Friday the 13th (1980)/Character list

Alice Hardy
Alice Hardy was one of seven camp counselors hired by Steve Christy to oversee renovation and repairs at Camp Crystal Lake in 1979. Hailing from California, Alice abandoned her previous life as well as her relationship with another man to help out Steve Christy. Steve and Alice became involved in their own romantic affair - one that made Alice uneasy as she still had problems to deal with back home.

In June of 1979, Alice befriended several other counselors that Steve had hired to refurbish the campground; among them, Jack Marand, Marcie Cunningham, Ned Rubinstein, Bill and Brenda. When Steve left the camp to go into town, Alice continued working, cleaning up the main cabin, Comanche Lodge.

Taking a break, the group went down to Crystal Lake to go swimming. Ned Rubinstein, ever the prankster, staged a fake drowning episode and Alice and the others dived into the lake to rescue him. Though angered by the stunt, Alice tried to find the humor in it and put the matter out of her mind.

Alice went back to her cabin to take a shower. It was then that she spotted a snake slithering across the floor. She called for help, but the other counselors were just as frightened by the snake as she was. It was Bill who finally resolved the matter by chopping it into pieces with a machete.

A short time later,a local doomsayer named Crazy Ralph surprised Alice by suddenly appearing in one of the pantries of the cabin. Alice screamed and the others came running to see what was the matter. Ralph warned them all that the camp was cursed and that they were all going to die. As they stood in disbelief, the old man left the cabin, got on his bicycle and rode off.

As evening came upon them, a terrible thunderstorm erupted, forcing Alice, Bill and Brenda to remain in the main cabin (Jack, Marcie and Ned were elsewhere). During this time, Alice began to develop a fondness for Bill. She complimented him on his ability to play the guitar. To while away the hours, Brenda suggested playing Monopoly. Alice commented that she hated Monopoly, but Brenda added some spice to the idea by recommending her own version of the game - Strip Monopoly. The three of them drank beer, smoked some marijuana and played the game. Alice did fairly well for herself and was the only member of the group who was still fully clothed by the time they decided to call it quits.

A short time later, Alice heard the sounds of a woman screaming. Bill and she went out into the rain to see what was going on when they noticed the lights on the archery range suddenly turning on, then turning off with no explanation. Alice went to check on Brenda and found a bloody axe lying in her bed. Realizing that a murderer was loose on the camp site, they tried to get help. When they tried the phone lines, they discovered that they had been cut. They then went to Ned Rubinstein's truck, but couldn't get it to start. While Bill went to check on the generator shed, Alice returned to the Comanche Lodge to get some rest. She awakened a short while later, but Bill had yet to return. She went to the generator building where she found Bill's body pinned to the door with several arrows. Screaming in terror, she raced back to the lodge. She sealed herself inside, but as she passed the window, she saw Brenda's dead body come crashing through the glass. She then ran outside into the rain where she saw the headlights of an approaching jeep. A middle-aged woman stepped out and introduced herself as Mrs. Voorhees - a friend of the Christys. Alice tried to explain how everyone in the camp was dead and they went back into the main cabin. Voorhees expressed a gasp as she saw Brenda's broken body lying in a heap on the floor. She then went on to tell her own tale of woe. She told Alice about her son Jason who drowned in Camp Crystal Lake back in 1956. The camp counselors charged with watching over him were elsewhere making love while her son died.

As the older woman's voice grew more intense, Alice quickly realized that this was the person responsible for killing Bill, Brenda and the others. Blaming all camp counselors for her son's tragic demise, Mrs. Voorhees screamed "Look what you did to him!" and attacked Alice with a hunting knife. Alice fought back and managed to get away from the insane woman, but Voorhees doggedly kept up with her. She chased Alice down to the shore of the lake where Alice against her with a rowing oar. Mrs. Voorhees picked up the machete that Bill had used earlier and came at her, but as they struggled against each other, the machete fell to the ground. Alice then picked it up, ran forward and beheaded Mrs. Voorhees.

Mentally and physically exhausted, she wanted nothing more than to get away from the camp site. She climbed into a canoe and rowed out into the middle of the lake where she fell asleep. She had a dream wherein she saw an image of the dead boy Jason Voorhees springing up out of the lake to attack her. Early the following morning, police officers Sergeant Tierney and Officer Dorf found Alice Hardy and brought her to the hospital. Tierney interviewed Alice about her experiences and she told him about the boy in the lake. Tierney, confused, told her that they did not find any boy out on Crystal Lake. Alice, convinced that what she had seen was true said, "Then he's still there...".

