has just enough energy to bring back her father, who takes Jason back into the depths of Crystal Lake.


June 8, 1994
A small boat with two Lakeview High School seniors drags an electrical cable over Jason's body. Once again revived, Jason boards the ship and kills them both.


June 9, 1994
The Class of Lakeview High takes its senior class trip to New York City, four days before graduation. However, Jason's boat docks up with the S.S. Lazarus, and Jason climbs aboard.


June 10, 1994
The next morning, there are only two survivors, Rennie and Sean, who managed to evade Jason in New York. They get away and inform the authorities.


June 11-12, 1994
The FBI finds the remains of the Lazarus, and all the charred and drowned remains of the people aboard. Not finding Jason anywhere, they set up a sting operation to rid the world of Jason once and for all.


Friday, July 13, 1994
The depleted Lakeview High Class of 1994 graduates, with Rennie and Sean, as well as those who didn't go on the cruise receiving their diplomas.


July 15, 1994
The FBI lure Jason into an open field and blow his body apart. He is presumed dead.


July 22-24, 1994
Bounty hunter Creighton Duke goes on TV and says that Jason is still alive. The TV show offers him $500,000 to prove it, then finally put an end to Jason.


July 24- August 1, 1994
Duke proved to be right, as Jason, re-born through his half-sister Diana, goes on another murdering spree, trying to kill his last blood relatives, Diana's daughter Jessica and her infant daughter Stephanie. After a struggle, Jessica succeeds in killing Jason.


August 1, 1994
Jason is supposedly taken to hell by Satan.


May 9-10, 1995
Backwoods hunter Joe Travers is "persuaded" to find Jason's mask. When he does, he puts it on, and gets transformed into Jason.

Meanwhile, Billy Boone and his teenage friends plan a getaway to the now abandoned Camp Crystal Lake. The Hunter shows up and, in the spirit of Jason, murders all but one of the kids.

The only survivor, Carly McDonnell, Boone's on-again, off-again girlfriend, succeeded in prying the mask off of The Hunter's head, causing him to die instantly as soon as he lost "The Power". Carly managed to submerge the mask in Crystal Lake.


May 7, 1996
Big Red Gleason, a backwoods hillbilly, goes fishing in Crystal Lake, and manages to catch Jason's mask and put it on. He then made his way home and killed members of his family.


May 8-9, 1996
Kelly Boone, Billy's sister, is convinced that Jason's still alive, and with a group of her friends, goes to Camp Crystal Lake to avenge her brother's death.

Big Red shows up at camp and kills all of the teens, including Kelly. Before she dies, however, Kelly manages to kill Big Red and get the mask off of him. Then, burying it deep into the ground, Kelly dies from excessive blood loss.


August 13-15, 1997
Vince Fantana’s Traveling Carnival, a small, struggling carnival, pitches its tents at Camp Crystal Lake. However, nothing goes right. All of the rides keep breaking, and the chief mechanic, Mitch Deever, got his hands on the hockey mask, resulting in the total loss of the carnival— and many lives. The only survivor, Selena, the fortune-teller’s daughter, managed to get the mask off of Deever and bury it into an old oak tree.


Friday, November 13, 1998
The Carville Hornets’ football team, on their way home from a big game, loses its MVPs, coach, and some cheerleaders when their separate van swerves off the road during a bad storm.

The players seek refuge at Camp Crystal Lake, but they didn’t count on the team mascot and loser Teddy Bateman finding Jason’s mask.

From there, “Buzzy” succeeded in killing all but two of them-- cheerleader Summer and lineman Russ, who managed to rip the mask-- and his head— off as well.


May 1999
Allen Christy's attempt to restore and reopen Camp Crystal Lake is halted by Jason, who killed two camp counselors, closing the camp once again.


Thursday, October 12, 2000
Seven college students from nearby Newkirk decided to camp at Camp Crystal Lake before exams the next week. Meanwhile, Jason, still lurking in the woods, kills a retired businessman who moved into town.


Friday, October 13, 2000
The students arrive at camp and are brutally slaughtered one-by-one by a stronger, more powerful Jason. The only survivors, Kevin Staley and Krista Goldwater, managed to freeze Jason in a pool of water inside Crystal Hill cave.


