Follow the Crystal Lake films, licensed novels, comics, game stories and official shorts. Film calendar arithmetic conflicts; ages and elapsed intervals take precedence over treating release years as story dates. Crystal Lake and the 2009 remake have distinct origins.
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Friday the 13th / Jason Voorhees: watch and reading order
The original films lead toward Jason X’s far future, while the 2009 remake and Crystal Lake’s reworked history have distinct routes. Freddy vs. Jason and licensed tie-ins retain their connection notes. Prose sequels, comic arcs and game stories remain visible; conflicting calendars and inaccessible interiors stay qualified.
Story order follows events within a history. Release order follows when works came out. Use the filters below to compare them; estimates and earlier scenes stay labelled.
The original film sequence, including Jason X’s far future. Loose tie-ins remain together as assumed or disputed material; their ordering is a qualified reading aid, not a universal canon claim.
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Reading the timelineConfirmed, assumed and disputed stories appear together. “est.” marks inference. “After” means relative order. Separate continuities retain their own history.
Early nineteenth century; exact year disputed Relative / stated chronology
Violence during a blizzard predates Jason.
Placement Contemporary review says early 1800s; a later fan chronology says 1758. Neither is silently promoted to a verified panel caption. Later winter frame separately placed.
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Edition / access: Licensed Shout collection includes all twelve films; corresponding retailer contents verified, currently marked sold out. No Amazon ASIN or present stock invented.
After Jason’s childhood drowning; original 1957-era model Relative / stated chronology
Police interviews explore Pamela’s response to Jason’s loss.
Placement Narrative collectible, distinct from random multiplayer matches. Complete recordings / date captions not inspected; exact tape count and session calendar remain audit gaps.
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Placement Peacock uses 1979, matching Pamela’s later gravestone, although June 13, 1979 was Wednesday. Some viewers use 1980 to preserve Friday; do not hide this contradiction.
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Edition / access: Licensed Shout collection includes all twelve films; corresponding retailer contents verified, currently marked sold out. No Amazon ASIN or present stock invented.
Placement Same-story adaptation placed beside its source; added histories and alternate outcomes need full-text inspection. Jason X also adapts the 2010 prologue.
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Edition / access: Licensed Shout collection includes all twelve films; corresponding retailer contents verified, currently marked sold out. No Amazon ASIN or present stock invented.
Edition / access: Licensed Shout collection includes all twelve films; corresponding retailer contents verified, currently marked sold out. No Amazon ASIN or present stock invented.
Edition / access: Licensed Shout collection includes all twelve films; corresponding retailer contents verified, currently marked sold out. No Amazon ASIN or present stock invented.
Five years after original; est. 1984 Evidence-based estimate
Simon Hawke expands the corresponding film.
Placement Same-story adaptation placed beside its source; added histories and alternate outcomes need full-text inspection. Jason X also adapts the 2010 prologue.
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Days after Part 2; est. 1984 Evidence-based estimate
Michael Avallone expands the corresponding film.
Placement Same-story adaptation placed beside its source; added histories and alternate outcomes need full-text inspection. Jason X also adapts the 2010 prologue.
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Days after Part 2; est. 1984 Evidence-based estimate
Simon Hawke expands the corresponding film.
Placement Same-story adaptation placed beside its source; added histories and alternate outcomes need full-text inspection. Jason X also adapts the 2010 prologue.
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Edition / access: Licensed Shout collection includes all twelve films; corresponding retailer contents verified, currently marked sold out. No Amazon ASIN or present stock invented.
Tommy age 12 and following childhood years Relative / stated chronology
The earliest phase of Adam Green’s thirteen-tape narrative follows Tommy’s childhood trauma.
Placement Part of the same thirteen-recording collection. Phase grouping follows developer’s IV / V / VI account; individual tape-to-date assignment has not been audio-verified. Later sessions are separately positioned.
