Linda Cardellini Leads Peacock’s Bold and Bloody ‘Friday the 13th’ Prequel ‘Crystal Lake’: TV Review

RIGHT I NEED THIRTY SECONDS OF YOUR LIFE BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN NEARLY FIFTY YEARS SINCE THE ORIGINAL FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH AND NOW PEACOCK IS FINALLY GIVING US A PREQUEL CALLED CRYSTAL LAKE. LINDA CARDELLINI IS PLAYING PAM VOORHEES WHICH IS HONESTLY A MASSIVE CHOICE BECAUSE SHE IS SUPPOSED TO BE DEALING WITH HER SON JASON DROWNING BUT THEN BODY PARTS JUST START SHOWING UP IN THE WOODS. THE WHOLE THING IS SET EIGHT YEARS BEFORE THE ORIGINAL MOVIE IN NINETEEN SEVENTY-TWO AND IT SOUNDS LIKE PAM MIGHT BE HIDING SOME SECRETS ABOUT WHO SHE REALLY IS. IT IS EIGHT EPISODES LONG AND THE REVIEWS SAY IT IS VIOLENT BUT ALSO A BIT OVERLONG WHICH IS KIND OF A VIBE. ANYWAY I WILL BE FURIOUS ABOUT THIS TOMORROW.

OMG WAIT DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THIS SHOW CRYSTAL LAKE DROPPING ON PEACOCK. IT IS A PREQUEL TO FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH RUN BY BRAD CALEB KANE AND IT FOCUSES ON PAM VOORHEES PLAYED BY LINDA CARDELLINI RIGHT AFTER HER SON JASON DROWNS. APPARENTLY SHE IS TRYING TO GET OVER HER GRIEF BUT THEN MYSTERIOUS MEN SHOW UP AND DEAD BODIES START APPEARING WHICH IS SO DRAMATIC. IT TAKES US BACK TO NINETEEN SEVENTY-TWO TO SEE HOW THIS WHOLE HORROR STORY ORIGINATED. IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE SUPER DISTURBING AND THOUGHTFUL ALTHOUGH THE ARTICLE CLAIMS IT DRAGS ON A BIT TOO LONG. I SUPPOSE WE ARE ALL WATCHING BECAUSE I AM WEAK FOR THESE ORIGIN STORIES. ANYWAY THAT IS ALL I KNOW, GENUINELY.

Peacock has released Crystal Lake, an eight-episode prequel series to Friday the 13th starring Linda Cardellini as Pam Voorhees, which explores the origin of Jason Voorhees beginning in 1972.

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