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Freddy vs. Jason (2003)

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Average Rating: 4.9/10
Reviews Counted: 153
Fresh: 62 | Rotten: 91

Fans of the two horror franchises will enjoy this showdown. But for everyone else, it's the same old slice and dice.

25

Average Rating: 4.2/10
Critic Reviews: 32
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 24

Fans of the two horror franchises will enjoy this showdown. But for everyone else, it's the same old slice and dice.

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Average Rating: 2.9/5
User Ratings: 368,907

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Rumored and anticipated for years, the two biggest icons of the slasher genre finally meet in Freddy Vs. Jason, the eighth entry in the Nightmare on Elm Street saga and the 11th film in the Friday the 13th series, though with Jason X taking place in the future, it should be noted that the events of this film take place after the ninth film Jason Goes to Hell. And it is hell where Freddy Kreuger (Robert Englund) and Jason Voorhees (Ken Kirzinger, donning the hockey mask for the first time in a

R, 1 hr. 37 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Horror

Mark Swift, Damian Shannon

Jan 13, 2004

$82.2M

New Line Cinema

Cast

All Critics (155) | Top Critics (32) | Fresh (66) | Rotten (95) | DVD (38)

Director Ronny Yu loses energy when it shifts to the dumb teen protagonists, and the script faithfully wallows in cliches so ridiculous they border on Scary Movie territory.

April 5, 2010 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comment
Chicago Reader
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It's bloody, it's loud, it's gratuitous, and it's ridiculous. Sweet.

August 22, 2003 Comment
Detroit News
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Will satisfy the hordes who've awaited this heavyweight matchup for a decade.

August 21, 2003 Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger | Comment
Newark Star-Ledger
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Though a stickler might ask what's at stake in a fight to the death between two guys who are already dead, the hard-core fans aren't likely to be disappointed.

August 21, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Daily News | Comment
New York Daily News
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New Line's smartest move was letting Ronny Yu direct.

August 21, 2003 Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | Comment
Detroit Free Press
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Only masochists need contemplate laying down good money on this atrocity.

August 18, 2003 Full Review Source: Toronto Star | Comment
Toronto Star
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Scary, gory, nightmare-inducing slasher.

December 24, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment
Common Sense Media

Wes Craven and Sean Cunningham would be proud!

April 29, 2009 Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | Comment
Cinema Crazed

it's safe to say the best work of these bad boys is decidedly behind them.

October 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | Comment
Urban Cinefile

[A] true return to form for the slasher genre ...

June 19, 2008 Full Review Source: ESplatter | Comment
ESplatter

It's a cleverly wrapped gift to me and every horror fan like me, and I feel nothing but affection for it.

February 13, 2008 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment
eFilmCritic.com

A fine post-scream Freddy romp

February 7, 2008 Comment

With Jason and Freddy at war over the souls of children, this great send-up of the genre is extremely fun and is faithful to the characterizations long-established for these villains.

November 3, 2007 Full Review Source: Oscar Guy | Comment
Oscar Guy

Freddy vs. Jason is a pretty awful Nightmare film, but only a mediocre F13 film.

September 12, 2007 Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy | Comment
Antagony & Ecstasy

Dull blades. Saddles audiences with a buckets-of-blood mentality that deadens the spirit and drowns the film.

August 5, 2007 Full Review Source: Bangor Daily News (Maine) | Comment
Bangor Daily News (Maine)

Freddy and Jason could use some new blood.

July 14, 2007 Full Review Source: Big Picture Big Sound | Comment
Big Picture Big Sound

It's pretty obvious where director Ronnie Yu's sympathies lie. Still, he can't find a satisfactory resolution to that old teaser about an implacable force vs the immovable object: how to kill off your cash cow and milk her too.

January 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comment

The whole is greater than the sum of Freddy and Jason's crumbled limbs.

December 6, 2005 Full Review Source: Film Threat | Comment
Film Threat

There is enough hacking, slashing, blood, and guts for three more Jason movies in this battle.

June 20, 2005 Full Review Source: FromTheBalcony | Comment

L'utilisation presque exagérée de la violence rehausse la qualité du film et l'ensemble est tellement mauvais qu'il en devient bon.

December 16, 2004 Comment

Exists in a place beyond criticism. It hasn't got a plot to speak of, or characters; like the recent Rollerball remake, it in many ways verges on the experimental.

July 5, 2004 Full Review Source: F5 (Wichita, KS) | Comment

The gory money shots and the big brawl are the only real entertainment - although the effective one-liner occasionally pops up to keep you laughing in between decapitations.

May 8, 2004 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Freddy vs. Jason

Freddy vs Jason is the rare crossover that works. It's a return to form for not only one but both of the seemingly never ending film franchises. It certainly wont convert anyone into the worlds of Elm Street and Camp Crystal Lake that aren't already fans of the two likable horror icons. However, it's absolutely

January 17, 2012
Michael M.
Michael Miller

Super Reviewer

Two successful horror series end:. A Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th. So what do you do to keep two horror icons on top? You put them in the same movie, of course! This idea had actually been around since the late 80's, when both series were starting to dwindle at the box office (which is part of the reason

January 24, 2007
FilmFanatik
Tim Salmons

Super Reviewer

    1. Billy: Dude, that goalie was pissed ...
    – Submitted by Alex W (2 months ago)
    1. Gibb: You're the one that killed Trey!
    2. Freddy Krueger: Oh, don't worry about my little errand boy. The only thing to fear, is fear himself! [Gibb stumbles and falls over railing]
    3. Freddy Krueger: Oh.
    – Submitted by Joel L (4 months ago)
    1. Freddy Krueger: [to Jason] Hey, asshole! Up here!
    – Submitted by Tyler Tiberius M (4 months ago)
    1. Linderman: You know what, Kia? I used to think you hated me because you thought I wasn't good enough for Lori, but that's not it. You tear me down to make yourself feel better, because you really hate yourself, which is kind of pathetic when you actually stop and think about it. Assuming, of course you can think with all that makeup weighing down your head.
    – Submitted by Creep F (8 months ago)
    1. Freddy Krueger: (to Jason) - Why won't you die?
    – Submitted by Creep F (8 months ago)

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