| Author | Paul A. Woods |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Friday the 13th |
Release number | 2 |
| Genre | Horror |
| Publisher | Black Flame |
Publication date | 9 August 2005 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print ( Paperback) |
| Pages | 416 |
| ISBN | 9781844161829 |
| OCLC | 61477161 |
| Preceded by | Friday the 13th: Church of the Divine Psychopath |
| Followed by | Friday the 13th: Hate-Kill-Repeat |
Friday the 13th: Hell Lake is a 2005 British horror novel written by Paul A. Woods and published by Black Flame. [1] [2] A tie-in to the Friday the 13th series of American horror films, it is the second in a series of five Friday the 13th novels that were published by Black Flame and involves undead killer Jason Voorhees escaping from Hell to resume his killing spree on Earth. [3] [4]
Wayne Ricardo Sanchez, a Satanist who committed a string of rapes and torture murders throughout Florida, is executed and has his soul condemned to Hell. On the lowest level of Hell, the thirteenth circle, Sanchez meets undead killer Jason Voorhees, whom he rallies into leading him and hundreds of other damned souls up through the other layers of Hell and to a portal that deposits everyone in Crystal Lake, Jason's old hunting ground on Earth. Most of the resurrected criminals, including Sanchez, disperse throughout the United States, but Jason remains in Crystal Lake, preying on students of the nearby Forest Green University.
Mark L. Miller of Ain't It Cool News enjoyed the book's premise, kills, and exploration of Jason Voorhees's psych, but also opined that the writing suffered from " show, don't tell" and that the plot was "a bit fan fic-y" and unfocused, concluding, "there's a lot going on in this book and only some of it works." [5] Nat Brehmer of Wicked Horror felt that, while the novel did have an intriguing beginning, developments like Jason wielding an assault rifle and discarding his trademark hockey mask in favor of a welding helmet gave the impression that Hell Lake was a case of author Paul A. Woods "just not wanting to write about the character and bitterly doing it anyway." [6]
- ^ "B-Books Bring Movie Killers to the Written Page". classic-horror.com. Classic-Horror. 6 December 2004. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ Stephen Jones (2006). The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 17. Constable & Robinson. Introduction: Horror in 2005. ISBN 9781845293154.
- ^ Gilliand, Blu (13 July 2018). "If Books Could Kill: Jason Voorhees in Print". cemeterydance.com. Cemetery Dance Publications. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ Cotter, Padraig (6 March 2022). "Are The Friday The 13th Novels Canon With The Movie Series?". screenrant.com. Screen Rant. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ Miller, Mark (13 May 2016). "AICN HORROR celebrates Friday the 13th with Friday the 13th: Hell Lake Novel! Tickled Advance Review! Plus High-Rise! Regression! What We Become! Vampires! The Boy! The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane! America's Deadliest Home Video! Sheep Skin! Scream Season One! & The Survivors!". legacy.aintitcool.com. Ain't It Cool News. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ Brehmer, Nat (3 January 2017). "Mr. Voorhees Goes to Washington: The Nine Weirdest Things Jason Has Done Outside the Films". wickedhorror.com. Wicked Horror. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
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