Crystal Lake First Look: Linda Cardellini Gets Bloody as Pamela Voorhees in A24’s Friday the 13th Reimagining
A24 and Peacock have released the teaser and first-look images for their small-screen reimagining of the hit slasher franchise
by Alex Kaan 13 July 2026
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A24 and Peacock have released the official teaser for Crystal Lake, their Friday the 13th prequel series.
Set to an eerie children’s camp song, the teaser gives us our first look at Linda Cardellini (DTF St. Louis) as Pamela Voorhees, the vengeful mother of infamous slasher killer Jason Voorhees — and the villain of the original 1980 film.
The series picks up a year Pam’s young, sickly son, Jason, tragically drowns at Camp Crystal Lake. When two strangers show up at her door and start digging into her past, a dark chain of events is set into motion.
After showrunner Bryan Fuller (Hannibal) left the project in 2024, A24’s Crystal Lake will be overseen by Brad Caleb Kane. His television writing credits include Tokyo Vice and It: Welcome to Derry.
Transposing the events of the original film from the 50s to the 70s, showrunner Brad Caleb Kane, speaking with Entertainment Weekly, has called Crystal Lake a “mixtape of genre” with an occasionally camp tone. Paranoid conspiracy thrillers, ABC Afterschool Special, and martial arts films all served as inspirations.
“The tone is odd,” added Linda Cardellini, who returns to the horror genre after 2019’s The Curse of La Llorona. “It is many things at once, but it works as this fun ride. There’s some scene set in an outdoor carnival, and I feel like it’s almost that feel.”
Crystal Lake is streaming on Peacock from October 15th.