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Summary: Gloves, Machetes, and Musty Old Sweaters! O My!
Review: After taking a hiatus from the dreams of all those little boys and girls, Freddy seems to have developed a tiny little problem. People have forgotten him. They no longer remember "The SpringWood Slasher" and what the dozens of kids he killed, nor do they recall that their parents brutally enacted revenge upon him by burning him alive. They've also forgotten what he did about that and how he came for them all, tasting the fears buried in their dreams as he knifed his way through them one fingerblade at a time, and they've stopped recalling the bodycount that meant. For all the terror he managed to make while rocking Springwood's youth, he has now become something that nobody can recall. Knowing what that means and how that denies him the pleasure of being the beast he's always wanted to be, he comes up with a plan that will let him make the children fear again and make them believe in Freddy. By disguising himself as the mother of another legend lost in time, he calls out and awakens something that has the potential to make people believe. Still, the menace known as Jason isn't the easiest monster to control...When the rumors first began surfacing in the 1980s abut this movie coming to pass, all my friends and I used to sit around and talk about how great it would be and who we thought would win. I, always partial to Jason after he became something more than a man, argued day in and day again about it, thinking that the superstalker had more in his bag-of-tricks than he got credit for. Regardless of which sid eof the fence you feel on, however, we all knew that this was a match-up we'd wanted ages to see, and one that we thought would never be made because years upon years passed. When I finally found out that this time was "go time" and that I could actually see the end result of decades of pondering, I went and did something I rarely do - going as far as to brave the bipedal disease to see the legends that haunted so many of my childhood dreams. And it was truly worth it. Seeing Robert Englund dawn the glove one more time and do a little backstory with it was nice, and nicer still when you looked at the amount of money that had to have been pumped into the set-up. There were the little things that had been touched up from the last time we saw Freddy hit the big screen, with his face made to look more menacing with subtle refinements, and there were many of the same things we remembered about him from the "good old days." The twisted pieces of humor floating around in the movie, the one liners we have all grow to love; they were all there and they were all thriving. It was like picking up with Freddy, jokes and darkness and all, and having that ball to run with again. Couple that with Jason, the walking campground massacre machine that he was, and add in the fact that they get together and have a lot of fun before having it out, and you have yourself something interesting. Combined with this was something I had seen in that many horror movies in a while - and especially not in a Jason movie for quite some time - and that was a body count with some horribly violent deaths. Instead of an MPAA piece of bent on the destruction of a franchise, it was an out-an-out horror movie that didn't kid around with what we were about to see. From the beginning, with Jason heaping helping of his machete onto the unwanting and the unwilling, to the end and the fight between Freddy and Jason, there was blood and blood aplenty. Jason did what he is probably best know for, creating an atmosphere and then walking in like a plague that nothing can stop, and Freddy did what he does - playing with the fish he wants to fry. Yeah, it's all good stuff. Couple into that equation the fact that there are a drove of deleted scenes that complete many parts (the beginning, for one making it better) , that an extra ending is also on the DVD that allows you to have the beast you might want to win, and that there's a lot of other extras and you have yourself a showdown that is worth picking up on DVD. You can listen to R.E. as he talks about the movie, skip to deaths, watch a video, and play around with quite a few other trinkets on your way to the torso hatchery. Its really nice to see another chapter of the nightmare unfold after as long.
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Summary: BLOOD & GUTS!!!!!!
Review: For all you people who criticize this movie because "it's not scary", let me make a valid point: Freddy vs. Jason is not for horror buffs, it's for gore hounds!!! So if you're looking for a movie with jump scenes and spine-tingling terror, this is not the movie for you. But if you want a blood-soaking action-filled horror flick with nudity, drugs, and graphic violence, then this is the movie for you. It has everything a Jason or Freddy fanatic would love. Everybody who hates Jason & Freddy can kiss my @$$.
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Summary: Why?
