Oddly my girlfriend* really wanted to see this despite her not watching much of either series so we saw it opening weekend. And ya, ScaredySlime totally nailed it, it's a great, schlocky, violent romp. What else could it be? *She is now my wife, obviously
I’ve had almost the exact same happen to me! I took *someone to see this, who had only seen one of the later sequels from each franchise, but we loved F vs J. Well, I guess the biggest differences are it wasn’t a first date, but I did end up married years later. And, _my_ girlfriend, at the time, didn’t like horror movies, so I was really lucky my cousin wanted to see it!
I hear Scaredy Matt was sooooooooo high- How high was Matt? -Matt was so high...he created more lore for his channel. Now I will fully expect a Bobby Dook vs Grumbletum episode in the future. You know, to see them fight or kiss.
@@russellharrell2747 And if he puts in some kind of lore where Grumbletum is afraid of likes and subscribes, SO HELP ME GOD, I will find that very funny.
My over-analytic view on Jason's sudden new fear of water: while his waking adult self is fine with water, deep in the pit of his soul, there remains the fear left from his original death as a child. We all have irrational fears in our dreams where even things and people we love become frightening, thus Jason, big brawling not breathing amphibious zombie, has a fear of water in his dreams.
At the time of FvJ, I'd only really seen the first Friday the 13th, so I just straight read water as Jason's primal fear. Having seen more sequels since, your take is definitely the one I settled on as well. :)
This. Also being afraid of something doesn't necessarily mean you collapse into sobbing helplessness when confronted with it, so Jason swimming in previous movies doesn't prove he's not afraid of drowning.
Believe it or not, you hit the nail on the head. You’re not over-analyzing, that was actually the writers intention. The idea was never that Jason was afraid of water itself, it was him remembering the last time he ever felt fear. The writers have confirmed this; Ronny Yu just got really artsy with it and the water was more a symbol than the direct cause. We even see him wading in water later on
I was always a fan of Jason and Freddy, and I never minded their continuity issues or any of the usual stuff that comes up in long-running horror franchises. I watched this in theatres when it came out, and I never once had an issue with Jason having a fear of water. I interpreted it as some kind of deep-rooted fear. Freddy is exposing Jason's subconscious and finding this primordial hydrophobia in Jason's psyche.
Bobby Duke doesn't really need any more character development than being created in utter highness, and his voice inflected with Matt's barely repressed laughing.
I remember the early days when Bobby Duke gave a struggling young Scaredy Matt his first big break by letting him host a couple of videos on the channel. It was sad to see the founder of the channel have to step back for a while due to personal reasons, but it's great that he's finally back to reclaim his rightful place as the heart and soul of the Scaredy Cats Media Empire.
I would absolutely watch a movie where Jason, confronted with the raw evil of Freddy, realizes the error of his ways and instead decides to become a vigilante running out to do good or something.
imagine the same movie, but you have an anime-esque "power of friendship" realization by jason as a pivot point for the final showdown. doesn't it make thing 10x better? I havent' seen the movie, neither I have seen any Friday the 13th movie, but IIRC, jason is protective of kids, since is whole deal is that he died as a kid, while Freddie was child murderer (and probably rapist) so you have a pretty fertile seed for a shallow moral opposition between the two characters. They probably use that in the movie already though.
@@eclipserepeater2466 Ohhh, I'm with Scaredy Matt: FvJ was everything I went to the theater to see. But yes, this is a hilarious alternate twist and I never would have thought of it without this video.
Freddy and Jason are natural opposites if you look at Jason as a defender of children (he targets the councilors, not the campers, after all) and you could definitely spin him into an antihero much more easily. Have Jason go after the Springwood parents who murdered Freddy in the first place.
Freddy vs Jason was the first horror movie I dared to watch from beginning to end, and for the longest time it was my Halloween tradition to rewatch it. It, in all honesty, is one of the most important horror movies of my life. Videos about it, like this one, couldn't make me happier.
It's actually a pretty good idea for a horror story about an evil-fey-like creature that feeds off fear. No one said it had to be fear of HIM, that was just the easy way when people were scared of him. It also gave them an easy soft reboot of the actual series, but they decided to go for the hard reboot instead for some reason.
Jackson submitted a pitch (co-written with Vincent Ward) for a sixth NIGHTMARE movie in the early 90s after New Line distributed DEAD ALIVE stateside and thought he had potential. I'm not sure how far it got along, but it apparently had a big focus on surreal nightmare setpieces and was gonna use early CGI. It was rejected either for A) being too much expensive, or B) too dark, or C) too silly (stories differ), or possibly because Jackson wanted to shoot the entire thing in NZ. Some of the early concept art and a couple setpieces ended up being repurposed for his later films.
