The Friday the 13th movies are known for slasher horror violence and the occasional flashes of sex and nudity as randy camp counselors are stalked by a mysterious killer.
But the showrunner behind Peacock’s TV series reboot of the iconic franchise says he was overruled when he tried to include nudity in the show.
Crystal Lake showrunner Brad Caleb Kane was asked by The Wrap about the lack of skin in the series (there is apparently only a shot of a person’s backside in one scene).
“I tried,” Kane said. “That’s America. You can give the kids the violence, but God forbid they see some breasts. Sometimes you get overruled in these things.”
Indeed, the show is extremely violent and gory — perhaps even moreso than many of the films.
The nudity in the movies, if one were to get analytical about these things, actually had a purpose beyond titillation. It’s the classic horror trope of the “sin” of sex leading to death, with voyeuristic nudity and the shock of the killing luring the viewer into guiltily experiencing this cycle. One can trace the trope back to Alfred Hitchcock’s famous shower scene in Psycho, and it extended through Friday the 13th and Halloween and countless other horror films.
Kane doesn’t specify who overruled the nudity, but it seems highly unlikely it was the show’s production company A24, given it also makes shows like Euphoria. Peacock has occasionally had an original series with nudity (2020’s Brave New World, 2024’s Those About to Die), but isn’t exactly known for being an edgy streamer.
Peacock had no immediate comment on the claim. Crystal Lake is now streaming.
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