The much anticipated battle of horror begins as it's Freddy Vs. Jason in a winner take all fight to the death.
With Jason X having taken place AFTER this film chronologically, we last left off with Jason Voorhees being dragged down to hell by Freddy's claw in the 9th film of the Friday the 13th series. As for Krueger, we haven't seen the character since he was sent to hell by his daughter in Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare.
We start this one by seeing Jason living a repetitive hell at Crystal Lake where he murders the same campers over and over again. Freddy appears as his mother, which we all know is Jason's weakness, and tells Jason to go to Elm Street to kill the children. Freddy's motivation is that he can't come back in people's dreams unless they are scared of him. The plan is to have Jason kill on Elm Street and for Freddy to get all the blame and glory which would resurrect him into their nightmares.
We meet our main crew of teenagers, including our lead heroine Lori. After Jason murders a few of them, the adults start mentioning Freddy Krueger as a possible suspect considering the terror he brought to Springwood years ago. Once he is mentioned, Lori has a nightmare about man with knives for fingers. Freddy is back! Despite appearing in teenagers nightmares, he still isn't strong enough to kill - luckily he has Jason for that for the time being.
Meanwhile, we are re-introduced to Westin Hills the psychiatric hospital that we last saw in Part 3. The staff are giving the patients Hypnocil, the once experimental drug that Nancy Thompson took to suppress her nightmares. Lori's ex-boyfriend Will is stuck in there after seeing Freddy kill someone. Will escapes and connects with Lori, which prompts them and other friends to fight back against Freddy and Jason. During all of this, we have Freddy Krueger battling with Jason Voorhees for ultimate glory as the biggest and baddest horror villain of all time. Who will out do the other? And will any of the Elm Street children survive?
Freddy Vs. Jason is a very good movie bringing two of the most legendary on screen serial killers together to do battle. Being a fan of both series' , there are definite flaws. One being that New Line Cinema doesn't hide their bias for Freddy over Jason in my opinion. It's to be expected considering they created that character while as Paramount was in charge of most of the Friday films.
Also, this isn't scary to me anyways which I guess it doesn't have to be. It's a fight film with the two killers facing off against each other. The final battle between Freddy and Jason is epic for sure. I really wanted both to succeed in the end because it would suck to see one of the series be truly over. Being a New Line film, we get tons of past Elm Street material including seeing Westin Hills again which I enjoyed. Many references to previous sequels are made.
In terms of acting, we get Robert Englund back as Freddy Krueger for sadly the last time at this point. He rocks the role yet again, being creepy and comedic at the same time. Ken Kirzinger does a wonderful job as the creepy stalking Jason, I was fine with the switch from Kane Hodder to him. For the teens we get stellar performances from Monica Keena as Lori, talented singer Kelly Rowland as supportive best friend Kia, and Jason Ritter as Will.
I highly recommend Freddy Vs. Jason to all horror fans. It is a great duel between the two legends, and we get plenty of teenage bloodshed along the way as well.
7/10
With Jason X having taken place AFTER this film chronologically, we last left off with Jason Voorhees being dragged down to hell by Freddy's claw in the 9th film of the Friday the 13th series. As for Krueger, we haven't seen the character since he was sent to hell by his daughter in Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare.
We start this one by seeing Jason living a repetitive hell at Crystal Lake where he murders the same campers over and over again. Freddy appears as his mother, which we all know is Jason's weakness, and tells Jason to go to Elm Street to kill the children. Freddy's motivation is that he can't come back in people's dreams unless they are scared of him. The plan is to have Jason kill on Elm Street and for Freddy to get all the blame and glory which would resurrect him into their nightmares.
We meet our main crew of teenagers, including our lead heroine Lori. After Jason murders a few of them, the adults start mentioning Freddy Krueger as a possible suspect considering the terror he brought to Springwood years ago. Once he is mentioned, Lori has a nightmare about man with knives for fingers. Freddy is back! Despite appearing in teenagers nightmares, he still isn't strong enough to kill - luckily he has Jason for that for the time being.
Meanwhile, we are re-introduced to Westin Hills the psychiatric hospital that we last saw in Part 3. The staff are giving the patients Hypnocil, the once experimental drug that Nancy Thompson took to suppress her nightmares. Lori's ex-boyfriend Will is stuck in there after seeing Freddy kill someone. Will escapes and connects with Lori, which prompts them and other friends to fight back against Freddy and Jason. During all of this, we have Freddy Krueger battling with Jason Voorhees for ultimate glory as the biggest and baddest horror villain of all time. Who will out do the other? And will any of the Elm Street children survive?
Freddy Vs. Jason is a very good movie bringing two of the most legendary on screen serial killers together to do battle. Being a fan of both series' , there are definite flaws. One being that New Line Cinema doesn't hide their bias for Freddy over Jason in my opinion. It's to be expected considering they created that character while as Paramount was in charge of most of the Friday films.
Also, this isn't scary to me anyways which I guess it doesn't have to be. It's a fight film with the two killers facing off against each other. The final battle between Freddy and Jason is epic for sure. I really wanted both to succeed in the end because it would suck to see one of the series be truly over. Being a New Line film, we get tons of past Elm Street material including seeing Westin Hills again which I enjoyed. Many references to previous sequels are made.
In terms of acting, we get Robert Englund back as Freddy Krueger for sadly the last time at this point. He rocks the role yet again, being creepy and comedic at the same time. Ken Kirzinger does a wonderful job as the creepy stalking Jason, I was fine with the switch from Kane Hodder to him. For the teens we get stellar performances from Monica Keena as Lori, talented singer Kelly Rowland as supportive best friend Kia, and Jason Ritter as Will.
I highly recommend Freddy Vs. Jason to all horror fans. It is a great duel between the two legends, and we get plenty of teenage bloodshed along the way as well.
7/10