This is a very, very iffy subject which sucks because continuity in the "Friday the 13th" franchise absolutely blows goats.
Jason Voorhees, first and foremost, is a mongoloid. Retard, for the scientifically inept. He never drown in Crystal Lake, as his mom claimed, and she knew it. They used it as a means to kill the councilors that ignored him.
Eventually, Jason just passed from body to body, which were eventually destroyed, the spirit of Jason never really "died", so I wouldn't refer to him as a zombie. He's still very mentally aware, mobile, doesn't feed on flesh to survive, wasn't a resurrected body, etc.
He's got zombie characteristics, but IMO, the guy is just an indestructible character, like the enigmatic Michael Myers.
I see Jason as Death personfied (sp?) in human body. He can't be stop or destroy you can only slow him down or direct his killing path in another direction. Kinda like death itself which can't be stop. A juggernaut in a certain way. I think that Zombie is not the proper term for Jason. The only way to stop a Zombie is hitting them hard or shooting them in the head. Jason has been hit, shot, burn, electrocuted, etc...and he just keeps going. I would go with the idea of an Uber Zombie, but to label him as a zombie.....nah!
hey man very interesting theory abou the whole jason never died at crystal lake and he takes over other bodies to assume the role of killing. I don't know if its holds weight though. I can think of a few Jason movies were he is left dead at a certain spot and then at the begining of the next movie he will come back to life at the exact same spot, indicating it is the same body he had used before. Also if Jason had not drowned in crystal lake why was he so afraid when freddy messed around in his head about drowing???
Anyway weitehr he is a zombie or not, someone ealier hit the nail right on the head comparing and contrasting zombies vs jason. Jason is a retard but he is much more aware than a zombie. Jason can use weapons. Jason does not feed. Jason in my opinion is just your basic boogie man 😈
Originally posted by Wolfie
C-Dic, where did you come up with the "passing body to body" argument? I'm not saying that you're wrong, I just figured he had the same body the whole time.
Friday 9. The doctor/surgeon eats his heart, the "spirits" are seen floating around him, and IIRC, he was the first in a line of people to "become" Jason. I think there were earlier instances, just that one comes to mind.
He is the like the Devil, a force of unstoppable evil, a demon spirit, the laws of our world do not apply to him,he cannot be killed as such concepts of death do not apply to him, continuity is not too bad in the friday the 13th, until part7?, when he starts jumping bodies, and then in later films he is back in his old form boiler suit, mask etc.