Eh, I'm just as glad they left him out. Hellraiser Chainsaw Massacre was such a mess of a film it made me not want any more Pinhead movies, let alone any Pinhead crossovers.
I absolutely love this film. It is just fun. Also, me being random af: I've seen people claim an error when Freddy cuts off a character's nose without affecting her in the real world. Actually, this is fine if you pay attention and how Freddy's power increases. 1) No one remembers him, so can't enter their dreams period. 2) His name is heard, letting him to indirectly affect dreams. 3) He can appear in dreams, but can't even hurt them at all. 4) Here is the nose scene! He cam harm in dreams, but not yet strong enough to affect them in reality. 5) He's now back at full strength.
Freddy Vs Jason is the movie equivalent of the villain mantra in Wreck It Ralph. “I'm bad, and that's good. I will never be good, and that's not bad. There's no one I'd rather be than me.”
I've always understood that the "afraid of water" thing was just nightmare logic. He's just afraid of it in his dream with Freddy in it. No part of me thought any further and I don't know why it even annoyed anyone at all.
okay the tinker tailor freddy jason joke might be the best in this video i was completely not expecting it and now i cant stop saying those 4 words in sequence in my head
I went to see this at the cinema by myself, when the lights came on the two guys, both in their late 30s, turned to each other and one of them said 'That was the greatest movie I've ever seen'. That remains my favourite part of Freddy vs Jason (a film I think is pretty good).
This movie was perfect. I waited almost 30 years for it to happen, and the 12 year old kid in me got everything he wanted. If you don't know this is everything we wanted, you weren't a long term fan of of both franchises. Or you just have a different opinion than me, could be that.
Comments are filled with bobby dook related mentioned, so I'm like "Oh when's this video gonna make a heel turn and talk about babbadook" Egg, just all over my face.
Honestly, (not having seen it) I thought the "afraid of water" bit for Jason was a clever way to give a weakness to a character intended to be unstoppable, now that you *needed* him to have some kind of weakness to make any sort of conflict between the two slasher villains interesting. It isn't consistent with prior films, but there's a *wonderful* internal logic to having the guy whose origin story involves having (nearly, as it turned out in later films) drowned as a child be afraid of water.
I've got fond memories of this movie as well, though I don't think I have the guts to call it good. Been in a bad place and Bobby Dook genuinely made me laugh. Thank you.
The beginning, with a living Fred in a normal jacket pouring over his scrapbook while casually smoking a cigarette is, to me, about the creepiest Freddy scene ever produced.
Ugh the 00's were peak f slur time. I can't watch dude where's my car any more cuz it's just... so many times. Like I forget how super prevalent it was in that kind of media. 🥲
The joy of this video was palpable, I love seeing people talk about the stuff they like, especially without the pretense of "guilt" as in a "guilty pleasure"
The casting is the icing on the cake for me. They couldn't get Brittany Murphy, so they got an actress that is an 85 to 90 percent clone of her. Jason Mewes wasn't available, so they found someone that could do an impersonation. Beyonce wouldn't have wanted anything to do with this, but one of the other two members of Destiny's Child also wanted to get into acting. Big money, big prizes, I love it!
This was one of the movies I was dragged into that I ended up being wildly delighted/amused by. And man, I still do the flinch because I am an easily afeared bed post.
Bobby Dook might be my favorite thing in all of existence. I would pay good money to watch The Babadook but with you ad-libbing Bobby Dook over the top every time he's on screen. This is not a goof. I will pay to watch that!
Years ago, I drove some of the production team for Freddy vs Jason back when I was driving limos. They were staying at the Driskill hotel in Austin, TX. They were unbelievably nice; not in a weird, obsequious way, just very cool to us regular working-class groundlings. The exact opposite of what you would imagine. I remember Robert Englund being really kind to a hotel staffer explaining some kind of problem about rooms.
"I'm not some kook" he says confidently after 10 minutes of being a kook. Love this channel bee tee dubs, and Freddy vs. Jason was a masterpiece, I will fight anyone that says otherwise!
