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:

When the son of a hundred maniacs battles an unstoppable killing machine, none will survive!

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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:

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

Writers Mark Swift and Damian Shannon were disturbed by the homophobic insult Kelly Rowland's character directed at Freddy Krueger and both writers pointed out in interviews that this was not something they had written in their script.

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Goofs

Obvious stunt double when Jason throws Linderman against the wall.

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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

As the end credits start, the camera pans over a cracked surface with the cast and crew's names on it. As each name comes into view, blood drips and splatters over it. This little sequence ends with the screen being slashed open and the Freddy vs. Jason logo flying out.

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Connections

References Frankenstein (1931)

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Soundtracks

"Slavery"
Written by Jonny Santos, Tommy Decker, Rob Garcia and Mike Sarkisyan
Performed by Spineshank
Courtesy of Roadrunner Records

User Reviews

Alright

The movie itself is alright. It's exactly what it says! Freddy vs. Jason. And while we might never see my favorite movie be made (Ash vs. Freddy vs. Jason), there might be another movie around the corner, maybe involving M. Myers.

But back to this film. It delivers what it promises, the battle of the titans. Wrapped up in a nice story. And while all is good, I can't stop wondering, if there wasn't any way to make more of that particular premise ... The movie is fine, but it's just not excellent.

And one thing is for sure: Kelly Rowland plays one of the most annoying characters that I have seen in a long time. Now either she is a good actress and played that really well ... or she is a bad actress and that showed on screen (I personally think it's the latter).

A nice teen horror movie, with two of the most recognised horror characters out there!