A24’s Crystal Lake prequel explores Pamela Voorhees’ origin
The eight-episode Peacock series starring Linda Cardellini reimagines the mother of Jason Voorhees as a grieving former lounge singer.
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First reported by The Guardian Culture, 5h 43m ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first
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The story so far
6 publishers have covered this in 8 articles since 19 Oct 2026. The Guardian Culture published first, on 19 October at 05:20 UTC; NME followed 5h 44m later. The most recent article, from The A.V. Club, appeared on 24 October at 13:00 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: The Guardian Culture (major outlet), News Feed (major outlet), Ars Technica (major outlet), NME, Deadline, The A.V. Club.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- The Guardian CultureTV tonight: Linda Cardellini stars in a Friday the 13th prequel from A24
- NME‘Crystal Lake’ review: ‘Friday The 13th’ prequel gives Jason’s mum a twisted origin story
- The Guardian Culture‘They pulled a guy’s face off. It’s my favourite bit!’ Linda Cardellini on Freaks and Geeks, Mad Men and slasher horror Crystal Lake
- News FeedCrystal Lake — an enjoyably gruesome Friday the 13th prequel
- NMELinda Cardellini on musical ‘Crystal Lake’ murderer Pamela Voorhees and her favourite Prince and Madonna albums
- Deadline‘Crystal Lake’s Jonathan Tison On Bringing Jason Into His Slasher Era, How He Found Out The Secretive Role He Landed: “I Was Shocked”
- Ars TechnicaReview: Crystal Lake suffers a bit from its obsession with Pam Voorhees
- The A.V. ClubCrystal Lake dulls Friday The 13th’s jagged edges
Sources
Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.
- Review: Crystal Lake suffers a bit from its obsession with Pam Voorhees Ars Technica ·
- Crystal Lake — an enjoyably gruesome Friday the 13th prequel News Feed ·
- ‘They pulled a guy’s face off. It’s my favourite bit!’ Linda Cardellini on Freaks and Geeks, Mad Men and slasher horror Crystal Lake The Guardian Culture ·
- TV tonight: Linda Cardellini stars in a Friday the 13th prequel from A24 The Guardian Culture ·
- Crystal Lake dulls Friday The 13th’s jagged edges The A.V. Club
- ‘Crystal Lake’s Jonathan Tison On Bringing Jason Into His Slasher Era, How He Found Out The Secretive Role He Landed: “I Was Shocked” Deadline
- Linda Cardellini on musical ‘Crystal Lake’ murderer Pamela Voorhees and her favourite Prince and Madonna albums NME
- ‘Crystal Lake’ review: ‘Friday The 13th’ prequel gives Jason’s mum a twisted origin story NME
In this story
- A24
- Linda Cardellini
- Pamela Voorhees
- Jason Voorhees
- Peacock
- Friday the 13th