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Freddy vs. Jason (2003)

★ 6.1 · 2,821 ratings on TMDB

Even a killer has something to fear.

Freddy vs. Jason poster★ 6.1

Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees return to terrorize the teenagers of Elm Street. Only this time, they're out to get each other, too.

DirectorRonny Yu
CastBrendan Fletcher, Christopher Rodriguez Marquette, Jason Ritter, Katharine Isabelle, Kelly Rowland, Ken Kirzinger
GenresHorror
The emergence reading

In Freddy vs. Jason, consciousness is carried by monsters and creatures — a plane of “nightmare battleground”. The story fights on E8/E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing fear, horror, institution, dream, violence.

↷ monsters and creaturesUSfearhorrorinstitutiondreamviolence
⇄ Parameter shift — the dial this world turnsrigor: loose
E8dreamdreams are chemically suppressed for most people via the drug Hypnocil (cognition · local)
Also inConsciousness hiding in monstersFilms that alter a rule of realityFilms that move consciousness off the human
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Same rung, same subject

Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)E8/E9 · fear, horrorGame of Death (1978)E9/E10 · fear, violenceIntruders (2011)E8/E9 · fear, horrorThe ABCs of Death (2013)E8/E9 · fear, horrorThe Brides of Dracula (1960)E8/E9 · fear, horrorBoogeyman 2 (2007)E8/E10 · fear, institution

Also bends a rule of reality

Other films that change a standing rule of their world — ranked first by those bending it at the same rung.

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)alters at E8 · same rung · looseA Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (1989)alters at E8 · same rung · looseA Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)alters at E8 · same rung · looseWilly's Wonderland (2021)alters at E8 · same rung · looseGirl in the Basement (2021)alters at E8 · same rung · looseThe Signal (2007)alters at E8 · same rung · loose

Also hides consciousness here

Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.

Terrifier (2018)consciousness in monsters · supernatural slasherDark Harvest (2023)consciousness in monsters · cursed harvest festivalNightborn (2026)consciousness in monsters · forest-baby horrorScary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)consciousness in monsters · storybook horrorBlair Witch (2016)consciousness in monsters · cursed forestFright Night (2011)consciousness in monsters · vampire suburb

Same subject, different mask

The same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.

Last Shift (2014)consciousness in the dead · fear, institutionThe Jack in the Box (2019)consciousness in objects · fear, horrorWinnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey (2023)consciousness in animals · horror, violenceSinister 2 (2015)consciousness in the dead · fear, violenceThe Car (1977)consciousness in machines · fear, horrorBad Taste (1987)consciousness in aliens · fear, horror

Same people

Shared director or cast.

Fearless (2006)dir. Ronny YuBride of Chucky (1998)dir. Ronny YuThe 51st State (2001)dir. Ronny YuGinger Snaps Back: The Beginning (2004)Brendan FletcherFrozen II (2019)Jason RitterSonic the Hedgehog (2020)Tom Butler