It’s been 20 years and this is not only one of my favorite summer flicks but one of my favorite horror movies too I actually didn’t find out about this movie apart from one trailer and a newspaper article Two of the most famous slasher icons finally come face-to-face in this unique crossover The project actually spent so much time in development hell plus the fact that ‘Friday the 13th’ was with Paramount and ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ belonged to New Line Cinema But once the rights switched over Jason Vorhees and Freddy Kruger could finally be in the same movie, it was just a matter of how to bring them together Director Ronny Yu from ‘Bride of Chucky’ delivers some terrific gore, fun action set pieces, and has great chemistry with these two slasher villains thanks to writers Damian Shannon and Mark Swift The soundtrack is one of my absolute favorites, it has a brisk running time, and Robert Englund gives the most energy he’s had playing the killer with knives on his hands New actor Ken Kirzinger isn’t too shabby either as Jason being brutal not letting anything phase him much less a monster from the dream world This was also my first introduction Monica Keena, Kelly Rowland, Jason Ritter, and Katherine Isabelle When the movie is actually about Freddy and Jason it kicks ass, there’s great doses of humor too with slick visuals Even Freddy Krueger gets a new makeup job as we see how much prosthetics have changed There’s a glorious self-awareness that you can’t help but notice The final showdown is the absolute best part where fans get the best of both these killers duking it out Although when the movie isn’t focusing on that it’s the same ol slice and dice formula with disposable human characters even if they do match the 2000s era The conspiracy plot to cover up Freddy Kruger is interesting but it doesn’t really go anywhere Yet an overall theme of children paying for their parents crimes is apparent throughout The film was still a box office hit even if the reviews were mixed at best paying homage to both franchises that have lasted for over 40 years Whatever the case the movie still is loads of fun to watch the bloody carnage unleashed by these two horror icons that definitely came from a rocky start
This is almost exactly my feelings! It's fun and what I wanted to see out of a movie with this premise. And I also saw it the year I graduated high school with my friends and will always have positive feelings tied in with nostalgia around it.
I watched all the Friday movies in order, then all the Nightmare movies in order, over the course of like 2 weeks to work my way up to Freddy vs Jason and it hit that spot perfectly for me since it was obvious how 'bad' it was gonna be. It's honestly my favorite fun horror movie to watch and i'm glad other people appreciate it for what it is as much as i do as well. Also my DUDE how could you not call out the 'dark meat' comment, I was legit in shock that was in the film when i saw it
My biggest problem with this movie is how weirdly cruel that one girl with the hat’s death was at the cornfield rave. Like there was no reason to have a sexual assault happen in this movie
I went to see FvJ with my best friend when we were in high school. We walked out of the theater, sat on the curb for a sec...then bought another set of tickets and watched it again. Best crossover movie ever made.
This is actually one of my favorites. I've always liked it. Is it campy? Yes. Kooky? Absolutely. Fun? One of the best. Of course I really loved Evil Dead, sooooo...
I remember seeing this movie at a drive-in with my dad when I was 5 years old. It was a double feature with the second Jeepers Creepers. Good times I used to have with my dad lol
thank you for perfectly articulating for me why I love this movie so much and no one else seems to. Also yes add Bobby Duke to the Slimeverse expanded universe I love them
I was 15 when this came out. And boy howdy, I tell ya, not much about my views didn't change in the proceeding 20 years. Things I loved I later hated, things I hated I later loved, some things I love sincerely, to later love ironically, some things seemed great, then seemed just okay, or seemed great and only got better as I grew and understood them more Freddy Vs Jason, never changed. Not a bit. I thought it was stupid awesome then, and I think it's stupid awesome now. I've never known anyone to get this film like I do, but Mildred nailed it. Thank you. Thank you for letting me know I'm not alone :)
Watching Freddy vs Jason in a Discord call with the gang, we all decided Jason was an LGBT Ally, when he merc'd that girl right after she called Freddy the F-Slur, so we had fun with that, even though we were all "Fuck this movie" when she said it.
It's the acting that gets me with this one. Everyone is terrible. Everyone. Plus, the scene where the token black friend falls asleep, gets her nose ripped off by Freddy, but wakes up with it fine. No understanding of the source material there or the whole "Jason afraid of water" thing.
I defend the Alien vs Predator film for similar reasons-- it's silly, yeah, and the main characters are one-note, but it was fun, and clearly made by people who were fans of both franchises, and wanted to give something back to the fandom. And I saw it with my best friend in middle school, so fond memories.
Matt is right. To me the only real way to judge a film is in how effectively it explores and executes it's premise. And this movie does a good job of that. Even if the premise is silly, it executes.
Aye, this here's a good example of a kind of tone I can't get enough of. Ridiculous ideas and cheese played with enough confidence, and delivered with enough gravitas to make it work.
Me and all my friends love this film so much, I guess I never stopped to think people seriously didn't like it. Thank you for waking me up to this new nightmare Mr. Slime.
