Conceptually, the notion of Jason's essence being transferable came from Adam Marcus' original story treatment. Ignoring Jason Takes Manhattan, he picked up where Part VII: The New Blood left off, i.e., Jason neutralized and trapped at the bottom of Crystal Lake. The film would open with a mystery man dredging up Jason's body, so that an autopsy could be performed in a nearby cabin converted into a science lab. We were supposed to expect Jason to wake up and go berserk. However, as a surprise, Jason would awake only to watch his own black heart torn out by the the mystery man. This would instantly render him powerless, and the mystery man would consume the heart, thereby absorbing Jason's "powers." The big reveal would be the identity of the man: Elias Voorhees, Jason's never seen, never mentioned evil twin brother. It's not clear where the story would have gone from there, but they dropped all of it except the idea of someone eating Jason's heart, thereby taking his powers. Jason's body-hopping via mouth-ingested parasite from that point forward, was likely ripped off from The Hidden (1987), a science fiction flick from New Line's archive. But years after the internet mentioned the comparison, Marcus claims he hadn't seen the film before writing the movie despite being a huge movie buff.

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