Celebrating Our 20th Anniversary!
by Alex Billington
July 13, 2026
Source: YouTube
“There’s something in these woods… and all it knows how to do is kill.” A24 presents a new horror series ready for streaming this fall – Crystal Lake, a prequel series to Friday the 13th, following a doomed small town where camp counselors come to die. Peacock will be debuting the first 8 episodes of this new series for streaming starting in October in the fall – during the horror season. It is a prequel to the original 1980 film that kicked off the franchise and stars Linda Cardellini in the leading role of Pamela Voorhees, Callum Vinson as a young Jason Voorhees, along with William Catlett, Devin Kessler, Cameron Scoggins, Phoenix Parnevik, and Gwendolyn Sundstrom. The actually went back and filmed at Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco in Blairstown, New Jersey, the exact same camp location and town used in the 1980 original film – really connecting it all back to the first Friday the 13th. After a grand total of 11 sequels in the F13 Jason series so far, do we really need to go back and make a prequel? Why is this necessary? But with A24 producing and a talented team behind it, this might actually turn out pretty good anyway. A quick first look at some footage.
Here’s the first look teaser trailer for Peacock & A24’s series Crystal Lake, direct from YouTube:
A prequel to the Friday the 13th horror franchise about the slasher killer Jason, the series follows single mother Pam Voorhees who has been unable to shake her grief after her young, sickly son Jason tragically drowned in the town lake almost a year before. When two strangers arrive at Pam’s door digging into her past, a disturbing chain of events are set into motion, leaving the townspeople of Crystal Lake wondering: just who is Pam Voorhees? Crystal Lake is a prequel series created and written and showrun by TV writer / producer Brad Caleb Kane, of “Fringe”, “Black Sails”, Extinction, The Banker, “Warrror”, “Tokyo Voice”, “It: Welcome to Derry“. Featuring episodes directed by Logan George, Celine Held, Michael Lennox, Quyen Tran. Made by A24 for Sky and Peacock. It’s executive produced by Brad Caleb Kane, Victor Miller, Marc Toberoff, Robert M. Barsamian & Robert P. Barsamian, Stuart Manashil, Michael Lennox, Tyson Bidner. Peacock will debut the Crystal Lake series streaming starting on October 15th, 2026 this fall. Any good?
