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Freddy vs. Jason

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Freddy vs. Jason (2003)

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Reviews Counted:143

Fresh:58

Rotten:85

Average Rating:4.8/10

Consensus: Fans of the two horror franchises will enjoy this showdown. But for everyone else, it's the same old slice and dice.

Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

US Box Office: $82,163,317

Synopsis: 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... 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, Katherine 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. [More]

Starring: Robert Englund, Ken Kirzinger, Monica Keena, Jason Ritter

Starring: Robert Englund, Ken Kirzinger, Monica Keena, Jason Ritter, Katherine Isabelle, Kelly Rowland, Christopher George Marquette, Lochlyn Munro, Gary Chalk, Brendan Fletcher

Director: Ronny Yu

Director: Ronny Yu
Screenwriter: Mark Swift, Damian Shannon
Producer: Sean S. Cunningham
Composer: Graeme Revell
Studio: New Line Cinema

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10/18/08
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10/24/03
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08/27/03
Garth Franklin
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04/29/09
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

[A] true return to form for the slasher genre ...

Full Review Source: ESplatter | comment Comment
06/19/08
Lucius Gore
Lucius Gore
ESplatter

It's a cleverly wrapped gift to me and every horror fan like me, and I feel nothing but affection for it.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
02/13/08
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

A fine post-scream Freddy romp

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02/07/08
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
sbs.is

With Jason and Freddy at war over the souls of children, this great send-up of the genre is extremely fun and is faithful to the characterizations long-established for these villains.

Full Review Source: Oscar Guy | comment Comment
11/03/07
Wesley Lovell
Wesley Lovell
Oscar Guy

Freddy vs. Jason is a pretty awful Nightmare film, but only a mediocre F13 film.

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09/12/07
Tim Brayton
Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy

Dull blades. Saddles audiences with a buckets-of-blood mentality that deadens the spirit and drowns the film.

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08/05/07
Christopher Smith
Christopher Smith
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07/14/07
Joe Lozito
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01/26/06
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12/06/05
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There is enough hacking, slashing, blood, and guts for three more Jason movies in this battle.

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06/20/05
Bill Clark
Bill Clark
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L’utilisation presque exagérée de la violence rehausse la qualité du film et l’ensemble est tellement mauvais qu’il en devient bon.

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12/16/04
Louis-Jérôme Cloutier
Louis-Jérôme Cloutier
Panorama

Exists in a place beyond criticism. It hasn't got a plot to speak of, or characters; like the recent Rollerball remake, it in many ways verges on the experimental.

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07/05/04
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

The gory money shots and the big brawl are the only real entertainment - although the effective one-liner occasionally pops up to keep you laughing in between decapitations.

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05/08/04
Brian Mckay
Brian Mckay
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Let the great, dumb, pointless debate rage on.

Full Review Source: Lowell Sun | comment 1 Comment
02/28/04
Austin O'Connor
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02/02/04
Paul Sherman
Paul Sherman
Boston Herald

the usual assortment of harried kids, hopeless cops, inadequate parents, creepy dream sequences and highly creative murders

Full Review Source: Movie Gazette | comment Comment
10/28/03
Anton Bitel
Anton Bitel
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