Behind The Scenes: Rick's Crushed Head In Friday the 13th Part 3
There have been many talked about death scenes in the Friday the 13th Film Franchise. Broken backs, severed limbs, decapitations, shattered heads and so many other gruesome deaths have been filmed at the hands of Jason and Mrs. Voorhees. One death in particular lives on in 3D infamy.... Rick's crushed head in Friday the 13th Part 3!
There were several ideas on how to create the effect of Jason crushing Rick's head and having his eye fly towards the camera. Compressed air and a metal rod were the first two ideas, but neither worked on camera as controlling the eyeball's direction with air was unattainable and the metal rod would show up on film. The final idea that would be used to execute the death involved a small thin wire.
Below is an image from an old website that was solely dedicated to Friday the 13th Part 3. The website is now defunct, but they did offer some awesome insight into the film and now fans can see the dummy that was used for Rick's death before it was dressed up for the big screen. For the death scene, one wire would control the mouth to open while the other wire would guide the eyeball towards the camera to achieve the 3D effect.
Rick's death indeed is one of the highlight moments of the series and deserves it's place in the Friday the 13th death Hall of Fame!
There were several ideas on how to create the effect of Jason crushing Rick's head and having his eye fly towards the camera. Compressed air and a metal rod were the first two ideas, but neither worked on camera as controlling the eyeball's direction with air was unattainable and the metal rod would show up on film. The final idea that would be used to execute the death involved a small thin wire.
Below is an image from an old website that was solely dedicated to Friday the 13th Part 3. The website is now defunct, but they did offer some awesome insight into the film and now fans can see the dummy that was used for Rick's death before it was dressed up for the big screen. For the death scene, one wire would control the mouth to open while the other wire would guide the eyeball towards the camera to achieve the 3D effect.
Rick's death indeed is one of the highlight moments of the series and deserves it's place in the Friday the 13th death Hall of Fame!
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