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Original-film camp eras; est. 1980s–1990s Evidence-based estimate
Scripted scenarios give Jason new victims and film-inspired situations.
Placement One anthology of scripted challenges; not a fixed canonical outcome for every multiplayer match. Full challenge-level original dates unverified.
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Tommy’s late teens; around A New Beginning Relative / stated chronology
The interviews continue through Tommy’s troubled late teens.
Placement Middle phase of the existing thirteen tapes, not thirteen additional tapes. Exact recording numbers / dates require original audio; no release-year setting.
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Tommy’s young-adult years; after Pinehurst Relative / stated chronology
Simon Hawke expands the corresponding film.
Placement Same-story adaptation placed beside its source; added histories and alternate outcomes need full-text inspection. Jason X also adapts the 2010 prologue.
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Tommy’s twenties; around / after Jason Lives Relative / stated chronology
The later recordings continue Tommy’s young-adult history.
Placement Later phase of same thirteen-tape collection; individual session chronology unresolved. Three phase rows show the major age jumps without asserting a fixed 1989 date for every tape.
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Edition / access: Licensed Shout collection includes all twelve films; corresponding retailer contents verified, currently marked sold out. No Amazon ASIN or present stock invented.
Edition / access: Licensed Shout collection includes all twelve films; corresponding retailer contents verified, currently marked sold out. No Amazon ASIN or present stock invented.
Edition / access: Licensed Shout collection includes all twelve films; corresponding retailer contents verified, currently marked sold out. No Amazon ASIN or present stock invented.
Modern-era Crystal Lake; after Jason’s legend Relative / stated chronology
Eric Morse’s cursed-mask cycle continues Jason’s influence.
Placement Four licensed Berkley originals kept on inclusive main route. No exact year inferred from 1994 publication; detailed internal sequence / ending compatibility not fully inspected.
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Modern-era Crystal Lake; after Jason’s legend Relative / stated chronology
Eric Morse’s cursed-mask cycle continues Jason’s influence.
Placement Four licensed Berkley originals kept on inclusive main route. No exact year inferred from 1994 publication; detailed internal sequence / ending compatibility not fully inspected.
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Modern-era Crystal Lake; after Jason’s legend Relative / stated chronology
Eric Morse’s cursed-mask cycle continues Jason’s influence.
Placement Four licensed Berkley originals kept on inclusive main route. No exact year inferred from 1994 publication; detailed internal sequence / ending compatibility not fully inspected.
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Modern-era Crystal Lake; after Jason’s legend Relative / stated chronology
Eric Morse’s cursed-mask cycle continues Jason’s influence.
Placement Four licensed Berkley originals kept on inclusive main route. No exact year inferred from 1994 publication; detailed internal sequence / ending compatibility not fully inspected.
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Modern era; Jason’s established killing career Relative / stated chronology
A traveling carnival displays Jason.
Placement Licensed Black Flame original; overlapping era placement. Conflicting escape / capture states are disclosed instead of manufacturing a publisher-wide alternate universe. Exact interleaving needs original text.
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Modern era; Jason’s established killing career Relative / stated chronology
A cult worships Jason.
Placement Licensed Black Flame original; overlapping era placement. Conflicting escape / capture states are disclosed instead of manufacturing a publisher-wide alternate universe. Exact interleaving needs original text.
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Modern era; Jason’s established killing career Relative / stated chronology
A murderous couple seeks Jason.
Placement Licensed Black Flame original; overlapping era placement. Conflicting escape / capture states are disclosed instead of manufacturing a publisher-wide alternate universe. Exact interleaving needs original text.
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Modern era; Jason’s established killing career Relative / stated chronology
Jason’s violence reaches beyond the ordinary world.
Placement Licensed Black Flame original; overlapping era placement. Conflicting escape / capture states are disclosed instead of manufacturing a publisher-wide alternate universe. Exact interleaving needs original text.
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Modern era; Jason’s established killing career Relative / stated chronology
A televised survival contest exploits Jason.
