When two horror icons squared off in a crossover event, it could've been a shallow gimmick. Instead, Freddy vs. Jason was a solid slasher.
Yu has a playful and clever approach to the main duo, recognizing our innate understanding of their iconography and reinventing them in a way that works for the film without completely sacrificing their ethos. To be clear,is not a scary film—despite a couple of surprisingly good jumps here and there—but it’s not really meant to be.
One moment that always sticks out in my mind is very early on. Blake—just one of many disposable teens to be killed—has a frightening encounter with Freddy after falling asleep on his porch, only to wake up and find his father’s decapitated body next to him spewing blood, only tohave Jason show up behind him and kill him too.
And then, of course, there’s the showdown itself, once Freddy is pulled into the real world to fight Jason proper. Plot purposes dictate that it takes place at Camp Crystal Lake, where the two duke it out with both a winking sense of humor and tactile sense of physicality, full of stunt doubles getting thrown into walls or their heads smashed into windows as Freddy and Jason brawl within a burning cabin.
Trace Sauveur is a writer based in Austin, TX, where he primarily contributes to The Austin Chronicle. He loves David Lynch, John Carpenter, the Fast & Furious movies, and all the same bands he listened to in high school. He is
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