Jason Voorhees Hits ‘Mortal Kombat X’ May 5

Jason, as we know, does not eff around. The murderous mummy’s boy has been eviscerating hapless trespassers on Crystal Lake his whole life, and is right up there with other horror legends of Movieland. Not many of us would want to tangle with Freddy Krueger, let alone make a mildly craptastic film out of the whole affair.

So when it comes to good Mortal Kombat cameo candidates, this angry bastard is right up there. We saw previously that the Friday the 13th star would be available as part of Mortal Kombat X‘s Kombat Pack DLC, but now we’ve got our release date: May 5.

NetherRealm have taken care not to show us much of anything of the character himself. Machete-flailing Fatalities and suchlike remain in my twisted imagination for now, but I’m hoping they’ll involve decapitated heads being lovingly placed alongside Mrs. Voorhees.’ That’s the Fatality Jason deserves, and the one he needs right now.

After all, when Freddy was added to Mortal Kombat, he got his shower-of-freaking-blood-from-under-the-floor finisher, a la Johnny Depp’s A Nightmare on Elm Street death. It’s the least I expect.

Jason arrives as part of the ‘season pass’ Ultimate Horror Pack. More details at Kotaku.