This Friday the 13th, I’m celebrating the underappreciated Roy Burns from A New Beginning!

This article contains spoilers forFriday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning.

Which was released in 1985.

Nevertheless, spoilers, etc.

Its Friday the 13th and its October.

As always, that means taking a second to reminisce about theFriday the 13thfilm series.

But man, nobody ever talks about Roy Burns fromFriday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning.

Thats right, Roy Burns: The Fake Jason.

Well, nuts to that!

I think its time we celebrated Roy and gave him his due!

Whos with me?!

There, he was killed by a boy named Tommy Jarvis, played by Corey Feldman.

Jasons death here was very extreme, making sure that he was totally and completely killed.

That gave us 1985sFriday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning, directed by Danny Steinmann.

Sorry, Jason, but no amount of sleeping bags will ever match that.

After that, murders start happening.Hockey maskmurders!

But…Jason is dead!

Could Tommy Jarvis be behind this?!

He wasnt therealJason, so hes glossed over.

Hell,Part Vis practically no different fromHalloween III: Season of the Witch.

Im down with Roy.

Roy, who killed seventeen people on his first and only outing.

Roy, who survived getting hit with a tractor.

Unfortunately, once you look into his backstory and existence, it becomes muddied and pokes holes into everything.

But theres also the unfairness of his actions.

Roy never does kill Vic, the whole reason why hes so bloodthirsty to begin with.

Makes me wonder if Pamela ever killed the teenagers responsible for Jasons drowning…

Anyway, Roy also got to kill Dee Jay!

Yeah, Jasons tough, but hes never taken on any of The New Challengers before.

has some good construction behind it.

So a guy in a hockey mask starts killing people.

Who could it be?

Its so blatant and obvious that we know hes nothing more than a red herring.

Vic is also a bit of a red herring.

Hes the guy who started the movies kill count and he simply vanishes from the story upon being arrested.

Since hes yet to be magically resurrected, it seems too far-fetched, but you never know.

Tommys certainly open to the idea and the useless cops are too.

Besides, hes already come back from being considered dead, what with the whole drowning incident.

Nope, he gets a knife to the stomach while engaging in some creepy voyeurism.

Finally, theres Dr. Matthew Letter, the man in charge of Pinehurst Youth Developmental Center.

Hes the one that makes sense on a narrative level.

Hes important and a major character, but bland enough to be almost unnoticeable.

Roy, on the other hand, is out of left field, but not completely.

Hes built up in three scenes.

First, theres the bit where he comes off as your average paramedic coming across Joeys corpse.

Somethings up, but why would it be him?

Its easy to discard.

In his second scene, he and his partner Duke take care of another dead body.

This is when we get Roys only lines.

Go ahead, get them out of here.

Then, towards the end, Pam comes across the ambulance where Duke is found with his throat slit.

Why is the ambulance there to begin with?

Why is only Duke there?

He becomes Tommy Jarvis second victim.

And you know what?

No, really, thats one thing that he has over Jason.

Roy got while the getting was good.

He killed a bunch, got put down, and stayed down.

He never had to show up in a silly music video or go to space ora Las Vegas weigh-in.

So heres to you, Roy Burns.

Enjoy your Friday and celebrate with a melting chocolate bar.