Freddy vs. Jason (New Line Platinum Series)

Great movie!

I grew up watching old Fred and the J man, not to mention Mr .Myers and some of the lesser slashers of the 70s 80s & 90s (The Burning being amongst the top dogs). So when I heard this twin headed beast was in the works I was excited to say the least, but the years passed since the rumours surfaced and then it seemed the whole project was passing into legend until, bam, confirmation. Now by this point I'd grown up a little and moved out of the safety of the slasher genre and started to explore further afield. During those dark years I had found my self disappointed by more than my fair share of supposed up and coming `next big things' and as such started to fear the worst of this little crossover. However I can tell you, with no small amount of relief, that I was pleasantly surprised - no - more than that, I was well impressed.THE GOOD:- Great nods to both film series that don't feel forced into the proceedings which will keep fans (like me at least) happy.- When these boys scrap they go completely off on one.- Sexy enough leading lady to carry things along nicely.- Some amazing kills from both sides, but Jasons storm through a corn field rave has to be the highlight showing the big J for the beast he truly is, taking him nicely out of the stalk and slash zone we're so used to seeing him in into all out mass brutality. It works. Well.- Some annoying enough teens end up getting their comeuppance.THE BAD:- Due to the iconic nature of both bad guys it's getting a little hard to muster any reals scares out of the pair - fortunately enough the movie is such riotous messy fun that this is ending up being sort of a plus rather than a negative.CONCLUSION:A total blast that satisfied this fan, at least, and as such I hope would please a lot of others and perhaps garner a few more followers to both series. I'm more of a Jason fan I'll admit - I think the nightmare/Freddy series started out well enough but degenerated into cheesy one liners, which are present here but not in the tooth grating overabundance they littered the later nightmare films. However this movie breathed some new life into the series for me and totted up another winner for the Friday series. A great little film that is a lot of fun and is a great addition to any horror freaks creepy little collection.

The fear of them both still haunts me from childhood (when I shouldn't have watched the original Nightmare on Elm Street) and this film in a good reminder of how scary Freddie is and how creepy Jason is. Freddie has some classic tongue in cheek lines and Jason is on full carnage mode.Its nothing you won't have seen before, but a good watch.Recommended for a child born in the 80's.

Fun slasher and a cult classic now at this stage.

Good 📽️

Movie was good to watch, which has been a long time ago

Formulaic and CGI-filled horror pitting two iconic villains against each other, tied together with a truly ridiculous script (I mean, some of the dialogue...oy!). Interesting commentary about post-9/11 America though, which was surprising.

Everything was as expected thanks five stars ✨