Placement Licensed Black Flame original; overlapping era placement. Conflicting escape / capture states are disclosed instead of manufacturing a publisher-wide alternate universe. Exact interleaving needs original text.
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Edition / access: Licensed Shout collection includes all twelve films; corresponding retailer contents verified, currently marked sold out. No Amazon ASIN or present stock invented.
Modern Springwood; before Jason X capture Relative / stated chronology
Stephen Hand expands the corresponding film.
Placement Same-story adaptation placed beside its source; added histories and alternate outcomes need full-text inspection. Jason X also adapts the 2010 prologue.
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Modern era; Jason’s established legend Relative / stated chronology
A survivor’s account exposes older evil at Crystal Lake.
Placement Continuous published run grouped. No exact year derived from cover date; broad overlap does not establish that all WildStorm stories follow one another.
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Modern era; Jason’s established legend Relative / stated chronology
Maggie tries to turn a local legend against her abusers.
Placement Continuous published run grouped. No exact year derived from cover date; broad overlap does not establish that all WildStorm stories follow one another.
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Modern era; Jason’s established legend Relative / stated chronology
A bullied boy finds an unlikely connection with Jason.
Placement Continuous published run grouped. No exact year derived from cover date; broad overlap does not establish that all WildStorm stories follow one another.
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Retrospective modern era; original-film history embedded Relative / stated chronology
Fictional witnesses and experts revisit Crystal Lake’s murders.
Placement Three continuous disc segments grouped; interview frame dates not presumed to equal 2009 disc release. Distinct from production documentary Crystal Lake Memories.
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Months after Ash crossover; modern era Relative / stated chronology
Survivors of earlier attacks confront the returned killers.
Placement Second six-part continuation; release years do not create a two-year story span. Specific six-month interval needs legal interior verification.
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Edition / access: Licensed Shout collection includes all twelve films; corresponding retailer contents verified, currently marked sold out. No Amazon ASIN or present stock invented.
Edition / access: Licensed Shout collection includes all twelve films; corresponding retailer contents verified, currently marked sold out. No Amazon ASIN or present stock invented.
2455; more than four centuries later Relative / stated chronology
Pat Cadigan expands the corresponding film.
Placement Same-story adaptation placed beside its source; added histories and alternate outcomes need full-text inspection. Jason X also adapts the 2010 prologue.
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2455 or later; sequential far-future continuation Relative / stated chronology
Researchers try to exploit Jason’s regeneration.
Placement Four-book continuation after the film adaptation. Exact elapsed years / nested earlier episodes unverified; order does not assign four consecutive calendar years. Later London Jefferson retcon acknowledged.
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2455 or later; sequential far-future continuation Relative / stated chronology
A cloning project brings future Jason back into action.
Placement Four-book continuation after the film adaptation. Exact elapsed years / nested earlier episodes unverified; order does not assign four consecutive calendar years. Later London Jefferson retcon acknowledged.
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2455 or later; sequential far-future continuation Relative / stated chronology
Moon Camp Americana faces Jason.
Placement Four-book continuation after the film adaptation. Exact elapsed years / nested earlier episodes unverified; order does not assign four consecutive calendar years. Later London Jefferson retcon acknowledged.
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2455 or later; sequential far-future continuation Relative / stated chronology
A prison / research complex continues the future story.
Placement Four-book continuation after the film adaptation. Exact elapsed years / nested earlier episodes unverified; order does not assign four consecutive calendar years. Later London Jefferson retcon acknowledged.
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These entries still lack enough evidence for a useful story-era insertion. Supported estimates and source-story retellings appear in the main timeline; remaining gaps need further research.
Era unverifiedERA / ORDER OPEN
Game / interactive storyAssumed canonReleased 2017
Museum frame era unverified; reenacted 1957–2455 history Placement unresolved
A virtual museum hides a puzzle-driven horror sequence.
