In 2003, fans of A Nightmare On Elm Street and Friday the 13th were curious to check out the crossover movie Freddy vs Jason. How would Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees fare when battling each other? Both villains are strong in different ways but they share one thing in common: they seem impossible to kill.
While this movie is never mentioned as one of the best in either franchise, it's definitely worth watching, and there are a lot of reasons to love this cheesy but ultimately enjoyable 2000s film.
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Freddy vs. Jason starts off explaining how these iconic horror movie villains have found each other. Freddy hasn't been able to kill anyone via nightmares, and he brings Jason back to life. Freddy needs the residents of Springwood to be afraid of him so Freddy can visit them in their dreams again, and Freddy pretends to be Pamela Voorhees so Jason will do his bidding. The movie also has teenage characters Charlie Linderman (Chris Marquette), Will Rollins (Jason Ritter), Kia Waterson (Kelly Roland), Bill Freeburg (Kyle Labine) and Lori Campbell (Monica Keena) who get caught up in the battle and fight to save their lives.
For many horror fans, Freddy Krueger is a great slasher villain, which makes seeing him in any film a lot of fun and immediately makes Freddy vs. Jason feel like a good time. Jason Voorhees and his famous masks are here, too, and the film is a lot of fun. It might not be critically acclaimed and it might not have gotten the best reviews, but it was a box office success, earning $116,632,628 worldwide, according to Box Office Mojo. This suggests that there was definitely an audience excited and ready to see these well-known
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