Freddy vs. Jason is a 2003 American slasher film featuring the characters Freddy Krueger from A Nightmare on Elm Street and Jason Voorhees from Friday the 13th. Directed by Ronny Yu and written by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift, the film is a crossover between the A Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th franchises, being the eighth and eleventh installments of each series, respectively. The film stars Monica Keena, Kelly Rowland, Jason Ritter, Christopher George Marquette, Lochlyn Munro, and Robert Englund.