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Friday The 13th, Camp Crystal Lake #5
The Mask of Jason Voorhees
The Mask of Jason Voorhees is the fifth novel in Eric Morse's Camp Crystal Lake Series. It is the final novel in the series, which consists of the novels Mother's Day, Jason's Curse, The Carnival, and Road Trip (Berkley Books 1994), and is being web published by the author.
Synopsis: It has been four years since Jason Voorhees was dragged down to Hell. Since then the evil of Jason has arisen four times in the form of his possessed hockey mask. Four souls have worn that mask and have viciously killed dozens of innocent people who have mistakenly ventured into the woods around Camp Crystal Lake. Now the mask has chosen its latest and final wearer and the seeds of Jason’s resurrection have been planted. But, there is opposition. Reunited, Micki Foster and Ryan Dallion must not only face a superhuman killing machine, but also the horrifying truth at the heart of the curse of Camp Crystal Lake.
Synopsis: It has been four years since Jason Voorhees was dragged down to Hell. Since then the evil of Jason has arisen four times in the form of his possessed hockey mask. Four souls have worn that mask and have viciously killed dozens of innocent people who have mistakenly ventured into the woods around Camp Crystal Lake. Now the mask has chosen its latest and final wearer and the seeds of Jason’s resurrection have been planted. But, there is opposition. Reunited, Micki Foster and Ryan Dallion must not only face a superhuman killing machine, but also the horrifying truth at the heart of the curse of Camp Crystal Lake.
368 pages, ebook
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August 13, 2021
Jason went to hell and then Berkeley Books commissioned a series of young adult novels set in the Friday the 13th universe. Only Jason wasn’t in the books. Weird, right? His mask was there, though, and it had some supernatural powers to possess whoever thought it was smart to try it on. Cue the bloodbath.
So far, we’ve celebrated Mother’s Day, gone fishing, attended a carnival and gone on a road trip. Now, in this final book in the series, we’re making a documentary or we’re determined to stop Jason once and for all. It depends on which character you are.
So, who are the potential blood donors in this showdown?
The Heroes
* Micki Foster. Micki hunts down cursed antiquities for her Uncle Lewis so she’s dealt with supernatural stuff for years. She is “attuned to the energies around her”. Her spidey sense may save her. Micki’s goal is to stop all the Jason drama by “finding the mask and locking it up in the vault back at Curious Goods.” Sort of like what the Warrens did with Annabelle.
* Steven Freeman. Steven is Micki’s cousin. He used to be known as Ryan Dallion. He helped Jason’s niece, Jessica, send him to hell. He’s survived Jason already so he’s either got the skillset to finish the job another time or his luck will run out.
* Rashid. He’s an expert in antiquities and was looking after Curious Goods for Micki. Now he’s in Crystal Lake. He has visions and appears to know magic.
They’re the heroes. They’re golden, right?
Law Enforcement
* Sheriff Lloyd Landis
* Roy Turner, Sheriff’s deputy
* John Cort, Sheriff’s deputy
* Buck Mathers, Sheriff’s deputy
* Ed Marlin, Sheriff’s deputy
* David Justin, Sheriff’s deputy. He’s the new guy so he’s got even less chance of surviving than his colleagues.
* Kelly Campbell, Sheriff’s deputy
* Roy Turner, Sheriff’s deputy
* Pat Colby, Sheriff’s deputy
* Highway Patrol Officer Marshack
* Highway Patrol Officer Perkins
* State Trooper Jackson
* State Trooper Scott Christopher
* State Trooper Dan Culligan
* State Trooper Peter Bennerson
There’s so many of them! Just knowing these men and women are law enforcement personnel in a slasher is your biggest clue. Most of these people are going to be toast, especially those who are introduced after 80%. That doesn’t stop them from bringing confidence to the game, though.
* County Coroner Robert “Doctor Bob” Carey. He’s the one doing the autopsies.
* Phil Raman. He’s Doctor Bob’s assistant. If he wasn’t so busy getting turned on when he touches Jason’s mask he might just make it but because this makes him inherently creepy, he’s definitely going to need to die.
* Guadalupe (Lupe) Sanchez. Lupe is the receptionist. She knows Phil likes her but laughs at his advances. Clever girl.
If this was a Halloween book, then Michael Myers would almost certainly miraculously come to in the morgue and proceed to add to the body count. But this is Friday the 13th. We’ll see…
The Documentary Makers
* Carol Martinez. The director of the documentary, Carol is rude to waitresses, her fellow documentary makers and pretty much everyone else. She’s also vegetarian.
* Shawn Carlyle. He works behind the scenes on sound and lighting.
