The Jason Mask in the Friday the 13th Films

The cinematic influence of the Jason Vorhees hockey mask is incalculable. So many films reference Jason Vorhees’ crude face-covering that it is practically expected every time a bank robbery is depicted on screen.

Fascinatingly, the mask that would become the trademark of Friday the 13th — and slasher movies in general – didn’t make it to the screen until Friday the 13th Part III, released in 1982.

The hockey mask is a cheap yet effective symbol of dread that won’t be disappearing from the zeitgeist anytime soon.