Annie Phillips
Annie was a cook hired by Steve Christy in 1979 to come work for him at Camp Crystal Lake, cooking for seventy-five kids. Annie backpacked across southern New Jersey on her way to the campground. Along the way, she stopped at a diner to ask how far away the camp was. A truck driver named Enos offered to give her a lift down to the crossroads, about twenty miles away from the camp site. As they left the establishment, the town doomsayer, known as "Crazy Ralph" accosted them, warning them not to go to the campground. He told Annie that the place had a "Death Curse" and that she would never come back again. Enos prevented Ralph from antagonizing her any further and the two began driving down the road. During the ride, Enos echoed Ralph's sentiments, warning Annie that Camp Crystal Lake was jinxed and that she should quit. He dropped her off outside the Moravian Cemetery at the Crossroads and Annie continued walking towards the camp.

A motorist named Pamela Voorhees spotted Annie and picked her up in her jeep. Pamela had once been a cook as well and worked at the camp back in the 1950s when it was owned by David and Louise Christy (Steve Christy's parents). Pamela regaled Annie with stories of her own experiences and even told her about the tragic accident that claimed the life of her son Jason back in 1957. As they continued down the road, Annie noticed that they had past the sign directing them towards the campground. When she brought this to Pamela's attention, the older woman began accelerating and Annie knew that she was in trouble. Pamela refused to pull over and Annie was forced to dive out of the moving vehicle. She landed in a ditch, twisting her ankle. Pamela pulled off to the side of the road and began chasing her. Annie limped deeper into the woods, but Mrs. Voorhees quickly caught up with her. She pinned the young girl to a tree and sliced her throat open with a hunting knife, killing her.

Barry
Barry was a camp counselor at Camp Crystal Lake in 1957-58. In the summer of 1957, his girlfriend Claudette and he went out into the woods to make love where they were discovered by young Jason Voorhees. Something about seeing this angered Jason and he leaped upon Barry's back and began punching him. Barry chased Jason out towards the lake where the boy inadvertently fell into the water and drowned. No body was ever found and nobody blamed the counselors for the boy's tragic death - no one except for his mother, Pamela Voorhees.

Barry and Claudette returned to the camp the following year. During a campfire sing-along, Claudette and he sneaked off to one of the cabins to make love. Claudette teased Barry, wondering if he preferred her affections over that of a girl named Mary-Anne. Pamela Voorhees found them in the cabin and surprised them. Barry and Claudette tried to back away, but Pamela stabbed them both to death with a knife.

Bill
Bill was one of seven camp counselors hired by Steve Christy to oversee renovation and repairs at Camp Crystal Lake in 1979. He enjoyed spending time with his co-workers and grew close to a woman named Alice Hardy. When they weren't busy fixing up roofs or straightening up the archery range, the counselors took some time to themselves to go swimming in the lake. Bill was present when another counselor, Ned Rubinstein, faked a drowning episode just so he could make a move on his co-worker Brenda.

A short time later, Alice was inspecting one of the cabins when she spotted a snake slithering underneath one of the beds. Bill and the others rushed over in response to her scream and Alice asked Bill to "call" the snake out of hiding to which he replied, "How do you call a snake?" As it turned out however, Bill took care of the matter by chopping the snake into pieces with two blows from a machete.

Later that evening, a terrible thunderstorm struck the camp, forcing Bill, Alice and Brenda to stay inside the main cabin (Ned and the others were elsewhere). To pass the time, Bill entertained the young women by playing his guitar. Brenda recommended playing Monopoly, but Alice and he balked at the idea until Brenda spiced up the suggestion by declaring that they would be playing "Strip Monopoly". Though nervous at first, ample supplies of beer and marijuana helped Bill to loosen up.

As the evening wore on however, matters took a twisted turn for the macabre. What Bill had yet to realize, was that a serial killer named Pamela Voorhees had been stalking through the camp site murdering all of the camp counselors. When the power in the cabins went down, Bill went off to the generator shed to check on the gas. Mrs. Voorhees attacked him, slicing his throat with her hunting knife. She then pincushioned his body against the door with several more arrows. Alice found Bill's remains only moments later.

Brenda
Brenda was one of seven camp counselors hired by Steve Christy to oversee renovation and repairs at Camp Crystal Lake in 1979. Brenda earned the attention of fellow counselor Ned Rubinstein who enjoyed playing pranks on her. One such prank involved nearly hitting her with an arrow while she was setting up the archery range. On the group's first day at the camp site, they spent their break time swimming in Crystal Lake. Ned faked a drowning episode and Brenda dove into the water to save him. She dragged him back to shore and began administering mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, at which point, Ned began kissing her. Brenda was also present when her co-worker Alice Hardy spotted a snake inside one of the cabins. Alice screamed and Brenda and the others came running into the cabin. The group began tripping over one another as they tried to ferret the snake out of hiding, but it was a counselor named Bill who finally got the drop on the creature, cutting it in half with a machete.

