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Much like the later Nightmare films (minus New Nightmare), Freddy somehow is resurrected after clearly being killed once and for all. So right off the bat there are major premises in the film that don't add up.
On top of that, they decided to keep the lovable laughable joking Freddy from the weaker flicks, minus the killing. Freddy doesn't do a damn thing in this movie, except fight Jason. It's really a shame. With the technology now, and the fact that this would basically be the last time Robert would reprise his role, it seems like a waste to not let this character go out with a bang. Luckily, what little Freddy plays in this movie is perfectly performed by Robert.
Next problem: Jason. Okay, so Freddy has hit a new low with this movie, so you would think that Jason would make up for this, right? Wrong! Yes, he causes blood, mayhem, and violence... but nothing really original. I am not a fan of the Friday series, but at least the kills were usually thought out and creative. Not here. A couple of cool ones, but overall just nothing special. And another thing- this a movie asked for by fans, created for fans. So why not use Kane Hodder as Jason? I'm not sure why people like him the most, but they seem to think that he adds something to the character. The studio really should have given the fans what they wanted from this.
Then there's the plot, which starts on the stupid idea that these two monsters who were both finished off in their own franchises are somehow back. The pile of crap just builds from there.
Acting: eh. Not the best, not the worst. Doesn't matter anyway since the characters are flatter than ever.
Finally, the only reason this could possibly receive two skulls: the smack-down. Freddy and Jason fight twice in this movie. Once in the dream world and once in reality. The dream world fight isn't that impressive, and the real world is way over the top. But it's still FREDDY AND JASON, on the same screen, tearing into each other.
And that seems to be the only thing this film has going for it. The makers used that premise, which would be cool no matter how poor the actual film was (the finished product proves this), and did nothing else with it. Nothing creative, nothing new, nothing making this much needed for either franchise. This is literally as bad as they could make it.
This should have been about Freddy and Jason terrorizing teens in nice, creative ways leading up to a battle between to horror legends. Instead it was an hour and a half of teens setting up the big battle for them. Sad.
This movie has sentimental value to me. Not only was it one of the first modern horror films I was to see as a tween, but it introduced me fully into the Friday and Nightmare series. The movie has just what it needs: Gore and Humor! What more CAN be needed?
it's great seeing the greatest icons of horror movie history going up against each other, but it's not a horror movie if they're both battling! it's just a f***ing action movie.
i'll admit, it was kinda epic but this movie just sux. i definetely give this a 3! i would've given it a 5 had Kane Hodder starred as Jason instead of Ken Kirzinger.
Posted By: alienfetus at 11:50am, October 29, 2009
I remember the hype surrounding this movie, and for years, literally years, I looked forward to it. Then I saw it and I didn't want to believe that it failed to live up to that hype...but sadly, failed it did. It's not that it's a terrible movie, but the very premise itself undermines any of the fear that these two horror icons once inspired. It's more of a comedy than a horror movie. Kind of like Yu's Bride of Chucky.
Great Film. Cheesy as hell, yes! But that doesn't mean the movie is poor. It's great to watch, funny in parts and who can argue with one of the best showdowns in horror history.
Posted By: caseynight88 at 2:37pm, September 24, 2009
One of the best horror movies, EVER. It was magical seeing the two biggest icons of horror not just share a screen, but facing off to see who wins. Definitely in my Top 10.
Posted By: Razor_Sharp at 6:26am, September 8, 2009
It's good but could have been made better.
Posted By: ShadowHuntr at 2:26am, September 7, 2009
Eh. a so-so movie. Decent scares, salvagable plot.
I believe i was super excited for this release. I was so intrested in what could they possibily make of this and i wasn't disappointed.lots of nice ideas.If your a fan of either franchise and haven't seen this one..well please do
Posted By: groundgamer at 12:34pm, August 22, 2009
I wasn't expecting much from this. But I was wrong, this is a great, horror gore fest of a movie. The story, the great acting, the gore, the terror, the stars are all great. Never have I seen such a great V movie. Freddy and Jason are the best Iv'e ever seen them here. Pure evil, like they should be. When I said gore fest, I wasn't kidding. I loved every gory death, the great suspense element and the terror was just imense. Jason was my favourite here by far. I loved the atmosphere around him, and the great acting from the cast was just a big surprise.
