Out of all the modern generation of "monsters", Jason Voorhees' always been my personal favorite. With Freddy Krueger a close second.
If others like Michael Myers could be simply described as a pretty straightforward boogeyman, the embodiment of pure evil, Freddy as a "child molester/killer" was a more personal evil, the one that got after you. While Jason as a kid born with a deformity-turned slasher was a more sympathetic evil, a vengeful one.
When word got out they were crossing over both these pop culture icon back in the day, many of us longtime fans saw the chance to finally get a pretty terrifying horror film that would present us a "best of" the genre...
If others like Michael Myers could be simply described as a pretty straightforward boogeyman, the embodiment of pure evil, Freddy as a "child molester/killer" was a more personal evil, the one that got after you. While Jason as a kid born with a deformity-turned slasher was a more sympathetic evil, a vengeful one.
When word got out they were crossing over both these pop culture icon back in the day, many of us longtime fans saw the chance to finally get a pretty terrifying horror film that would present us a "best of" the genre...
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