: Freddy vs. Jason
Suprisingly fun sequel. The film opens by “explaining” the history of the two horror villians, Freddy and Jason. Jason’s the one in the hockey mask and was drowned as a child when camp counselors were too busy making out to notice him — hence his passion for killing horny camp kids. His gift is that he can’t die. Freddy Kruger’s the one of the knife-fingers who was a child molester burned by angry parents, and now that’s he dead, he can only hurt people in their dreams. But he’s got a problem in that everyone’s forgotten about him. So he recruits Jason to start killing, and the people assume Freddy’s back, and of course, remember him, restoring his power to attack them in their dreams. But Freddy loses control of Jason, who goes on a killing spree, and the climax is set up as a conflict between the two villians. Who will win? Who cares: this just an excuse to merge two popular horror films. While I’m mildly amused by some of these (
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