Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Jason Voorhees" in Portuguese language version.
The horror movie Friday the 13th, released in 1980, introduced the world to a hockey mask-wearing killer named Jason, and is perhaps the best-known example of the famous superstition in pop culture history.
'Experts say such fears are long ingrained in Western culture, and they've been amply reinforced by the slasher-flick franchise featuring everyone's favorite hockey-masked murderer Jason Voorhees.
As for why it’s still a thing, psychologists say superstitions (black cats, ladders, etc.) have remarkable staying power [...] Maybe the whole thing would have faded away by now if not for the popular slasher movies that evolved from a low-budget flick that debuted on May 9, 1980. The 12-movie series [...] took off after the introduction of the hockey mask-wearing Jason Voorhees character.
'Experts say such fears are long ingrained in Western culture, and they've been amply reinforced by the slasher-flick franchise featuring everyone's favorite hockey-masked murderer Jason Voorhees.
As for why it’s still a thing, psychologists say superstitions (black cats, ladders, etc.) have remarkable staying power [...] Maybe the whole thing would have faded away by now if not for the popular slasher movies that evolved from a low-budget flick that debuted on May 9, 1980. The 12-movie series [...] took off after the introduction of the hockey mask-wearing Jason Voorhees character.
The horror movie Friday the 13th, released in 1980, introduced the world to a hockey mask-wearing killer named Jason, and is perhaps the best-known example of the famous superstition in pop culture history.
