A lot of movies have titles that sometimes makes you feel like they didn't deliver on the film. This however cannot be said about the film Freddy vs Jason. In fact Freddy does vs Jason and it finally answers the question what happens when the unstoppable force of terror meets the immovable object of destruction.
Nearly a quarter of a century after the first movie debuted the people and the teens of Elm street have forgotten about Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund and this has put him away into the nether. Krueger devises a plan to resurrect Jason Voorhees from the grave and have him go on a killing spree making it look like Krueger is doing it to bring back the memory of him. In typical Jason fashion he goes over kill and forces a panic in the town making adults re-envoke the name of Krueger and having kids asking who he was. While this is going on a girl named Lori (Monica Keena) is plagued by visions of Jason as a child and starts to piece together the plot of Krueger. It all eventually leads to Camp Crystal Lake where it becomes a knock down drag out fight to see who will win and who will die.
This is not the greatest film in the world in terms of overall film making but dam if it isn't the most fitting end to two of the biggest juggernauts of the genre.
Unlike Englund who has been Krueger in every movie accept one. The iconic Hockey Mask has been worn by almost a different person every time a film has been made. In some ways its not surprising you don't need to have as much range as Freddy you just need to be huge. This is why this pairing works if you had Michael Myers vs Jason nothing would have been accomplished the two would have just breathed at each other. It is because of Freddy's taunts that Jason and him square off in such epic fashion.
This film was not only satisfying as a fan of it but if you are a fan of the two series that came before it. the filmmakers treat both origins with care and make both characters matter without overshadowing the other. Its almost like they are treating it like a proper send off to both these characters. The way they promoted this film was brilliantly done as well. It was previewed as the ultimate showdown the trailers even had a character saying place your bets. They even went so far in the marketing as to have an official weigh in at Las Vegas. The amount of gimmickry in this films marketing is genius and will never been seen again.
Its also a movie that is chock a block full of things that almost happend during the process of making it. At one point it was going to be Freddy vs Jason vs Ash from Evil Dead. However no one could reach a conclusion where all three franchises were happy with the end. It was also a movie that Peter Jackson almost ended up directing.
The movie is great for anyone who has seen both franchises and want to cheer their favorite on in a battle to the end.
Well we leave the two legends behind and we now head to space and then back to earth where we find out no matter who wins we lose. For High Weirdness I'm Benjamin Kolton reminding you "It's Only a Movie." "It's Only a Movie."
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