Placement Museum chronology and hallucination-like finale do not prove a new 2017 film event. Uber Jason reveal released here; Grendel playable campaign remained unreleased.
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Edition / access: Licensed Shout collection includes all twelve films; corresponding retailer contents verified, currently marked sold out. No Amazon ASIN or present stock invented.
Edition / access: Licensed Shout collection includes all twelve films; corresponding retailer contents verified, currently marked sold out. No Amazon ASIN or present stock invented.
These entries still lack enough evidence for a useful story-era insertion. Supported estimates and source-story retellings appear in the main timeline; remaining gaps need further research.
Early 1970s; approximately one year after drowning Relative / stated chronology
Pam Voorhees’s grief draws the town into escalating violence.
Placement Eight released episodes grouped as season run. Costume designer says 1971–72; drowning / flashback and framing dates need episode inspection. Distinct origin clock from original 1957 history, with exact episode-level time jumps unresolved.
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These entries still lack enough evidence for a useful story-era insertion. Supported estimates and source-story retellings appear in the main timeline; remaining gaps need further research.
Placement Official 2026 licensed release included. Biography / promotional story are narrative material; Greenville is an encounter location, not verified birthplace. No exact calendar inferred from June 2026 release.
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Modern slasher era; camp → prison → winter → city → resort → amusement park Relative / stated chronology
Jason’s first six puzzle scenarios move through contemporary locations.
Placement Initial six episodes grouped; Wasteland, Future Shock and the return to camp are separately positioned. Delisted January 23, 2023; no fixed screen-canon calendar.
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Modern slasher era; exact calendar unverified Relative / stated chronology
Six sanctioned disc shorts follow a Jason-like killer.
Placement Licensed DVD bonus fiction, included even though the killer is credited simply as Killer. Grouped six-part run; do not claim these are six additional Jason sequels. Planned parts 7–8 are not in the verified released-disc inventory.
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Modern camp era; return scenario Relative / stated chronology
A separate chapter changes the setting of Jason’s puzzle adventure.
Placement Part of the same twelve-episode game. Temporal genre / return does not prove a dated screen-canon journey; ordered within the game, with era windows for the major jumps.
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Modern camp era; same night as Survive the Night Relative / stated chronology
Counselors bring visitors into a cabin to influence Jason’s next attack.
Placement Separate limited-capacity narrative add-on, not an alternate film cut. Operator describes four attack choices; exact outcomes / script not inspected. Nine-city rollout is venue availability, not nine distinct stories.
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Modern slasher era; one night until morning Relative / stated chronology
Visitors try to survive a night stalked by Jason.
Placement Licensed 13FEG / Horror Inc. walkthrough confirmed by issuer and operating venue. Promotional experiential narrative included; no full maze script inspected or exact screen-canon date inferred from its 2026 event season.
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Modern-era lake weekend; exact year unverified Relative / stated chronology
A weekend gathering becomes Jason’s latest massacre.
Placement Official Horror Inc. / Angry Orchard narrative vignette, not a fan film. No confirmed sequel number / tie to 2009. New design alone does not establish all older histories rewritten. Rights-holder YouTube return reported June 2026.
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A separate chapter changes the setting of Jason’s puzzle adventure.
Placement Part of the same twelve-episode game. Temporal genre / return does not prove a dated screen-canon journey; ordered within the game, with era windows for the major jumps.
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A separate chapter changes the setting of Jason’s puzzle adventure.
Placement Part of the same twelve-episode game. Temporal genre / return does not prove a dated screen-canon journey; ordered within the game, with era windows for the major jumps.
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These entries still lack enough evidence for a useful story-era insertion. Supported estimates and source-story retellings appear in the main timeline; remaining gaps need further research.
Jason becomes part of the crossover’s plotted Rift adventures.
Placement Story content distinguished from costume variants. Online service ended; no current unlock purchase promised. Full Rift / later comic appearance audit remains open.
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