Review: I've been an addict of the "Nightmare on Elm Streets" since the first one and I still watch'em all now and then. As for Jason, he's never done anything for me. I mean, who can take seriously as a menace a human male, wearing a hockey mask, with white, manicured fingers? So that's why I was horrified at the trashiness of this mess. I had just watched "Scary Movie" which I loved. So at first, I really thought maybe I had misheard the hype and "Freddy vs. Jason" was a spoof on teen/slasher flicks. I mean, you had the stupid guy who hears a noise outside his house and of course he goes out calling, "Whose there? Is anybody out there?" You've got the hot babe who strips naked to plunge into a lake while taunting her unseen boyfriend: "I know you're out there! Now stop trying to scare me!" Sorry, this gloopy mess didn't scare or tantalize or do anything. You think of all the thousands of desperate young filmmakers, actors who're dying to get their work seen--and some studio mogul turns out junk like this? I mention this because I've just watched the fabulous "Jeepers Creepers 2" and "Cabin Fever"--both which display brilliant, quirky creators who're trying to do something fresh and not cannibalize past glories.
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Summary: MAKE THEM REMEMBER WHAT FEAR TASTES LIKE!
Review: Fasten your seatbelts and prepare to witness the baddest blood feud in horror history! For the first time, dreamstalker Freddy Kreugar (Robert England) and slasher Jason Voorhees (Ken Kersinger) come together in the ultimate showdown. Like a WWE pay-per-view event, it's a hardcore battle where anything goes! After 10 years of waiting and 17 script revisions, this movie lives up to its gruesome hype. Thanks to the cooperative efforts of director Ronny Yu and writers Damian Shannon and Mark Swift, both of these maniacal icons were given a fresh, new introduction to a 21st century audience. Despite the fact that Freddy and Jason have scared up millions of dollars in a 20-year franchise, nothing about their murderous instincts is stale.
Here's the basic synopsis: A furious Freddy is trapped within the fiery pits of Hell. Even worse, everyone in Springwood has forgotton all about him. In order to regain his unlimited powers and spread panic throughout the town, he reanimates the corpse of Jason by impersonating his deceased Mother. This just goes to show that dead people CAN dream after all! At first, the cocky Kreugar chose to let the masked madman go on a small killing spree for fun. However, poor Freddy realizes that Voorhees is an unstoppable juggernaut, and that putting him back to sleep may not be as easy as it sounds.
Meanwhile, the anxious people of Elm Street are caught in the middle of this supernatural gorefest. Apparently, all of the town's adults, including doctors, teachers, and the Police Department, chose to eliminate Kreugar's terror by simply pretending he didn't exist, even at the expense of his victims. Freddy's criminal records were burned and hundreds of child obituary pages were blacked out. Anyone who still suffered nightmares was automatically declared insane and locked in a padded cell. Within this tense atmosphere, an innocent girl named Lori (Monica Keena) has been reuinted with her childhood sweetheart, Will (Jason Ritter). It's revealed that for four long years, Will and his embittered friend Mark (Brendan Fletcher) were imprisoned in Westin Hills, a psychiatric hospital that prescribed Hypnocil to its patients. Hypnocil, by the way, is the same dream-suppressant that was first introduced in the third "Nightmare on Elm Street" film. Anyway, Will warns a horrified Lori that he witnessed her father stab her mother to death! While this is happening, the hockey masked Jason is painting the town blood red, chopping apart any panicked youth he can find. Eventually, a police officer named Deputy Stubbs (Lochlyn Munro) helps Lori, Will, and other brave teenagers find a connection between the rising body count and Kreugar's dangerous dreams. Together, they all attempt to break into Westin Hills and steal batches of Hypnocil for protection. However, Jason is on their tail. Viewers will follow Freddy and Jason in a grisly showdown, from the clouded boiler room to Camp Crystal Lake. Like I said before, there are no disqualifications!
I can't say enough how unbelievable this movie is. Not only is the acting quite decent, but the plotline incorporates the urban legends in both "Nightmare on Elm Street" and "Friday the 13th." Also, while Kreugar motivates the story with his fiendish scheme, Jason provides most of the shocking gore. Throughout the film, the silent and brutal Voorhees decapitates a father, snaps a young man's spinal cord, and hacks a junkie through the waistline! But don't count Freddy out; he delivers much more than a few morbid wisecracks. With telekinetic pinball energy, he tosses Jason's body against metal pipes, crushes his bones under tons of steel, and even stabs him in the eyeballs with his razor-sharp claws! Even the original demises of both characters represent fire and water, two of the most powerful (and opposing) forces on earth! I won't spoil anything by saying who will win this battle. I can only say that the DVD is a MUST-HAVE! The package contains plenty of bonus features, including a music video by Ill Nino and a Pre-Fight Press Conference recorded in Las Vegas! Let's just hope that in the second "Freddy vs. Jason" movie, Bruce Campbell will make his dashing return as the gun-toting Ash!
