{"id":1932,"date":"2007-09-09T21:04:46","date_gmt":"2007-09-09T21:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com\/blog\/?p=110"},"modified":"2007-09-09T21:04:46","modified_gmt":"2007-09-09T21:04:46","slug":"james-kuhoric%e2%80%99s-horror-3-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nightmareonelmstreetfilms.com\/site\/james-kuhoric%e2%80%99s-horror-3-way\/","title":{"rendered":"James Kuhoric\u2019s Horror 3-Way"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wizard<\/a><\/strong> posted an interview with Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash writer James Kuhoric:<\/p>\n

JAMES KUHORIC\u2019S HORROR 3-WAY<\/strong>
\nThe writer talks about getting paid to write fan fiction for DC and Dynamite\u2019s Freddy Vs. Jason Vs. Ash
\nBy Brian Warmoth<\/p>\n

Posted September 8, 2007\u00a0 12:00 PM<\/p>\n

The Internet is awash with more fan fiction than the world could ever hope to read, but James Kuhoric snagged many a horror junkie\u2019s dream role when Dynamite Entertainment brought him on board to write the Army of Darkness series. This November, his geeky enjoyment gets cubed as DC and Dynamite launch their three-pronged horrorfest Freddy Vs. Jason Vs. Ash by Kuhoric and artist Jason Craig, throwing two more icons onto the writer\u2019s plate. And he\u2019s ready to dive in like a starving Deadite.<\/p>\n

Kuhoric explained the origin of the series by phone, recounting the story of its rise from a canned film pitch from Jeff Katz to finding a home in comics\u2014and if one thing is clear, it\u2019s that the book would have been hard-pressed to find a writer better versed in its three franchises of horror mythos.
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\nWIZARD: How do you think you got matched up with this project?<\/strong><\/p>\n

KUHORIC: They looked me up because of my work on Army of Darkness. I\u2019ve been on it for a couple of years now. We\u2019ve had a number of adventures with Ash. We\u2019ve really put him through the wringer so far, and I can\u2019t think of a better way to test his limits than to put him up against somebody like Jason or Freddy.<\/p>\n

What has the experience been like for you as a creator working with movie icons you were previously familiar with from the outside?<\/strong><\/p>\n

KUHORIC: It\u2019s been great. \u201cArmy of Darkness\u201d and \u201cEvil Dead\u201d have been some of my favorite films of all time, and getting a chance to play around with one of the most iconic characters of weird, goofy horror and humor movies with Ash has been a great experience. Anytime you get to play around with something you enjoy, it\u2019s the best of both worlds.<\/p>\n

Is there going to be any carryover from the Ash stuff you\u2019ve done up until this point, or how did you jump into this new story? Or is it off in its own world?<\/strong><\/p>\n

KUHORIC: For this project, it all started with Jeff Katz a couple of years ago when he was looking at coming up with a sequel to \u201cFreddy vs. Jason\u201d and pitching the horror movie that everybody wanted to see\u2014putting Ash in the \u201cNightmare\u201d and \u201cFriday\u201d worlds, giving him a chance to fight some of the best monster movie guys that have been created over the last three or four decades. I was lucky enough to have my name brought up in the talent pool when they were talking about who would be a good person to fill in the blanks on Jeff\u2019s treatment. And since they asked me, obviously I was very interested.<\/p>\n

So did Katz originally come with the script to Dynamite? Or did Nick Barrucci just know that the script was floating around out there?<\/strong><\/p>\n

KUHORIC: I think he knew. When we talked to people over at WildStorm about dealing with New Line and the potential of doing a crossover for the comic books, it was fairly well known over at New Line that the treatment existed. I don\u2019t know how well known it was in the general public, because I didn\u2019t know it had gotten that far. I knew there was a lot of talk about the movie several years ago. It seemed like it was moving forward until all of the sudden, literally overnight it crashed.<\/p>\n

But there was a treatment done, and Jeff did the treatment for it which was approved by New Line and MGM at the time. So it was in existence and we thought, \u201cWhat a great place to start in a day when we\u2019re seeing a lot of TV stuff done in comics, with Buffy and Angel and whatnot, to bring about a movie that because of some Hollywood problems will never get made.\u201d We can make it in comics.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the point of entry for the story in the comic?
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\nKUHORIC: It\u2019s kind of a direct sequel to \u201cFreddy Vs. Jason.\u201d It happens about five years after the movie. At the end of \u201cFreddy Vs. Jason,\u201d Freddy is dead for all intents and purposes, but he is still alive in a tiny little portion of Jason\u2019s brain, and he essentially can only use Jason as his earthly means to try to come back. The story is Freddy\u2019s gambit to try to get the Necronomicon to allow him to come back at full strength, and it just so happens that our boy Ash is being transferred to the Crystal Lake version of the Mega Super Ultra S-Mart and stumbles right into the middle of it.<\/p>\n