Overall, if you want a great, scary gore fest of a movie, buy this movie on DVD! It's amazing, trust me!
I loved this movie. It stayed true to both franchises and still let them be scary (except Freddy was more of the comedic Freddy from the Nightmare films 4-6) but Jason was still a badass. It had great gore, a great idea, and an EPIC fight scene. Great horror film.
Posted By: horrorbuff28 at 12:21pm, August 1, 2009
freedy vs. jason was a pretty decent movie.
it was just an excuse to put the these horror legends back on screen but they did an alright job with it. jason looks really cool and freddy looks the same from the original a nightmare on elm street which is good cause he has always looked pretty badass.
all in all freddy vs. jason was a decent slice and dice versus movie.
I LOVED EVERY JASON MOVI, WAITED SO LONG FOR THIS. I WONT LIE WHEN IT CAME OUT IN THE MOVIES I ENJOYED IT, BUT WHEN I WATCH IT AGAIN, IT IS DIRECTED SO BAD... THE FIGHT SCENES AND THE RAVE PART WERE GREAT, BUT COULD OF BEEN SO MUCH BETTER... I DID LOVE THE FRIDAY REMAKE
Some great moments & some stupid ones. This movie was teased for years & honestly I'm not sure what everyone was expecting, all in all it's a fun ride & pretty high on the gore. If you're a fan and haven't seen it, um you're no fan.
this movie was so disappointing. The story was weak, the acting was horrid and they did a terrible job creating jason for this movie. He had no attitude at all. and he was slower than a zombie in a Romero flick. If they make another please have me make it
i absolutely hate this movie. i am a huge fan of both franchises, have multiple releases of every movie, action figures, comics, books, most of the merchandise...but this simply does justice to neither, and my biggest gripe is this is not jason in this movie. whereas many consider it both a f13th sequel and a NOES sequel, i consider it just another freddy movie, and one of the worst.
where to begin? jason is portrayed like no jason in any of the 10 f13ths prior to this. he is slow and dimwitted, lanky, and flat-out boring. nearly every kill is standard machete slashing...watch every f13th made before this...yes he likes the machete but the majority of kills are using different tools, his bare hands, doing things you've never seen before. in this he just walks around like a lifeless zombie and slashes people with a machete, not really looking capable of the force he exerts. furthermore, he's frequently the butt of jokes, which automatically steers a movie of this magnitude in the wrong direction.
freddy is plain old freddy, but pretty stale at this point. no stand-out lines, no really freaky trippy dream sequences, and he's not scary. the plot is the usual NOES plot...everybody is trying to forget about freddy so he can't come back, and the parents are covering it up, keeping the kids on hypnocil to suppress dreams. nothing about the plot is f13th oriented...and it's in springwood...on elm street, 90% of the movie. jason is used as a tool to bring freddy back, and a weak and boring tool at that.
and my god, the final fight scenes...freddy plays pinball with jason and says 'tilt' as he drops him to the ground. this is the worst crap anyone could come up with. it isn't tense...it isn't edge-of-your-seat...it isn't visually explosive, which it should be, because once again, freddy fighting jason is a big deal.
i guess i'm angered more than anything because i slightly favor jason...i'm a bigger jason fan, and this movie was completely missing the f13th element, with a jason that proves the makers are unaware of what he is and has been...they just know the basics...that you can read on the back cover of the movies.
in fact, ronny yu has stated openly that he turned this movie down first and that he is not a fan of the f13ths. he also admitted he did not sit down and watch the series to prepare for this movie...he's just seen bits and pieces. so, for the showdown millions of hardcore fans have been dying for since rumors began 20 years prior, they get someone who's not familiar with the f13th franchise and openly says he doesn't like it. did someone just spit in my face?
out of all the thousands of directors in hollywood who are hardcore fans of these franchises, they had to have him. for the life of me i can't understand it.
keep freddy campy...fine...but at least have a little budget for a movie of this importance... do some trippy, creepy effects with the dream sequences...do what you have to do to make the killers a little scary so when they go toe to toe it's actually engaging. i'm not saying don't have any humor in it, but don't use it to make fun of the ones you're supposed to be scared of.
