After a nightmare, Blake awakens to find his father decapitated by Jason, who then kills Blake himself. Jason enters the house and murders Trey, and the police suspect Freddy.

They are later joined by Trey, Gibb's emotionally abusive boyfriend, and his friend Blake. Meanwhile, Lori Campbell, who lives with her widowed father, has a sleepover with her friends Kia and Gibb. Appearing as Jason's mother, Pamela Voorhees, he manipulates Jason into killing the teens of Springwood in order to create a fear in the townsfolk that Freddy has returned, which would allow him to regain his strength. Using his remaining power, Freddy resurrects Jason Voorhees. Since his last defeat, Freddy Krueger has been in Hell and unable to invade children's dreams, as the adults of Springwood have gone to extremes to make sure their children have forgotten him. A sequel and crossover with the Evil Dead franchise was planned, but it was ultimately scrapped and turned into a comic book limited series, Freddy vs. The film marks Robert Englund's final cinematic appearance as Freddy Krueger. It grossed over $116 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film in each series. Jason was released in the United States on August 15, 2003. It is chronologically set after Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991) and Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993) but before Jason X (2001), and is the last film in each franchise before their respective reboots.įreddy vs. The film retroactively establishes the two series in a shared universe and pits their respective antagonists, Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees, against each other after the former manipulates Jason into coming back to life and attacking the residents of Springwood to facilitate his own return. It is a crossover between the Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th series, being the eighth installment in the former and the eleventh in the latter. Jason is a 2003 American slasher film directed by Ronny Yu and written by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift.

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