Freddy vs. Jason - wikipedia Freddy vs. Jason This article may be written from a fan 's point of view, rather than a neutral point of view. Please clean it up to conform to a higher standard of quality, and to make it neutral in tone. ( February 2017 ) Freddy vs. Jason Theatrical release poster Directed by Ronny Yu Produced by Sean S. Cunningham Robert Shaye Written by Damian Shannon Mark Swift Based on Characters by Wes Craven and Victor Miller Starring Monica Keena Jason Ritter Chris Marquette Kelly Rowland Lochlyn Munro Robert Englund Music by Graeme Revell Cinematography Fred Murphy Edited by Mark Stevens Production company New Line Cinema Crystal Lake Entertainment Distributed by New Line Cinema Release date August 15, 2003 ( 2003 - 08 - 15 ) Running time 97 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $30 million Box office $114.9 million Freddy vs. Jason is a 2003 American slasher film directed by Ronny Yu and written by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift. The film is a crossover between A Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th series, and pits Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees against each other in the eighth and eleventh installments in their respective series. The film is also the last in both the Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th series before they were both rebooted. In the film, Freddy ( Robert Englund ) has grown incapable of haunting people 's dreams as the citizens of Springwood, Ohio, have mostly forgotten about him following his death and subsequent imprisonment in Hell for his sins. To regain his power and freedom, Freddy resurrects Jason ( Ken Kirzinger ) and manipulates him into traveling to Springwood to cause panic and fear, leading to rumors that Freddy has returned. However, while Jason succeeds in causing enough fear for Freddy to haunt the town again, Jason angers Freddy by depriving him of potential victims. This ultimately sends the two undead monsters into a violent conflict. Freddy vs. Jason was released in the United States on August 15, 2003. It grossed $114 million, making it the highest - grossing film in the Friday the 13th series and the second - highest - grossing film in the Nightmare on Elm Street series. This film marked Englund 's final appearance to date as Freddy Krueger. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 3.1 Development 4 Music 5 Distribution 5.1 Novelization 5.2 Home media 6 Reception 6.1 Critical response 6.2 Accolades 7 See also 8 References 9 External links Plot Freddy Krueger is rendered powerless in Hell because the people of Springwood forgot about him. Disguised as Pamela Voorhees, Freddy manipulates Jason Voorhees into killing Springwood teenagers to regain strength. In Springwood, Lori Campbell lives with her widowed father with friends Kia, Gibb, Trey, and Blake staying over. That night, Jason kills Trey, and the police suspect Freddy. Following a nightmare, Blake awakens to find his father beheaded before Jason kills Blake. The next day, police claim it to be a murder - suicide, hoping to contain Freddy. Lori 's ex-boyfriend Will Rollins and friend Mark Davis are patients at Westin Hills Psychiatric Hospital. They take Hypnocil to suppress their dreams because they previously had contact with Freddy. A news report leads Mark and Will to escape and return to Springwood to tell Lori about Freddy. That night, Lori and the others attend a rave at a cornfield. Freddy tries to kill Gibb in a nightmare, but Jason kills her in the real world along with several other attendees, which causes Freddy to realize that Jason 's rampage will deny him victims. Linderman and Freeburg escape the rave along with Will, Lori, and Kia. Lori and Will go to Mark 's house, only to discover Freddy killing Mark. Deputy Stubbs approaches Lori and her friends who realize Freddy 's plan. Learning of Hypnocil, they attempt to steal it from Westin Hills, but Freddy possesses Freeburg who disposes of the medicine. After electrocuting Stubbs to death, Jason is tranquilized by a possessed Freeburg, who Jason kills before falling asleep. The teens devise a plan to pull Freddy from the dream world into reality and force him to fight Jason. They take the unconscious Jason to the now abandoned Camp Crystal Lake. Meanwhile, Freddy battles Jason in the dream world, where Freddy has the advantage with his dream powers, he learns that Jason is afraid of water because of his drowning death. Freddy uses water to render Jason powerless, but Lori goes to sleep and tries to save Jason. Freddy attacks her and reveals himself as her mother 's killer. Jason awakens at Camp Crystal Lake and chases the teens into a cabin. Linderman is killed and the cabin ignites. Lori is awakened and pulls Freddy into the real world where he is confronted by Jason. As Jason and Freddy fight, the remaining teens escape the cabin. Kia distracts Freddy until