This is it. For most people in my generation this would be our King Kong vs Godzilla or Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman. Teased at the end of Jason Goes to Hell, we had to go to space first before we finally got to see the Momma's Boy take on the Springwood Slasher.
We open with none other than Freddy Kruger (Robert Englund) recapping the Nightmare series and his various goings on. He's also in Hell, powerless ever since the adults cut his power off by covering up his murder spree. No knowledge, no fear, thus no Kruger.
He has an ace up his sleeve though. Sure, he can't go into dreams of teens anymore, but who said his power was limited to teens? Reaching out across worlds, Freddy appears before Jason (Ken Kirzinger) as his dear mama Pamala (Paula Shaw) and orders him to kill those nasty teens in Springwood. Their fear, he figures, should be enough to kickstart his powers and let him have some fun again in his old haunts.
Heading over to a familiar house on Elm Street, Jason spies on the new inhabitants. There's Lori (Monica Keena); a grieving gal who's trying to deal with her mother's death and her boyfriend's vanishing. Kia (Kelly Rowland); smart aleck and Lori's BFF, Gibb (Katherine Isabelle); who has a weakness for bad boys, and Trey (Jesse Hutch), the aforementioned bad boy.
Jason, sensing when some of that sweet premarital sex is going on, breaks in when Trey is getting ready. The rest of the kids get the hell out of there and call the cops, who shockingly show up in time. Sheriff Williams (Gary Chalk), however seems more concerned about the kid's dreams. New transfer Deputy Stubbs (Lochlyn Munro), however, thinks this is clearly the work of a certain hockey masked fellow.
Lori overhears the cops talking how the killer must be someone named 'Freddy' and sure enough that night she is visited by a girl with gouged out eyes who tells her that death is coming.
Maybe, but who is for certainly coming? Lori's missing boyfriend Will (Jason Ritter) and his pal Mark (Brenden Fletcher). Will hasn't exactly been missing, rather locked up in the Westin Psychiatric Hospital. Overhearing that Lori's house was the scene of a murder is enough to prompt Will and Mark to self-release and hoof it back to Springwood. Will and Mark find Lori at school the next day, and from the brief description of crime scene, boy boys loudly declare that none other than Freddy Kruger is the real culprit. This gets people talking, texting, and soon the entire school knows about a certain burned fellow in a stripped sweater.
Meanwhile, a rave is planned on the outskirts of town. Gibb, drinking heavily to cope with Trey's passing, passes out but before Freddy can get his feet wet again, Jason pops up and machetes Gibb. Kill stealing is a serious offense among slashers you know.
Escaping the slaughter, Lori and her friends run into Officer Stubbs, who lets them in on the legend of Jason Voorhees. He suggests the water of Crystal Lake might be enough to contain Jason. So, one massive dose of tranquilizers later our heroes pile into the van and haul arse to Camp Crystal Lake. With one killer on hand and another on their trail, who will survive and what will be left of them?
The pros of this movie are the effects. Blood soaked and R rated to the max, the way a slasher should be. The film only touches on Freddy's past crimes but its enough to make one's skin crawl.
There are some problems though. Jason is dead (or as dead as he gets), how exactly does Freddy get him to the world of living? Plus, isn't Freddy's whole deal that he can only haunt the kids of Springwood? Plus the film makes it clear that Springwood is in Ohio. Crystal Lake is in New Jersey. Hope the kids brought some snacks.
Better than it has any right to be and at this point I suppose that will have to do.
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