Spawning ten popular sequels to date, the Friday the 13th series has changed the way we interact with movies, grapple with primal conflict and comprehend the vary nature of good and evil. Bracke guides us from the series' humblest beginnings to its blockbuster success, through the political and moral minefields of the 1980s and 1990s.

Gussie McIver is always getting into trouble, but it takes a series of major mishaps while her mother is out of town before her father begins to notice.

"Jason returns in a terrifying new chapter in the Crystal Lake saga! A beautiful young woman is found on the road leading to the mysterious Crystal Lake, cover in blood. She's the last survivor of a group of teenagers hired to fix up the dilapidated camp. Similar blood-drenched tales abound at the lake, but this one has a unique twist that will expand the mythos of Jason Vorhees and his cursed family!"--Book 1 cover

An idyllic, but isolated summer camp with a dark past becomes the scene of a horrifying, grisly series of murders

The horror continues when campers return to the camp across the lake from Camp Crystal Lake, five years after Jason's last attacks

Determined to prove that Jason, a psychopathic killer, is really dead, Tommy Jarvis digs up the grave, but lightning strikes the corpse, bringing it back to life

Upon superstitious headmaster Mordred's orders, the returning students and new lasses of Dragon Slayers' Academy deck themselves in lucky charms on Friday the thirteenth, but luck may not help when a wicked dragon arrives seeking revenge.