That evening, a terrible thunderstorm kept Brenda, Alice and Bill inside the main cabin. To entertain themselves, Brenda came up with the idea of playing "Strip Monopoly". The three consumed alcohol, smoked some marijuana and played until Brenda was left wearing nothing but her underwear. Remembering that she left the windows open in her cabin, Brenda called it a night and went out into the rain back to her room. She closed the windows, brushed her teeth and prepared for bed. Before falling asleep however, she heard a noise from outside that sounded like the plaintive cry of a little boy. Brenda went back out into the rain and followed the voice to the archery range. The floodlights suddenly came on, temporarily blinding her. As she tried to determine who had turned on the lights, Brenda was attacked and murdered by the psychotic Pamela Voorhees. After killing her, Pamela took Brenda's body and threw it through the window of the main cabin where Alice had been cleaning up. When Pamela later introduced herself to Alice, she feigned surprise and horror at seeing Brenda's body on the floor.

Claudette
Claudette was a camp counselor at Camp Crystal Lake in 1957-58. In the summer of 1957, her boyfriend Barry and she went out into the woods to make love where they were discovered by young Jason Voorhees. Something about seeing this angered Jason and he leaped upon Barry's back and began punching him. Barry chased Jason out towards the lake where the boy inadvertently fell into the water and drowned. No body was ever found and nobody blamed the counselors for the boy's tragic death - no one except for his mother, Pamela Voorhees.

Claudette and Barry returned to the camp the following year. During a campfire sing-along, Claudette and he sneaked off to one of the cabins to make love. Claudette teased Barry, wondering if he preferred her affections over that of a girl named Mary-Anne. They then went upstairs where there was a second landing and began making love on a blanket that they laid on the floor. Pamela Voorhees crept up the stairs and surprised them. Claudette jumped up and backed away when Pamela Voorhees stabbed Barry in the stomach. Claudette ran around the upper landing but each time she tried to flee, Pamela Voorhees blocked her escape route. In her final moments, a terrified Claudette backed up into a corner and threw a pile of boxes at Pamela Voorhees to no avail. Pamela Voorhees advanced on a screaming Claudette and ultimately killed her.

Crazy Ralph
Crazy Ralph was an elderly man and town crackpot who lived some distance outside of Camp Crystal Lake in New Jersey. Little is known of Ralph's personal life other than he was married and that he was a compulsive drinker. A rabid doomsayer, Ralph would frequently ride around town on his bicycle warning others about the dangers surrounding Camp Crystal Lake.

In 1979, he approached a young woman named Annie and tried to discourage her from hitchhiking up to the campground citing, "It's got a death curse!"

Doctor
This unidentified physician administered care to Alice Hardy following her harrowing ordeal with Pamela Voorhees.

Dorf
Officer Dorf was a police motorcycle cop serving the Crystal Lake area during the 1970s. In the summer of 1979 he received a call concerning the local town crazy, a man named Ralph, who had been reported trespassing on the grounds of Camp Crystal Lake. Dorf knew that Steve Christy had been trying to re-open the camp and he rode out there to make sure that nothing was wrong. When he arrived, he met several of Christy's new camp counselors including Jack Marand, Marcie Cunningham, Ned Rubinstein, Alice Hardy and two others named Brenda and Bill. He found the kids acting aloof and irresponsible and took an instant disliking to them, particularly Ned, who had been clowning around by dressing up like a Native American and making "whooping" calls. He suspected that the kids were all on drugs and even questioned Jack Marand's sobriety. "Columbian Gold, man", as he put it. He warned them about Crazy Ralph, telling them that every time Ralph has too much to drink he "gets his calling" and Dorf gets to spend the day in court while Ralph spends a week in jail. While brow-beating the counselors, Dorf received a call from the police chief. Unwilling to keep the chief waiting, he gunned his cycle, turned around and left.

Dorf later accompanied Sergeant Tierney to Camp Crystal Lake the next morning following a murder spree wrought by the vengeful Pamela Voorhees. They fished Alice Hardy, the only survivor of Pamela's wrath, out of Crystal Lake and brought her to a hospital.

Enos
Enos was a truck driver who lived in a town outside of Crystal Lake. In 1980, he offered to drive a young camp counselor named Annie to her new job at the Crystal Lake campground. Before getting into the vehicle, a local doomsayer named Ralph accosted them, warning Annie that Crystal Lake had a "death curse". Enos shooed Ralph away and drove Annie for a leg of her journey before dropping her off.