i admit, kane hodder had gotten stale as jason over the years, but if he had been in this, it would have been a much different movie. i was expecting him. after all, he had done the past 4 f13ths and it was his mask freddy pulled into the ground at the end of JGTH.
kane would have snapped freddy like a twig...but i guess that's the deal. freddy is new line's baby and jason was adopted by them after 8 movies...they made this for freddy. after all it is called "freddy vs. jason". yeah i have the flick because i'm a completist, but it goes with my NOES's, not with my f13ths. major disappointment.
this movie wasnt great but it wasnt bad
the thing i didnt like is why the hell does jason act like such a bitch in this movie.?
freddy ( robert england ) is great like always
but why does he only kill one fucking person????
that got me hella pissed jason killed like 100 people in this movie and this is supposed to be a freddy movie when he only kills fucking one person
its a good movie but i dont think its the best
ohh and one more thing i thought friday the 13 remake sucked balls... thank you happy birthday.
I couldn't agree more with j34ngr4y, MikeIsEvil, Hell's Trailboss, Ashwilliams95, and a bunch of others who stated that it wasn't scary, bad acting...etc...etc. This has to be the biggest disappointment in horror movie history for me. From the acting, dialogue, story, you name it. It was a complete joke. I am a hardcore horror fan and been collecting Fangoria magazine ever since I was in elementary school, and that was in the 80’s. But I suddenly stopped buying them right after I saw this movie. I know it’s just a movie, but it seriously affected me in a big way. It did take me a while to get back into the swing of things, but I have yet to buy a Fangoria magazine to this day. The only thing I liked about this movie was Freddy and his glove of course. I hated Jason’s look, especially his machete, and hated the cast. I did not like the fighting scene not one bit, well, maybe the end fight a bit, but that’s it. Most of the people at the theater enjoyed it, but by the end, I was just sitting there, total silence, while most were clapping and cheering. I was in total shock, but what can you do, not everyone has the same opinion. By the time I got home, I had to watch all the Freddy & Jason movies just to take this peace of garbage out of my head. It was like therapy for me. Now that we’re in the remake era, they should definitely remake this movie, hahahaha.
If this movie was a solo movie for either Jason or Freddy, it would have been mediocre. However, with both of them and the epic fight that takes place at the end, it is one of my favorite genre pictures. It's a guilty pleasure but it's an extremely fun one.
Awesome movie!!! Freddy from Nightmare on Elm Street; the killer of your dreams... Vs ... Jason from Friday the 13th; the hockey masked killer from Crystal Lake... Whats not to like after two brilliant franchises brought together into one, with a really good storyline; Freddy rises Jason from hell to kill the people of Elm Street to make them scared and think Freddy is back, but Jason keeps killing and Freddy now must stop Jason; and it has an awesome ending bloody fight scene!!! One of the best horror movies I have ever seen!!!
was really cool to see some of the fight scenes between two great horror icons but the use of the CGI blood and gore really took something away from the flick for me and bought it down, im just a bit old school with it, i like to see it and know its done in camera
It was fun - seeing both my heroes slug it out.Freddy was at his articulate best and Jason at his murderous worst - Together they decapitated half a dozen and then, when they didn't have anyone - they had each other for mayhem!!!
It was fun - seeing both my heroes slug it out.Freddy was at his articulate best and Jason at his murderous worst - Together they decapitated half a dozen and then, whne they didn't have anyone - they had each other for mayhem!!!
Still waiting for part 2! It was exactly what I had hoped it would be.I grew up loving both of the villian icons and this was a great ending of Freddy Krueger.He put up a heck of a fight like I knew he would! So makes sense to reboot him like they are.The teens in the movie are great also.
My God! This movie kicks some serious ass! I was never into slashers before and couldn't care less about Freddy, Jason or even Robert Englund. But this film converted me.
It's nasty with a sense of humour. Freddy is funny and scary (great combo) and Jason can do wonders with a machete. The film also has a great look to it.
The story is good and it has all the cliches you would expect and it actually makes sense.
The only problems are Freddy's make up which doesn't look that realistic and his lack of kills. But the fight scenes and the humor are awesome. It actually make up for Freddy's kills by having him totally butcher Jason.
This film is slasher fans dream. It a travesty of cinema that there was never a sequal with either Ash or the Shape.
Best Slasher Movie EVER. Robert Englund is king!
