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| Directed by | Ronny Yu |
| Produced by | Sean S. Cunningham |
| Written by | Screenplay: Damian Shannon Mark Swift Based on characters created by: Wes Craven Victor Miller |
| Starring | Monica Keena Kelly Rowland Jason Ritter Christopher Marquette Lochlyn Munro Katharine Isabelle Brendan Fletcher Zack Ward and Robert Englund |
| Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
| Release date(s) |  August 15, 2003 |
| Running time | 97 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $25,000,000 (est.) |
| Gross revenue | Worldwide: $113,000,000 |
| Preceded by | Wes Craven's New Nightmare Jason X |
| Followed by | Friday the 13th (2009 film) |
Freddy vs. Jason is a 2003 American slasher film directed by Ronny Yu. The main characters include horror icons Freddy Krueger (from A Nightmare on Elm Street) and Jason Voorhees (from Friday the 13th). In the series continuity for both franchises, the events of this film take place after Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare and Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday.
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Plot
Freddy Krueger is stuck in Hell, and his only way out is if people remember him for his terrible deeds. Therefore, he resurrects the undead serial killer Jason Voorhees, who is capable of acting in the real world, and tricks him into rising from the grave again.
In the disguise of Pamela Voorhees (the only person to whom Jason will listen), Freddy convinces Jason to kill teenagers living on Elm Street to make the residents of Springwood, think that Freddy is back.
A group of youths, including the protagonist; Lori Campbell, and her friends Kia, and Gibb are questioned in relation to the death of Gibb's boyfriend. Lori hears Freddy's name said by one of the police officers. The group is then sent to the police station, where Lori dozes off. In her dream she sees girls skipping rope and singing Freddy's theme song. Freddy tests his power gained from the fear caused by Jason's attack. Although he is able to be seen by Blake, (one of the teens partying at Lori's house) Freddy cannot cause any damage. So, Freddy lets Jason kill Blake and his dad, overlooking the massacre and remarking that he will, "get the glory."
At school the next day, Kia, Lori and Gibb hear about Blake's death and Lori tells everyone about her dream, in front of everyone in the school. After she tells them, she finds that her old boyfriend, Will Rollins has returned (she didn't know that he had been kept in an asylum for years for seeing Lori's father kill her mother).
Later that night, everyone goes to a rave in a corn field. Gibb apparently takes some date rape pills and falls asleep, vulnerable to Freddy. She has a dream where she sees her dead boyfriend Trey and follows him to a barn, which turns out to be Freddy's Boiler room. A boy comes across Gibb's unconscious body and kisses her, but while this is occurring, Jason crashes the rave, killing Gibb (who is still sleeping, stabbing her just before Freddy can kill her himself), the boy, and 8 others. This angers Freddy, seeing that Jason refuses to stop, he yells "She's mine! Mine! Mine!"
Kia, Lori, Will (now escaped from the mental institution), and two fellow students, Freeberg and Linderman escape from Jason. Will, after dropping off everyone but Lori, tells Lori why he was sent to the institution. Seeing Will with Lori, Mr. Campbell rushes up to his daughter and orders her into the house. Will tries to tell Lori that her father works at Westin Hills and he was the one that had Will committed. In a panic, Mr. Campbell grabs Will by the throat, forcing him against the van and yelling "I'm not going to let you endanger my daughter again!" Lori runs into the house and orders her father to tell her the truth. His story doesn't comply and she runs off.
Deputy Stubbs, a rookie police officer tries to inform the Sheriff about Jason, thinking he is a copycat killer, but the sheriff refuses to believe it. Stubbs goes to Lori and the others, and tells them about the killer's entire history. They all conclude that Freddy is the one pulling the strings in order to return again. However, by the time they realize this, the fear has made Freddy strong enough to come back from Hell, although he is angry at Jason's continued presence in 'his' town.
The group goes back to Westin Hills Asylum to find Hypnocil (a dream suppressant) so Freddy cannot kill them. While taking a break to smoke marijuana, Freeberg is possessed by Freddy, who pours the majority of the Hypnocil down a drain. Jason comes into the building and attacks, electrocuting Stubbs and killing him. Freeberg manages to stick Jason with two syringes full of tranquilizer, but Jason hacks him in half before he passes out. Freddy subsequently confronts Jason in his dream where Jason, realizing he's been tricked, fights Freddy, only to lose due to his aquaphobia(fear of water) from his drowning as a child.
