The Sexualization of a Psychopath

'Did you know a young boy drowned the year before those two others were killed? The counselors weren't paying any attention... They were making love while that young boy drowned. His name was Jason.'

Mrs. Voorhees

Our Jock-strap wearing Jason from Kyle Anderson

I know many women and men crush over criminals, even murderers and serial killers. The Menendez Brothers, Ted Bundy, and Boston Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev even made the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. It is more than their looks however, many killers, especially serial killers learn how to use, manipulate, even charm others to keep their grisly secrets hidden.

Jason ascending from the Lake by MaXKennedy

Then there's Jason... Jason Voorhees, a fictional machete dicing machine who has sliced, diced, quartered and beheaded over 150 people, most of them horny teenagers at Camp Crystal Lake. While I was planning my new Halloween pieces, I saw one of Kyle Anderson's new art pieces of Jason in his jock strap. I have profiled Kyle's work as both a model and artist before and although I knew I wanted to feature Kyle's image, I was just not sure how.

Jason climbing from a dip by Karl Von Frankenstein

As I began to think of an angle, I thought of the previous versions of Jason I had featured. I have featured the hot young hunks Jason has murdered (The Climax Conclusion) but not the man behind the mask. Several photographers have had the model they were shooting put on the hockey mask, and take off the rest of their clothing for the shot. That had me googling Jason, and 'sexy Jason' and a wide variety of art work focused on the sexual side of our forest dwelling maniac popped up.

A studly Jason by irenhorrors

Like most troubled adults, Jason didn't have the easiest of childhoods. Physical deformities, mental disabilities and of course being raised by a mentally unstable mother who kept him isolated for most of his life didn't lead to a healthy sense of self. I never though, saw Voorhee's as particularly sexual, or even sexy with his rather boxy shape and clothing still awaiting their first visit inside a washing machine.

Classic Physique Pose Jason by TotesFleisch8

That's where an artist's imagination comes in though. With the right artist or photographer, Jason can visualized anyway they see him, leaner, hotter, less likely to slit your throat during sex... These visions of Jason don't necessarily bare much connection to the murderer in the movies, but he did inspire them and they have me viewing Mr. Voorhee's in an entirely different way...

Hatchet Job: DirtRoad by Noplacia Photography