The Definitive List of Movie-Mold Jason Replicas

See also: my definitive list of movie mold hockey masks.

Part I: Sorry, the mold is not known to survive and no replicas were made. I've heard through the grapevine that a copy may exist somewhere but this is unconfirmed :( Here's a few photos of the original mold and the movie appliances anyway so you can dream of what might have been (click to enlarge).

Part II: Horror Sanctum Studios, an early pioneer in the replica business, released "Inbred" way back in 1981, reassembling the original facial appliances worn by actor Warrington Gillette in the closing scenes of Friday the 13th part 2. Only three copies are known to survive, making this an incredibly rare piece. Estimated value about $2,000.

An ad for HSS masks from the 1980's.

Two surviving "inbred" masks.

Shameless plug: My 3D prints of the Mrs. Voorhees head used in part 2 are the only exact replica of this original screen-used piece (or any other of Mrs. Voorhees) to exist. Valued at $500.

Part III: No movie mold pieces are currently known to exist.

Part IV: Ryan Bean's Bloody Ending II comes straight from a movie mold stunt mask that was sold through a horror magazine ad back in the 1990's. The Bloody Ending II is currently sold as a blank for $250, cast in translucent, flesh toned resin in life size. The only movie mold part 4 replica currently on the market.

Bloody Ending II (2017)

From stunt mask to retool to resin final version

The widely coveted "Mangler" though it suffers from a bad seam and molding, among other flaws, is also a descendant of this mold, being a direct casting of the dummy that took the machete to the chest near the end of the film. (Said dummy is currently owned by Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett). A few Manglers were produced by members of Tom Savini's FX team in the 1990's and sold to collectors before Savini himself sold the source dummy. Est. value: $500-$1,000.

The Mangler. Man those teeth suck and it's a shrunk piece but pretty cool anyway.

Part V: It is likely that the cowl worn by Tom Morga as both Jason and Roy Burns was either the same one worn by Ted White in part 4, or a recast of that, which makes it the same mold origin as the Bloody Ending II and Mangler. No recasts of part 5 movie pieces survive, but artist Justin Mabry is known to own a casting of actor Dick Wieand's face that was used in the film. Update: Justin has apparently hinted he's into having this face reproduced YAY.

Part VI: Horror Sanctum Studios produced a limited run of movie mold replicas from the Dan Bradley version of the undermask back in 2012. Cast directly off a movie mold piece owned by collector Billy Kirkus, the pieces are said to run a little small, but are nonetheless coveted by serious Jason collectors. HSS also produced a run of coffin dummies in 2011 from the movie dummy. Both pieces sold for $500 each.

Left: The HSS Bradley. Right: The HSS Coffin Dummy.

 

Part VII: The Silver Shampain Novelties "New Blood", produced back in 2009 has a face and neck that descend from a surviving cast of the original facial appliances and dentures used in the film; the rest of the head is a resculpt by one of the artists that worked on the original. This was the first Jason piece I ever bought. I think they ran about $250, and were made as wearable masks, rather than strictly display busts.

The SSN New Blood (2009)

A more recent version of this design is the incredible "museum bust" produced as a limited run of 13 by Brad Hardin in 2016. Same molds, but the teeth were recast and look much better than they did on the SSN New Blood. $900 a pop, but hot damn what a glorious piece.

Damn.

Even more recently than that is an extremely limited run (3 to 5 pieces) of the master mold of the SSN New Blood. Here's my copy:

(Jan. 2020 Update) But wait... there's more! The only known set of both original hands from part 2 have recently been acquired by collectors who plan to offer a limited run of replicas. 

Part VIII: The movie mask was sculpted by a Canadian FX team consisting of Tibor Farkas, Jamie Brown and Bill Terezakis. Farkas was known to keep copies of the face in his shop for several years, but according to his family the shop was liquidated after his death in 1999. No copies are known to survive.

Farkas with a surviving Jason face from part 8, now in a landfill somewhere in Canada.

Jason Goes to Hell: Horror Sanctum Studios produced a couple runs of another Kirkus movie mold piece in 2011. Like the other Kirkus pieces produced by HSS, these went for $500 brand new.

Jason vs. Freddy: No known movie mold replicas exist... yet. But I have acquired a production cowl that I'm considering reproducing.

Jason X: Two face castings are known to exist in the hands of two private collectors, and a partial head casting from a stunt dummy also survives. John Lawrence bought one and made a handful of castings in white resin, one of which I own.

Remake: European movie prop collector Dirk Mueller is known to possess a cold-cast bronze bust of the movie sculpt purchased directly from FX artist Scott Stoddard as what was intended to be a run of 13 pieces. Only three copies are known to exist, probably because they were a whopping $2,500 a piece.

NOTE: Some replica collectors have expressed interest in recasting one of these pieces to sell to fans. Since this piece was made specifically for collectors, I do not condone and would not back a recasting of this piece without the approval of the artist. I do however STRONGLY suggest to Mr. Stoddard that he come down on his price. After all, you can't price a replica like you would a real prop!

What color was the part 3 mask?

UPDATE 4/24/17: Don't bother getting an acrylic paint to basecoat a part 3 with. Spray it Dover white and get Maimeri's patina varnish and paint it just like the FX guys (probably) did. See this post for instructions.

I've addressed this subject on the forums in years past, but wanted a version of my argument on the blog for posterity's sake. Back in 2009 and earlier when I first started painting these people used to paint the part 3/4 masks a variety of colors due to the fact that the masks look so different in the films. Were they white? Beige? Yellow? Sandshell? (lol), or something in between? Since then hock painters have standardized their color into a light lemon yellow color, which I believe to be inaccurate, as I will explain.

For starters, do not trust what you see in the film. Lighting can affect the appearance of the mask, as can color timing in post production. So how do we really know what color it was?

Well back in December 2009 I asked Robb Wilson King, the art director who worked on Friday the 13th part 3 and painted the originals. He described it as a "cream color" created by a "slight aged patina" over an off-white base. I took this to mean that the "cream color" was some sort of translucent glaze designed to give the mask weathering some depth, but can't be sure.

Regardless... as you can see from the several behind-the-scenes photos below here the mask wasn't exactly yellow, although there were yellow undertones in the color that will emphasize in certain lighting conditions. It was a sort of caramel-beige color. Call it a "cream color" if you like. My own approximation of it is at upper left.

Some painters have alleged that the mask changed colors over the years. But the above photos were taken between 1982 and 2010 or so. They all show the same color. So this theory is false.

This is the color I used to paint my masks. It took tons of trial and error to get it right with an acrylic mix but I think accuracy is the way to go. There was an acrylic color called "camel" at Joann Fabrics they used to sell that was extremely close. So there you have it. The mask may have looked white onscreen in certain scenes if the beige layer was translucent. Perhaps Dario Latinovic, who owns the part 4 mask can shed some light on this.

Update: Need more proof? Jesus Christ you're stubborn. Here you go, Dario with the real thing. It's beige, not yellow:

 

If you're a hock painter and you want to achieve this color, go get this and basecoat away:

UPDATE: Better yet, somebody try out this spray paint and let me know how it works! American Accents "Strawflower"

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Ever notice...

...that most of the posters from Friday the 13th: A New Beginning feature in the background a gigantic photo of the hero mask from part 3? I just did.