Before Freddy Krueger injected his brand of dark humor into the slasher genre, the medium was dominated by masked killers like Friday the 13th’s Jason Voorhees and Halloween’s Michael Myers. While the two couldn’t have been more different in terms of presence, their demeanor was eerily similar, as both were incredibly imposing figures that never spoke and showed no mercy. In addition, both have laid waste to dozens — if not hundreds — of victims through the course of successful and long-running (if not always brilliant) franchises. Both killers even have their own ties to the supernatural (depending on the movie) that help make them powerful threats.If these two horror icons were to ever clash head-on, who would win? Jason or Michael Myers? The question is trickier than it seems, in part because both franchises have an exceedingly convoluted histories that defy easy rules for how their respective killers work. The two have never formally faced off, as Jason did with Freddy in 2003’s Freddy vs. Jason. Even if they did, the results would likely be inconclusive, as they were in that film and countless similar match-ups throughout pop culture. An answer can be found, though it depends at least a little on audiences inferring certain details, and remains open to speculation and reinterpretation, as new projects continue to be produced.Michael’s goal of killing Laurie Strode and the rest of his bloodline offers many perks, such as turning him into a machine that never stops and shows no mercy. He can also take immeasurable amounts of damage, including being shot, burned and stabbed. However, due to the curse, Michael isn’t entirely in control of his own free will. He is a one-track-minded person, and while that’s great for someone who isn’t in his sights, it places him at a disadvantage when facing someone like Jason. The specificity of the date works against him as well, giving him just a single night to commit his crimes and leaving the rest of the year more or less safe. Jason, by contrast, isn’t bound by the Friday the 13th date the way Michael is, but merely denotes the day that he drowned as a boy. While additional rampages have taken place on the date, nothing formally dictates that he kill only on that day.
Before Freddy Krueger injected his brand of dark humor into the slasher genre, the medium was dominated by masked killers like Friday the 13th‘s Jason Voorhees and Halloween‘s Michael Myers. While the two couldn’t have been more different in terms of presence, their demeanor was eerily similar, as both were incredibly imposing figures that never spoke and showed no mercy. In addition, both have laid waste to dozens — if not hundreds — of victims through the course of successful and long-running (if not always brilliant) franchises. Both killers even have their own ties to the supernatural (depending on the movie) that help make them powerful threats.
If these two horror icons were to ever clash head-on, who would win? Jason or Michael Myers? The question is trickier than it seems, in part because both franchises have an exceedingly convoluted histories that defy easy rules for how their respective killers work. The two have never formally faced off, as Jason did with Freddy in 2003’s Freddy vs. Jason. Even if they did, the results would likely be inconclusive, as they were in that film and countless similar match-ups throughout pop culture. An answer can be found, though it depends at least a little on audiences inferring certain details, and remains open to speculation and reinterpretation, as new projects continue to be produced.
Michael’s goal of killing Laurie Strode and the rest of his bloodline offers many perks, such as turning him into a machine that never stops and shows no mercy. He can also take immeasurable amounts of damage, including being shot, burned and stabbed. However, due to the curse, Michael isn’t entirely in control of his own free will. He is a one-track-minded person, and while that’s great for someone who isn’t in his sights, it places him at a disadvantage when facing someone like Jason. The specificity of the date works against him as well, giving him just a single night to commit his crimes and leaving the rest of the year more or less safe. Jason, by contrast, isn’t bound by the Friday the 13th date the way Michael is, but merely denotes the day that he drowned as a boy. While additional rampages have taken place on the date, nothing formally dictates that he kill only on that day.
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