"...and then see them fight, or kiss." I was mostly listening to this while doing the dishes, so my whole attention wasn't on it. That line produced a bark of laughter so sudden and loud I'm worried the neighbours could hear it.
the clips with freddy's dorky glee & the guy getting crunched were so fuckin funny, i almost choked on my food. i absolutely need to watch this shit. also bobby duke is great, please bring him back for more outro silliness.
honestly IDK if there will ever be a truly good Friday the 13th until they fully embrace the idea of Jason as a tragic character. his backstory is so inherently sympathetic, and it contrasts with the almost comical levels of evil he commits due to his trauma from said backstory really well. What I'm saying is the Jason should be the Frankenstein's Monster of slashers (not the full-on good guy / antihero version that's come into vogue in recent years, more the classic suffering bastard man who is still very much a villain despite his many sympathetic aspects). I will admit that might be a challenge to reconcile with the goofier, stab-happy tone that people who like the existing movies seem to gravitate toward the series for, but I think it would be worthwhile to try.
...and honestly on second thought a straight up anti-hero Jason COULD work as well, so long as he's still dangerous enough to pull off the kinds of ridiculous violence he's known for, and unpredictable enough that you can't always assume that he'll only target it at obviously bad people.
In the DVD extras for this movie, there's a "special feature" of a list of the characters, along with their causes of death. One guy's official cause of death is "Heavy Door" and I cannot accurately express to you how hilarious that was to my teenaged mind. FvJ was a delight.
Probably my favourite Freddy or Jason movie tbh. Saw it in the theatre, and I can't imagine knowingly buying a ticket for a movie called Freddie Vs. Jason and not finding that fight at the end just super fun
"I came to see them fight or kiss"
This is a big mood right here.
This is definitely me! Every time actors get too close to each other‘s faces I always say “give him a kiss “
Why 'or'? This has 'enemies to lovers' written all over it.
Jason is the top for sure. Tall and doesn't talk
@@xHarpyx KISS HIM YOU FOOL!
Step monster! What are you doing?
AYYY BOBBY DOOK! I'M A METAPHOR FOR GRIEF OVA HEEAH!
Just here to say that Bobby Dook is a certified A+ home run, the people demand more Bobby Dook
#justiceforbobbyduke
change it to "Bobby - The Dook". I think "The Dook" sounds really funny.
You gotta give the people what they want
Hero of the Revolution: Bobby Duke.
I'm here for Bobby Dook, Brooklyn's greatest monster.
Oddly my girlfriend* really wanted to see this despite her not watching much of either series so we saw it opening weekend. And ya, ScaredySlime totally nailed it, it's a great, schlocky, violent romp. What else could it be?
*She is now my wife, obviously
Glad you locked that down
*If you liked it then you should've taken her to see freddy vs. jason*
I’ve had almost the exact same happen to me!
I took *someone to see this, who had only seen one of the later sequels from each franchise, but we loved F vs J.
Well, I guess the biggest differences are it wasn’t a first date, but I did end up married years later.
And, _my_ girlfriend, at the time, didn’t like horror movies, so I was really lucky my cousin wanted to see it!
@@mirmalchik
Gotta
Came here to watch Matt talk about Freddy vs Jason but I liked for Bobby Dook the Babadook who Matt came up with when he was high.
I hear Scaredy Matt was sooooooooo high-
How high was Matt?
-Matt was so high...he created more lore for his channel. Now I will fully expect a Bobby Dook vs Grumbletum episode in the future. You know, to see them fight or kiss.
@@russellharrell2747 And if he puts in some kind of lore where Grumbletum is afraid of likes and subscribes, SO HELP ME GOD, I will find that very funny.
“Expectations were through the floor” is a great phrase
My over-analytic view on Jason's sudden new fear of water: while his waking adult self is fine with water, deep in the pit of his soul, there remains the fear left from his original death as a child. We all have irrational fears in our dreams where even things and people we love become frightening, thus Jason, big brawling not breathing amphibious zombie, has a fear of water in his dreams.
At the time of FvJ, I'd only really seen the first Friday the 13th, so I just straight read water as Jason's primal fear. Having seen more sequels since, your take is definitely the one I settled on as well. :)
This. Also being afraid of something doesn't necessarily mean you collapse into sobbing helplessness when confronted with it, so Jason swimming in previous movies doesn't prove he's not afraid of drowning.
Believe it or not, you hit the nail on the head. You’re not over-analyzing, that was actually the writers intention. The idea was never that Jason was afraid of water itself, it was him remembering the last time he ever felt fear. The writers have confirmed this; Ronny Yu just got really artsy with it and the water was more a symbol than the direct cause. We even see him wading in water later on
I believe the screenwriters confirmed this.
