Sources: Wikidata · OpenAlex. The record of the motion picture, not an assessment of this cell.
FILM NOTES
Freddy vs. Jason arrived in 2003 from New Line Cinema, closing out a project the studio had shepherded for over a decade as fans debated which franchise icon would prevail. Directed by Ronny Yu, it merged two of horror's defining villains, Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees, into a single crossover event, capping New Line's long association with the Nightmare on Elm Street series while giving Paramount's Friday the 13th mythology a rare theatrical crossover outing. It became one of the genre's most anticipated releases of its decade.
This cell preserves the film's opening marker, the frame where the two names are joined on screen for the first time as a single cinematic promise. For collectors, a title card holds particular value because it represents the moment a film declares itself, distinct from trailer cuts or credit rolls that follow. Here, the pairing of Freddy and Jason stands as the entire premise distilled into one image, the meeting point of two horror lineages that had never before shared a marquee.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm theatrical release print of Freddy vs. Jason (2003).
Gauge
35mm, confirmed by four perforations per frame on both edges; the strip holds three frames.
Perforations
Four per frame on both edges, evenly spaced, cleanly punched with no torn or deformed holes visible.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible along the bottom edge beside the picture area, appearing as a dual-stripe analog track; Dolby Digital data blocks are visible in the inter-perforation gaps on the bottom edge, consistent with a Dolby SR/Digital combined soundtrack.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to quote specific key numbers or manufacturer codes.
Base & colour
Base shows a blue-tinted dye image consistent with a color release print; no obvious fading or red shift is apparent.
Projection history
Light longitudinal scratches are visible running parallel to the film length on the picture area, consistent with a projected print.
Picture
Positive color image; all three frames appear to be from the same title-card shot and display the text 'FREDDY VS JASON', consistent with the film on record.
Era check
The combination of Dolby Digital inter-perforation data blocks, analog variable-area optical track, and color polyester base stock is consistent with a theatrical release print from the early 2000s, matching the 2003 release of the film on record.
Read from the original intake capture shown below. Observations only — film is authenticated, not graded.
This original motion picture film element has been examined and authenticated by Crown Grading in partnership with National Film Vault, and encapsulated for archival preservation.
Why so little survivesRelease prints were leased to theaters, not sold. When the run ended they went back to the distributor to be destroyed, and most were. What collectors hold today came from the prints that escaped that order, and no new 35mm prints of these films are being struck.
CROWN SERIAL 000062903
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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