Freddy Vs Jason (2003) ***

Probably the best "Nightmare On Elm Street" film and definitely the best "Friday The 13th" movie. Not much was really expected from the pairing of Elm Street's blade-slashing baddie Freddy Krueger with hockey-masked Friday's maniac Jason Voorhees. Except for one thing - its Hong Kong director, Ronny Yu, who has directed one of the most beautiful Asian fantasy film of all times, ''The Bride With The White Hair'' (1993). And thanks to Yu's great visual flair, ''Freddy Vs Jason'' (2003) is indeed a superior example of the slasher genre. The plot is simple: trapped in Hell, Freddy seeks a way to return to Earth and terrify a new generation of Elm Street kids...and finds it by resurrecting Jason; but when Jason's killing spree makes Freddy jealous, the stage is set for a sinister showdown between the two villains.