Freddy vs. Jason

"Even a killer has something to fear."

2003 1h 37m EN

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6.1

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42%

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5.8

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★6.1TMDB · 2,953🥫42%Rotten Tomatoes●37Metacritic★5.8IMDB · 135,570

Horror

Synopsis

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Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees return to terrorize the teenagers of Elm Street. Only this time, they're out to get each other, too.

“Even a killer has something to fear.”

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Cast

Robert Englund
Freddy Krueger
Ken Kirzinger
Jason Voorhees
Monica Keena
Lori Campbell
Jason Ritter
Will Rollins
Kelly Rowland
Kia Waterson
Katharine Isabelle
Gibb
Christopher Rodriguez Marquette
Charlie Linderman
Brendan Fletcher
Mark Davis

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Ronny Yu
Writers: Damian Shannon, Mark Swift, Salmon Harris
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 3.9× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 23 years ago.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Friday the 13th Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

CAST

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239+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Ronny Yu, shot by Fred Murphy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Graeme Revell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Mark Stevens shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Robert Englund and Ken Kirzinger and Monica Keena carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Ronny Yu directs. Fred Murphy behind the camera. Graeme Revell scores. Mark Stevens cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Made its money back 3.9× over at the box office.
2Released 23 years ago.
3Part of the "Friday the 13th Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4239+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
5Directed by Ronny Yu, shot by Fred Murphy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Graeme Revell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Mark Stevens shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Robert Englund and Ken Kirzinger and Monica Keena carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Even a killer has something to fear.".
10IMDB entry: tt0329101 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 16 themes, including "new jersey", "sadism", "psychopath", "halloween".
12Released under 15 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Fred Murphy
Original score: Graeme Revell
Editing: Mark Stevens
Production design: John Willett
Costume design: Gregory Mah
Makeup / hair: Brenda Turner
VFX supervisor: Kevin Lingenfelser
Sound: Michael Keller
Stunt coordinator: Monty L. Simons
Runtime: 97 min · 1h 37m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $30,000,000
Box office: $116,643,421
Return: 389% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
Rotten Tomatoes: 42% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 37/100
IMDB rating: 5.8/10 · 135,570 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

2 wins & 11 nominations total

Part of

Friday the 13th Collection

An American slasher series set largely around the fictional town of Crystal Lake, New Jersey, which tells the story of serial murderer Jason Voorhees, and others who would kill on his behalf and in his name.

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Gimly2018-06-01
★ 7/10
I don't think I can go so far as to call Freddy vs. Jason good. But I can still be honest about the fact that I love it. Considering it mad-grabs the humour from both its delivering franchises late-stage entries, with the bizarre, ethereal yet quippy flavour of Elm Street, and the body count of a Friday the 13th, how could I not? Crappy acting, unbelievable SFX, hack script, completely disrespectful to the canon of both parents, yet eminently re-watchable for any occasion. Final rating:★★★½ - I really liked it. Would strongly recommend you give it your time.
Wuchak2019-07-20
★ 7/10
Worthy new millennium entry in the Friday & Nightmare franchises, until they clash, that is To be expected, 2003's "Freddy vs. Jason" mixes together elements of the "Nightmare" and "Friday" franchises. Both franchises had essentially ran out of gas in the early 90s -- the last conventional "Friday" movie, before 2001's "Jason X," came out a decade earlier and the last "Nightmare" movie almost as long. So mixing up the formats was a great way to introduce these modern monsters to a new generation as well as re-introduce them to the old. THE PLOT: Freddy Krueger, the wicked spirit of a child molester/serial killer, is trapped in hell and unable to wreak havoc on the youths of Springwood, Ohio, because they have forgotten him and therefore no longer believe. Krueger's diabolical plan is to lure Jason from Crystal Lake, NJ, to Springwood and inspire him to go on a killing spree, which would naturally be blamed on Kruger, thus giving him the power to return. Some say "Freddy vs. Jason" is more of a "Nightmare" film than a "Friday" film, and I can see why, but it's really an equal parts crossover. Once Jason is led to Springwood it essentially becomes a "Nightmare" movie with Jason as the antagonist until Freddy gains enough power; by that time the story switches to Crystal Lake for the finale and even provides an insightful flashback (via a dream sequence) of Jason's youth and abuse. One of the highlights takes place early in the second act: Jason's flaming attack at a teen party in a cornfield; it's a dynamic sequence and features great opticals. As with all the Friday films, "FvJ" features a nice assortment of women, beginning with the cameo of Heather (Odessa Munroe) in the opening reel. She's pretty much on par with the cameo of Agent Marcus (Julie Michaels) at the beginning of "Jason Goes to Hell." From there we have cutie Katharine Isabelle as a secondary protagonist and Monica Keena as the heroine. It took me about half the movie to warm up to Monica but she ultimately won me over. "Freddy vs. Jason" is a noticeably more technically sophisticated than the first nine "Friday" movies. Don't get me wrong, it's very cartoony and hardly scary (except for jump scares and gore), but it LOOKS so much better and has more oomph. The story’s also way more involved than the first eight entries and “Jason X,” which makes the film play better on repeat viewings. The fight between the two monsters in the closing act is a cinematic tradition going back earlier than 1945's "The Wolf Man vs. Dracula" (aka "House of Dracula"), but it's the weak point of the movie for me because it's just too cartoony. The film works as horror with either Jason or Freddy attacking the youths, but when they finally clash in the action-packed climax it's just too comic booky. The film runs 97 minutes and was shot mostly in British Columbia, Canada (e.g. Buntzen Lake, Anmore), but also Toronto. GRADE: B
Andre Gonzales2023-04-18
★ 10/10
I was so excited to hear this movie coming out. It didn't disappoint. My two greatest horror killers of all time battling each other. Love this movie.