* Jerry. Calls himself Jamal. He’s the cameraman and a pothead. He also gives Phil Raman a run for his money in being the most detestable character in the book. He’s a white guy with dreadlocks who seems to think there’s no problem speaking as though he’s from Jamaica. He’s not Jamaican. He’s Californian and he’s so irritating.
They’re coming to town just to dig up info on Jason. There’s no way they’re going to make it back to California.
The Mediums
* Morgana
* Julius
Okay, so they’re here at the behest of Carol, the rude documentary maker. Hopefully they’re the real deal and will be smart enough to get out of town when they realise what’s really going on at Camp Crystal Lake.
Camp Crystal Lake Campers
* Bessie Nague. Bessie has allergies. She’s camping with her sister, Lilleth.
* Lilleth Nague. She’s the webmaster of the Official BLOOD CAMP Fan Club website and Vice President of the Jason Voorhees Appreciation Society.
They thought it was a good idea to go camping at Camp Crystal Lake. We might as well dig their graves now. Lilleth’s Jason obsession may be the thing that saves them or she might be too starstruck by seeing him for her survival instinct to kick in.
The Townspeople
* Betty Loomis. She’s a waitress who knew Jason and Pamela Voorhees personally. Betty was married to Ralph. Yes, that one!
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* Mary. She’s a waitress who works with Betty.
* Will Peters. He’s Steven’s partner at the Army/Navy store and will be running the store while Steven is running about doing Jason type stuff. Will has served in the military so he may have the necessary skills to survive.
* Shane Wilco Jr. Shane is the bartender from Smokey’s Pub.
The townspeople have already survived Jason how many times? They know the legend and they obviously know what it takes to survive at this point. Let’s hope they keep their heads.
If you’re like me and you come to the slasher armed with some bloodlust and a raincoat to protect your clothes from the blood spatter, you’ll be waiting a while in this book. There are no new deaths for the first 40%. Never fear, though. Once the stabbing and hacking begin, they don’t let up. Most characters you only get to know by name before they meet their maker. The body count is high and I can’t even give you an accurate final number.
It’s safe to say that both Camp Crystal Lake and the town are painted red. Bonus points for visiting the Voorhees’ home.
My main frustration in this book was Jerry/Jamal thinking it was okay to speak the way he did. The biggest turnoff was the use of the word . I don’t care about the context; this is never okay.
This was a bit of fun but it really needs some proofreading. There’s a typo here, a missing word there, your/you’re violations and many other red pen opportunities. At one point the carnival murders happened two months ago; on the same day, later in the chapter, they happened three months ago.
One frustration I had with the first four books was the absence of Jason. He actually shows up in this one! Hooray!
We also finally get an explanation for the whole supernatural mask thing.
If you want to read this book for yourself, you can download the PDF here.
I’m rounding up from 3.5 stars.
Blog - https://schizanthusnerd.com
So far, we’ve celebrated Mother’s Day, gone fishing, attended a carnival and gone on a road trip. Now, in this final book in the series, we’re making a documentary or we’re determined to stop Jason once and for all. It depends on which character you are.
So, who are the potential blood donors in this showdown?
The Heroes
* Micki Foster. Micki hunts down cursed antiquities for her Uncle Lewis so she’s dealt with supernatural stuff for years. She is “attuned to the energies around her”. Her spidey sense may save her. Micki’s goal is to stop all the Jason drama by “finding the mask and locking it up in the vault back at Curious Goods.” Sort of like what the Warrens did with Annabelle.
* Steven Freeman. Steven is Micki’s cousin. He used to be known as Ryan Dallion. He helped Jason’s niece, Jessica, send him to hell. He’s survived Jason already so he’s either got the skillset to finish the job another time or his luck will run out.
* Rashid. He’s an expert in antiquities and was looking after Curious Goods for Micki. Now he’s in Crystal Lake. He has visions and appears to know magic.
They’re the heroes. They’re golden, right?
Law Enforcement
* Sheriff Lloyd Landis
* Roy Turner, Sheriff’s deputy
* John Cort, Sheriff’s deputy
* Buck Mathers, Sheriff’s deputy
* Ed Marlin, Sheriff’s deputy
* David Justin, Sheriff’s deputy. He’s the new guy so he’s got even less chance of surviving than his colleagues.
* Kelly Campbell, Sheriff’s deputy
* Roy Turner, Sheriff’s deputy
* Pat Colby, Sheriff’s deputy
* Highway Patrol Officer Marshack
* Highway Patrol Officer Perkins
* State Trooper Jackson
* State Trooper Scott Christopher
* State Trooper Dan Culligan
* State Trooper Peter Bennerson
There’s so many of them! Just knowing these men and women are law enforcement personnel in a slasher is your biggest clue. Most of these people are going to be toast, especially those who are introduced after 80%. That doesn’t stop them from bringing confidence to the game, though.