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Summary: Clash of the titans: 15 years in the making.
Review: I'm sure when everyone heard the title "Freddy Vs. Jason" the few people whose ears didn't perk up with interest probably just let out a giggle. But one thing that is for sure is that the fans of these movies have been waiting for this movie to come out for what seems like ages. The history of this movie goes back to 1988 when "Friday the 13th: The New Blood" was released. Initially this was the movie that Freddy Krueger (of the "Nightmare On Elm Street" series) and Jason Vorhees (of the "Friday the 13th" series) were to face off. But alas, it was never meant to be. Each franchise was owned by a different company (Paramount owned Jason; New Line owns Freddy) and they just couldn't get into bed together. So the project was squashed, if only temporarily, until New Line acquired the rights to Jason and produced their first "Friday" movie: "Jason Goes To Hell" in 1993. Since the two bad guys now worked for the same company, it made sense for "JGTH" to end with Freddy pulling Jason's mask into Hell, forshadowing this movie, which took New Line 10 extra years to develop. And it went through it's own Hell. At least a dozen different story ideas and scripts were being tossed around (some of them very odd and goofy, as documented on the second disc of this DVD). But alas, producers Bob Shaye and Sean S. Cunningham (who birthed and kept each series alive) finally agreed on Damian Shannon & Mark Swift's script, and under Ronny Yu's ("Bride Of Chucky") direction, a historical horror event was finally born. For me, "Freddy Vs. Jason" exceeded all expectations. No doubt, there will be people who are unhappy with the movie, but that always happens. Instead of being just a wrestling match with Freddy and Jason at each other's throat, this movie has a great story, good characters and an interesting and plausible way to tie the two characters together. Freddy is in Hell. The people of Elm Street have forgotten about him, thus, he has lost his powers. He devises a scheme to resurrect the hockey masked killer Jason Vorhees to put fear back in the hearts of the Elm Street children, all in the name of Freddy. However, things go sour. When Freddy is finally ready to bring down his reign of terror, Jason has slipped out of his control and is getting all of Freddy's blood, so the battle is on. The movie contains some nice heavy dosages of nostalgia. Sure, it's more of a "Nightmare" flick than a "Friday" flick, but both series are treated with respect and none of the history is altered. As a "Nightmare" movie, this one is the tops. Freddy is just as menacing and mysterious as he was in the first two films, the characters are as interesting and likeable as in part three, and the movie itself has the style and energy of part 4. He may crack a few one-liners in this movie, but Freddy is way more sinister than "Freddy's Dead" portrayed him as. Freddy's finest moment is during Mark's death -- a pivotal moment in the movie that brought back a lot of "Elm Street" memories -- his first kill in the movie. Robert Englund was born for this character and he plays it for all it's worth. As far as Jason goes, he does what he does best: hack teenagers up with his trusty machete. The rave scene is Jason's moment; there is something to be said about Jason on fire, stalking teens throughout a cornfield. Despite Kane Hodder (Jason from parts 7-10) being fired, the new guy Ken Kirzinger manages to be just as tough and unstoppable as those before him (maybe even more). The movie also returns to some basic "Friday" elements that "Jason Goes To Hell" and "Jason X" were missing. The last half hour to the ending is just mind bending and the way it ends is perfect if you think about it. I hope there are more sequels on the way (but not a whole new batch of ____ vs. ____ movies). I honestly couldn't have asked more of this movie. It picked me up and had me hooked for the breezy 90 minutes it filled. The DVD is jam packed with stuff, making it an even better experience than when I saw it in theaters. Nevermind the fact that we can now watch this movie over and over again ad nauseam like all the others, but we get a commentary for the director, Ronny Yu, and actors Robert Englund & Ken Kirzinger. We also get in-depth featurettes on virtually every step involved in this movie (a nice bit focuses on Freddy's make-up). Then of course there are a truckload of trailers and a music video for Ill Nino's 'How Can I Live' lifted from the soundtrack (which I highly recommend). If you grew up on these movies and have watched them so many times as I have, you need to look into this movie. It's already a classic in my book.