Thursday, April 12, 2001
An unusual heat wave frees Jason from his polar grave, and he kills two more teens, before making his way to Crystal Lake once again.

Meanwhile, in Washington, D.C., Krista Goldwater is abducted by the FBI, and forced to participate in a secret mission, to seek out Jason and end him once and for all.


Friday, April 13, 2001
Allen Christy, now working for a nearby camp, sneaks off with three counselors for special training at Camp Crystal Lake. However, Jason kills Christy, and splatters the counselors all over the campsite.

That night, a group of Boston U. hockey players, including Kevin Staley, fresh off a national championship victory, miss their flight home, and, as a result, are forced to take a private, experimental flight back to Boston.

Just before they get home, the plane hits heavy turbulence, and slams into the ground outside of Camp Crystal Lake.

Unaware of the horrors they are about to face, Jason picks them off one-by-one, until only a few remain.

Many things are then revealed as Kevin is reunited with Krista, and they seal Jason in the plane and blow it up, using the FBI's C-4 explosives.


February 2002
The now at-large Jason Voorhees, who escaped a fiery death in the exploding plane, strikes again, this time killing two models, one of which was Krista Goldwater, who had managed to evade him twice before.

The revitalized town of Crystal Lake once again becomes a near ghost town, as the murders send shockwaves among the townsfolk, who fear that the Curse is back.


Thursday, May 12, 2002
Rob Goldwater, brother of Nikki and Krista, develops a plan to take out Jason once and for all. However, his friends are there for him, and Rob reluctantly agrees to let them help, seeing that there would be strength in numbers.


Friday, May 13, 2002
Rob & friends set out on their voyage to Crystal Lake. Meanwhile, Jason kills a group of high school kids having fun jet-skiing on the lake, and dispatches two security guards at the camp, reclaiming his home.

That night, Rob & friends arrive, and set their plan into motion. Rob is the sole survivor as Jason again manipulates and singles out the group, making it easier to get the upper-hand and kill them.

Rob freaks out, and Jason sustains major damage. Rob succeeds in ramming Jason with a Hummer and pinning him to the bottom of Crystal Lake temporarily. After a mighty struggle, Jason is able to free himself and escapes into the woods.

The police arrive and Rob is taken to the hospital and, being that all his alibis are dead, blamed for the murders. He subsequently escapes as well, fleeing into the woods.

Late that night, Kevin Staley arrives back in Crystal Lake, eager to finish what he started with Jason and avenge his girlfriend Krista's death.


Saturday, May 14, 2002
Young college reporter Carrie Wilson and her crew set out for Crystal Lake, hoping to film a documentary on the whole Voorhees saga.

Meanwhile, in city hall, Mayor Joseph Quincy puts all uniformed cops on the street in a massive manhunt for Rob, the suspected murderer. Officer Dwayne Lewis is fired for letting Rob escape.

That evening, Jason leaves another trail of victims, including a farmer and his family, two cops, the mayor and his chauffeur, and two teens nearby.

Rob, by chance, meets up with Kevin at Krista's grave in the Eternal Peace Cemetery. Together, they formulate a plan to kill Jason forever.


Sunday, May 15, 2002
The next morning, Rob and Kevin begin to lay their plan in motion.

Meanwhile, the reporters get their van stuck in a ditch after arriving at camp, and decide to stay in the cabins and film on location. All attempts to film fail due to power failures and technical errors.

Back in town, the police chief and all other officers go out to investigate the murders at the Jefferson farm, allowing former cop Dwayne Lewis to sneak back into the station and call the FBI.

Jason makes his way back to camp and starts dispatching the reporters one by one. He kills all of them except Carrie, who runs off into the woods, unaware that her palmcorder, attached to her belt, is recording.

The police finally arrive, and Jason wastes no time killing them off as Rob and Kevin reveal themselves to Carrie and explain the situation to her.

Rob and Kevin had a lot in store for Jason, filling him full of all kinds of lead, varying caliber, and a well-place grenade or two. However, Jason gets his licks in too, and is able to subdue his foes, killing Rob and badly injuring Kevin.

Kevin, however, would not go down without a fight, and thanks to an exposed underground power line (and a gunshot causing it to electrify Crystal Lake), Kevin tackles Jason to his death in the superconductor that became the lake.

