The total kill count between all twelve Friday the 13th movies is 198, with Jason himself tallying 152. With more Friday the 13th movies and television shows on the horizon, Jason Vorhees' kill count will only get higher in the near future.
Jason Voorhees, the iconic horror movie slasher, actually has his highest body count in the comic book Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash, with a total of 37 kills. The comic also features some of Jason's goriest kills, including one that earned the "Golden Chainsaw" Award for best kill.
Since Jason's first murder in Friday the 13th: Part II--in 1981--he's killed 163 people, and even more if you count the people aboard the space station blowing up in Jason X or those who died when the ship sank in Jason Takes Manhattan.
However, he's nowhere near the top of the most kills list. Through nine movies, including Freddy vs. Jason and the 2010 reboot, as well as the short-lived Freddy's Nightmares TV series, Krueger's body count comes out to 62.
Though there are some IT characters just as scary as Pennywise, the film's main villain proves to be its deadliest, with a kill count that actually reaches into the tens of thousands. Reddit user u/angelholme estimates that Pennywise actually took the lives of between 12,117 and 18,011 people.
In the novel, it's explained that Pennywise targets children because their fears are less complex than those of adults, allowing It to easily take the shape of whatever its victim fears.
Despite the underwhelming reveal, Roman gets the highest kill count in the series as he's the sole killer of Scream 3. While he doesn't have an actual partner, Roman gets quite a bit of help from the script.
The Child's Play franchise is known for its brutal, high kill counts. Racking up the kills together from all seven movies, Chucky has killed a total of 67 people.
Michael racks up 159 kills over 12 films and will be adding more kills to the list later this year. To find out more about Michael Myers, check out our overview of the famous slasher! With an impressive kill count at 31 in Halloween Kills, Michael Myers still comes in second place.
While this information shouldn't be all that surprising given the genre and plot of the movies, it is still a bit shocking to see that the protagonist single-handedly killed 128 people in one movie, making for a total John Wick kill count of 299 in the first three films.
Throughout the Friday the 13th films, Jason Voorhees has countless victims, but there are two exceptions to his carnage: he never kills children or animals. The Friday the 13th franchise was a surprising success, spawning 12 films in total - including a remake and a crossover with A Nightmare on Elm Street.
The Human Centipede was banned altogether from Icelandic, British, and Australian theaters and released in the US without a rating. Its sequel, The Human Centipede 2, was placed under even heavier bans due to its exacerbation of the horrific elements in the first film.
Jason ultimately defeats Freddy despite appearing to die in the process, stabbing him with Freddy's own claws before falling into Crystal Lake, though if he did this to continue battling Freddy or for some reason save Lori for saving him earlier is unknown.
In resurrecting Jason from the dead, McLoughlin also gave him the weakness of being rendered helpless if trapped beneath the waters of Crystal Lake; inspired by vampire lore, McLoughlin decided that Jason had in fact drowned as a child, and that returning him to his original resting place would immobilize him.
Jason Voorhees, portrayed by Derek Mears in Friday the 13th (1980), is 6 foot 5 inches (1.96 m) tall. What makes a good horror villain? Villains in horror movies are the heroes of the movies. Good horror film villains should be a multi-dimensional character, but the audience should never feel sorry them.
In Friday the 13th: Pamela's Tale, Elias is described as an abusive miner who routinely assaulted Pamela. After learning that she was pregnant with Jason, he beat her even more, and she finally retaliated by cutting him to pieces with an axe and disposing of the remains in Camp Crystal Lake.
Freddy Krueger (63 kills) Freddy Krueger, the child abuser and murderer from A Nightmare on Elm Street, has managed to rack up over 60 kills throughout his almost 40 years on-screen.
So, with his single kill in that clash, Freddy holds a total of 38. That may look like a considerable figure but, all in all, Jason has a total of 151 kills. The victor is clear, but time will tell if the upcoming Crystal Lake Peacock prequel series will be the project to boost Jason's lead.
At the end of the film, Andy, his mother Karen, and two police detectives, Mike Norris and Jackie Santos, try to fight off Chucky. After he's lit on fire and loses both an arm and a leg, Karen shoots him repeatedly, and he is even beheaded. It isn't until Norris shoots Chucky in the heart that he finally dies.
He only became evil due to his sadistic desire to hurt and kill others, shown when his father was killed by the Hackensack killer, and decided to become just like him because he was inspired by the killers actions.
Charlie may have been the least likely suspect, and that's exactly how he (almost) got away with it. However, Charlie was also one of the weakest of all the Ghostfaces. Not only was he killed almost immediately by his accomplice (more on her later), but each of his kills was sloppier than the last.
1996's Scream, notoriously known as one of the bloodiest films of all time, features two killers: Billy Loomis played by Skeet Ulrich and Stu Macher played by Matthew Lillard. Billy is regarded as the original Ghostface, followed by Stu who is revealed as the second.