“You don’t know when you’ll have some hockey masked super killer running around the woods slaughtering people. A few AK-47s would seem to be standard issue.”Cunningham County Coroner’s Office Staff
* County Coroner Robert “Doctor Bob” Carey. He’s the one doing the autopsies.
* Phil Raman. He’s Doctor Bob’s assistant. If he wasn’t so busy getting turned on when he touches Jason’s mask he might just make it but because this makes him inherently creepy, he’s definitely going to need to die.
* Guadalupe (Lupe) Sanchez. Lupe is the receptionist. She knows Phil likes her but laughs at his advances. Clever girl.
If this was a Halloween book, then Michael Myers would almost certainly miraculously come to in the morgue and proceed to add to the body count. But this is Friday the 13th. We’ll see…
The Documentary Makers
* Carol Martinez. The director of the documentary, Carol is rude to waitresses, her fellow documentary makers and pretty much everyone else. She’s also vegetarian.
* Shawn Carlyle. He works behind the scenes on sound and lighting.
* Jerry. Calls himself Jamal. He’s the cameraman and a pothead. He also gives Phil Raman a run for his money in being the most detestable character in the book. He’s a white guy with dreadlocks who seems to think there’s no problem speaking as though he’s from Jamaica. He’s not Jamaican. He’s Californian and he’s so irritating.
They’re coming to town just to dig up info on Jason. There’s no way they’re going to make it back to California.
The Mediums
* Morgana
* Julius
Okay, so they’re here at the behest of Carol, the rude documentary maker. Hopefully they’re the real deal and will be smart enough to get out of town when they realise what’s really going on at Camp Crystal Lake.
Camp Crystal Lake Campers
* Bessie Nague. Bessie has allergies. She’s camping with her sister, Lilleth.
* Lilleth Nague. She’s the webmaster of the Official BLOOD CAMP Fan Club website and Vice President of the Jason Voorhees Appreciation Society.
They thought it was a good idea to go camping at Camp Crystal Lake. We might as well dig their graves now. Lilleth’s Jason obsession may be the thing that saves them or she might be too starstruck by seeing him for her survival instinct to kick in.
The Townspeople
* Betty Loomis. She’s a waitress who knew Jason and Pamela Voorhees personally. Betty was married to Ralph. Yes, that one!
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* Mary. She’s a waitress who works with Betty.
* Will Peters. He’s Steven’s partner at the Army/Navy store and will be running the store while Steven is running about doing Jason type stuff. Will has served in the military so he may have the necessary skills to survive.
* Shane Wilco Jr. Shane is the bartender from Smokey’s Pub.
The townspeople have already survived Jason how many times? They know the legend and they obviously know what it takes to survive at this point. Let’s hope they keep their heads.
If you’re like me and you come to the slasher armed with some bloodlust and a raincoat to protect your clothes from the blood spatter, you’ll be waiting a while in this book. There are no new deaths for the first 40%. Never fear, though. Once the stabbing and hacking begin, they don’t let up. Most characters you only get to know by name before they meet their maker. The body count is high and I can’t even give you an accurate final number.
It’s safe to say that both Camp Crystal Lake and the town are painted red. Bonus points for visiting the Voorhees’ home.
My main frustration in this book was Jerry/Jamal thinking it was okay to speak the way he did. The biggest turnoff was the use of the word . I don’t care about the context; this is never okay.
This was a bit of fun but it really needs some proofreading. There’s a typo here, a missing word there, your/you’re violations and many other red pen opportunities. At one point the carnival murders happened two months ago; on the same day, later in the chapter, they happened three months ago.
One frustration I had with the first four books was the absence of Jason. He actually shows up in this one! Hooray!
We also finally get an explanation for the whole supernatural mask thing.
If you want to read this book for yourself, you can download the PDF here.
I’m rounding up from 3.5 stars.
Blog - https://schizanthusnerd.com
December 19, 2024
A solid, if not somewhat, complex end to the Friday the 13th YA novels by Eric Morse. I enjoyed this book and series, but only gave this novel 3 stars b/c it was a little drawn out compared to the other books in the same series. Also, the ending was a tad complicated and used EVERYTHING from the films after the movie Jason Goes to Hell. There was a lot of stuff that to tie in and I thought it was a bit mishmashed for my liking.
February 18, 2016
The film is horrible (Friday.The.13th.Extended.2009) was well made, the 1980 it's very bad made how the actors react, how everything happens predictable. Probably the guy who create the movie wanted to make something, but it didn't went well, as far as I see. But for next time good luck!
Only by the film what I saw I don't want to read the book and the storie in the film was tell terrible and if it is like how is in the film... WHATEVER, I won't check it out!
