He felt his next project could be the big hit he wanted.
He recalled the key moment that changed everything inGoing to Pieces.
The deal was made in the nick of time.
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Palmer was performing on Broadway at the time and during an hour-long commute home, her car broke down.
She desperately needed money to fix her car troubles.
She thought to herself, Universe, okay, can you see to it?
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“They were warned…
They are doomed… And on Friday the 13th, nothing will save them.”
And it will go.
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And I will have my Scirocco.
A horror icon was born from this decision.
If no money came through from the ad, there would be no production.
If Palmers car didnt break down, she wouldnt have joined the cast.
And there would not have been any sequels without the dream ending resurrecting Jason.
Friday the 13th is a horror-slasher film by director Sean S. Cunningham and follows a group of camp counselors who are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer known to be the site of a child’s drowning and a grisly double murder. The film began a decades-long franchise that would eventually lead to the creation of Jason Voorhees, one of the most popular horror icons of all time.
