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Richard Molnar:

A few years before retiring from work on set, I was a member of the 2nd unit crew for FREDDY VS JASON. Ostensively I was the 2nd Unit Prop Master, but functionally, I acted as the "bladed -weapons repair & wrangler -guy".  There were many different versions of both character's signature weapon, each with special attributes to accommodate specific scripted action:

Freddy:
  • "Hero-version" bladed glove, with steel blades.
  • "Hero-version" bladed glove, with aluminium blades. 
  • "Safety-enhanced" bladed glove, with aluminium vacuum-plated, soft-plastic blades.
  • "Stunt-version" bladed glove, with painted rubber blades.
  • "Impaled-blade-version" bladed glove, with blades cut down to various lengths.

Jason:
  • "Hero-version" machete, with steel blades.
  • "Fly-by-wire-version" machete, rigged to travel along monofilament.
  • "Stunt-version" machete, with rubber blade (supported by an integrated still plastic mandrill).
  • "Flaming-version" machete, with steel blades that featured cut-out sections. These sections were filled with a fireproof and porous material that could absorb flammable liquid.
  • "Impaled-blade-version" machete, with blades cut down to various lengths.

Jason's machette was relatively low maintenance.  I did however require a clamping device be mounted to my "set-cart" to hold the machete, while I carefully drizzled stage-blood onto the blade. I was constantly redressing blood on that machete!

Freddy's glove was another matter.  Because there were so many versions available, I was often substituting one type for another within a given scene, as constantly changing conditions demanded.  This also required that I carefully match the "blood-drizzles" on the blades established for that particular scene, for each version used.  For some reason, Jason's machetes weren't changed-out as often.


More challenging however, was the constant breakage the finger-blades incurred.  I had an assortment of replacements I could changeout as needed that comprised of a copper finger-tip section, with finger blade attached.   I also had riveting kit, which was used to replace any I'd have to drill-out, as a function of replacing the copper finger tips.  These repairs were conducted from my set-cart, sometimes just in time, before the camera would roll!

Occasionally challenging, but great fun to do…  given the easy-going and professional cast and crew.