Freddy vs. Jason is a 2003 American fictional crossover slasher film directed by Ronny Yu. The main characters include horror icons Freddy Krueger (from the A Nightmare on Elm Street series) and Jason Voorhees (from the Friday the 13th series). In the series continuity for both franchises, the events of this film take place after Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare and Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday.

Plot

Freddy Krueger is trapped in Hell, and enraged as the children of Springwood have forgotten about him, making him powerless, thus he cannot come back on his own. Determined to make them remember and fear him, Freddy locates Jason Voorhees in Hell and disguises himself as Jason's mother, Pamela Voorhees, convincing him to rise again and go to Springwood to kill children, allowing Freddy to be remembered. Jason arrives in Elm Street, sneaking into the house where Nancy Thompson used to live, now owned by Lori Campbell and her father. Lori, her friends Kia, Gibb, Blake and Trey, are in the house, Trey is brutally killed by Jason. The group is taken in for questioning, Lori overhearing several police officers include Deputy Stubbs discussing Freddy. She falls asleep and has a dream about Freddy, allowing him to gain some of his powers back. However, he is unable to kill Blake, so he leaves it to Jason to kill him and his father.