Also opening this week; Film.

From: The Evening Standard (London, England) | Date: August 14, 2003| Author: Sweet, Matthew | Copyright information

Byline: MATTHEW SWEET

Freddy V Jason (18)

Robert Englund, Jason Ritter, Kelly Rowland. Dir: Ronny Yu. US, 94min

What do you do with a pair of ailing horror franchises in need of an infusion of new blood?

That's right. In the noble tradition of Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter, the killer woodsman in the hockey mask and the bogeyman with the fedora and the metal talons have agreed to a kind of demonic job-share, sending a well-s...

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