First Jason

Every once in a while, I check out what Ari Lehman is up to. He’s been an advocate of my Friday the 13th short film (see past stories on this blog). Ari is a musician whose band, First Jason, has been playing to horror convention crowds — they know him as the 12 year old Jason Voorhees from the first Friday the 13th.

Over at Ari’s website, there’s a transcript of a panel discussion from Comic-Con in 2004. Someone had the crazy (genius?) idea of bringing together all the Jason actors to discuss the F13 movies and promote the DVD box set. In any case, I hadn’t seen this article until now, and it turns out Lehman managed to slide in a plug for Jason: The Rebirth.

Q: Do you think you will ever be able to go back and straighten out the inconsistencies in Jason’s origins?

(snip)

Ari Lehman: Interestingly enough, there was an animation created with that timeline gap. It is called Jason: The Rebirth. It won an award, as a matter of fact. It kind of answers that question. But, why is Jason so enduring? I want to speak to that before we end this…It is because of you, the fans. The fans bring Jason back to life by attending the movie. Every time you come and support the movie, that is what brings Jason back to life. It’s the fans that make it happen in the first place.

After a bit of googling, I found the original article posted at movieweb.com

One good plug deserves another — if you want to check out Ari’s horror movie band, visit firstjason.com or myspace.com/firstjason