Time has passed since his last killing campaign and now Freddy (Englund) is stuck in hell. All the kids who remember him are locked away in an asylum, doped up to sleep and not dream. If no-one remembers him he can't come back. So he sends Jason (Kirzinger) to Elm Street on a murderous spree, hoping that he will reawaken memories and so give Freddy access to the world of dreams once again. Unfortunately Jason doesn't stop his slasher fest at just Elm Street and Freddy decides that Jason is getting a little too big for his boots and the fight is on!

Don't worry if you haven't seen the Nightmare on Elm Street or Friday the 13th movies, as this movie gives a nice history lesson at the beginning of the film. You may think that in a battle between two evils the end result is of little importance. Somehow though I found myself going for Jason - the poor guy had a pretty traumatic childhood from what I could see, and Freddy is just evil for the fun of it. If you like anything to do with horror then you'll love this one. It's a typical slasher film but manages to still come up with some entertaining death sequences, and you can legitimately barrack for a bad guy!

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a recent remake of Tobe Hooper's horror classic. Set in rural Texas during the 1970s, a group of sleek, corn-fed youngsters (including Eric Balfour from "Six Feet Under" and Biel) are driving from Mexico to attend a Lynyrd Skynyrd concert. They meet a young woman who has been traumatised by evils that she cannot bring herself to name. The travellers are then drawn into a nightmare of violence. The patronising depiction of rural people may offend some viewers. The horror is explicit enough to overwhelm the message inherent in the contrast between the free-loving, hedonistic, youngsters and their malicious persecutors. Depending on your perspective, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre either exploits the vilest appetites of cinemagoers or simply depicts truths that our society can only acknowledge via lurid B-grade films: innocence has no natural advantage over evil, trust between strangers is fragile and sometimes futile and social exclusion breeds monsters. This remake lacks the suspense that made the original so extraordinary, but the victims are better looking. It may appeal to aficionados of horror.