The Outlook Podcast Archive - Unmasking a horror film icon

Kane Hodder has been dubbed ‘cinema’s most prolific killer’ for the long list of on-screen murderers he has portrayed over the last 40 years. He is best known as the man behind Jason Voorhees’ iconic hockey mask in the Friday the 13th franchise. Kane started out as a stunt performer but his career was almost over before it even began when he suffered severe burns in a fire stunt that went horribly wrong. He tells Jo Fidgen how he recovered and despite it almost killing him why, under highly-controlled conditions, he still loves setting himself on fire.

Kane is the subject of a documentary called To Hell And Back: The Kane Hodder Story.

Presenter: Jo Fidgen
Producer: Thomas Harding Assinder

Picture: Kane Hodder as Jason Voorhees
Credit: Alamy

Published on Friday, 13th November 2020.

Available Podcasts from The Outlook Podcast Archive

Subscribe to The Outlook Podcast Archive

We are not the BBC, we only list available podcasts. To find out more about the programme including episodes available on BBC iPlayer, go to the The Outlook Podcast Archive webpage.