Flawed but still fun. Every fanatics wet dream; so you kinda have to enjoy it to some extent.
I could've done without all the CGI effects (they just have no place in some movies, you know) All in all though, decent. But just the fact that it's Freddy Krueger versus Jason Vorhees gives it bonus points.
Freddy is dead! rotting in hell never to be seen again! but never the type to quit Freddy comes up with a plan! he finds someone he can use,Jason! Freddy tricks Jason into going to elm st and start killing the teens. when the teens start geting killed only 1 name comes to mind-Freddy! now the kids start to fear Freddy again he has the power to come back! but its not that easy- Jason is a killing machine who will stop at nothing! he wants all the teens dead,but if all the teens in elm st are dead then Freddy is gone for good! so now its time for 1 of the greatest battles in horror history-FREDDY VS JASON! this is 1 of the best most fun horrors i have ever seen! if you havent seen it yet then go get it, you will love it!
Posted By: Justin Warren at 2:10pm, February 26, 2009
This is a damn fun movie, and for the most part, it IS what we all had been waiting for. I just can't get over how bad the cringe-inducible dialogue is. "Wait, Freddy died by fire, Jason by water, how can we use that?" Yeesh!! Someone got paid to write that line?
The story was clever though, and the end battle was everything I had hoped for.
I remember growing up and talking about the possible battle of these two horror icons on the playground as a kid. Hey, with the teaser of it happening at the end of Jason X, it was clearly inevitable. It took ten years for the inevitable to happen, and not only was I looking forward to the bloodbath that would be a result of these two colliding, but it would also be my first Freddy film on the big screen. I had just turned 16 and was ready for the movie I had dreamed about as a kid...
At the time, I was not disappointed even the slightest bit, hell, I even went back for more the following weekend! But as the years have gone by since it's release, I've matured as a person and as a horror fan so I definitely look at it in a different light now.
The story really isn't that bad, Freddy must resurrect Jason to terrorize some teens and refuel the fear in the people of Springwood. The story's not what we're here for though, as we just wanna see these titans clash. Could have really done without the Freddy narration as it cheeses things up, but it's a sign of things to come as there are cheesy moments throughout.
The acting isn't half as good as any of the other entries in either franchise, but somehow it just fits right in with the entire movie. Everyone involved knew the type of movie they were making so they didn't hold back on what they delivered on screen. I love Monica Keena, and her overacting fits right in to the vibe of the entire movie, especially at the final battle in the end busting out lines like "Welcome to my world, Bitch!" and "This...ends...now". Katharine Isabelle (Ginger Snaps) puts in a decent performance, as one of the better actresses involved. And I'm not even going to comment on Kelly Rowland, well, I just did, but that's it.
Robert Englund returns as our favorite dream demon (thankfully), but unfortunately he doesn't get to stand toe to toe with fellow fan favorite Kane Hodder, instead he is replaced by Ken Kirzinger. I wouldn't say Ken does a terrible job but I would have really liked to see the Kane Hodder Jason face-off with Freddy, especially since both franchises have decided to go with different actors for their reboots, would have been a nice conclusion to the characters for both.
Jason gets most of the kills, but overall it does feel more like a Nightmare film rather then a Friday entry. Ronny Yu does a decent job with what he has to work with, but a more qualified horror director would have been much appreciated. He delivers some entertaining kills like the death bed bend and the corn field massacre, but the horror itself is nowhere to be found.
The main event, the mighty showdown we've all waited years for takes place as the conclusion to the movie (naturally). This is where, they got the movie right, as it's a complete bloodbath filled with awesome brutalness throughout the fight. Both smack each other around until they go flying (ya...flying) on to a dock, where we see some nice slicing n dicing take place, including both taking shots at each other using each others known weapons. Until the final blow is made by Monica Keena, completely taking Freddy's head off his shoulders using Jason's machete as she's all wet, bloody and pissed off (and I'm not complaining!) Overall, it's a fun popcorn flick that delivers what we've all been waiting for, all these years. It could have done without the bad acting and cheesy fight moments (pinball Jason. really?), but it's an entertaining flick none the less...
7/10
Posted By: Necronatalusz at 1:13am, February 23, 2009
Good movie.
