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Crystal Lake
Created by Brad Caleb Kane
Single mother Pam Voorhees has been unable to shake her grief after her young, sickly son Jason tragically drowned in the town lake almost a year before. When two strangers arrive at Pam's door digging into her past, a disturbing chain of events is set into motion, leaving the townspeople of Crystal Lake wondering: just who is Pam Voorhees? From TMDB
837 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy, TMDB reviews) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
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| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| TMDB reviews * | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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Crystal Lake is a 2026 drama mystery TV series, created by Brad Caleb Kane, starring Linda Cardellini, William Catlett and Gwendolyn Sundstrom.
- 670 people have posted about this series on Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy, TMDB reviews
- posts span Jul 13, 2026 to Nov 5, 2026
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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 77% of 77 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.6/10. The website's consensus reads: "Linda Cardellini plays the perfect mom who can do no wrong in this slasher prequel that lives up to the best and worst of its franchise's ilk, but since mother knows best, Crystal Lake is a campy, gory, good time." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 61 out of 100 based on 22 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. William Goodman of TheWrap praised Cardellini's performance in Crystal Lake, describing her as the strongest element of the Friday the 13th prequel. Goodman highlighted Cardellini's…
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60 of 837 · most liked firstFirst look at young Jason Voorhees in the ‘Friday the 13th’ prequel series ‘CRYSTAL LAKE’.
neutral · AI labelView post →CRYSTAL LAKE will be a 6.5 hour Friday the 13th experience, making the series about as long as 4-5 new movie installments in the franchise. All eight episode titles pay tribute to the titles of classic Friday the 13th movies: bloody-disgusting.com/tv/3971883/c...
neutral · AI labelView post →Heard the kid on CRYSTAL LAKE has good taste in reading. Haven’t seen the show yet, I hope nothing bad happens to him
neutral · AI labelView post →At the #CrystalLake panel at #NYCC I’m here for my niece Gwen, but I’m also a fan of the series. The creator is a hardcore fan himself. This is really pretty neat.
positive · AI labelView post →Now watching my niece in CRYSTAL LAKE! Very surreal. Whipsawing between "Yay, go Gwen! How fun!" and "Whoa oh dear that's a big old knife in that dude's face."
positive · AI labelView post →Did you spot original FRIDAY THE 13TH (1980) star Mark Nelson in CRYSTAL LAKE? The actor played the ill-fated Ned in the original horror classic, and he makes an appearance as new character Dick Wagner in the brand new prequel series. ... 46 years later!
neutral · AI labelView post →💀All of the horror TV series/seasons below get the STC weekend-binge seal of approval: Channel Zero S1-4 The Terror S1/S3 Them S1-2 Dead Ringers Brand New Cherry Flavor Crystal Lake Widow's Bay Cape Fear It: Welcome to Derry Monster S1-4 Midnight Mass The Fall of the House of Usher The Stand (1994)
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching Crystal Lake 📺🖤📺🖤📺🖤
positive · AI labelView post →All diapered up for BDF😁 now to cook some din din and watch the new Crystal Lake show☺️☺️
neutral · AI labelView post →A little spooky season moonrise from last night. Just recently finished Crystal Lake and the new Carrie series. I enjoyed both of them. Watching those two series around the same time reminded me of Friday the 13th 7 where Jason faces off with the girl with telekinesis. Might need to rewatch that 1.
positive · AI labelView post →The new Crystal Lake series on Peacock features a RARE Double Velma with Mate Micucci and Linda Cardellini together on screen.
neutral · AI labelView post →I hated Crystal Lake, and the only way I could talk about why was by spoiling the whole thing. If you’ve finished the series (or you simply don’t care), read my review for Vulture.
negative · AI labelView post →Tonight’s dinner: Roasted red onion & cauliflower with pan seared paneer in a homemade smokey tamarind BBQ sauce. I realize it looks like a horror show, but it was the perfect dinner to enjoy while watching episode 4 of Crystal Lake. Really enjoying the show so far. Linda Cardellini is fantastic!
positive · AI labelView post →Genuinely stunned by the positive reviews for Crystal Lake. It’s the worst show I’ve watched all year, and this is coming from someone who recapped The Shards.
negative · AI labelView post →Crystal Lake is a perfectly logical name for a Friday the 13th prequel television series, but it would have been so funny if the show was called Thursday the 12th.
neutral · AI labelView post →Just in time for Halloween, I wrote about the way Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma basically predicted the creative goals of Crystal Lake, the new Friday the 13th prequel series.
