Dallas, TX — The hockey mask Kane Hodder wore as Jason Voorhees in Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday is up for auction, along with his first-draft script, with his notes on the stunt team and the kills on the backs of the last few pages. Bidding at Heritage Auctions starts at $40,000, and the lot sells live in Dallas on Wednesday, Dec. 2.
The Mask Jason Wore in the Opening Ambush
Jason Goes to Hell (New Line, 1993) is the ninth Friday the 13th movie, and it opens with an FBI ambush that blows Jason apart before his spirit jumps from body to body. Heritage says this mask is screen-matched to the film and was worn by Hodder, who played Jason in four films of the series. It is hand-painted cast resin with leather straps on the top and sides, 9 by 7 by 3 inches, and the studio damaged it on purpose: a jagged, broken eyehole and a crumbling lower-right edge, which Heritage ties to the opening scene “in which the FBI blows Jason’s body to pieces.” The lot includes printouts matching the mask to scenes in the film.
The Script and Hodder’s Stunt Notes
The script is the first draft, dated Feb. 18, 1992, when the movie was still called Friday the 13th Part 9: The Death of Jason, and its cover credits the screenplay to Jay Huguely. It runs 90 photocopied pages held together with studio brads, with Hodder’s name in pencil on the cover and his signature in silver paint pen. Inside, Hodder marked when and where the stunt team would perform Jason’s kills or take the punishment Jason takes.
On the backs of the last few pages he listed the stunt performers, with their heights, weights, numbers Heritage says were likely their pay, the shooting days and how each victim goes: “thrown through car,” “head smash” and “dunked + thrown on grill.”
From Mario Kirner’s Collection
Both pieces come from the collection of Mario Kirner, a Friday the 13th author and historian, and both are in his book, Friday the 13th Props Museum, the mask on pages 62 and 63 and the script on pages 74 to 76. Heritage includes a copy of the book, a letter of authenticity from Beckett Authentication Services and a letter of verification from Grad Auth.
Prop Store’s 2023 London auction sold Kirner’s screen-matched Jason costume and bodysuit from the same film, which Prop Store had estimated at £50,000 to £100,000.
What a Jason Goes to Hell Mask Sold For in 2021
Prop Store sold a screen-matched Jason Goes to Hell mask, signed by Hodder, at its Los Angeles auction in June 2021 for $225,000 with the buyer’s premium, after estimating it at $20,000 to $30,000. That mask came from the collection of special effects artist Tom “Brooklyn” Bellissimo and matched the scene in which a SWAT team ambushes and blows up Jason.
How the Heritage Auction Works
- Lot: #38578 in Heritage’s Hollywood/Entertainment Signature Auction, Nov. 30 to Dec. 3.
- Live session: Wednesday, Dec. 2, at 11 a.m. Central, on the floor in Dallas, by phone and online through Heritage Live.
- Proxy bids: open now, closing at 10:50 a.m. Central on Dec. 2.
- Price: bidding starts at $40,000, and Heritage adds a 25% buyer’s premium, so a $40,000 winning bid costs $50,000.
For photos and bidding, see the lot on Heritage Auctions’ site.
More Jason for Friday the 13th
- Haunted houses open Friday the 13th, my list for this Friday.
- Dead of Night, the small-town slasher that opens in theaters Friday the 13th.
- Cinemark’s Jason popcorn bucket, for Camp Crystal Lake’s return.
- JASON: Blood Reign, the Jason maze at three Six Flags parks.
