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Friday the 13th: Hell Lake
The second in a brand new series of Friday the 13th shockers! Jason Voorhees enters the realms of Earth by climbing a stairway from Hell. But this time he's accompanied by a terrifying clutch of infamous (fictional!!) serial killers, all eager to challenge his crown as the ultimate killing machine.
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416 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published August 9, 2005
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February 26, 2016
I don't think this one was quite as good as the first book in the series (Friday the 13th: Church of the Divine Psychopath), but still a good read. These books honestly are better than the movies, at least in general. And I enjoyed the movies, for the most part.
This book is a loose sequel to the first, and we find Jason literally climbing his way out of hell, and bringing almost every other serial killer in history along with him. So the world is soon besieged by a near army of mass murderers.
There's a few things that brought this one down a little. The idea of the killers climbing out of hell is a little silly to begin with, plus the climax of the book could have been a little better too, or at least had a clearer explanation.
Overall though, I really liked it. I'd recommend this one to fans of the movie series too, even if it didn't quite live up to the first book.
This book is a loose sequel to the first, and we find Jason literally climbing his way out of hell, and bringing almost every other serial killer in history along with him. So the world is soon besieged by a near army of mass murderers.
There's a few things that brought this one down a little. The idea of the killers climbing out of hell is a little silly to begin with, plus the climax of the book could have been a little better too, or at least had a clearer explanation.
Overall though, I really liked it. I'd recommend this one to fans of the movie series too, even if it didn't quite live up to the first book.
October 13, 2021
Forget everything you know about Jason. Wayne Sanchez death row inmate put to death for his satan like heinous crimes of rape and murder goes to hell and meets Jason Voorhees and a connection builds via their love of killing and blood. Their only loving joy being violet bloodshed. They will escape hell dragging the scum of the earth, the sick deranged, degenerates, the murdering freaks to rise from Crystal Lake. From here college kids will have throats crushed windpipe ripped out, slashed mercilessly. Jason cops a ninja star in his eye, blood and tears drip, he will whine like a puppy dog and take off his mask. His face looks like it was pummelled and bludgeoned by a power industrial tool. Jason will run away hearing his mother saying protect yourself. Jason will lose his mask, grab a rifle and spray bullets, get shot in his balls feeling no pain. Jason will wear a human face as a mask after being taught how to by Ed Gein in hell. He bisects a women completely with his machete, wear a black welding mask (creepy as) and finally incinerated and sucked under Crystal Lake. This is truly bonkers and utter garbage but works in this universe.
June 8, 2024
Jason is out there firing rifles and getting shot in the butthole....NO....seriously....he gets shot in the butthole.
A truly abysmal book that was only finished because the sheer insanity was truly impressive.
Someone really wrote a 'Richard Ramirez and Jason Voorhees are besties' story.
A truly abysmal book that was only finished because the sheer insanity was truly impressive.
Someone really wrote a 'Richard Ramirez and Jason Voorhees are besties' story.
October 5, 2021
DNF - It's like the author never saw a Jason movie and had no idea what the character was.
October 13, 2023
It’s Friday the 13th and you know what that means! It’s time to visit Camp Crystal Lake! But first we need to escape from hell.
Welcome to Friday the 13th: January 2006 edition, the book where if there’s a slur you really, really don’t want to read, you’re almost destined to find it. Probably more than once.
When Wayne Sanchez, the Daytona Beach Devil Boy, is executed, he anticipates fanboying over Satan. Instead, the rapist and murderer finds himself in the thirteenth circle of hell with none other than the legendary Jason Voorhees, his other hero. The hell experience isn’t quite as advertised, though, so Devil Boy starts looking for a ticket out of hell. He thinks he’s found one because if anyone’s going to be able to find their way topside again, it’s gonna be Jason.
Wayne riles up some of the locals and pretty soon they’re out of there like bats out of hell. Or a bunch of serial killers and rapists.
Here you’ll meet such party goers as Josh Logan, Trey Leblanc, James Fitzgerald, Lisa Applebaum, Shawna Black and Gretchen Andrews but don’t bother trying to remember their names because most of them will be casualties of the “Friday the 13th crime-wave”.
I’d been anticipating this read since the last Friday the 13th but I didn’t enjoy it as much as the first book in the series. There wasn’t as much Jason as I’d hope there would be and I absolutely hated all of the slurs, so much so that I started skimming the book instead of looking forward to the carnage.
Content warnings include .
Next Friday the 13th read: Hate-Kill-Repeat, in which Jason meets a cultish serial killer couple.
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Welcome to Friday the 13th: January 2006 edition, the book where if there’s a slur you really, really don’t want to read, you’re almost destined to find it. Probably more than once.
When Wayne Sanchez, the Daytona Beach Devil Boy, is executed, he anticipates fanboying over Satan. Instead, the rapist and murderer finds himself in the thirteenth circle of hell with none other than the legendary Jason Voorhees, his other hero. The hell experience isn’t quite as advertised, though, so Devil Boy starts looking for a ticket out of hell. He thinks he’s found one because if anyone’s going to be able to find their way topside again, it’s gonna be Jason.
Wayne riles up some of the locals and pretty soon they’re out of there like bats out of hell. Or a bunch of serial killers and rapists.
Destiny had led Wayne Sanchez to Jason Voorhees, even if that destiny had meant the extinction of his earthly life.So, this is really bad news for the hundreds of drunk and stoned party goers who conveniently ignored every single Friday the 13th slaughter up until now. Unfortunately for them but fortunately for those of us reading about them, the University of Forest Green sophomores aren’t as invincible as they’d like to think they are.
