Unmasked by Kane Hodder and Michael Aloisi

Confession time...I have a weird obsession with Jason.

Yes, really.

I dressed up as Jason in middle school for Halloween.

Yes, really.

I did a paper in college on Jason as a tragic hero.

Yes, really.

I actually hate bloody slasher movies.  I've only actually seen one of the Friday the 13th movies (and most of it my eyes were hidden in my then boyfriend's chest).  I don't plan to watch them either.  But I have READ just about everything on the character from a psychological standpoint, including why we (meaning people like me) are drawn to such a character.

In looking for memoirs to update our collection (if you weren't aware, our seniors must read a memoir and we have ours pulled out in a special collection section), I came across this.  It was out of stock on Amazon, so it went on our Follett wish list.  When we placed the most recent order, it went out there too and had to be cancelled.  BUT, the paperback was now available on Amazon, so I ordered it.  It'll be donated on Wednesday.

Anyway, I LOVED this book.  It's semi-autobiographical.  There is an author separate from Kane Hodder doing the actual writing, and both admit parts are creative, as memory is unreliable (remember The Things They Carried?).  Hodder has played Jason more times than anyone, and really, it's his portrayal you picture when you think of Jason.  That menacing deep breathing thing and the head twist before moving thing is Hodder's creation.

Hodder was a stunt man first, and does nearly all of his own in the Jason movies.  He's become a cult hero, to the point that his fans were rabid when he was not cast in Freddy vs. Jason.  (There's a WHOLE lotta psych work than can be done with Robert Englund and Freddy, but that's another post.)

I laughed out loud several times (Hodder likes to prank, a lot), got teary eyed a few times (he carried a wheelchair bound fan through a haunted house when it wasn't accessible!), and got really angry in a few places (see previous paragraph).

I hope you enjoy this one too!

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