neutral · AI labelView post →A first look at young Jason in Crystal Lake Backwards, a prequel series exploring what Friday the 13th would have looked like the other way around
neutral · AI labelView post →With Crystal Lake hitting this weekend, Men’s Health had me write up a viewing guide to the Friday the 13th film series. (Spoilers, the first 3 suck) www.menshealth.com/entertainmen...
neutral · AI labelView post →They can make me work, but they can't stop me from watching the final episode of Crystal Lake (the 7th episode fucked me up) The series gets a big ole thumbs-up from me. If you're a die-hard F13 fan, and on the fence, I see and feel you. Also, I'm confident in saying you'll probably like it 🔪🪓🏕️🩸
positive · AI labelView post →Its time to start Crystal Lake (2026)! Episode 1, let's gooo!!!
neutral · AI labelView post →Random observation but I’m much more likely to start a weekly release show than a binge drop one bc it seems so daunting. We still haven’t touched Carrie or Crystal Lake, bc there’s no real incentive to binge if you can’t finish in the first 3-5 days (people will be done talking about it after that)
neutral · AI labelView post →I get if people think the direction Crystal Lake seems to be going is stupid, but personally I think it needs stupid shit for it to be true to the series. If I sat through a FRIDAY THE 13TH prequel series and it was sane and tasteful the whole time I would be pissed.
positive · AI labelView post →Crystal Lake ⁞season 1 www.imdb.com/title/tt23148340 #NowWatching #tvsky ·well i'm... i'm Mrs.Voorhees, an old friend of the Christys·
neutral · AI labelView post →Watched the first three episodes of crystal lake and ahhh! I'm really loving it. I'm a huge horror lover, I was a bit disappointed with the Carrie show (huge fan of the book and og movie) but Crystal Lake?! Loving it so far! c:
positive · AI labelView post →Started watching the Crystal Lake series and what a strong first episode. Lemme be gay for a sec and say that's mother right there!
positive · AI labelView post →The Crystal Lake show is aggressively fine, at this point.. However the line "Be glad Jesus forgives you, because I sure as hell don't" is QUALITY.
neutral · AI labelView post →FRIDAY THE 13TH (1980) returns to AMC theaters nationwide tonight. One show only! Tickets around $10. Peacock's prequel series CRYSTAL LAKE starring Linda Cardellini starts Oct 15, so this is a nice opportunity to pre-game and pay tribute to the original Mrs. Voorhees Betsy Palmer. #FilmSky
neutral · AI labelView post →Been binging this show this weekend and it’s really fucking good and perfect for spooky season. 🎃🔪😈 #CrystalLake
positive · AI labelView post →Since the Crystal Lake TV series take place in the early 70s, I was tempted to hint at a connection between Jason, Michael Myers, Carrie, and Leatherface in the novelization (for reasons). I resisted, but it wasn't easy!
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm no great fan of ye old misogynist 80s slasher movies, but was impressed by Crystal Lake, NBCPeacock's revival of the Friday the 13th movies. Linda Cardellini is awesome as Mrs Voorhees in this bloody show. 4 out of 5. Out Oct 15th in the USA, Oct 19th in the UK film-authority.com/2026/10/14/c...
positive · AI labelView post →Starting Crystal Lake and I stg this show better have a dude in *short* inappropriately tight cutoffs and a half shirt in every episode or I’m going to write a very stern letter.
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm sure Crystal Lake is a fine show, but I can't really take it seriously when I know that one day Jason goes into space and becomes a cyborg.
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm a few episodes into Crystal Lake and I think it's good and I really enjoy it. I wish everyone looked a little grosser? I just feel like the people at the camp should be sweatier and dirtier. I like that they let the show be stupid. I just want the layer of sleaze to be like 50% thicker.
positive · AI labelView post →Perfectly timed to coincide with the new Crystal Lake tv show, on Sky and NOW this week in the UK, a new 4K UHD Friday the 13th Steelbook pumps fresh blood into the franchise. These slasher movies drifted quickly into nonsense, but the first still works. 4 out of 5 film-authority.com/2026/10/20/f...
neutral · AI labelView post →Peacock series Crystal Lake attempts to detangle the Jason mythos while tripping into the kind of "zombie IP" Camp Miasma parodies. @gavia.bsky.social on remakes, rewrites, and Jane Schoenbrun turning down Leprechaun.
neutral · AI labelView post →Finally got to watch the last episode of Crystal Lake. I am super happy with how this went and will be adding it to the Friday the 13th rotation. Ties in a lot better than the original Friday the 13th show.
positive · AI labelView post →Peacock's "Crystal Lake" isn't consistently good, but I was amused by a lot of what it was doing.
neutral · AI labelView post →“I knew [Tim] could translate Pam Voorhees’ chaotic thoughts and complex psychology in new, intriguing ways, ones that might be more clarifying and revealing than we could ever communicate on screen. And boy, has he ever.” – Brad Caleb Kane, series creator, Crystal Lake Out Oct. 15th.
