Why is Jason Voorhees so tall?

[pulykamell]

Yeah–there’s little continuity in his character or backstory. There’s a Wikipedia discussion here about the retconning of his character and others.

edit:This article explains:

Retconning the original film’s plot it transpires that Jason didn’t drown after all, but lived out the intervening years as a disfigured hermit in the woods. Enraged by witnessing his mother’s death he picks up where she left off and continues the massacre, disguising his face first by a burlap sack and then in his trademark hockey mask.