Jason suddenly kills her. Freddy uses his speed and intellect, while Jason uses his strength and tolerance. On a dock, Jason tears Freddy 's clawed arm off after Freddy stabs Jason 's eyes. Lori and Will pour gasoline on the dock and set it on fire, causing propane tanks to explode, throwing Freddy and Jason into the lake. Freddy climbs out and attempts to kill Lori and Will, but is impaled by Jason with his own clawed arm, which allows Lori to decapitate Freddy as Jason falls lifeless into the lake. Lori and Will leave Camp Crystal Lake. The next day, Jason emerges from the water, holding his machete and Freddy 's severed head as Freddy winks to the audience before laughing off - screen. Cast Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger Ken Kirzinger as Jason Voorhees Monica Keena as Lori Campbell Kelly Rowland as Kia Waterson Jason Ritter as Will Rollins Brendan Fletcher as Mark Davis Chris Marquette as Charlie Linderman Lochlyn Munro as Deputy Scott Stubbs Katharine Isabelle as Gibb Smith Kyle Labine as Bill Freeburg Tom Butler as Dr. Campbell Garry Chalk as Sheriff Williams Jesse Hutch as Trey Odessa Munroe as Heather Chris Gauthier as Shack Paula Shaw as Pamela Voorhees Sharon Peters as Mrs. Campbell Zack Ward makes an appearance as Bobby Davis, Mark 's older brother. A then - unknown Evangeline Lilly has a brief walk - on role as a high school student, and professional wrestler Óscar Gutiérrez, better known by his ring name Rey Mysterio, briefly serves as Englund 's stunt double for a sequence set in Freddy Krueger 's iconic boiler room lair. New Line Cinema studio chief Robert Shaye, who served a producer on the every preceding Nightmare on Elm Street film, appears as the school principal, credited as L.E. Moko. Production This section possibly contains original research. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. ( February 2017 ) Development Influenced by fans ' desire for a crossover film depicting a fight between the two icons, New Line and Paramount tried to make a Freddy vs. Jason movie in 1987. But the two studios failed to agree on a story. When Jason Takes Manhattan failed to perform successfully at the box office, Sean Cunningham decided that he wanted to reacquire the rights to Friday the 13th and start working with New Line Cinema on Freddy vs. Jason, as New Line owned Nightmare on Elm Street. The concept of a fight between Freddy and Jason was not new ; Paramount had approached New Line about filming a crossover years before the latter had gained the licensing rights to Friday the 13th. At that time, both companies wanted the license to the other 's character so that they could control the making of the film. Negotiations on the project were never finalized, which led Paramount to make The New Blood. After Jason Takes Manhattan was released in 1989 the rights reverted to Scuderi, Minasian, and Barsamianto, who sold them to New Line. Before Cunningham could start working on Freddy vs. Jason, Wes Craven returned to New Line to make New Nightmare. This effectively put Freddy vs. Jason on hold, but allowed Cunningham the chance to bring Jason back into the spotlight with Jason Goes to Hell : The Final Friday. The ninth installment `` turned a healthy profit '', though it was only intended to open the door for a crossover with Freddy Krueger, rather than start a new series for New Line. Cunningham 's `` frustration '' with the delayed development of the Freddy vs. Jason project forced him to create another sequel titled Jason X in an effort to keep the series in the minds of audiences. Based on Jason Takes Manhattan 's concept of taking Jason away from Crystal Lake, the tenth film would put the titular character in space. The film suffered from the loss of its biggest supporter, President of Production Michael De Luca, when he resigned from his position. Lack of support forced the finished film to sit for two years before finally being released on April 26, 2002 ; it would go on to become the lowest grossing film in the series at the domestic box office ; it also held the distinction of having the largest budget of any of the previous films at that time. According to writers Mark Swift and Damian Shannon, several endings were considered for the film. One of the unused endings involved Pinhead of the Hellraiser franchise ; however, New Line was discontent with securing the rights to the character. New Line believed Freddy vs. Jason needed a fresh start, and chose a new actor for Jason. Cunningham disagreed with their decision, believing Kane Hodder was the best choice for the role. Hodder did receive the script for Freddy vs. Jason, and had a meeting with director Ronny Yu and New Line executives, but Matthew Barry and Yu felt the role should be recast to fit Yu 's image of Jason. According to Hodder, New Line did n't provide him with a reason for the recasting, but Yu has explained he wanted a slower, more deliberate