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FILM NOTES
Freddy vs. Jason arrived in 2003 as New Line Cinema's long-gestating crossover, uniting two of horror's most durable franchises after years of rights negotiations and false starts. Directed by Ronny Yu, it closed out the Friday the 13th series' original theatrical run and gave the Nightmare on Elm Street mythology its final big-screen bow before later reboots, drawing audiences eager to see Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees share the same frame at last.
This cell isolates Jason Voorhees, the machete-wielding, hockey-masked killer of Crystal Lake whose silent, unstoppable presence has made him one of horror's most collected icons across decades of merchandise and memorabilia. A close-up frame from this picture places him at the center of the very showdown fans had waited nearly two decades to see, a moment built entirely around his signature stillness and menace. For collectors, isolating Jason this way preserves a single beat of the character's legacy, distinct from Freddy's dialogue-driven scenes, within the physical film print itself.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm theatrical release print of Freddy vs. Jason (2003).
Gauge
35mm, confirmed by four perforations per frame visible on both edges; the strip holds three frames.
Perforations
Four per frame on both edges; spacing appears even and the punched holes appear cleanly formed with rounded rectangular shape.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible between the picture area and the lower perforation row, showing a dual bilateral waveform pattern consistent with a stereo optical track; a second narrower data region with a repeating block pattern is also present, consistent with a Dolby Digital data track in the inter-perforation zone.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to read any key numbers or manufacturer text.
Base & colour
The base shows a cyan-tinted safety stock backing; the dye image reads in cool blue-purple tones with no obvious red shift or significant fading apparent.
Projection history
Light longitudinal lines are visible running parallel to the film length across the frame area, consistent with projection wear; no splices or cue marks are seen.
Picture
Positive colour image; all three frames appear to be the same shot with no cut between them, consistent with a release print positive.
Era check
The combination of cyan-base safety stock, dual bilateral optical track, and Dolby Digital inter-perforation data blocks is consistent with a theatrical release print from the early 2000s, matching the 2003 release date 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 000062905
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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