At the end of 1993’s “Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday,” Jason’s iconic hokey mask is seen in the clutches of Freddy’s gloved hand. But it would be another decade before the characters actually battled it out on the big screen (there are at least a dozen scripts for “Freddy vs. Jason” lying around Hollywood). When the clash finally came, it wound up being one of the more purely fun installments in either franchise.
Most of that fun has to do with Hong Kong director Ronny Yu’s showy direction, which veers from cartoon-y to surrealistic and back again (but, you know, always blood-soaked). Englund’s ultimately final performance as Freddy rules, too.
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