- "Why are these people such slobs?"
- ―Russell
Russell Bowen was a character in the film Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood, in which he is portrayed by Larry Cox. A preppy Russell is the boyfriend of Sandra.
He is the 58th victim of Jason Voorhees.
Biography
Russell's death at the hands of Jason Voorhees
Sometime in June, Russell got a hold of a cabin near Crystal Lake belonging to his uncle, Russell and a few others then decided to throw a surprise party for their friend Michael there, to celebrate his birthday. Much to Russell's frustrations everyone else proved to rowdy to handle, trashing the place and eating his uncle's food. One night his girlfriend Sandra took him out to the lake and begun to strip down and go skinny dipping, he then proceeded to undress himself as well, just as Jason Voorhees appeared. Seeing Jason approaching with an axe in hand Russell begun frantically crawling backwards and managed to let out a scream right before Jason split his face open with the axe. His corpse would later be discovered by Maddy before she was killed by Jason Voorhees and also by Tina Shepard hanging from a tree, when she discovered more of Jason's victims.
Trivia
Russell's death in a deleted scene
Russell's death scene was heavily cut by the MPAA. The original scene showed a jet of blood after being hit by the axe, as well as a scene of him convulsing on the ground with his face split open.