Jason, and less of the aggressive movements that Hodder had used in the previous films. The role eventually went to Ken Kirzinger, a Canadian stuntman who worked on Jason Takes Manhattan. There are conflicting reports over the reason Kirzinger was cast. According to Yu, Kirzinger was hired because he was taller than Robert Englund, the actor who portrays Freddy Krueger. Kirzinger stands 6 ' 5 '' ( 196 cm ), compared to the 6 ' 3 '' ( 191 cm ) of Kane Hodder. Yu wanted a much larger actor to tower over the 5 ' 9 '' ( 175 cm ) Englund. Kirzinger believes his experience on Part VIII helped him land the part, as Kirzinger doubled for Hodder on two scenes for the film, but also believes he was simply sized up and handed the job. Although he was hired by the crew, New Line did not officially cast Kirzinger until first seeing him on film. Kirzinger 's first scene was Jason walking down Elm Street. New Line wanted a specific movement in Jason 's walk ; Kirzinger met their expectations and signed a contract with the studio. In an interview, Tait explained the reason for the reshoot. He said, `` Unfortunately for me, it was the only scene I was hired to do. The test audiences were confused about the original ending, they thought Jason Ritter 's character was becoming Jason ( sic ). You can see it in the deleted scenes, that is why they decided to reshoot the ending. Originally I was being considered for playing the role of Jason in the entire film. It was actually between me and Ken. When they took the film to Canada, I was out of luck. There was no way they were going to pay for my flight and hotel stay when Ken was a local. Also, Ken is older than me and he was a lot more established in the business than I was at the time. '' Describing the scene, Tait said `` I was on the film for a couple days. The water sequence took a lot of preparation. They realized that when I got wet, I looked too skinny in the clothes, so they had to bulk me up with pads and extra clothing so it would look like I was still big. Being with all this extra weight, one eye covered, a machete in one hand, Freddy 's head in another hand, and being totally submerged in water, made that scene very difficult. Also, Ronny Yu wanted me to walk like I was walking on land. He wanted it to look like I could walk through the water without it making me rise to the surface. To do this effect, they had a rope tied under water that I held onto with my left hand ( with Freddy 's severed head in it also ), and I held myself down on the ground so I could pull myself and walk forward. '' Music See also : Freddy vs. Jason ( soundtrack ) and Freddy vs. Jason ( score ) Distribution Novelization Publishing company Black Flame released a novelization of the film on July 29, 2003. Home media This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( November 2016 ) The film was released on VHS and DVD as part of New Line 's Platinum Series on January 13, 2004. The DVD release featured a second disc of bonus content that included : audio commentary by Ronny Yu, Ken Kirzinger, and Robert Englund, deleted and alternate scenes with commentary, Ill Niño 's music video to `` How Can I Live '', trailers and TV spots, soundtrack promo and behind the scenes featurettes. The film was released on UMD on October 4, 2005 and on Blu - ray September 8, 2009. The Blu - ray contained the same features as the original Platinum Edition DVD. The film was also released as part of a 9 - disc pack of all twelve Friday the 13th films on Blu - ray and a Triple Feature Blu - ray pack with the Friday and Nightmare remakes. Reception Critical response This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. ( November 2014 ) On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 41 % based on 153 reviews and an average rating of 4.8 / 10. The site 's critical consensus reads, `` Fans of the two horror franchises will enjoy this showdown. But for everyone else, it 's the same old slice and dice ''. On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating to reviews from mainstream critics, the film has an average score of 37 out of 100 based on 29 reviews, indicating `` generally unfavorable reviews ''. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of `` B + '' on an A+ to F scale. Accolades Doug Chapman and Melvin Martinez were nominated for the Best Fire Stunt in the Taurus World Stunt Awards 2004 for the double full body burn and wire stunt. Doug Chapman doubled for Robert Englund as Freddy and Glenn Ennis doubled for Ken Kirzinger as Jason in the stunt. See also Film portal A Nightmare on Elm Street portal 2000s portal Mortal Kombat X, video game featuring both Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees Slasher film List of monster movies References ^ Jump up to : `` Freddy Vs. 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Question: who played freddy krueger in freddy vs jason
Answer: Robert Englund