In an attempt to free himself from a state of forgotten limbo, evil dream-demon Freddy Krueger devises a plan to manipulate un-dead mass murderer Jason Voorhees into slicing-and-dicing his way through the teenage population of Springwood. But when the master of dreams loses control of his monster, a brutal fight to the death is the only way out.
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Film Cast:
- Freddy Krueger: Robert Englund
- Lori Campbell: Monica Keena
- Jason Voorhees: Ken Kirzinger
- Little Girl: Joëlle Antonissen
- Will Rollins: Jason Ritter
- Gibb: Katharine Isabelle
- Deputy Scott Stubbs: Lochlyn Munro
- Kia Waterson: Kelly Rowland
- Charlie Linderman: Chris Marquette
- Mark Davis: Brendan Fletcher
- Bill Freeburg: Kyle Labine
- Dr. Campbell: Tom Butler
- Blake: David Kopp
- Mrs. Pamela Voorhees (Jason’s Mother): Paula Shaw
- Trey: Jesse Hutch
- Bobby Davis (Mark’s Brother): Zack Ward
- Sheriff Williams: Garry Chalk
- Blake’s Father: Brent Chapman
- Young Jason Voorhees: Spencer Stump
- Officer Goodman: Alistair Abell
- Principal Shaye: Robert Shaye
- Shack: Chris Gauthier
- Teammate: Colby Johannson
- Beer Line Girl: Kimberley Warnat
- Beer Line Guy: Kevin Hansen
- Frisell (Glowing Raver): Alex Green
- Heather: Odessa Munroe
- Dead Girl on Tree: Jamie Mayo
- Dead Boy on Tree: Blake Mawson
- Kinsey Park (Male Nurse): Viv Leacock
- Asylum Guard: Tony Willett
- TV Reporter: Claire Riley
- Lori’s Mother: Sharon Peters
- Skipping Girl: Sarah-Anne Hepher
- Skipping Girl: Kirsti Forbes
- Skipping Girl: Taryn McCulloch
- School Nurse: Eileen Pedde
- Male Counselor: Sean Tyler Foley
- Female Counselor: Jacqueline Stewart
- Female Counselor: Laura Boddington
- Cruel Child: Colton Shock
- Cruel Child: Spencer Doduk
- Cruel Child: Anysha Berthot
- School Girl (uncredited): Evangeline Lilly
Film Crew:
- Sound Designer: Harry Cohen
- Casting: Matthew Barry
- Original Music Composer: Graeme Revell
- Characters: Wes Craven
- Executive Producer: Robert Shaye
- Editor: Mark Stevens
- Foley Editor: Bob Beher
- Sound Effects Editor: Javier Bennassar
- Set Decoration: Rose Marie McSherry
- Production Executive: Dana Belcastro
- Director: Ronny Yu
- Director of Photography: Fred Murphy
- Second Unit Director: Poon Hang-Sang
- Casting: Nancy Green-Keyes
- Art Direction: Ross Dempster
- Orchestrator: Tim Simonec
- Executive In Charge Of Production: Erik Holmberg
- Executive Producer: Stokely Chaffin
- Executive Producer: Douglas Curtis
- Producer: Sean S. Cunningham
- Characters: Victor Miller
- Unit Production Manager: Leon Dudevoir
- Screenplay: Damian Shannon
- Screenplay: Mark Swift
- Dialogue Coach: Babs Chula
- Second Unit Director of Photography: Robert McLachlan
- Assistant Production Manager: Bruce Mahler
- Assistant Property Master: Gillian Goodman
- Local Casting: Susan Taylor Brouse
- Casting Associate: Lisa Hamil
- Chief Lighting Technician: Stephen Jackson
- Camera Operator: Julian Chojnacki
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Michael Keller
- Stunt Coordinator: Scott J. Ateah
- Lead Animator: Justin Mitchell
- Assistant Art Director: Milena Zdravkovic
- Special Effects Coordinator: Wayne Beauchamp
- Color Timer: Chris Regan
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Patrick Cyccone Jr.
- Foley Mixer: Nerses Gezalyan
- ADR Editor: Kimaree Long
- Stunt Coordinator: Monty L. Simons
- Fight Choreographer: Chuck Jeffreys
- Production Design: John Willett
- Costume Design: Gregory Mah
- Stunt Double: Brett Armstrong
- Production Controller: Jonathan Davidson
- Second Unit Director of Photography: Karl Herrmann
- Visual Effects Editor: Steve Ansell
- Stunt Coordinator: Owen Walstrom
- 3D Artist: Jason Meier
- Key Grip: Dillard Brinson
- Boom Operator: Dave Griffiths
- Musician: Robert Revell
- Property Master: Graham Coutts
- Construction Coordinator: Charles Leitrants
- Production Office Assistant: Daniel Elias
- Sound Effects Editor: Lisle Engle
- Set Costumer: Carolyn Bentley
- Costume Set Supervisor: Donna Christiano
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Ian Hunter
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Ray McIntyre Jr.
