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Freddy vs. Jason

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Freddy vs. Jason (2003)

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Reviews Counted:143

Fresh:58

Rotten:85

Average Rating:4.8/10

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

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for pervasive strong horror violence/gore, gruesome images, sexuality, drug use and language

Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Theatrical Release:Aug 15, 2003 Wide

Box Office: $82,163,317

Synopsis: Veteran slashers Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees join forces in this combination sequel to the NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET and FRIDAY THE 13TH series. The film begins with a quick recap of both... Veteran slashers Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees join forces in this combination sequel to the NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET and FRIDAY THE 13TH series. The film begins with a quick recap of both Freddy and Jason's "lives," underscoring their respective motivations to kill and their distinct weaknesses. Freddy (Robert Englund) explains that the present children of Elm St. (including Monica Keena, Jason Ritter, Katherine Isabelle, and Kelly Rowland of Destiny's Child) have no memory of him, and if they don't know he exists, he can't enter their dreams to kill them. Ingeniously, he reaches out to Jason (Ken Kirzinger), the brutish death machine from Camp Crystal Lake, to go on an Elm Street killing spree, hoping a lot of gory murder will jog the town's memory. Jason is up to the task, quickly dispensing with teenager after teenager in suburban homes, cornfields, medical labs and, of course, the forest. Freddy grows jealous over Jason's body count, and so must intervene, setting off a battle royale between the two highly adored slasher heroes across dreamworlds and realities. In another post-modern twist, a character seemingly modeled after Jay from Kevin Smith's films appears in the movie, adding both a comedic element and another level of reality vs. fiction. FREDDY VS. JASON employs a variety of special effects to update these undying series, not the least of which is uniting their once disparate stories. [More]

Starring: Robert Englund, Ken Kirzinger, Monica Keena, Jason Ritter

Starring: Robert Englund, Ken Kirzinger, Monica Keena, Jason Ritter, Katherine Isabelle, Kelly Rowland, Christopher George Marquette, Lochlyn Munro, Gary Chalk, Brendan Fletcher

Director: Ronny Yu

Director: Ronny Yu
Screenwriter: Mark Swift, Damian Shannon
Producer: Sean S. Cunningham
Composer: Graeme Revell
Studio: New Line Cinema

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Oct 6, 2009

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Blu-ray Disc Features:

  • Region [unknown]
  • NTSC
  • Anamorphic Widescreen

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French
  • DTS HD Master Audio - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Deleted Scenes
  • Music Video: "How Can I Live" - Ill Nino
  • Audio Commentary: Director Ronny Yu, Robert Englund And Ken Kirzinger

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Apr., 29 2009 03:16 AM

Cinema Crazed

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 18 2008 07:08 AM

Urban Cinefile

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3.5/4

Lucius Gore

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jun., 19 2008 08:22 AM

ESplatter

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4/5

Rob Gonsalves

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 13 2008 07:59 PM

eFilmCritic.com

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3/4

Stefan Birgir Stefansson

A fine post-scream Freddy romp

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 07 2008 09:39 AM

sbs.is

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2.5/4

Wesley Lovell

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.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Nov., 03 2007 06:13 AM

Oscar Guy

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3/10

Tim Brayton

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Sep., 12 2007 12:52 PM

Antagony & Ecstasy

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D-

Christopher Smith

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 05 2007 08:24 AM

Bangor Daily News (Maine)

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1.5/4

Joe Lozito

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 14 2007 06:01 AM

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N/R

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jan., 26 2006 03:16 AM

Time Out

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3/5

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Dec., 06 2005 08:07 PM

Film Threat

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B

Bill Clark

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jun., 20 2005 11:58 AM

FromTheBalcony

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C+

Louis-Jérôme Cloutier

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Dec., 16 2004 03:41 PM

Panorama

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0.5/5

Jake Euker

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.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 05 2004 05:14 PM

F5 (Wichita, KS)

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3/5

Brian Mckay

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.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 08 2004 11:21 AM

eFilmCritic.com

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2/4

Austin O'Connor

Let the great, dumb, pointless debate rage on.

Full Review Source: | comment 1 Comment | Feb., 28 2004 10:36 AM

Lowell Sun

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2/4

Paul Sherman

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 02 2004 05:12 PM

Boston Herald

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7/10

Anton Bitel

the usual assortment of harried kids, hopeless cops, inadequate parents, creepy dream sequences and highly creative murders

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 28 2003 05:11 PM

Movie Gazette

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3/4

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 27 2003 05:12 PM

Sunday Times (Australia)

N/R

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 24 2003 08:12 AM

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