I was always a fan of Jason and Freddy, and I never minded their continuity issues or any of the usual stuff that comes up in long-running horror franchises. I watched this in theatres when it came out, and I never once had an issue with Jason having a fear of water. I interpreted it as some kind of deep-rooted fear. Freddy is exposing Jason's subconscious and finding this primordial hydrophobia in Jason's psyche.
We, the people, demand a Bobby Duke vs Grumbletum crossover episode.
"The proud Friday the 13th tradition of doing whatever the hell you want in your movie"
Exactly!! Exactly!!
Bobby Duke doesn't really need any more character development than being created in utter highness, and his voice inflected with Matt's barely repressed laughing.
Nice seeing you Bobby Duke, someone who definitely has been in the Scaredy Cats continuity
I missed the guy
I remember the early days when Bobby Duke gave a struggling young Scaredy Matt his first big break by letting him host a couple of videos on the channel. It was sad to see the founder of the channel have to step back for a while due to personal reasons, but it's great that he's finally back to reclaim his rightful place as the heart and soul of the Scaredy Cats Media Empire.
i literally did not know this channel existed and i finally have something to do today.
"freddy vs jason is a movie about what if freddy, VS. jason?"
rock solid delivery, deadpan for the ages, killer timing :D
I would absolutely watch a movie where Jason, confronted with the raw evil of Freddy, realizes the error of his ways and instead decides to become a vigilante running out to do good or something.
imagine the same movie, but you have an anime-esque "power of friendship" realization by jason as a pivot point for the final showdown. doesn't it make thing 10x better?
I havent' seen the movie, neither I have seen any Friday the 13th movie, but IIRC, jason is protective of kids, since is whole deal is that he died as a kid, while Freddie was child murderer (and probably rapist) so you have a pretty fertile seed for a shallow moral opposition between the two characters. They probably use that in the movie already though.
See, that would have been great, proving that FvJ is not entirely perfect for what it is.
@@eclipserepeater2466 Ohhh, I'm with Scaredy Matt: FvJ was everything I went to the theater to see.
But yes, this is a hilarious alternate twist and I never would have thought of it without this video.
Freddy and Jason are natural opposites if you look at Jason as a defender of children (he targets the councilors, not the campers, after all) and you could definitely spin him into an antihero much more easily. Have Jason go after the Springwood parents who murdered Freddy in the first place.
Is it just me or does Grumbletum vs Bobby Dook need to happen?
Bobby Vs. Grumble!
I assume we're talking kiss kiss more than punch punch. Maybe Matt will introduce them and nature will take its strange course....
Is it a Rumble in the Jungle or a Tumble with the Grumble? I don't know! I won't judge either way.
In the bad points segment you forgot Freddy's "dark meat" comment
Fight or kiss. That's why I love wrestling.
"I came to see them fight or kiss"
How does this channel not have more subscribers
"Expectations were through the floor". Priceless!
Freddy vs Jason was the first horror movie I dared to watch from beginning to end, and for the longest time it was my Halloween tradition to rewatch it. It, in all honesty, is one of the most important horror movies of my life.
Videos about it, like this one, couldn't make me happier.
I liked Freddy having to use Jason because his myth had been killed.
It's actually a pretty good idea for a horror story about an evil-fey-like creature that feeds off fear. No one said it had to be fear of HIM, that was just the easy way when people were scared of him.
It also gave them an easy soft reboot of the actual series, but they decided to go for the hard reboot instead for some reason.
“Peter Jackson’s rejected script for the sixth movie.”
Excuse me. Come again?
Jackson submitted a pitch (co-written with Vincent Ward) for a sixth NIGHTMARE movie in the early 90s after New Line distributed DEAD ALIVE stateside and thought he had potential. I'm not sure how far it got along, but it apparently had a big focus on surreal nightmare setpieces and was gonna use early CGI. It was rejected either for A) being too much expensive, or B) too dark, or C) too silly (stories differ), or possibly because Jackson wanted to shoot the entire thing in NZ. Some of the early concept art and a couple setpieces ended up being repurposed for his later films.
Honestly when I first saw the film in theaters as a kid, my biggest complaint was that not enough of the film was Freddy and Jason kung fu fighting.
This is the correct opinion, and also for those who DON'T read Sutter Cane: Don't worry, there's gonna be a movie.
I was ABOUT TO SAY "What about the guy who gets crunched in a bed" thank you.
Really wish we could have gotten the Pinhead ending...
Eh, I'm just as glad they left him out. Hellraiser Chainsaw Massacre was such a mess of a film it made me not want any more Pinhead movies, let alone any Pinhead crossovers.
