Screenwriter Victor Miller, Creator of Friday the 13th’s Jason, Dies at 86
Victor Miller, the screenwriter who created the iconic slasher character Jason Voorhees for the Friday the 13th franchise, has died at the age of 86. His work established one of horror cinema’s most enduring villains and launched a decades-long film series.
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‘Friday the 13th’ screenwriter Victor Miller, creator of Jason Voorhees, dies at 86
The 1980 film kicked off a blood-splattered media franchise with nearly a dozen sequels. Mr. Miller worked on daytime television instead.
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Victor Miller, the screenwriter behind the horror classic “Friday the 13th,” died on Monday in Alameda, Calif. He was 86. Miller’s death was confirmed to Variety by his son, Ian. Released in 1980, “Friday the 13th” is widely considered a seminal installment in the horror canon. It widely popularized the summer camp setting and themes […]
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Victor Miller, the screenwriter behind Friday the 13th, has died. He was 86. Miller’s son Ian confirmed his father had died on Monday, August 30, but didn’t reveal the cause of death. “Yesterday my father, Victor Miller, went to his final reward,” read the Instagram post in honor of the screenwriter. “He was almost always […]
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Victor Miller, who wrote the original Friday the 13th move that launched the iconic horror franchise, has passed away at the age of 86 years old.
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