So will there be one penultimate fight seen where all three of them rumble at the same time?<\/strong><\/p>\n

KUHORIC: There\u2019s not going to be one. There\u2019s going to be many. From issue #3 on it\u2019s a rolling fight between these guys. It\u2019s pretty exciting.<\/p>\n

Who has the advantage over whom in the scheme of this epic altercation? How does that work out?<\/strong><\/p>\n

KUHORIC: Wow. [Takes a deep breath] How does that work out? They each have different strengths. Jason is this unstoppable force. Freddy is a finesse guy. And Ash is just a lead-with-your-chin kind of guy. If you look at the match-up of the three, the best of the whole series is seeing what these guys can do to each other. When you get to the end and see who finally wins\u2014<\/p>\n

Wait, so someone actually wins? As in one of the three of them will come out on top?<\/strong><\/p>\n

KUHORIC: All I\u2019m saying is that someone will walk away. The fun of it is that these guys are classics when it comes to movie monsters. Even Ash is thrown in there. Having a chance to put them in the same world and see them duke it out and all the craziness that ensues is awesome. It\u2019s definitely going to be a fan favorite.<\/p>\n

In his original treatment, Jeff didn\u2019t hold anything back. The stuff that happens is crazy!<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the setting for the series? You said it kicks off in Crystal Lake.<\/strong><\/p>\n

KUHORIC: It\u2019s in Crystal Lake, which is where Jason is always at\u2014unless he\u2019s in space or in hell or in New York. Crystal Lake has had five years of peace since the \u201cFreddy Vs. Jason\u201d movie, and they think that they\u2019ve moved on. They\u2019re even renaming the town to Forest Green, which is a nod to \u201cFriday VI\u201d where they have the name changed. The whole area has been redeveloped, and they\u2019re trying to move ahead, and Jason has been very quiet obviously when Freddy starts up the craziness again. That\u2019s where we pick up the story\u2014in that pre-holiday renaming festival atmosphere.
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\nHow widely does your familiarity go with the Freddy and Jason movies? There are so many.<\/strong><\/p>\n

KUHORIC: To be honest with you, I\u2019ve seen them all about 10 times each.<\/p>\n

[Laughs] Really? Even the outer space installment?<\/strong><\/p>\n

KUHORIC: Oh, that one is great! That\u2019s probably one of the three best \u201cFriday\u201d films.<\/p>\n

Which other movies make up your top three?<\/strong><\/p>\n

KUHORIC: Obviously the first one. That one is fantastic. \u201cJason X\u201d is a lot of fun because it\u2019s not serious at all. Just putting him into space, seeing the upgrade, the robot, and seeing the virtual destruction when he gets put into the virtual room with the Camp Crystal Lake girls\u2014that\u2019s just fun stuff. I\u2019m not saying it\u2019s one of the best movies of all time, but it\u2019s certainly fun to watch.<\/p>\n

Then, I\u2019d probably say \u201cJason Goes to Hell.\u201d It wasn\u2019t a great movie, but the ending with the Freddy glove coming out was classic. That set up a lot of stuff.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve watched all of them a bunch of times, and I own all of the DVDs, so I pop them in for reference all the time.<\/p>\n

I knew you were a fan, but I did not know you were a superfan.<\/strong><\/p>\n

KUHORIC: I\u2019m an \u00fcber-geek when it comes to this stuff, and that\u2019s one of the coolest parts about the whole project. Jeff is a huge fan. He\u2019s the guy who was behind \u201cFreddy Vs. Jason.\u201d Jason Craig, the artist, is a real \u201cFriday\u201d fiend. He\u2019s a guy who knows Jason backwards and forwards. Tom Mason\u2019s a big \u201cNightmare\u201d guy, and obviously I\u2019ve been a huge fan of the \u201cEvil Dead\u201d stuff forever. We\u2019re all acting as checks and balances against each other to make sure everybody acts right and does what they should do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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