After a nightmare, Blake awakens to find his father decapitated by Jason, who then kills Blake himself. Jason enters the house and murders Trey, and the police suspect Freddy. They are later joined by Trey, Gibb's emotionally abusive boyfriend, and his friend Blake. Meanwhile, Lori Campbell, who lives with her widowed father, has a sleepover with her friends Kia and Gibb. Appearing as Jason's mother, Pamela Voorhees, he manipulates Jason into killing the teens of Springwood in order to create a fear in the townsfolk that Freddy has returned, which would allow him to regain his strength. Using his remaining power, Freddy resurrects Jason Voorhees. Since his last defeat, Freddy Krueger has been in Hell and unable to invade children's dreams, as the adults of Springwood have gone to extremes to make sure their children have forgotten him. A sequel and crossover with the Evil Dead franchise was planned, but it was ultimately scrapped and turned into a comic book limited series, Freddy vs. The film marks Robert Englund's final cinematic appearance as Freddy Krueger. It grossed over $116 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film in each series. Jason was released in the United States on August 15, 2003. It is chronologically set after Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991) and Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993) but before Jason X (2001), and is the last film in each franchise before their respective reboots.įreddy vs.
The film retroactively establishes the two series in a shared universe and pits their respective antagonists, Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees, against each other after the former manipulates Jason into coming back to life and attacking the residents of Springwood to facilitate his own return. It is a crossover between the Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th series, being the eighth installment in the former and the eleventh in the latter. Jason is a 2003 American slasher film directed by Ronny Yu and written by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift. The gore is as great as you can get, and this story is about as good as you can get without alienating one or both the fanbases.Freddy vs. They feel like they are reading off the script and show little to no emotion. My only problem with this movie is that the teens could have been written differently. Jason was also cast well Everyone wanted Kane Hodder to return to play his role for the fifth time but Ken Kirzinger can also do a really good job. He and Freddy are so entwined with each other that now no one else can portray him. The casting of Freddy needed to be Robert England. Throughout the usual slash and kill, Freddy realizes that he will have to eliminate Jason because Jason is a little too good at his job.Īfter years and years of this movie being in production, I feel as if this movie does justice to all parties involved. He uses Jason to make people fear him by sending Jason to Elm Street to kill all the kids and strike terror in their parents and the town.
After a 10 year break where ¨Jason X¨ and ¨Wes Craven’s New Nightmare¨ were filmed and released, production began on September 9th, 2002įreddy is in hell and wants to get out. The teaser for this fight was in ¨Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday,¨ where Freddy´s glove appears and drags Jason’s mask into hell. This movie had been in development limbo since the idea was first pitched in 1987, after Friday’s ¨New Blood.¨ It fell through due to rights issues but after New Line Cinema accrued the rights to the Friday series, it was only a matter of time. Robert England, while Jason, from the “Friday the 13th” franchise, has been portrayed by many different people but in this film is portrayed by Ken Kirzinger. Freddy Is from ¨Nightmare on Elm Street¨ and has been portrayed by one actor through those films, Mr. That is the tagline for this 2003 slasher flick.