Despite Carrie's efforts, Kevin dies, but is re-united in the afterlife with Krista, Rob, and many others, including his past love, Jessica.

The FBI, accompanied by Dwayne Lewis, arrives and cleans up the scene, ultimately capturing Jason. Led by project leader Rowan LaFontaine, Jason is taken to the Crystal Lake Research Facility.


August 8, 2003
Jason is resurrected by Freddy Krueger and sent to Springwood, the small town he tortured for years. Freddy is using Jason to instill fear back into the kids of Elm Street so he can be reborn.

Jason dispatches a young teen in his bed in Freddy's name while others party downstairs. Freddy is blamed, and the kids in the house are clueless as the town is hushed.

Will Rollins sees on TV that the murder took place in former girlfriend Lori Campbell's house. Will and Mark Davis escape Westin Hills Psychiatric Hospital, in search of answers.

Jason, meanwhile, still motivated by Freddy, kills another partier named Blake, and beheads his father.


August 9, 2003
The town is an uproar about the murders, and Will and Mark find Lori and her friends at school. They flee when police arrive.

Lori and her friends Kia and Gibb attend a rave at a nearby corn field to try to escape for a night. Will meets them there, but before they can figure anything out, Jason shows up, and start killing again, dispatching many kids with his machete, including Gibb.

Will then takes them home, but the group meets back up after Lori's father goes ballistic. They hurry back to get Mark, but it's too late. Freddy already got to him. They figure out what Freddy's up to, and discover that everyone who knew of Krueger, including Will and Mark, were locked up and prescribed Hypnocil to keep them from dreaming. No dreams, no Krueger. No Krueger, no death.

As Freddy and Jason move in, they aren't safe awake or asleep. The group breaks back into Westin Hills to search for Hypnocil. However, Jason is right behind them, and Freddy takes over the body of Freeburg, their stoner friend, and dumps all the Hypnocil down the drain.

Jason starts killing them off one-by-one, but not before Freddy (in the form of Freeburg) injects Jason with tranquilizer and knocks him out-- and into his realm, the dream world. The remaining group formulates a plan to pull Freddy out of the dream and into the real world-- where they'll wake up Jason and have him ready for battle at Camp Crystal Lake.

En route, Lori goes to sleep to pull Freddy out, and discovers that Freddy killed her mother. More determined than ever, Lori enters Jason's dream world, where Freddy relentlessly tortures him about his horrid past.

Then, right before Freddy is about to kill Jason in the dream world, the tranquilizer wears off and Jason returns to Camp Crystal Lake to stalk the remaining group. However, after being burnt awake, Lori is successful in dragging Freddy into Jason's world-- the real world.

There, Lori and Will, the last two survivors, look on as Freddy and Jason battle it out in the ultimate match of evil vs. evil. Freddy and Jason tear each other to shreds, and are set ablaze by Lori and Will, then blown into Crystal Lake by some nearby propane tanks.

Freddy emerges with Jason's machete, but before he can do any damage, Jason attacks him with his own claw (and arm) and collapses back into the lake. Lori then grasps the machete and beheads Freddy, as his body falls into the lake.

Lori and Will escape a fiery Camp Crystal Lake. However, Jason emerges from the lake carrying Freddy's decapitated head, the latest trophy for his shrine to mother. Freddy's head winks and laughs, revealing the whole thing is just a dream. Jason wakes up in chains and shackles, still in FBI custody at the Crystal Lake Research Facility.


2010
After attempting to transport Jason, he breaks loose and kills the entire personnel, before being frozen in a cryogenic unit with researcher Rowan LaFontaine.


2455
Professor Brathwaite Lowe and a team of his students returning from a routine training mission on Earth, discover the frozen bodies of Jason and Rowan.

After bringing Rowan back to life, Jason revives, and kills all but two aboard the ship, before being blown apart by robot droid Kay-Em 14.

As the remaining crew tries to escape, Jason is mistakenly brought back to life and modified as Uber-Jason, complete with a new indestructable mask, arm, and leg.

He continues his rampage as the survivors, Rowan and Tsunaron, along with Kay-Em, watched in dismay as Sgt. Brodski tackled Jason in space and were both immolated in the atmosphere while crashing to Earth II.



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