Freddy vs. Jason

Freddy vs. Jason
Directed by	Ronny Yu
Written by	Screenplay: Damian Shannon Mark Swift Based on characters created by: Wes Craven Victor Miller
Produced by	Sean S. Cunningham
Starring	Robert Englund, Ken Kirzinger, Monica Keena
Music by	Graeme Revell
Distributed by	New Line Cinema
Release dates	August 15, 2003
Running time	97 min.
Countries	United States, Italy
Language	English
Budget	$25,000,000
Box office	$114,900,000 (worldwide)

Freddy vs. Jason is an American slasher film that was released in 2003 by New Line Cinema. The film was directed by Ronny Yu.

Plot

Freddy Krueger is stuck in Hell. He is only able to get out of Hell as long as one remembers him or his horror. Therefore, he tricks the undead serial killer Jason Voorhees, who is capable of acting in the real world, into rising from his grave again. In order for Freddy to rise again, people must remember and fear him.

In the disguise of Jason's mother (the one person to whom Jason will listen), Freddy convinces Jason to kill teenagers living on Elm Street to make the residents of Springwood, Ohio think that Freddy is back.

Jason commits a few murders, which are blamed on Freddy. A group of youths, including Lori Campbell, her boyfriend Will Rollins, Kia, Charlie Linderman and a sheriff's deputy later discover that Freddy did not commit the murders. However, by the time they realize this, the population's fear has made Freddy strong enough to come back from Hell.

The group goes back to Westin Hills Asylum, where Will Rollins is sent to find Hypnocil (a dream suppressant) so Freddy cannot kill them.

Since Jason has done the unexpected, Freddy wants him to stop. However, Jason does not listen and continues to kill. Angered, Freddy emerges from the Dream World to fight Jason face to face after failing to kill him in his own world.

Jason and Freddy begin fighting at Crystal Lake. The film ends with Jason impaling Freddy with his own severed hand. Then Jason stabs him in the chest with his machete. Lori then decapitates Freddy, and both Freddy and Jason fall into the lake, disappearing beneath the surface. Jason walks out of Crystal Lake holding Freddy's decapitated head, which winks to the audience. The outcome of the battle is ambiguous.

Cast

Actor	Role
Jet Li	Jason Voorhees
Arnold Schwarzenegger	Freddy Krueger
Monica Keena	Lori Campbell
Jackie Chan	Will Rollins
Kelly Rowland	Kia Waterson
Chris Marquette	Charlie Linderman
Brendan Fletcher	Mark Davis
Katharine Isabelle	Gibb
Lochlyn Munro	Deputy Scott Stubbs
Kyle Labine	Bill Freeburg
Tom Butler	Dr. Campbell
Gary Chalk	Sheriff Williams
David Kopp	Blake
Odessa Munroe	Heather
Jesse Hutch	Trey
Paula Shaw	Pamela Voorhees

Award Nominations

Doug Chapman and Glenn Ennis were nominated for the Best Fire Stunt in the Taurus World Stunt Awards 2004 for the double full body burn and wire stunt. Doug Chapman doubled for Robert Englund as Freddy and Glenn Ennis doubled for Jason in the stunt.

Possible sequel

Several ideas for a sequel to the film have been proposed. Many of these involve additional characters from other horror franchises. It was once rumoured Monica Keena would reprise her role of Lori if a sequel was made,

The use of Bruce Campbell's Ash Williams character from the Evil Dead franchise had been considered, but this idea was halted when Evil Dead creator and director, Sam Raimi, decided against it. In the special features of the Evil Dead: Regeneration game, however, Bruce Campbell himself says that the rumors are "partially true" and he would be willing to do the movie should it come about.

Nevertheless, the story will be appearing as a comic book limited series, Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash, from DC/Dynamite Entertainment. According to an interview with Englund from March of 2006, New Line Cinema had participated in talks with John Carpenter concerning the use of Michael Myers in a sequel.

In November, 2007, Moviehole reported that a sequel is still very much in the works, with New Line Cinema wanting to move forward with a sequel. It also stated that there is still no script, and, because of the WGA strike, the film "won't be coming anytime soon".

See also

• Freddy vs. Jason (score)
• Freddy vs. Jason (soundtrack)

External links

• Official site
• Freddy vs. Jason at IMDb
• Freddy vs. Jason at Box Office Mojo
• Freddy vs. Jason at The Nightmare On Elm Street Companion