[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by Black Arbor

Were Jason's boots really that disco-tastic in the movie? I can't remember haha

They were. Platforms were added to the boots as both an artistic liberty and for practical reasons, as the director wanted Jason to have more of a Frankenstein look and feel to him, while giving actor Ken Kirzinger a few more inches of height so he would tower moreso over Robert Englund (who is around 5'10".)

Hard to find a clean shot on the net, but you can clearly see the platform on his left boot here, as well as in several shots in the movie (such as the scene where Jason beats down the door in the sleep lab...)

(Gotta love the naked, pale flesh showing in the holes of his pants that they didn't bother to cover with makeup while he was in wardrobe in this shot...lol. Attention to details!)