Considering what the filmmakers had to work with, and the fact that it has all been done before, Freddy Vs. Jason isn't bad.
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08/15/03
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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.
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... [More]
Starring: Robert Englund, Ken Kirzinger, Monica Keena, Jason Ritter
Director: Ronny Yu
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Reviews for Freddy vs. Jason
Top CriticYou'll cringe in horror at the stinkfest on screen.
08/15/03
The expression 'bloody bore' takes on a new, deeper meaning with Freddy Vs. Jason.
08/15/03
After more than a decade of brainstorming, here's what New Line has: Freddy and Jason stage a contest to see who can kill the most teenagers. Jason surges ahead, Freddy gets jealous, so they go at each other. The end.
08/15/03
What's on view here is usually less than the sum of its parts.
08/15/03
Unlike, say, the Scream movies, which playfully tweaked the conventions of the slasher sub-genre, the new film tends to serve them up '80s-style -- straight and bloody.
08/15/03
Despite oblique references to Psycho and Children of the Corn, Freddy vs. Jason lacks the knowing wit needed to keep it afloat in an age when even the horror spoofs have been spoofed.
08/15/03
A film with virtually no plot, no humor and no acting talent.
08/15/03
Anyone weaned on these movies -- which is to say, pretty much anyone who grew up during the 1980s and 1990s -- will get a kick out of seeing how those two universes, with all their respective tropes and rules, have been melded.
08/15/03
Despite the slow spots, there's a sense of fun, which goes into overdrive when the big fight starts.
08/15/03
Huge, super-gory, cash-grabbing, badly written, highly stupid crap.
08/15/03
Freddy vs Jason is a hoot and a howl but don't expect a rematch.
08/15/03
Nicely balancing mayhem and mirth, Yu keeps his film kicking. The action is lovingly lurid, and the laughs keep coming.
08/15/03
Top CriticToo much chatting, not enough chills.
08/15/03
Top CriticTakes itself much too seriously and wastes several opportunities for dark-comic bits.
08/15/03
A tortured, ludicrous storyline brings the two figures together...
08/15/03
The website is more entertaining than the movie.
08/15/03
A battle royal so cheesily ludicrous that it ends literally with a wink.
08/15/03
A feast for hardcore fans of either character, and likely to bring a new generation of gorehounds into the fold.
08/15/03
Deeply, proudly unimaginative.
08/15/03
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