I absolutely love this film. It is just fun.
Also, me being random af:
I've seen people claim an error when Freddy cuts off a character's nose without affecting her in the real world. Actually, this is fine if you pay attention and how Freddy's power increases.
1) No one remembers him, so can't enter their dreams period.
2) His name is heard, letting him to indirectly affect dreams.
3) He can appear in dreams, but can't even hurt them at all.
4) Here is the nose scene! He cam harm in dreams, but not yet strong enough to affect them in reality.
5) He's now back at full strength.
"Expectations were through the floor"
New favorite line
Freddy Vs Jason is the movie equivalent of the villain mantra in Wreck It Ralph.
“I'm bad, and that's good. I will never be good, and that's not bad. There's no one I'd rather be than me.”
I've always understood that the "afraid of water" thing was just nightmare logic. He's just afraid of it in his dream with Freddy in it. No part of me thought any further and I don't know why it even annoyed anyone at all.
okay the tinker tailor freddy jason joke might be the best in this video i was completely not expecting it and now i cant stop saying those 4 words in sequence in my head
"Pistols at Dawn"? Scardy Matt, do you even Freddy vs Jason? Surely it should be "Razorfingers vs Machete; injured party gets first choice of weapon".
I went to see this at the cinema by myself, when the lights came on the two guys, both in their late 30s, turned to each other and one of them said 'That was the greatest movie I've ever seen'.
That remains my favourite part of Freddy vs Jason (a film I think is pretty good).
This movie was perfect. I waited almost 30 years for it to happen, and the 12 year old kid in me got everything he wanted. If you don't know this is everything we wanted, you weren't a long term fan of of both franchises. Or you just have a different opinion than me, could be that.
i would happily watch tinker tailor freddy jason.
I don't even like the babadook, but Bobbie Duke made me laugh p hard and I'm sober rn, Matt
I don't blame Kelly in this case, because it was absolutely the director's job to say "that ad-lib didn't work, let's do another take."
This was all a setup for their Mortal Kombat appearances anyway
Comments are filled with bobby dook related mentioned, so I'm like "Oh when's this video gonna make a heel turn and talk about babbadook"
Egg, just all over my face.
Jason just sliding Freddy through a bunch of windows gave me life, actually
This is probably my biggest guilty pleasure horror film. It has enough schlock to be JUST bad enough to be fun without being terrible and boring.
Honestly, (not having seen it) I thought the "afraid of water" bit for Jason was a clever way to give a weakness to a character intended to be unstoppable, now that you *needed* him to have some kind of weakness to make any sort of conflict between the two slasher villains interesting. It isn't consistent with prior films, but there's a *wonderful* internal logic to having the guy whose origin story involves having (nearly, as it turned out in later films) drowned as a child be afraid of water.
I've got fond memories of this movie as well, though I don't think I have the guts to call it good.
Been in a bad place and Bobby Dook genuinely made me laugh. Thank you.
Fuck it. I'm watching this again for more Bobby Dook.
I was too busy raising my kids in the 70's to watch this but now I am no longer raising my kids in the 70's and I have all the time in the world
I like this movie too. It's schlocky B-movie stuff and I love it.
The beginning, with a living Fred in a normal jacket pouring over his scrapbook while casually smoking a cigarette is, to me, about the creepiest Freddy scene ever produced.
tuesday again? no problem!
I, for one, love and cherish the character of Robert E. Dook.
Laughed out loud at bobby duke the babadook looking forward to seeing more of this perfect creation
Ugh the 00's were peak f slur time. I can't watch dude where's my car any more cuz it's just... so many times. Like I forget how super prevalent it was in that kind of media. 🥲
The joy of this video was palpable, I love seeing people talk about the stuff they like, especially without the pretense of "guilt" as in a "guilty pleasure"
i love the bobby dook. please do not hesitate to include him in future videos. he is very funny to me.
The casting is the icing on the cake for me. They couldn't get Brittany Murphy, so they got an actress that is an 85 to 90 percent clone of her. Jason Mewes wasn't available, so they found someone that could do an impersonation. Beyonce wouldn't have wanted anything to do with this, but one of the other two members of Destiny's Child also wanted to get into acting. Big money, big prizes, I love it!
I demand more Bobby Duke. Also this video was good. Engagement comment.
"Came here to see them fight or kiss"
But not
"Fight and then kiss"? friends to lovers 5k slowburn?
Add Tinker Tailor Freddy Jason to the backdrop from now on plz.
