Roy Burns

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Roy Burns (played by Dick Wieand when unmasked, but mostly played by Tom Morga) is a fictional character in the Friday the 13th sequel Friday the 13th: A New Beginning. In the film, the character copies the murder style of Jason Voorhees in order to avenge the death of his son, Joey Burns (similar to Mrs. Voorhees) who was killed by Vic at Pinehurst halfway house. Until his death at the hands of Tommy Jarvis, many assumed that the killings were being carried out by Jason himself. In fact, when the killer made his appearance, he was wearing a hockey mask as well. Burns did not copy Jason's attire correctly, however; the marks on his hockey mask were blue instead of red, and instead of the "blue collar" clothes that Jason wore, his were actually a mechanic suit, which are worn by another famed movie murderer (Michael Myers from Halloween).

It's interesting to note that unlike Jason, Burns was mortal, and yet inexplicably withstood the blow from a very large tractor.

Burns' actions almost sent Tommy Jarvis to take up copycat killings himself, his mind damaged after having killed Burns, but Tommy was stopped and treated by unknown means, to the extent that in Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives, Tommy appeared relatively stable, albeit driven by an extreme hatred of Jason. To date, nothing more on Burns has been mentioned, although he may have been influential to a police officer in Freddy vs. Jason for thinking that the recent murders in Elm Street were the work of a copycat killer and not Jason himself.

The Friday the 13th Series

Films: Friday the 13th • Friday the 13th Part 2 • Friday the 13th Part 3 • Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter • Friday the 13th: A New Beginning • Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives • Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood • Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan • Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday • Jason X • Freddy vs. Jason Major characters: Jason Voorhees • Pamela Voorhees • Tommy Jarvis • Roy Burns Other topics: Comics • List of Deaths • Timeline • Video Game