New Line and Crossover Era

This thread covers the later New Line and crossover years of the Friday the 13th saga, the stretch where the franchise pushed Jason Voorhees into stranger territory. Jason Goes to Hell (1993) toys with body-hopping mythology, Jason X (2001) launches him into outer space in the year 2455, Freddy vs. Jason (2003) finally pits him against the Elm Street killer, and the 2009 film reboots the Crystal Lake origin for a new audience.

It is a movies-only run, and the entries trend toward the gimmicky, with the low ratings to match, though Freddy vs. Jason delivers exactly the showdown its title promises. The throughline is Jason himself, an unkillable engine of slasher mayhem that the series kept finding new contexts to unleash.

The New Line and Crossover Era franchise spans 4 movies in the CrossBinge catalog.

Part of Friday the 13th.