Freddy vs. Jason (2003)

Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees return to terrorize the teenage population. Except this time, they're out to get each other, too.

Director:

Ronny Yu

Writers:

Wes Craven (characters), Victor Miller (characters),

Stars:

Robert Englund, Ken Kirzinger, Monica Keena

3 wins & 6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Robert Englund	...	Freddy Krueger
Ken Kirzinger	...	Jason Voorhees
Monica Keena	...	Lori Campbell
Jason Ritter	...	Will Rollins
Kelly Rowland	...	Kia Waterson
Chris Marquette	...	Charlie Linderman (as Christopher George Marquette)
Brendan Fletcher	...	Mark Davis
Katharine Isabelle	...	Gibb
Lochlyn Munro	...	Deputy Scott Stubbs
Kyle Labine	...	Bill Freeburg
Tom Butler	...	Dr. Campbell
David Kopp	...	Blake
Paula Shaw	...	Mrs. Pamela Voorhees (Jason's Mother)
Jesse Hutch	...	Trey
Zack Ward	...	Bobby Davis (Mark's Brother)

Storyline

It's been nearly ten years since Freddy Krueger terrorized people in the dreams, and the towns folk want to keep him erased from their memory. Freddy still has one more plan on getting back to Elm Street. He resurrects Jason Voorhees and sends him off to kill. The more bodies which fall to the ground, the stronger in which Freddy becomes. This is until, Freddy realizes that Jason isn't going to step aside easily, and must be taken down himself.

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Plot Keywords:

freddy krueger | jason voorhees | dream | elm street | lake | 

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Taglines:

The "Slicer"...The "Dicer"...And This Time, They're Not Any "Nicer"!

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for pervasive strong horror violence/gore, gruesome images, sexuality, drug use and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Canada USA Italy

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 August 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Nightmare on Elm Street 8

Filming Locations:

British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$25,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$154,021 (Austria) (21 November 2003)

Gross:

$251,375 (Austria) (28 November 2003)

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Line Cinema, Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica, Avery Pix

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The scene in which Jason knocks down the two different doors at Westin Hills is a reference to Jason X where he knocks down multiple doors aboard the Grendal.

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Goofs

When Jason and Freddy are at Crystal Lake, Freddy begins to make torpedoes fly at Jason. When he gets hit, he is right in front of the tank, and beside the ramp. But when he looks up at Freddy, he is about two feet away from the ramp.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Freddy Krueger: [narrating] My children... from the very beginning, it was the children who gave me my power. The Springwood Slasher, that's what they called me. My reign of terror was legendary. Dozens of children would fall by my blades. Then the parents of Springwood came for me, taking justice into their own hands. When I was alive, I might have been a little naughty, but after they killed me, I became something much, much worse. The stuff nightmares are made of. The children still feared me, ...

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Crazy Credits

Instead of opening credits, we see a screen full of flesh that is quickly slashed into pieces, which fly back and form the words "New Line Cinema Presents". These words then dissolve into blood, which splatters on a wall as the Freddy vs. Jason logo emerges.

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Connections

Follows A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)

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Soundtracks

"Beginning of the End"
Written by Brad Kane (as Caleb Kane), Jonny Santos, Tommy Decker, Rob Garcia and Mike Sarkisyan
Performed by Spineshank
Courtesy of Roadrunner Records

User Reviews

For a mute murderer, Jason Voorhees sure felt like the hero of this piece

Freddy's dead and he can't get the old killing spree going again, so he wakes up Jason Voorhees to scare the kids into wetting their pants so Freddy can feed off of their fear. But like the sorcerer's apprentice, Jason, once turned on cannot be turned off, so Freddy faces off with Jason for the right to be the #1 serial killer while a bunch of busty idiot girls look on. And as we all know, after the endless line of sequels, by this entry the killers' are our friends so really you're rooting for them and not the idiot teenagers.

Of the teens, Jason Ritter is the only one who seems to know how to act (shame about his dad, John Ritter). Monica Keena is cute but she needs to lose the implants. What is Kelly Rowland doing in here? Robert Englund's as funny as ever, and Ken Kirzinger is a capable Jason. I still don't see why New Line Cinema didn't want to bring back Kane Hodder though. They say they wanted to take Jason in a new direction, but they DID NOT take Jason in a new direction. Jason's still the same hulking mute murderer he's always been, just a tad taller and bigger than before (and somehow he's got both of his eyes back). I don't see a big difference between Kane, Ken and all the rest, but Kane has professed great fondness and dedication to role of Jason, so I feel that if Kane was willing to play the part again (and it's hard to find people who are willing to be all painted up in gory make up mind you) then New Line should have accepted his services. It did feel that they were trying to make Jason out to be the more sympathetic of the two killers, but that doesn't change the fact that Jason killed the bulk of the film's teens.

Well, anyway, you get the usual dose of sex, drugs, violence, rock & roll and below par acting. So truly turn off your brain and enjoy the mayhem.