Yo the clip where he swings his machete and sends her flying into a tree is legitimately hilarious
This was one of the movies I was dragged into that I ended up being wildly delighted/amused by. And man, I still do the flinch because I am an easily afeared bed post.
Eyyy Bobby Duke! Everyone's favourite Scaredy Cats character!
Bobby Dook might be my favorite thing in all of existence. I would pay good money to watch The Babadook but with you ad-libbing Bobby Dook over the top every time he's on screen. This is not a goof. I will pay to watch that!
Years ago, I drove some of the production team for Freddy vs Jason back when I was driving limos. They were staying at the Driskill hotel in Austin, TX. They were unbelievably nice; not in a weird, obsequious way, just very cool to us regular working-class groundlings. The exact opposite of what you would imagine. I remember Robert Englund being really kind to a hotel staffer explaining some kind of problem about rooms.
We need a really high Matt stream..
"I'm not some kook" he says confidently after 10 minutes of being a kook. Love this channel bee tee dubs, and Freddy vs. Jason was a masterpiece, I will fight anyone that says otherwise!
I was goddamn THRILLED when the movie first came out and I still love it earnestly and passionately. Thank you for this video, Matt, I love it.
It’s been 20 years and this is not only one of my favorite summer flicks but one of my favorite horror movies too
I actually didn’t find out about this movie apart from one trailer and a newspaper article
Two of the most famous slasher icons finally come face-to-face in this unique crossover
The project actually spent so much time in development hell plus the fact that ‘Friday the 13th’ was with Paramount and ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ belonged to New Line Cinema
But once the rights switched over Jason Vorhees and Freddy Kruger could finally be in the same movie, it was just a matter of how to bring them together
Director Ronny Yu from ‘Bride of Chucky’ delivers some terrific gore, fun action set pieces, and has great chemistry with these two slasher villains thanks to writers Damian Shannon and Mark Swift
The soundtrack is one of my absolute favorites, it has a brisk running time, and Robert Englund gives the most energy he’s had playing the killer with knives on his hands
New actor Ken Kirzinger isn’t too shabby either as Jason being brutal not letting anything phase him much less a monster from the dream world
This was also my first introduction Monica Keena, Kelly Rowland, Jason Ritter, and Katherine Isabelle
When the movie is actually about Freddy and Jason it kicks ass, there’s great doses of humor too with slick visuals
Even Freddy Krueger gets a new makeup job as we see how much prosthetics have changed
There’s a glorious self-awareness that you can’t help but notice
The final showdown is the absolute best part where fans get the best of both these killers duking it out
Although when the movie isn’t focusing on that it’s the same ol slice and dice formula with disposable human characters even if they do match the 2000s era
The conspiracy plot to cover up Freddy Kruger is interesting but it doesn’t really go anywhere
Yet an overall theme of children paying for their parents crimes is apparent throughout
The film was still a box office hit even if the reviews were mixed at best paying homage to both franchises that have lasted for over 40 years
Whatever the case the movie still is loads of fun to watch the bloody carnage unleashed by these two horror icons that definitely came from a rocky start
Frankly, I think Freddy and Jason should've overcome their differences when they discover that both of their mothers were called Pamela.
This is almost exactly my feelings! It's fun and what I wanted to see out of a movie with this premise. And I also saw it the year I graduated high school with my friends and will always have positive feelings tied in with nostalgia around it.
I know your title is hyperbole, but I'm with you; I love this movie!
I watched all the Friday movies in order, then all the Nightmare movies in order, over the course of like 2 weeks to work my way up to Freddy vs Jason and it hit that spot perfectly for me since it was obvious how 'bad' it was gonna be.
It's honestly my favorite fun horror movie to watch and i'm glad other people appreciate it for what it is as much as i do as well.
Also my DUDE how could you not call out the 'dark meat' comment, I was legit in shock that was in the film when i saw it
How could you NOT like a movie that so very, very straightforwardly delivers its premise?????
My biggest problem with this movie is how weirdly cruel that one girl with the hat’s death was at the cornfield rave. Like there was no reason to have a sexual assault happen in this movie
Waited over 10yrs for this, since 1st reading about it in Fangoria. My disappointment was immeasurable and my midnight matinee was ruined.
I went to see FvJ with my best friend when we were in high school. We walked out of the theater, sat on the curb for a sec...then bought another set of tickets and watched it again. Best crossover movie ever made.
Slime, you have inspired me. No more fight or flight. In 2021 we’re developing the fight or kiss reflex.
This is actually one of my favorites. I've always liked it. Is it campy? Yes. Kooky? Absolutely. Fun? One of the best.
Of course I really loved Evil Dead, sooooo...