Posted By: zombiefan09 at 4:24pm, February 12, 2009
If you love A Nightmare on Elm Street or Friday the 13th, or both, you'll definitely love Freddy Vs. Jason! I love the awesome fighting sequences between them. I love all the blood and gore when they slice at each other! I remember seeing this with a friend when it first came out. There were some parts we laughed at, some we thought were cool. If you love slashers fighting, you'll love FREDDY VS. JASON!!!
Posted By: GRUDGE4life at 2:19pm, February 8, 2009
i liked this movie and i loved the concept of it too... but if there is going to be a second movie in this series then there has to better deaths and a better director
I think that all the scariness left these two franchises years ago, and when it was decided to make a film with these two icons of the horror genre, I believe that the makers wanted to make a film with these two doing what we all as audience members liked; the killings. I thought the story line was fairly reasonable, and seeing these two characters together in one movie was cool. So for everyone who kept writing about it didn't scare you or have suspense, look back at both franchises and look how they went from these frightening killers to killers we just liked to watch kill. This film wasn't made to scare, just to relive old times.
Posted By: vegeta13613 at 11:42pm, February 5, 2009
Wow... I typed in Freddy vs Jason and expected to see a 4 or maybe 5, instead it is getting pretty good ratings. Well, I got exactly what I wanted out of this movie: some mindless fun with tons of dumb teenagers getting slaughtered by the handful. Overall, quite entertaining and somewhat silly. Sometimes I want to sit down and see a masterpiece, sometimes I just want to sit back with a few beers and see a fun movie like this.
i've watch all elm street series ,they are all good and satisfactory , i hv to say this FVJ has also save jason from his unscary sequels (except PT1,2,3 and jasonx), both characters are shown equal strenghth and violences.....enough gore to keep the fans screamming....go rent it or collect it for horror diehard fans....
Finally!!!!!! Jason was his true self since part 8. tgo me the friday series went bad after seven. the elm st. series all sucked after 1 except new nightmare. This movie brings freddy and jason back 2 there normal selves. the people in this movie were really smart and i had wanted them all 2 live. This movie had alot of blood and gore and was a return to the 80's slashers but just with 2 killers battling each other. This movie was great one of the best movies of the year for 2003 besides the texas chainsaw massacre remake and wrong turn.
This movie gives every fan boy exactly what they want. Thers's Freddy and Jason, stupid teenagers (who dont watch horror movies), and BLOOD BLOOD BLOOD.
It's best not to go into this movie with high expectations, because it is a monster movie, but its one to be taken for what it is. It's just pure fun from beginning to end. I personally loved all the nods they gave to the older films, plus some new insight into their pasts (i.e. Freddy's death and Jason bringing the bodies into that house in his mind). The direction of Ronny Yu (Bride of Chucky) was perfect. He seemed to understand the campiness aspect of these characters, as well as the horror icon aspect.
Plotwise, it was very clever the way they brought these two characters into the same universe and made them completely themselves. This film counts as both a Freddy and a Jason movie, and I really don't think it could have been handled any better.
It's not so much whether you think they are scary or relevant anymore, but if you are a fan of either monster, it's still just a joy to see these two horror icons on screen again.
Posted By: horrorfan25 at 5:00pm, January 27, 2009
Freddy vs. Jason was pure fun. Was Friday the 13th and A nightmare on Elm Street better? Of course, but Freddy vs. Jason was very good for what it was.
Pros: Fun death scenes, some great scenes with hot chicks
Cons: The acting was awfully bad.
Overall: A fun flick that shouldn't be taken seriously.
Posted By: MikeIsEvil at 12:22am, January 16, 2009
Mr.Disgusting actually loved this film? What? Why? How? Are you serious!? Holy god this movie is laughably bad. Forget about it being scary, I left that at the dorr, I would have been happy with good acting. My god what a train wreck. The acting, the editing(So! horrible) the blood, dear god the blood. *small cut*-GUSHHHH!!!! Yup people, we got projectile blood. It was pink and purple at times too. Theres only two things I enjoyed in this movie...1-the opening BEFORE the title, and 2-the plot. Liked the idea of Freddy using Jason. But honestly, what a terrible movie that could have been SO good. I damn you Ronny Yu for wasting such great potential.
