Freddy vs Jason
Description
Veteran slashers Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees join forces
in this combination sequel to the NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET and
FRIDAY THE 13TH series. The film begins with a quick recap of
both Freddy and Jason's "lives," underscoring their
respective motivations to kill and their distinct weaknesses.
Freddy (Robert Englund) explains that the present children of
Elm St. (including Monica Keena, Jason Ritter, Kathrine
Isabelle, and Kelly Rowland of Destiny's Child) have no memory
of him, and if they don't know he exists, he can't enter their
dreams to kill them. Ingeniously, he reaches out to Jason (Ken
Kirzinger), the brutish death machine from Camp Crystal Lake,
to go on an Elm Street killing spree, hoping a lot of gory
murder will jog the town's memory. Jason is up to the task,
quickly dispensing with teenager after teenager in suburban
homes, cornfields, medical labs and, of course, the forest.
Freddy grows jealous over Jason's body count, and so must
intervene, setting off a battle royale between the two highly
adored slasher heroes across dreamworlds and realities. In
another post-modern twist, a character seemingly modeled after
Jay from Kevin Smith's films appears in the movie, adding both
a comedic element and another level of reality vs. fiction.
FREDDY VS. JASON employs a variety of special effects to
update these undying series, not the least of which is uniting
their once disparate stories.
"...Writers Damian Shannon and Mark Swift are clever
and ingenious in reviving and combining the two venerable
horror franchises..."
"...Robert Englund's performance as Freddy hasn't lost
its delight..."
Theatrical Release Date: August 15, 2003
"...The sequences set in Jason's dreams are
ingenious..."
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