The teens decide to bring Jason back to Crystal Lake, feeling that the best case scenario is that Jason will win on his home turf and then be content to remain there. Lori is injected with the remaining tranquilizer so she can bring Freddy out of the dream. While in the dream, Lori tries to help Jason's childhood self during his drowning, only to be confronted by Freddy (Who has manifested in the dream as one of the counselors who let Jason drown). With Lori, now having captured Freddy's attention, Jason wakes up and escapes the van. The group brings an unconscious Lori into a cabin, where Jason attacks, fatally wounding Linderman by throwing him into a pointed shelf holder on the wall. While Freddy attacks Lori, revealing that he killed her mother as he attempts to rape her, Lori wakes up after the cabin is set on fire and her arm is burned, thus dragging Freddy out of the dream with her.
Jason and Freddy soon face off, with Jason killing Kia as the final fight begins. Freddy starts taking advantage of a nearby construction site and uses it to cause lots of harm to Jason. Unfortunately Freddy is knocked off balance and falls to the ground, entering direct combat, which goes all the way to the docks where Jason hacks at Freddy repeatedly. But Freddy slices Jason's fingers off, taking his machete and landing several hard slashes on Jason with both his glove and Jason's machete. Lori distracts Freddy and lights the dock on fire giving Jason the opportunity to tear off Freddy's arm. Lori and Will set fire to propane tanks, in an attempt to kill the two. Freddy emerges from the lake with the machete still in his hand. He is about to kill Lori and Will when Jason emerges from the water and stabs Freddy with his own arm. Lori then cuts off Freddy's head with Jason's machete, and both Freddy and Jason fall into the lake, disappearing beneath the surface.
The film ends with Jason walking out of Crystal Lake holding Freddy's decapitated head, which winks to the audience, leaving the outcome of the battle ambigious.
Cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Robert Englund | Freddy Krueger |
| Ken Kirzinger | Jason Voorhees |
| Monica Keena | Lori Campbell |
| Jason Ritter | Will Rollins |
| Kelly Rowland | Kia Waterson |
| Chris Marquette | Charlie Linderman |
| Brendan Fletcher | Mark Davis |
| Katharine Isabelle | Gibb |
| Lochlyn Munro | Deputy Scott Stubbs |
| Kyle Labine | Bill Freeburg |
| Tom Butler | Dr. Campbell |
| Gary Chalk | Sheriff Williams |
| David Kopp | Blake |
| Odessa Munroe | Heather |
| Jesse Hutch | Trey |
| Paula Shaw | Pamela Voorhees |
Reception
Freddy vs. Jason has received mixed reviews from critics. The website Rotten Tomatoes currently holds a score of 41% for the film, rating it 'Rotten'.1
Award nominations
Doug Chapman and Glenn Ennis were nominated for the Best Fire Stunt in the Taurus World Stunt Awards 2004 for the double full body burn and wire stunt. Doug Chapman doubled for Robert Englund as Freddy and Glenn Ennis doubled for Jason in the stunt.2
Possible sequel
Several ideas for a sequel to the film have been proposed. Many of these involve additional characters from other horror franchises. It was once rumoured Monica Keena would reprise her role of Lori if a sequel was made.citation needed
The use of Bruce Campbell's Ash Williams character from the Evil Dead franchise had been considered, but this idea was halted when Evil Dead creator and director, Sam Raimi, decided against it.citation needed But in the special features of the Evil Dead: Regeneration game, however, Bruce Campbell himself says that the rumors are "partially true" and he would be willing to do the movie should it come about.
A sequel to the story appears as a comic book limited series, Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash, from Dynamite Entertainment. 3 According to an interview with Englund from March 2006,4 New Line Cinema had participated in talks with John Carpenter concerning the use of Michael Myers in a sequel.
See also
References
External links
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- Freddy vs. Jason at The Nightmare on Elm Street Companion
| Preceded by S.W.A.T. |
Box office number-one films of 2003 (USA) August 17, 2003 – August 24, 2003 |
Succeeded by Jeepers Creepers II |
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