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Jon Taylor
- Visual Effects Producer: David Sanger
- Prosthetic Supervisor: Jamie Salmon
- Script Supervisor: Patricia Barry
- Sound Effects Editor: Paul Menichini
- Still Photographer: James Dittiger
- Underwater Camera: Ian Seabrook
- Visual Effects Coordinator: Charlene Eberle Douglas
- Music Editor: Ashley Revell
- Sculptor: Brent Gloeckler
- Construction Foreman: David R. Murray
- Dialogue Editor: Michelle Pazer
- 3D Animator: Chris Harvey
- Visual Effects Producer: Kevin Elam
- Post Production Supervisor: Sara Romilly
- ADR Mixer: Greg Steele
- Visual Effects Art Director: Lubo Hristov
- Unit Publicist: Lee Anne Muldoon
- Lead Painter: Steve Reintjes
- Scenic Artist: Carole Kelly
- CGI Supervisor: Mark Shoaf
- Visual Effects Producer: Tiffany Smith
- Stand In: Laura Boddington
- Continuity: Christine Lalande
- Gaffer: Michael Ambrose
- Supervising Sound Editor: Dave McMoyler
- Best Boy Electric: Terry Calhoun
- CG Supervisor: Jason Crosby
- Key Makeup Artist: Tanya Hudson
- Key Hair Stylist: Julie McHaffie
- Hairstylist: Brenda Turner
- Makeup Artist: Lisa Taylor Roberts
- Makeup Artist: Shannon Coppin
- Art Department Coordinator: Slava Shmakin
- Assistant Art Director: Angela O’Sullivan
- Art Department Assistant: Kumvana Gomani
- Greensman: Henry Thomas Earle
- Scenic Artist: Ken Wells
- Animation: Angie Jones
- Visual Effects Editor: Kyle DeVriendt
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Kevin Lingenfelser
- Camera Operator: Chris Harris
- Camera Operator: Kelly Mason
- First Assistant Editor: James Durante
- Transportation Coordinator: James J. Perenseff Jr.
- Location Manager: Kirk Johns
- Assistant Camera: Tyler Allison
- Title Designer: Gary Hebert
- Dolly Grip: Joe Aleck
- Grip: Ben Rusi
- Digital Compositors: Brian Burks
- Digital Effects Supervisor: Alyssa Fong
- Animation: Adam Holmes
- CG Artist: Jeremy Stewart
- 3D Supervisor: Jeffrey Edward Baksinski
- Post Production Assistant: Bart Fisher
- Standby Painter: Mark N. Tompkins
- Electrician: Lee Miller
- Sound Engineer: John Bires
- Security: Terence Chase
- Executive Producer: Renee Witt
- Painter: Peter Christian Combe
- Production Illustrator: John Fraser
- First Assistant Camera: Dan Henshaw
- Set Dresser: Adam Catt
- Additional Music: Boris Elkis
- Craft Service: Graham Blacklock
- Driver: Kelly Cramb
- Stunts: Alex Chiang
- Systems Administrators & Support: Roy Erickson
- Utility Stunts: Dustin Brooks
- Rigging Grip: Dean Collins
- Production Accountant: Bob Shapiro
- Production Coordinator: Clark Candy
- Storyboard Artist: Salmon Harris
- Executive in Charge of Finance: Paul Prokop
- Second Assistant Director: Ivana Siska
- Dolly Grip: Gil Forrester
- Negative Cutter: Mo Henry
- Assistant Sound Editor: John Cannon
- Assistant Production Coordinator: Bliss McDonald
- General Manager: Ray Scalice
- Special Effects Technician: Erick Brennan
- First Assistant Director: Robert Lee
- Third Assistant Director: Martina Lang
- Casting Assistant: Julia Reid
- Conductor: Mario Klemens
- Roto Supervisor: Lea Lambert
- Special Effects Assistant: David Barkes
- Construction Buyer: John G. Anderson
- Visual Effects Assistant Editor: Robert J. Lemos
- Rigging Gaffer: Dennis Jones
- Sound Assistant: Rory O’Neill
- Location Production Assistant: John Rollins
- Post Production Coordinator: Betty Burkhart
- Production Assistant: Leon Thomas Braun
- Generator Operator: Gilbert Jamault
- Truck Costumer: Gillian Kieft
- Third Assistant Director: Paul Garrison
- ADR Recordist: Chris Fitzgerald
- Visual Effects Production Assistant: Denise Gayle
- Best Boy Grip: J. Norman Earle
- Second Assistant Camera: Paolo Di Persico
- Assistant Editor: Jim Bruce
- Colorist: Kevin James Brown
- Assistant Location Manager: Jina Johnson
- Music Consultant: Michelle Van Arendonk
- Extras Casting: Annette McCaffrey
- First Assistant Accountant: Barbara Mercer
- Key Production Assistant: Tyler McIntyre
- Matte Painter: Timothy Clark
Movie Reviews:
- Gimly: 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._
- Gimly: 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._
- Wuchak: ***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