Freddy V Jason kicks ass, it was so so amazing and it was even more special because I went to see a midnight showing when it came out which meant it was my birthday when the film had finished, people hate this movie and thats fine but at the end of the day its got 2 icons of horror, its got gore and its got a very sexy girl in the lead role, i loved it.
Posted By: horrorfan_180 at 11:23am, January 1, 2009
Overall I really liked this movie. Its hard to believe that this movie was trying to be made for 12 or 13 years until it was finally given the greenlight. I liked the characters in this movie and the deaths were okay. I just wish they could have brought back old characters from the Friday The 13th & A Nightmare On Elm Street series to fight Freddy & Jason. It would have made the movie so much better and more entertaining. The only thing i'm not so fond of is the ending. If Lori brought freddy out into the real world, He should be DEAD after all the crap that Jason did to him, when freddy is in the real world he CAN be killed. Didn't you see Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare? Anyways after chopping his head off with Jasons machete Lori & Will leave and then the next day or whenever it was Jason comes up from the lake once again holding Freddy's head in his heands, then Freddy looks as the camera and winks. Like WTF how is freddy still alive after being brought out into the real world and killed. well anyways I liked the movie but i just hope they don't make 10 sequels to the freddy vs jason.
Posted By: horrorking95 at 6:58am, January 1, 2009
This is the most under rated movie ever! This is the best Jason film in the series, and the best Freddy film in the series (even though i've only seen the first nightmare on elm street which was crap), there is never a dull or slow moment in this! Either Freddys killing or Jasons killing! ITS GORE MANIA! And it has a story, not a very good story but its got one. And the fight sequences are fantastic and really edgey I was sitting on the edge of my seat! This is brilliant! Two of the best movie villains battle it out! The only complaint I have is the ending, its good but it just feels like a waste of time!
*****
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Posted By: cjhorrorfan13 at 2:03am, December 28, 2008
this movie is awesome. great entry in both the nightmare on elm street street and Friday the 13th series. great idea too bring Freddy and Jason together to battle it out. THANK YOU ENDING OF JASON GOES TO HELL!!
I loved this movie. I liked how well it messed with NOES part 6 and F13th part 9. The director was perfect. i like how he kind of made it a knock out, drag out monster movie. Similar to Godzilla verse King Kong.
Posted By: AshWilliams95 at 6:10am, December 27, 2008
This movie was pretty average, it had the potential to be good but just let me down. This movie should have been called "jason owns freddy" because freddy bareley did anything in it. Jason was going around killing everyone in brutal ways and freddy killed about 2 people in their dreams, and to top it all off the final fight freddy gets nailed, but by who???? Not by jason because that would make too much sense but by some stupid ass girl who decapitates him with jason's machete. This movie did have alot of gore which is to be expected, two gory slasher franchises coming together in one big gory showdown. The special effects were alright, nothing too new or special. The deaths looked pretty realistic except when freddy got decapitated which looked like total b-grade. The suspense in this movie was in the toilet, I wasn't scared for one second and there was no edge of your seat moments. Freddy reminded me of the joker in batman and jason was a bad ass like he always is. The best scene was when jason slaughtered all those frat boys at the party. The ending wasn't all that great, I was expecting a huge climatic ending with pouring rain, a 20 minute fight scene, awesome moves from both freddy and jason, but no I did not get my wish. As soon as I heard that freddy vs jason was coming out, I pissed myself from excitement but I was always wondering in the back of my head "will they do it right?" but I was thinking no shut up they will do it right I mean come on it is freddy and jason after all. But I should have paid more attention to those thoughts because they didn't do it right, infact they fucked it all up. The acting was just laughable, there was no stand out characters except for freddy and jason of course and everyone else sucked. That is about all of my complaints with this movie, but to be fair it wasn't one of the worst movies Iv'e seen and it was kind of enjoyable, but they still didn't make it right, this should have been a horror classic like evil dead or the original tcm but instead it was just basically a waste of time. I give this movie 4/10
I gave it a 2 because there isn't anything less that I can access.
They should have called this movie: "Harry vs Lloyd", because that's what I felt like I was watching the entire time.
Neither one of these two were scary, none of the scenes were scary or even creepy. It was a nightmare alright...but not like what you were hoping. It was a mishmash of crap storylines, horrible acting and even worse character developement.