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Summary: Before Jason X
Review: This movie is taking place before "Jason X".The first ten minutes of "Jason X" is taking place in 2010 and the rest of the film is taking place in the year 2455. "Freddy Vs.Jason" is present.
I think "Freddy Vs.Jason" is great.
It was great to see two of the most evil men fight each other.I liked Ken Kirzinger as the role of Jason.I've always liked Kane Hodder since 1988, but i think it was great to see someone else play Jason.The music score was also great,it was nice to hear something new instead of Harry Manfredinis music score.
"Freddy Vs.Jason" is a good horror movie, and if you are a Jason and Freddy fan,buy this DVD.The best film in years.
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Summary: delivers
Review: This is a very impressive effort from director Ronny Yu. Being a fan of both series of films (especially Friday the 13th) I was eager to see this teaming of the horror icons and I was rewarded with a hugely enjoyable 96 minutes.
I liked the way the origins of the characters were woven into the story.
My only slight quibble is the amount of unnecessary 'humour'- it tends to dilute the impact. I know the characters have become more cartoony over the years but try and keep the horror straight guys.
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Summary: ALEXS CAPSULE MOVIE REVIEWS
Review: Highlights: confident direction; the two notorious protagonists rock the show; grand finale is hilarious and intense
Lowpoints: cliched script; horrible acting from the crew; shaky editing / special effects Conclusion: Ronny Yu (who brought you the side-splitting 'Bride of Chucky') is clearly trying to lift his creation above the mounds of slasher crap that Hollywood has been pounding into its audiences for years. While 'Freddy Vs. Jason' does indeed follow the excruciatingly dull path of predictable murders (admittedly filmed with a more-or-less creative 'gore-is-hilarious' approach) and amateur acting from all the young leads, it kind of brings out the best in the two main targets of Yu's focus: Jason and Freddy. The story (Freddy ressurects Jason to evoke dreams of Elm street in horny teens, so that he could come back to haunt them) is just a pathway, through which the plot clumsily slides through until it reaches the finale. That's when the two immortal (?) fiends clash, and that's what the film is really about. Overall, "F. vs J." is worth watching for that Camp Crystal Lake battle alone, yet the rest is adequately boosted to an above-average level by the witty director.
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Summary: this movie sucks
Review: This movie sucks!!It isn't scary at all!! For those of you looking for a great horror movie, this isn't the one to go to. I thought it was going to be scary, but i was totally wrong. The Shining is much better.
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Summary: Who will win? Freddy or Jason? Who will survive?
Review: Finally the long-awaiting is over. For many years they have talked about making a horror film in which Freddy conquers another popular horror movie legend. For 23 years, since the first FRIDAY THE 13th film premiered in 1980, we have been haunted by "Jason" and for 19 years since the first film of A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET premiered in 1984, we have been terrorized by "Freddy", now comes the ultimate sequel, FREDDY VS. JASON (2003). It is a sequel to Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991) and Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday (1993) or Jason X (2002) whichever you prefer. The story goes: Freddy has been in the bellows of Hell. He has the urge to prey and kill the young "children" (virginal and also the sexually-aggressive teenagers). His death and being sent to Hell has only made him stronger and improved. He must search in Hell for someone like him. Meanwhile, Jason is told to come back to life again and go to Elm Street where he is needed. It's his mother telling him, but ah what's this? The mother transforms into Freddy Krueger. The teenagers are all in the Elm Street house, well you know what happens next. Jason is outside to help with the killings until Freddy gets stronger. There is also a psycho ward of teenagers, Jason and Freddy kill there too. If you are counting, now there is 11 Friday the 13th/Jason movies and 7 A Nightmare On Elm Street/Freddy movies. DVD offers on one side, your choice of wide-screen or full-screen. Easter Egg: Disc 2, Deleted/Alternate scenes, to the right of "Play All" is a faint "Elm St. Sign". Continue to press "up" button until Elm sign becomes a splat of red. Press enter. Red turns to white. Interview about film going to hell and a big hand out of lagoon effect they wanted to make. What is Robert Englund doing next? For NBC, a new tv min-series, "V"--The Second Generation (2004). It will be broadcast in the autumn. Starring and returning Jane Badler, Marc Singer and Faye Grant.
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