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm on the final episode of Crystal Lake, because apparently I hate myself? This show had all the potential to be great, and it's like they ran a script through ChatGPT and said "make tragic origin stories for Pam & Jason"
negative · AI labelView post →If you’re in to the horror genre, be sure to check out the Crystal Lake show on peacock if you have it. It’s really well done and Linda Cardinelli does a great job as Mrs. Vorhees!
positive · AI labelView post →I’ve been binging Crystal Lake and I think it’s good? Maybe? I feel like the Friday the 13th series In general is just so “whatever” about its own lore and characters, that idk there’s enough to care about? But also, I keep thinking, if only Pamela knew her son would one day go to space.
neutral · AI labelView post →Crystal Lake show was excellent. So was Carrie. Horror fans have been fed so good lately
positive · AI labelView post →My really bad idea for a show based on a classic horror franchise - ala Crystal Lake - that everyone would hate and get mad at me for is an alternate take on 'Halloween' where Micheal Meyers gets away with killing his sister, grows up normal, and gets into local politics.
neutral · AI labelView post →I finished watching Crystal Lake. It's an excellent prequel to the Friday the 13th movie series that fleshes so many things out and adds in new characters. The story leading to the first movie is a lot more coherent instead of a simple revenge plot. Linda Cardellini plays a TERRIFIC Pamela Voorhees!
positive · AI labelView post →So Crystal Lake was pretty great, and Welcome to Derry crushed it. Now give us the Nightmare on Elm Street prequel series!
positive · AI labelView post →Jesus Christ I have not enjoyed a tv show as much as Crystal Lake in SOME TIME. Linda Cardellini is just fucking sublime in it. Entire cast 10/10 no notes. Obsessed!!!!!!!
positive · AI labelView post →I’m three episodes into Crystal Lake. Loving Linda Cardellini more than before.
positive · AI labelView post →I decided not to finish the Crystal Lake series. I simply didn’t care enough 🤷🏻♀️
negative · AI labelView post →Watching the Crystal Lake show and can’t get over how much Jason looks like Caillou
neutral · AI labelView post →Finished Crystal Lake, good show! I'd the first to decry unnecessary prequels, we don't always need to know the explanation for everything in a character's past etc. But this is just a fun ass show, looking at slasher movie tropes with a prestige television lens. Linda Cardellini is fantastic! 🔪
positive · AI labelView post →Awesome VHS mockup for the Crystal Lake series from Shawn Mansfield Art.
neutral · AI labelView post →Damn I guess like the main guy behind that Crystal Lake series is Aladdin's singing voice
neutral · AI labelView post →This Crystal Lake show is very strange. I think I'm enjoying it. Every episode I'll be rolling my eyes, but then you'll hear an oboe & shit takes an odd turn I like. Linda Cardellini is good
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm finally getting around to watching Crystal Lake, an eight-episode slasher prequel television series on Peacock. If you watched the original Friday the 13th movie, this is worth checking out. The backstory of Pamela Voorhees and the events surrounding her young son Jason's tragic drowning.
positive · AI labelView post →I was watching that Crystal Lake show and mindlessly doodling kid Jason heads.
neutral · AI labelView post →Finished the Crystal Lake show last night and I can only say…aaaaaaahhhhh, crystal clear refreshment. Right? Does that work? Anyway the show fucking rips
positive · AI labelView post →I started watching Crystal Lake last night. youtu.be/r628R9-G0Wc
neutral · AI labelView post →Wooooah The Crystal Lake series is soooo freaking entertaining 🤩 they did amazing job
positive · AI labelView post →Guess we can talk about it now. I’m only about half way through so don’t have a full review yet, but #CrystalLake is mostly fine so far. It captures the 70s slasher camp-vibes well, but also to its detriment. Linda Cardellini rules, as expected.
neutral · AI labelView post →Crystal Lake tops streaming charts in Canada for a second straight week
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