Freddy vs. Jason
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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 | Robert Englund, Ken Kirzinger, Monica Keena |
| Music by | Graeme Revell |
| Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
| Release date(s) |  August 15, 2003 |
| Running time | 97 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $25,000,000 |
| Gross revenue | $114,900,000 (worldwide) |
| Preceded by | Wes Craven's New Nightmare Jason X |
| Followed by | Friday the 13th (2009) |
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Freddy vs. Jason is a 2003 American slasher film directed by Ronny Yu. The main characters include horror icons Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees.
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[edit] Plot
Freddy Krueger is stuck in Hell, and his only way out is if people remember him and 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 one person to whom Jason will listen), Freddy convinces Jason to kill teenagers living on Elm Street to make the residents of Springwood, Ohio think that Freddy is back.
Jason first kills a boy named Trey after he and his girlfriend, Gibb have sex at a house party, which is blamed on Freddy. A group of youths, including Lori Campbell, Kia, and Gibb are questioned and 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. In the real world, Freddy tests his power gained from 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 get the kill of 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)
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. A boy comes across her unconscious body and kisses her, but while this is occurring Jason crashes the rave, killing Gibb (who is still sleeping), the boy, and 15 others.
Deputy Scott 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. They all conclude that Freddy is the one pulling the strings. However, by the time they realize this, the fear has made Freddy strong enough to come back from Hell.
The group goes back to Westin Hills Asylum to find Hypnocil (a dream suppressant) so Freddy cannot kill them. Then Freddy possesses a teen and disposes the majority of the Hypnocil. Jason comes into the building and attacks, but is put to sleep by Freddy's possessed teen. Freddy brings him to the Dream World where Jason, realizing he's been tricked, fights Freddy, only to lose due to his 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. Lori is injected with the remaining tranquilizer so she can bring Freddy out of the Dream World. Jason wakes up not long after she does, and escapes the van. The group brings an unconscious Lori into a cabin, where Jason attacks, fatally wounding Linderman. Lori wakes up after the cabin is set on fire and Freddy comes out of the dream with her.
Jason and Freddy soon begin a final battle at Crystal Lake, Jason eventually kills Kia and the fight begins between Freddy and Jason. Freddy starts taking advantage of the 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 Freddy slices Jason's fingers off, taking his machete and landing several hard slashes on Jason. Lori distracts Freddy and lights the dock on fire giving Jason the opportunity to tear off Freddy's arm. Lori and Will blow up the 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 glove. 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 ambiguous.
[edit] Cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Ken Kirzinger | Jason Voorhees |
| Robert Englund | Freddy Krueger |
| 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 |
[edit] 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.[1]
[edit] 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.
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. 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.
Nevertheless, the story will be appearing as a comic book limited series, Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash, from DC/Dynamite Entertainment. [2] According to an interview with Englund from March of 2006,[3] New Line Cinema had participated in talks with John Carpenter concerning the use of Michael Myers in a sequel.
In November, 2007, Moviehole reported that a sequel is still very much in the works, with New Line Cinema wanting to move forward with a sequel. It also stated that there is still no script, and, because of the WGA strike, the film "won't be coming anytime soon". [4]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
1. http://youtube.com/watch?v=jJ_NH_Iq4Y4&feature=related
[edit] External links
- Official site
- Freddy vs. Jason at the Internet Movie Database
- Freddy vs. Jason at Box Office Mojo
- Freddy vs. Jason at Rotten Tomatoes
- Freddy vs. Jason at Allmovie
- Freddy vs. Jason at Metacritic
- Freddy vs. Jason at Yahoo! Movies
- 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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