Here you’ll meet such party goers as Josh Logan, Trey Leblanc, James Fitzgerald, Lisa Applebaum, Shawna Black and Gretchen Andrews but don’t bother trying to remember their names because most of them will be casualties of the “Friday the 13th crime-wave”.
Then the first scream filled the air.This Friday’s victims are lining up to be decapitated, garrotted, strangled and impaled.
I’d been anticipating this read since the last Friday the 13th but I didn’t enjoy it as much as the first book in the series. There wasn’t as much Jason as I’d hope there would be and I absolutely hated all of the slurs, so much so that I started skimming the book instead of looking forward to the carnage.
Content warnings include .
Next Friday the 13th read: Hate-Kill-Repeat, in which Jason meets a cultish serial killer couple.
Blog - https://schizanthusnerd.com
August 30, 2017
I've got to say that after just reading the first book in the Black Flame Friday the 13th series, this one fell short of my expectations.
The author didn't have good character development in this one. The premise of having Jason and a group of many others break out of Hell seemed promising in the beginning, but the story followed too many tracks from there and lacked a solid focus on Jason (what these books are supposed to be all about, right?)
Ironically, I also felt that the second book in the Black Flame Nightmare on Elm Street series was the worst of the bunch. I hope the same is true here and the next three Friday the 13th books are much better.
The author didn't have good character development in this one. The premise of having Jason and a group of many others break out of Hell seemed promising in the beginning, but the story followed too many tracks from there and lacked a solid focus on Jason (what these books are supposed to be all about, right?)
Ironically, I also felt that the second book in the Black Flame Nightmare on Elm Street series was the worst of the bunch. I hope the same is true here and the next three Friday the 13th books are much better.
May 21, 2023
This one wasn't my favorite but I still enjoyed it, or at least parts of it. The story was really great but it wasn't a Friday the 13th story in that the plot didn't really center on Jason. It was still good, though, and the idea of Crystal Lake itself being a portal to hell was, to me, pretty brilliant. Definitely some original ideas here!
October 11, 2024
A guilty pleasure that ramps up both the blood and the supernatural elements. This almost seems like the Author asked himself "What won't they do in these movies?" and then did them. It's a sheer treat to see someone let loose with all the intent of a blockbuster rated r gore fest with Jason at the center of it all. Jason fans should enjoy.
March 16, 2024
A weird mix of Richard Ramirez fan fiction along with a prevalent misunderstanding of who the Jason Voorhees character is made this an infuriating read but one I had to finish just to ensure I read all the books in the series.
August 23, 2024
So bad that it's good.
September 6, 2013
Friday The 13th has always been part of the iconic horror film world - from the sex-crazed, drugged up teens to Jason's hockey mask and sad backstory combined with slasher mayhem. Conveying this intoa narrative format is by no means an easy task as words on a page require meaning and logic, which let's be honest, the film series lacked as a whole ( though on a film-to-film basis, this premise worked fine ).
This book is one of several books created by Blackflame and act as separate stories to the ones depicted on film so you do not need to view all 12 Friday films to follow the narrative. Hell Lake offers an interesting premise ( Jason is in Hell where he is enountered by a serial killer called Wayne "Devilboy" Sanchez who turns out to idolise Vorhees ) and decides to team up with Jason along with several other cronies from the rings of hell to unleash death unto the world.
Unfortunately, the premise and the execution falls a little flat. In the early stages of the book, it was not made clear whether some chapters were set in the past or present as one chapter shows Jason killing in the woods and the next he is back in Hell so this left a few question marks. Also the story got a little incoherent and the deaths a little repetitive towards the end and I am still scratching my head whether the survivor was still possessed by Mrs Voorhees or if she was indeed cleared of the prescence.
If the narrative was a little more tighter and more coherent ( and also since when did Jason team up with other killers and why does he have a psychic link with one of them? ), I would have happily rated it higher but as it stands it can not be awarded any more than 3 out of 5 from me, and that's mainly based upon the ingenius premise.
This book is one of several books created by Blackflame and act as separate stories to the ones depicted on film so you do not need to view all 12 Friday films to follow the narrative. Hell Lake offers an interesting premise ( Jason is in Hell where he is enountered by a serial killer called Wayne "Devilboy" Sanchez who turns out to idolise Vorhees ) and decides to team up with Jason along with several other cronies from the rings of hell to unleash death unto the world.
Unfortunately, the premise and the execution falls a little flat. In the early stages of the book, it was not made clear whether some chapters were set in the past or present as one chapter shows Jason killing in the woods and the next he is back in Hell so this left a few question marks. Also the story got a little incoherent and the deaths a little repetitive towards the end and I am still scratching my head whether the survivor was still possessed by Mrs Voorhees or if she was indeed cleared of the prescence.
If the narrative was a little more tighter and more coherent ( and also since when did Jason team up with other killers and why does he have a psychic link with one of them? ), I would have happily rated it higher but as it stands it can not be awarded any more than 3 out of 5 from me, and that's mainly based upon the ingenius premise.
September 8, 2013
I love Friday the 13th. I am more forgiving then most when it comes to tie in items, however this book is downright awful. The characters are horribly written, full of cliches and worse gross stereotypes and loads of racial and sexiest slurs. Jason is written poorly as well, and misunderstanding of who he is, makes this book laughable and poorly constructed. Do not read this book.
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