Stephen King Wants To Write A Jason Voorhees Novel!

The idea of an origin story has been kicked around for many years for the Voorhees family and that almost came to fruition with the cancelled 2017 film that revealed the sorted history of Mr. and Mrs. Vooorhees before Jason would go on his bloody rampages. Author Stephen King offered up his own idea for a new Jason tale last on Twitter where he would like to give Jason’s point of view.

The best novel idea I never wrote (and probably never will) is I JASON, the first-person narrative of Jason Voohees, and his hellish fate: killed over and over again at Camp Crystal Lake. What a hellish, existential fate!

— Stephen King (@StephenKing) June 15, 2020

This idea would actually be great, almost like the viewer becoming Jason (i.e. the video game) and reliving all of his greatest stalks, but also his greatest demises. Would you be onboard for a first person Jason Voorhees Friday The 13th story? I think it would be awesome to get a different perspective of the story and it could be an interesting approach to the 40 year old material.

Stephen even goes on to reference the ongoing legal issues the franchise would present.

Just thinking about the legal thicket one would have to go through to get permissions makes my head ache. And my heart, that too. But gosh, shouldn't someone tell Jason's side of the story?

— Stephen King (@StephenKing) June 15, 2020

Would you want to see this type of Jason Voorhees story unfold?