It was like they thought:"Hey, people are horny for J vs F right now...let's throw darts at a story board, put in some cursing, some titties, a few neat CGI effects, totally fake looking gore and we got us a money maker!"
...And they did. Oh dear God.
Nightmare 1 messed me up for a while as a kid...and there wasn't a titty one in it. It was a helluva story.
The Friday the 13th movies had titties, but they weren't there just for titties' sake. They all (well except 7,8,GTH and Jason X--aka Crapfest in Space) great stories.
STOP FUCKING UP GREAT CHARACTERS WITH CAPITALIZATION ON FRANCHISE POPULARITY YOU DOUCHEBAGS! Give me a Freddy and Jason that will scare the shit outta me! Not a retard with a big knife and Jim Carrey with bad pock marks.
Good movie , not great but not awful and it paid respect to both franchises. The thing I really hated about it though was that the script writers and director chose to treat us , the audience like we are 2 year old idiots and have Krueger explain what was happening every bloody time he was on screen. It ain't Shakespeare and wasn't hard to follow. Secondly there were hardly any dream sequence kills , Jason did most of the slashing so would have been nice if they both had an equal share of victims. Besides those two gripes it was pretty fun to watch two horror icons slash each other to shreds and it was good to see Kelly Rowlands get slammed into a tree. Recommended cheesy fun but give me Nightmare 1,3,4 and Friday 1,2,3,4 anyday.
This is my favorite out of both series. Everything about it is awesome.
Posted By: HisNextVictim at 1:14pm, December 1, 2008
Loved every single minute of it.
I love how the majority of the cliche's were used but in a surprising way that made them original. My favourite death was probably the guy who was stabbed like twenty times then the bed folded up on him (priceless)
I would rate this a 10 but it lost a star on account that freddy only got one kill in the movie.
Posted By: Fridaythe13th at 12:40pm, November 24, 2008
This was a great movie. I love the atmosphere of it and both Freddy and Jason were sick. Very clever way of bringing them together, couldn't ask for more. Well, I could...but, I won't. haha.
Posted By: NurseTonks at 2:09am, November 24, 2008
IT wasn't what it should have been. These are 2 seriously scary fuckers. But I wasn't scared by any means. I didn't really even jump. THey could have done a way better job.
Posted By: kaicooper at 11:09pm, November 23, 2008
i was waiting for this movie since 1991 .. specialy after watching the end of last JASON and freddys cloves felt on his face ..really worth waiting for this 1 and really fucking like it..and it was funny too .. bring the Sequal .. with more blood and scary
Posted By: yeonightmare at 5:59pm, November 8, 2008
The movie that tried to combine two classics......Well it had terrible acting, the characters siding with jason felt wrong....I wanted to be scared of them both...The fight scenes between the two were pretty dumb...The coolest part I guess is jason slaughtering the party. I hope they dont make a sequel..as they shouldnt have made this one. Ill give it more props then it deserves because it has 2 of the greatest horror killers of all time in it.
This was such a badass movie all together. It had jason and Freddy battling it out. Such a great movie. Sorry guys but Jason won hands down.
Posted By: PromNight2008 at 5:33pm, September 30, 2008
I can't believe how many people are giving this 4-5 skulls. I thought it was dull. I was never once as thrilled, excited or even interested as I was in the worst sequels from each respective franchise. The acting was bland, the characters underdeveloped...I could find hardly a thing to like in this.
Posted By: Protecious at 5:06pm, September 30, 2008
Surprisingly sucessful at blending to series together, although favoring the nightmare series a tad more, which is understandable, you definatly see a bad ass jason that was existing in parts 3 & 4, which was a treat to watch, there was minimal plot holes, nothing to much to ruin the experience though. great stuff. but dont ruin this by making a crap sequel
This movie was just awesome, it got alot of money in the box office: $82,500,000.
I have to say this is one of the best Horror/Thriller movies i've ever seen; The fight scenes were just awesome, and Jason voorhees was great. If you haven't seen this film, you need to see it, it is just great..Alot of people want a freddy vs jason 2, and i'm one of them. Some people was freddy vs jason 2 with michael myers, leatherface, or even ash...I would love to see a sequel, if it ever happens...
More of a Nightmare film then a Friday film but still a fun film to watch. Made a lot of money this still is a good film the fight scenes were awesome I
can say I enjoyed, but it did have weak spots. But still recommended.
