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In a word: bra - fuckin' - vo!
The screenwriters for this movie obviously had a deep love for both series, and understood all of the nuances of what makes both of them tick. Certainly they understood Jason better than the people who wrote Friday the 13th parts 6-9 ("Jason Kills that Guy from Saved By the Bell", "Jason vs. Firestarter", "Jason takes a Boat Ride", and "Freaky Friday the 13th: Jason Learns to Body Switch"). As a matter of fact, through the device of Freddy invading Jason's dreams we actually get *gasp* character development for Jason.
This movie will certainly not win any awards, but it is populated with all of the 80's era slasher movie standards (gratuitous sex and nudity, drinking, drug use, poor misunderstood teenagers and the parents who Don't Understand...). Robert Englund plays Freddy very much in the vein of the first two Elm Street movies, when Freddy was pure evil with a touch of black humor and before the character became a wisecracking self-parody. Stuntman Ken Kirzinger brings an expressive non-verbal take on Jason, not quite the huge lumbering force of nature that Kane Hodder was, but a leaner and meaner Jason. The rest of the cast is largely forgettable with the exception of the surprising appearance of Katharine Isabelle, although she looks depressingly anorexic compared to her appearance in Ginger Snaps.
If you have any affection for 80's-style horror, and want a movie with buckets and gouts of blood, decapitations, impalements, and hookah smoking Freddy catarpillars, this movie is an absolute home run. Check your brain at the door, sit back, and have fun!
The screenwriters for this movie obviously had a deep love for both series, and understood all of the nuances of what makes both of them tick. Certainly they understood Jason better than the people who wrote Friday the 13th parts 6-9 ("Jason Kills that Guy from Saved By the Bell", "Jason vs. Firestarter", "Jason takes a Boat Ride", and "Freaky Friday the 13th: Jason Learns to Body Switch"). As a matter of fact, through the device of Freddy invading Jason's dreams we actually get *gasp* character development for Jason.
This movie will certainly not win any awards, but it is populated with all of the 80's era slasher movie standards (gratuitous sex and nudity, drinking, drug use, poor misunderstood teenagers and the parents who Don't Understand...). Robert Englund plays Freddy very much in the vein of the first two Elm Street movies, when Freddy was pure evil with a touch of black humor and before the character became a wisecracking self-parody. Stuntman Ken Kirzinger brings an expressive non-verbal take on Jason, not quite the huge lumbering force of nature that Kane Hodder was, but a leaner and meaner Jason. The rest of the cast is largely forgettable with the exception of the surprising appearance of Katharine Isabelle, although she looks depressingly anorexic compared to her appearance in Ginger Snaps.
If you have any affection for 80's-style horror, and want a movie with buckets and gouts of blood, decapitations, impalements, and hookah smoking Freddy catarpillars, this movie is an absolute home run. Check your brain at the door, sit back, and have fun!