You know...."Won" is such an arbirtary term. You'll just have to see the flick to find out.
Let me start by saying that this movie was predictable, stretchy on plot, moderately acted, sexually expoitative, contrived, full of overly-gratuitous amounts of blood...
...and I loved every minute of it.
This was a return to the good old basic slasher flick. So many these days are trying to create the "MacBeth" of horror, with more plot twists than a Presidential election and a cast of the latest MTV darlings of the moment. Sometimes you just wanna see people die, right?
The plotline was a tad thin, with more explanation than necessary, but it worked. The acting was not terrible, but nothing outstanding...with the exception of Robert Englund who brought back everything you love about Freddy. This may be Englund's finest moment as the one-liner killer since Dream Warriors. Ditto the film (if you count it as a Nightmare flick.) As a Jason flick, it was standard fare, but at least this time we get to see Jason use his incredible size and strength against an equal opponent in a couple of the best fight scenes lately. I won't give away who "wins", but I will say that each one faces the other on his own home turf at least once, with Jason being pulled into Freddy's dream-world, and the Fredster getting pulled into our reality to face the towering zombie. The fights are cool, if you're into that, as these two basically beat the ever-lovin' shit out of each other.
There was a time in the '80's when there was a new Friday or Nightmare movie every summer. I had 5 or six friends that were into these sort of things, and we'd all get together, go down to the local theater for a midnight screening. We didn't expect "The Piano", we didn't care if the acting wasn't the best...it was just fun. How many new ways can Freddy or Jason's victims get it? The whole theater yelling "You stupid BITCH!" when the hot blonde comes home, discovers her friends dead and decides that this would be a good time to take a shower. Nobody cared, it was a good time. If you're like me and have a fondness for the Fangoria-era slasher flick, this movie is worth a spin. What's cool about it is that it brings back THE RULES. There are so many brain twisty-type "horror" films, that nobody uses THE RULES anymore: The asshole prick is the first to bite it...the geeky kid becomes a hero...the hottest guy and the hottest girl survive...you drink or smoke, you DIE...you have sex, you DIE...I'm not giving anything away here, you can see it coming a mile away...
...but that's the charm. Great flick! 😎