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9. Pam Roberts - Friday The 13th: A New Beginning

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In Friday the 13th: A New Beginning, Melanie Kinnaman's Pamela Roberts has the distinction of being one of the few protagonists of the Friday the 13th franchise who did not battle Jason Voorhees.

That fifth F13 effort famously had a Jason-shaped hole, with copycat killer Roy Burns revealed to be the man under the hockey mask this time out. As such, it makes it a little less impressive to survive a Friday the 13th movie when that movie features a mere mortal man rather than the ominous presence of Jason.

Not just does Pamela have to deal with Roy's faux Jason rampage, she also has to deal with a Tommy Jarvis (John Shepherd) who is gradually losing the plot after the antics of Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter. Added to that, this is a Friday the 13th picture that featured a ridiculous amount of kills - even when compared to the usual high body counts of the F13 films.

Alongside Tommy and Reggie the Reckless, Pamela help take down Roy, with Burns thrown from a barn window and onto a bunch of spikes. And while Pamela did survive Roy Burns, the ending of A New Beginning leaves her fate ambiguous after Tommy is suggested as having gone full crazy.

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