A tortured, ludicrous storyline brings the two figures together...
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08/15/03
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.
Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
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
Reviews for Freddy vs. Jason
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
Call it nostalgia, but there's something strangely entertaining, even comforting, about these movies.
08/15/03
Monster-on-monster horror flick is a gory, goofy guilty pleasure far better than the money-mongering idea behind it suggests.
08/15/03
prototypical teen slasher fare, with ultra-gory deaths, overwrought performances and even some gratuitous T&A: Were it not for a Columbine reference and a half-baked rave, you might guess this was actually made 20 years ago.
08/15/03
Unfortunately, I have to ask: Did it really take ten years to come up with this?
08/15/03
It’s a Nightmare on Elm Street movie as badly written and performed as a Friday the 13th movie.
08/15/03
When the dust settles in the final battle of Freddy vs. Jason, it's the audience that loses.
08/15/03
Ronny Yu brings some cool visuals into the mix and Robert Englund's Freddy one-liners work at times, but the clunky script and action is more laughable than frightening.
08/15/03
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08/15/03
Top CriticOne big joke.
08/15/03
Has doses of irreverent humor and a few inventive ways of slicing and dicing victims.
08/15/03
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08/15/03
I expected more humor, more fun, more action and ultimately, more scares and terror between the two big guys.
08/15/03
Devoid of any horror resonance, the movie treats death the way porn movies treat sex, as a subject to be exploited.
08/15/03
Seeing the two horror icons come together for an ultimate showdown is definitely fun to watch, but the outcome of the most-hyped villainous face-off ever proves to be a bit of a letdown.
08/15/03
Freddy vs. Jason has a fun, junky spirit to it that is compulsively watchable and when looked at in the right frame of mind, it is a surprisingly satisfying experience.
08/15/03
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