An incredible fun, stylish, exciting, awesome, entertaining horror film that's easily as good as the original 'Nightmare on Elm Street' and precisely 10 times better than 'Friday the 13th'.
Overall; I thought that the story wasn't all that great and neither was most of the acting in the movie; but overall; solid job by New Line in bringing these two together.
I wish I could forget this movie! I expected so much more from this movie above all others and it let me down BIG TIME!!! I hated this movie the acting was the worst out of all the Freddy's and the Fridays, the script was crap the directing was garbage everything about this movie could have been better alot better!!! I feel like crap doging on this movie so much but I'm not gonna act like I liked it when I HATED it!!! It breaks my heart that KANE HODDER wasn't in this one... For GOD sake he IS Jason!!! I really hope that this one DOSE get remade!
Often overlooked. I loved this one, a lot. This is a major breakthrough in both film franchises. I liked the feel that this film gave off. It was like I was watching a Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street movie mixed with a little humor. I really hope this paves the way for more horror icons to join the fight.
Wow. This was excellent. When i watched this i was actually surprised. So much that i watched it again right afterwards. The only downfall was some cgi that did not work but other than that the movie was fantastic. The story is great and the final bringing together or two horror icons so many years in the making really worked and made alot of fans very happy. Also this movie has sparked a new love for freddy and jason both. I hold this up as one of the better freddy's a a pretty good jason.
Loved it...Very fun to watch...loved how they ALMOST worked together towards the end to kill Kia. I didn't grow up watching horror flicks. If I had been big fans of Freddy and Jason in the beginning of their existence I might have a diff. opinion, but as it stands, what a sweet bloody fun movie!
this movie like totally rocks!!!!!!! its like totally my favorite!!!!!! if you dont like it you suck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!
This movie was pretty good I liked the way that freddy manipulated the one girl Kia into walking right into Jason and then when he just slammed her and she went flying that was hilarious I bought the movie and watched that part over and over!
The first time I saw FVJ in the theaters, I was very pleased. I waited my whole life and engaged in countless arguments over "who would win"? So, back in '03 when this pup finally hit the big screen, I was easily entertained. I thought the story was a fine template for getting these two icons to meet, and I thought the direction was slick. The final battle was kick-ass, gory and hilarious. Like I said before, very pleased.
NOW, I took another look at FVJ on DVD so my lady-friend could see what is essentially the last film for both franchises for the time being. I have to say, not digging it nearly as much as I did when it hit theaters. The lead characters are REALLY lame, the chick from Destiny's child is REALLY lame, and Freddy Krueger is REALLY lame. I also don't like the look of Jason. I'm glad they brought the hockey mask back to a non-eviscerated state, but his big-ass pullover is f'ing ridiculous looking. We have the grunge-band Jason, ready to fuck up your next rave.
I do appreciate the creativity, and the amount of violence... but the journey you have to make before the final showdown is too long, tests the nerves frequently, and is over before you can say, "Rick, you little meatball."
FVJ is more entertaining than 'Jason Goes To Hell' and anything past 'Nightmare 4', but it doesn't fare well upon repeated viewings. Valiant effort, but overall flawed on many levels. I'll take a stand-alone movie from either franchise any day over this.
You know there is a lot of hate for this film by many fans of both series(come on, chances are if you like Freddy, you like Jason too, I do). But it was pretty good. Some of the acting was a bit over the top, some of the lines are cheesy, but this is a slasher film. The fact that we are getting a solid backstory, we should at least give some leahway for them. This story is much better than the "Freddy was a counselor and molested Jason when he was younger" story.
We also get a kind of backstory of where Jason's first mask came from. I mean really in Friday the 13th II, Jason wears a burlap sack, as if he cares what his victims will think about the way he looks. Here we get a reason.
We do get some characters who are just "kil em" characters and that is very much Jason type characters as well as TnA and sex which is all Jason, than we get the plot being a Freddy story. It balances out very well. So stop hating on this, its a dream match. You want a VS film to puke too, watch King Kong Vs Godzilla.
I was EXTREMELY disappointed with this movie!!! The acting was HORRIBLE and the lines throughout were some of the cheesiest I've EVER heard in a horror. I would only recommend this movie to younger fans of the horror genre.
