A24's Crystal Lake Prequel Explores Pamela Voorhees' Origin Story
The eight-episode series stars Linda Cardellini as the grieving mother who becomes the original slasher in this Friday the 13th prequel.
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First reported by The Guardian Culture, 5h 43m ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first
The story so far
3 publishers have covered this in 4 articles since 19 Oct 2026. The Guardian Culture published first, on 19 October at 05:20 UTC; NME followed 5h 44m later. The most recent article, from News Feed, appeared on 19 October at 16:00 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: The Guardian Culture (major outlet), News Feed (major outlet), NME.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- The Guardian CultureTV tonight: Linda Cardellini stars in a Friday the 13th prequel from A24
- NME‘Crystal Lake’ review: ‘Friday The 13th’ prequel gives Jason’s mum a twisted origin story
- The Guardian Culture‘They pulled a guy’s face off. It’s my favourite bit!’ Linda Cardellini on Freaks and Geeks, Mad Men and slasher horror Crystal Lake
- News FeedCrystal Lake — an enjoyably gruesome Friday the 13th prequel
Sources
Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.
- Crystal Lake — an enjoyably gruesome Friday the 13th prequel News Feed ·
- ‘They pulled a guy’s face off. It’s my favourite bit!’ Linda Cardellini on Freaks and Geeks, Mad Men and slasher horror Crystal Lake The Guardian Culture ·
- TV tonight: Linda Cardellini stars in a Friday the 13th prequel from A24 The Guardian Culture ·
- ‘Crystal Lake’ review: ‘Friday The 13th’ prequel gives Jason’s mum a twisted origin story NME
In this story
- A24
- Linda Cardellini
- Crystal Lake
- Friday the 13th