Jack Marand
Jack Marand was one seven camp counselors hired by Steve Christy to oversee renovation and repairs at Camp Crystal Lake in 1979. He was romantically tied to a woman named Marcie Cunningham and was close friends with Ned Rubinstein. When they first arrived at the camp, Jack helped Steve Christy uproot a rotting tree stump. Along with the others, he was present when co-worker Alice Hardy discovered a snake that had gotten into one of the cabins. Jack and the others later went swimming in Crystal Lake where Ned faked a drowning incident; an act that earned him light-hearted scorn from camp counselor Brenda. Later that day, Jack and Marcie walked down to one of the other lodges. Storm clouds began rolling in and they reminded Marcie of a recurring dream she always had where the rain would turn to blood and wash away in little red rivers. After hearing this tale, the two were inundated in a thunderstorm and sought shelter in the cabin. There the two made love to one another, never realizing that their friend Ned Rubinstein was lying dead in the bunk right above them. After they were finished, Marcie left to find a restroom and Jack leaned back in the bed. He noticed blood that began dripping onto his face from the bunk above him. From below, Pamela Voorhees, who had been hiding beneath the bed the entire time shoved an arrow through the mattress, piercing Jack's throat.

Jason Voorhees
Jason Voorhees was born to Pamela and Elias Voorhees on June 13th, 1947. On the day of Jason's birth, his mother had just accepted a position working as a cook for David and Louise Christy at Camp Crystal Lake. In the middle of her first day at work, Pamela went into labor and was taken to the hospital. Her son Jason was born with severe physical deformities, but a mother's love had blinded Pamela who felt that he was "perfect". [3] In June of 1957, Pam was working at Crystal Lake when she received news about her son. Rushing home, she learned from her nanny Mrs. Cunningham that Jason had been killing and mutilating small kittens. Rather than admonishing the boy's actions however, she instead cradled him, telling him that she would always protect him. She did decide however, that she would have to leave her job in order to keep an eye on Jason. Dave Christy didn't want to see Pamela go, so he invited her to bring Jason to live at the campground so that she could always keep an eye on him.

Jason's physical abnormalities made him a target of scorn and derision among his peers. One day, Jason came upon two camp counselors named Barry and Claudette who were making love in the middle of the woods. Something about seeing this prompted a violent reaction in Jason and he pounced on Barry and began pounding on his back. Angry, Barry chased Jason back towards the lake. What happened next varies from source to source. Some say that Jason fell off the dock while Barry was chasing him. Another source suggests that a group of mean-spirited children pushed Jason off the dock. Regardless of which source is to be believed, the end result was the same: Jason Voorhees drowned in the middle of Crystal Lake just days after his eleventh birthday.

Whether Jason truly "died" in Crystal Lake is also subject to interpretation. His body was never found and the boy was declared legally dead. Through some unexplained method however, Jason survived. He cut himself off completely from all human contact and grew up in the woods surrounding the campground. He built himself a shack deep in the forest made from materials that he had stolen from the campground.

Ned Rubinstein
Ned Rubinstein was one seven camp counselors hired by Steve Christy to oversee renovation and repairs at Camp Crystal Lake in 1979. Ned was known for his impish nature and had a penchant for playing practical jokes; not all of which were appreciated by his peers. Ned drove to the camp with his friends Jack Marand and Marcie Cunningham. Ned assisted a co-worker named Brenda with cleaning up the archery range. While Brenda was setting up one of the targets, Ned showed off his archery skills by firing an arrow into the bullseye, coming dangerously close to striking Brenda as well. Shortly thereafter, Ned's behavior earned him the scorn of a passing motorcycle cop named Officer Dorf. Dorf saw Ned dressed in nothing but his underwear and a Native American headdress, jumping about and making mock Indian cries. Dorf warned him to calm down and even referred to him as "Tonto". A short while later, Ned and the others went swimming in Crystal Lake. Ned staged a fake drowning incident and his Brenda brought him ashore and began administering mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Ned took this opportunity to steal a kiss, but Brenda found little humor in his antics by this point.

Later that day, Ned was walking along a rocky path when he caught sight of someone entering one of the cabins. He went to investigate and encountered Pamela Voorhees. Voorhees, who had lost her own son in a drowning accident, was bent on revenge against anyone associated with Camp Crystal Lake. She slit Ned's throat with her hunting knife then propped his body on the top bunk of one of the beds. Jack and Marcie later came into the cabin to make love, never realizing that their friend was lying dead just inches above their heads.