I remember seeing this movie at a drive-in with my dad when I was 5 years old. It was a double feature with the second Jeepers Creepers. Good times I used to have with my dad lol
That part where Jason slams Freddy through all the windows... god that part always is great
you're an intelligent and fun critic. you infuse consistent and amusing personality into all your work. thank you
thank you for perfectly articulating for me why I love this movie so much and no one else seems to. Also yes add Bobby Duke to the Slimeverse expanded universe I love them
"I'm a character that scaredy Mat thought of, when he was VERY high!"
This legit made me laugh out loud for like 20 seconds oh my fucking god
I was 15 when this came out. And boy howdy, I tell ya, not much about my views didn't change in the proceeding 20 years. Things I loved I later hated, things I hated I later loved, some things I love sincerely, to later love ironically, some things seemed great, then seemed just okay, or seemed great and only got better as I grew and understood them more
Freddy Vs Jason, never changed. Not a bit. I thought it was stupid awesome then, and I think it's stupid awesome now. I've never known anyone to get this film like I do, but Mildred nailed it. Thank you. Thank you for letting me know I'm not alone :)
Watching Freddy vs Jason in a Discord call with the gang, we all decided Jason was an LGBT Ally, when he merc'd that girl right after she called Freddy the F-Slur, so we had fun with that, even though we were all "Fuck this movie" when she said it.
It's the acting that gets me with this one. Everyone is terrible. Everyone. Plus, the scene where the token black friend falls asleep, gets her nose ripped off by Freddy, but wakes up with it fine. No understanding of the source material there or the whole "Jason afraid of water" thing.
I defend the Alien vs Predator film for similar reasons-- it's silly, yeah, and the main characters are one-note, but it was fun, and clearly made by people who were fans of both franchises, and wanted to give something back to the fandom. And I saw it with my best friend in middle school, so fond memories.
Matt is right. To me the only real way to judge a film is in how effectively it explores and executes it's premise. And this movie does a good job of that. Even if the premise is silly, it executes.
Saw it in the theater opening day, went in with reasonable expectations, had a blast, loved it, still do.
Aye, this here's a good example of a kind of tone I can't get enough of. Ridiculous ideas and cheese played with enough confidence, and delivered with enough gravitas to make it work.
Me and all my friends love this film so much, I guess I never stopped to think people seriously didn't like it. Thank you for waking me up to this new nightmare Mr. Slime.
I really wish they had the sequel with Ash. The comic Freddy vs Jason vs Ash is pretty good though.
Thanks for this. Been defending this film for quite some time. Took a first/last date to this in the theater.
Omg I'm in tears thank you my favourite movie on the planet I love you dude your the best just made my day now I'm going to wacth it in a minute
Keep the high characters coming
You took my thoughts and feels and said them out loud on the internet. I love you.
"...and then see them fight, or kiss."
I was mostly listening to this while doing the dishes, so my whole attention wasn't on it. That line produced a bark of laughter so sudden and loud I'm worried the neighbours could hear it.
Bobby Duke convinced me to subscribe even though I don't watch a lot of horror movies
You are the rightest person to ever say words.
the clips with freddy's dorky glee & the guy getting crunched were so fuckin funny, i almost choked on my food. i absolutely need to watch this shit. also bobby duke is great, please bring him back for more outro silliness.
honestly IDK if there will ever be a truly good Friday the 13th until they fully embrace the idea of Jason as a tragic character. his backstory is so inherently sympathetic, and it contrasts with the almost comical levels of evil he commits due to his trauma from said backstory really well. What I'm saying is the Jason should be the Frankenstein's Monster of slashers (not the full-on good guy / antihero version that's come into vogue in recent years, more the classic suffering bastard man who is still very much a villain despite his many sympathetic aspects). I will admit that might be a challenge to reconcile with the goofier, stab-happy tone that people who like the existing movies seem to gravitate toward the series for, but I think it would be worthwhile to try.
...and honestly on second thought a straight up anti-hero Jason COULD work as well, so long as he's still dangerous enough to pull off the kinds of ridiculous violence he's known for, and unpredictable enough that you can't always assume that he'll only target it at obviously bad people.
In the DVD extras for this movie, there's a "special feature" of a list of the characters, along with their causes of death. One guy's official cause of death is "Heavy Door" and I cannot accurately express to you how hilarious that was to my teenaged mind. FvJ was a delight.
Probably my favourite Freddy or Jason movie tbh. Saw it in the theatre, and I can't imagine knowingly buying a ticket for a movie called Freddie Vs. Jason and not finding that fight at the end just super fun
That man at the end with the glasses! Officer that’s the man that stole my
Heart