FACTS

03. Filmed in Vancouver British Columbia & Toronto Ontario Canada

04. Veteran Friday the 13th actor Kane Hodder wanted to reprise his role as Jason Voorhees in this film, but was denied the role because the filmmakers wanted Jason to have "sympathic eyes" and wanted him to be a closer physical match to Freddy. Ken Kirzinger, who won the role of Jason Voorhees, played a New York cook and was also the stunt coordinator in Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan.

05. Katharine Isabelle was originally cast as a no longer existing character named Jenny, while Lauren Lee Smith was cast as Gibb. But when the Character of Jenny was erased from further re-writes, Katharine Isabelle took over the part of Gibb, and Lauren Lee Smith was no longer in the film.

06. Jason Bateman was originally cast as Will, but was replaced by Jason Ritter.

07. Brad Renfro was originally cast as Will, but dropped out.

08. Gibb ('Katherine Isabelle' ) is always shown wearing a red baseball hat. This is an reference from Carrie, where P.J. Soles' character would always wear a red baseball cap. Isabelle co-starred in the TV remake of Carrie.

09. Robert Shaye (producer of all the "Nightmare" movies) appears as "Principal Shaye" (credited as L.E. Moko)

10. During the final fight at Crystal Lake, Freddy says, "Hey Asshole!" to Jason. That line is usually said by the "hero" of the other Friday the 13th movies.

11. During test and advance screenings, the ending was not added to the film. Instead, a black screen came up saying. "See the conclusion of who wins on August 15th, the release of the film theatrically."