Operator
The police dispatch operator radioed Sergeant Tierney in 1979 about a vehicle accident on Mile Marker 17 with possible fatalities, indicating the possible requirement of the Jaws of Life. Tierney, who had been driving Steve Christy back to Camp Crystal Lake at the time, responded to the call after dropping Christy off at the campground.

Pamela Voorhees
Pamela Voorhees was the mother of the unstoppable killing machine known as Jason Voorhees. In June of 1957, Pamela was working at Crystal Lake when she received news about her son. Rushing home, she learned from her nanny Mrs. Cunningham that Jason had been killing and mutilating small kittens. Rather than admonishing the boy's actions however, she instead cradled him, telling him that she will always protect him. She did decide however, that she would have to leave her job in order to keep an eye on Jason. Dave Christy didn't want to see Pamela go, so he invited her to bring Jason to live at the campground so that she could always keep an eye on him. Later that year, eleven-year-old Jason Voorhees drowned in Crystal Lake and the "death" of her child drove the overprotective Pamela insane. The camp counselors charged with keeping an eye on him were off making love in the woods. Stricken with grief, Pamela took some time away from the camp.

In 1958, she begged the Christys for the chance to work at the camp again. Her motivation behind this is unclear, but it may have been sparked by the knowledge that the two negligent counselors who allowed her son to drown, Barry and Claudette, were once again working at Camp Crystal Lake. Pamela avenged her son's death against two camp counselors whom she found copulating inside of a cabin. Pamela believed that these two reflected the sinful nature of all whose actions allowed her son to die.

In 1979, she returned to Camp Crystal Lake and killed several more counselors. She picked up a young camp counselor named Annie in her jeep and told her the story of her life before slaughtering her. She also killed the campground manager, Steve Christy, the son of David and Louise Christy. One woman survived the massacre however - Alice Hardy. Pam and Alice fought one another on the shore of Crystal Lake and Alice beheaded Pamela with her own machete.

Jason Voorhees, still alive and living the woods nearby, witnessed his mother's death and began a bloody crusade of vengeance against anyone who dared to trespass on his territory. He collected his mother's head and placed it on a shrine in his own cabin.

Sandy
Sandy was a waitress at a the Blairstown Diner just outside Camp Crystal Lake. In 1979, campground manager Steve Christy visited her and described his counselors as "Babes in the woods". Sandy teased Steve by giving him a discount on his meal, then saying that he owed her a "night on the town".

Steve Christy
Steve Christy was the son of David and Louise Christy and grew up at his parents' resort Camp Crystal Lake. Throughout the 1950s and 60s the camp became the site of several mishaps including a drowning incident in 1956. Camp Crystal Lake developed the reputation of being jinxed and it wasn't long before the Christys were forced to shut the campground down for good.

In 1979, Steve Christy decided to renovate the camp and reopen it. Most of the townsfolk thought he was crazy to invest so much time and money ($25,000) into this project. Steve hired an assistant and camp counselor named Alice Hardy to work with him refurbishing the site. Steve and Alice grew close and began having an affair with one another. Their relationship was strained however, as Alice was still dealing with the remnants of a previous relationship in California. Steve hired several more counselors to assist him in the work including Jack Marand, Ned Rubinstein, Marcie Cunningham, a woman named Brenda, a guy named Bill and a cook named Annie.

On June 13th of that year, Steve left instructions with the group and left them alone so he could go into town. That night, Steve stopped at a diner in Crystal Lake and told a waitress about the work he was doing at the campground. He referred to his hired hands as "babes in the woods". On the way back, a terrible thunderstorm struck and Steve ran his jeep off the road. A police sergeant named Tierney picked him up and drove him back to Camp Crystal Lake.

When he arrived, he ran into Pamela Voorhees, a former employee of the campground and a friend of his parents. Pamela was the mother of Jason Voorhees, the boy who drowned in Camp Crystal Lake back in 1956. Feeling betrayed by the notion of Steve re-opening the camp site, she committed herself towards killing everyone associated with the project. She stabbed Steve in the stomach with a hunting knife then suspended his body upside down from a tree. Alice Hardy later found Steve hanging in the rain.

Tierney
Tierney was a police sergeant and one of two men who discovered Alice Hardy floating in a boat in the middle of Crystal Lake. They brought her to a hospital and Tierney took her statement in which she described a young boy who attacked her in the middle of the lake. Tierney confessed that his men did not find any such person in the lake other than Alice.

Trudy
Trudy was a waitress at a diner some twenty miles away from Camp Crystal Lake. In 1979, one of her regular customers, Enos, offered to take a young hitchhiker named Annie half the way up to the campground.