Paul Holt

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Lore & Background

Paul Holt is the head of a school for camp counselors on the shore of Crystal Lake in 1984. He is assisted by Ginny Field. At a campfire, Paul tells the counselors the legend of Jason Voorhees: a boy who drowned at Camp Crystal Lake in 1957, sending his vengeful mother Pamela on two killing sprees in 1958 and 1979, until Alice eventually killed her in self-defense. According to the legend, Jason survived and is now living in the woods near Crystal Lake; enraged at Pamela's death, he will kill anyone he comes across. As Paul finishes the story, a man with a spear scares everyone, but it turns out to be Ted wearing a mask. Paul reassures everyone that Jason is dead and that Camp Crystal Lake is now condemned and off-limits. Later, Paul offers the others one last night in town before the training begins. At the bar, Ginny muses that if Jason were still alive and had witnessed Pamela's death, it may have left him with no distinction between life and death, or right and wrong. Paul dismisses the idea, proclaiming that Jason is nothing but an urban legend. Paul returns to the camp with Ginny to find it in disarray. The killer ambushes Paul and chases Ginny. Paul suddenly returns and tries to save Ginny from Jason, but Jason incapacitates him. Just as Jason is about to kill Paul with a pickaxe, Ginny picks up a machete and slams it down into Jason's shoulder, seemingly killing him. Paul and Ginny return to the cabin and hear someone outside. Thinking that Jason has followed them, they open the door, only to find Terry's dog, Muffin. Just as they sigh in relief, an unmasked Jason bursts through the window from behind and grabs Ginny. She then awakens to being loaded into an ambulance and calls out for Paul, who is nowhere to be seen, leaving his fate unknown.

In Their Own Story

In 1984, Paul Holt has opened a school for camp counselors on the shore of Crystal Lake. The camp is attended by Paul's assistant Ginny Field, Sandra, her boyfriend Jeff, Scott, Terry, the paraplegic Mark, Vickie, Ted, and many other trainees. Around the campfire that night, Paul tells the counselors the legend of Jason Voorhees. As Paul finishes the story, a man with a spear scares everyone, but it turns out to be Ted wearing a mask. Paul reassures everyone that Jason is dead and that Camp Crystal Lake is now condemned and off-limits. Later, Paul offers the others one last night in town before the training begins. At the bar, Ginny muses that if Jason were still alive and had witnessed Pamela's death, it may have left him with no distinction between life and death, or right and wrong. Paul dismisses the idea, proclaiming that Jason is nothing but an urban legend. Paul returns to the camp with Ginny to find it in disarray. The killer ambushes Paul and chases Ginny. Paul suddenly returns and tries to save Ginny from Jason, but Jason incapacitates him. Just as Jason is about to kill Paul with a pickaxe, Ginny picks up a machete and slams it down into Jason's shoulder, seemingly killing him. Paul and Ginny return to the cabin and hear someone outside. Thinking that Jason has followed them, they open the door, only to find Terry's dog, Muffin. Just as they sigh in relief, an unmasked Jason bursts through the window from behind and grabs Ginny. She then awakens to being loaded into an ambulance and calls out for Paul, who is nowhere to be seen, leaving his fate unknown.

Reader's Guide

Paul Holt first appears in Friday the 13th Part 2 as the head of a school for camp counselors on the shore of Crystal Lake in 1984. He is played by John Furey. Paul tells the legend of Jason Voorhees around a campfire, then reassures everyone that Jason is dead. He dismisses Ginny's theory that Jason might be real, calling him an urban legend. Paul is ambushed by Jason and later returns to try to save Ginny, but is incapacitated. After Ginny seemingly kills Jason, Paul returns to the cabin with her. When an unmasked Jason bursts through the window and grabs Ginny, she later awakens in an ambulance and calls out for Paul, who is nowhere to be seen, leaving his fate unknown.

Did You Know?

• Paul Holt is played by John Furey in Friday the 13th Part 2.
• Paul opens a school for camp counselors on the shore of Crystal Lake in 1984, five years after the first film.
• Paul tells the counselors the legend of Jason Voorhees around a campfire, but later dismisses the idea that Jason is real, calling him an urban legend.
• Paul's fate is left unknown at the end of the film—Ginny calls out for him from an ambulance, but he is nowhere to be seen.
• Paul is incapacitated by Jason when he tries to save Ginny, just before Ginny slams a machete into Jason's shoulder.