20 Things You Somehow Missed In Friday The 13th (1980)
9. An Uncomfortable Position
It's impossible to think of Kevin Bacon without remembering his performances in either Hollow Man (2000) or the more recent EE adverts on television. One of his earliest film performances is, however, in Friday the 13th, nabbing what is arguably the film's most famous death sequence.
Enjoying a post-coital cigarette in bed, Bacon's character, Jack Burrell is suddenly grabbed and held in place from underneath the bed before an arrow is rammed up through his throat.
This was a particularly complex sequence to film, as Bacon had to kneel down and poke his head up through an appliance that Tom Savini had constructed, which resembled Bacon's neck and chest. It was Savini's duty to thrust the arrow up through the appliance and stills photographer, Richard Feury featured as the hand that grabs Jack and holds him in place.
Unfortunately, the appliance was not functioning properly. Rather than having to take the time and added expense of setting the scene up again, Savini's assistant, Taso N. Stavrakis blew through a tube to force the fake blood out, providing audiences with a far gorier death sequence.