Unmasking a horror film icon
Kane Hodder is known as 鈥榗inema鈥檚 most prolific killer鈥� for his acting roles over the last 40 years but his career almost ended before it began when a fire stunt went badly wrong.
Kane Hodder has been dubbed 鈥榗inema鈥檚 most prolific killer鈥� for the long list of on-screen murderers he has portrayed over the last 40 years. He is best known as the man behind Jason Voorhees鈥� iconic hockey mask in the Friday the 13th franchise. Kane started out as a stunt performer but his career was almost over before it even began when he suffered severe burns in a fire stunt that went horribly wrong. He tells Jo Fidgen how he recovered and despite it almost killing him why, under highly-controlled conditions, he still loves setting himself on fire.
Kane is the subject of a documentary called To Hell And Back: The Kane Hodder Story.
Presenter: Jo Fidgen
Producer: Thomas Harding Assinder
Picture: Kane Hodder as Jason Voorhees
Credit: Alamy
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