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Peacock's Crystal Lake recasts Pamela Voorhees as a sympathetic lead

Peacock released all eight episodes of the A24 prequel series on October fifteenth, with Linda Cardellini in the cast; the hippies were not consulted.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAll eight episodes of Peacock's Crystal Lake, the Friday the Thirteenth prequel, dropped on October fifteenth, and it shows Pamela Voorhees before the camp.

  2. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTechRadar says it shows her through an empathetic lens, as a lonely single mother who has lost her only child. I'm so moved.

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorScreenRant says she takes down a whopping six hippies in one sequence, in increasingly brutal fashion.

  4. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA boundary dispute at a campsite. Nobody listens to her.

  5. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorFor the record, I'm filing a sighting report on Pamela, and the witnesses are mostly hippies.

  6. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHippies who are no longer available for comment.

  7. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe Drama Index gives Crystal Lake an eight out of ten, because a mother's love is a serious thing, and six is a lot of neighbors.

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSix. Panther-level. Rex, what have you got?

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