Only by the film what I saw I don't want to read the book and the storie in the film was tell terrible and if it is like how is in the film... WHATEVER, I won't check it out!
June 20, 2026
I enjoyed the first four YA novellas in this series and found them charming, fun, somewhat creative, and generally faithful to the spirit of the franchise. Unfortunately, Jason’s Mask was a significant step down. The story feels overly drawn out, lacking the charm and momentum that made the earlier entries enjoyable.
I was also surprised that the author’s writing seemed to have regressed compared to the original run. The prose felt less polished, and the pacing suffered as a result.
Another issue was the heavy emphasis on the Friday the 13th: The Series characters and mythology rather than the film series. While I appreciate the ambition of tying the two continuities together and find the concept genuinely clever, it simply wasn’t handled with enough balance. As someone who isn’t familiar with or particularly interested in the TV series, I often felt disconnected from the story.
That said, fans looking for a continuation of the film series that attempts to unify the broader Friday the 13th mythology may find something to appreciate here. Personally, however, I would recommend 13th by Edward M. Erdelac, which I found to be a far more satisfying continuation of the films.
I was also surprised that the author’s writing seemed to have regressed compared to the original run. The prose felt less polished, and the pacing suffered as a result.
Another issue was the heavy emphasis on the Friday the 13th: The Series characters and mythology rather than the film series. While I appreciate the ambition of tying the two continuities together and find the concept genuinely clever, it simply wasn’t handled with enough balance. As someone who isn’t familiar with or particularly interested in the TV series, I often felt disconnected from the story.
That said, fans looking for a continuation of the film series that attempts to unify the broader Friday the 13th mythology may find something to appreciate here. Personally, however, I would recommend 13th by Edward M. Erdelac, which I found to be a far more satisfying continuation of the films.
November 27, 2022
Having gone through this a second time now, I can officially say that I really enjoy this as a conclusion to William Pattison (writing as Eric Morse)'s "Friday the 13th Camp Crystal Lake" series. As it was published as a fanfiction, I have a soft spot for it and a lot of patience and leeway that I wouldn't normally afford official novels. This story is very clearly a labor of love and a great deal of passion by a fan for the Friday the 13th franchise, including the 80s television series by the same name. If it hadn't been for this series conclusion, I don't know if I would ever have checked out the television series, so I'm doubly thankful Pattison wrote this and gave me a reason to truly discover an older show I've come to adore.
Admittedly, there is a LOT going on here. Pattison does his absolute best to tie together the films, his previous books in this series, and the TV show. For the sake of transparency, I hate "Friday the 13th: Jason Goes to Hell", but there was something very engrossing and about Pattison's first four books in the series, and I think this conclusion was an excellent way to wrap up how he had to build off the foundation of Jason Goes to Hell. And though it's not without flaw, I think if I must engage with any part of that film, I prefer to follow it up with these books, especially this one. The further you go in "The Mask of Jason Voorhees", the clearer it becomes that Pattison genuinely knows his Ft13 lore, including bringing in elements from the Jason X storyline (both the film and the novels written for it,) and Freddy vs Jason in addition to the elements from the 80s TV show.
Personally, I do have a copy of the PDF for this book, but I also listened to the 80s Slasher Librarian fan-recorded audiobook. It's up for free on YouTube (now finally in a full, single upload where it had previously been split into two,) along with his recorded readings of the first four books in the series. Still not a fan of Josh's recent decision to reupload his audiobook recordings with generative AI music at the start of them, but if I want to listen to the audiobook version (which is my only real option for the majority of the series) it's what I have to live with.
Admittedly, there is a LOT going on here. Pattison does his absolute best to tie together the films, his previous books in this series, and the TV show. For the sake of transparency, I hate "Friday the 13th: Jason Goes to Hell", but there was something very engrossing and about Pattison's first four books in the series, and I think this conclusion was an excellent way to wrap up how he had to build off the foundation of Jason Goes to Hell. And though it's not without flaw, I think if I must engage with any part of that film, I prefer to follow it up with these books, especially this one. The further you go in "The Mask of Jason Voorhees", the clearer it becomes that Pattison genuinely knows his Ft13 lore, including bringing in elements from the Jason X storyline (both the film and the novels written for it,) and Freddy vs Jason in addition to the elements from the 80s TV show.
Personally, I do have a copy of the PDF for this book, but I also listened to the 80s Slasher Librarian fan-recorded audiobook. It's up for free on YouTube (now finally in a full, single upload where it had previously been split into two,) along with his recorded readings of the first four books in the series. Still not a fan of Josh's recent decision to reupload his audiobook recordings with generative AI music at the start of them, but if I want to listen to the audiobook version (which is my only real option for the majority of the series) it's what I have to live with.
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