William "Bill" Freeburg is a murder victim and played by actor Kyle Labine in the 2003 crossover film, Freddy vs. Jason.
His Story[]
Bill Freeburg was a young man from the town of Springwood, Ohio. He was born around the year 1985 and was a student at Springwood High School.
Freeburg was the embodiment of the modern-day "stoner" and enjoyed nothing more than spending his days and nights smoking marijuana and partying.
In 2003, a fellow high school student named Trey Cooper was viciously murdered by an unidentified maniac.
Students at Springwood High, including Freeburg and another boy named Shack, decided to hold a rave that evening under the premise of "safety in numbers".
Freeburg and Shack passed out flyers for the rave and he claimed that they were doing it in honor of Trey, though in truth, he likely would have championed having the party regardless of the cause.
The rave was held in a corn field and dozens of students showed up in attendance.
While standing in the beer line, Freeburg spoke about the brutality of Trey's murder to a guy and girl standing in front of him.
Trey's girlfriend, Gibb Smith, was unimpressed with Freeburg's insensitive demeanor and threw an empty plastic cup at him.
During the party, Trey's murderer appeared. It was hockey-masked serial killer Jason Voorhees.
Jason slashed his way through numerous ravers, and only a handful including Freeburg, were able to get away.
Freeburg piled into a van along with Will Rollins, Lori Campbell, Charlie Linderman, and Kia Waterson and drove off. He pointedly noted to the group, "Dude, that goalie was pissed about something!".
They all met back up at Freeburg's house to stay safe. Will and Lori showed up later after witnessing their friend Mark Davis being murdered by an altogether different killer; a demonic entity named Freddy Krueger who murdered people in their dreams.
Freeburg was not impressed with hearing about Freddy, inquiring, "What kind of pussy comes after you in your dreams anyway? Now that big-ass motherfucker back at the cornfield, all right, that's who we should be afraid of. Tell me who the fuck that was!"
The group determined that in order to protect themselves from Freddy Krueger, they needed access to a dream suppressant drug called Hypnocil.
This could only be obtained from the Westin Hills Psychiatric Hospital. The group, along with Deputy Scott Stubbs, drove out to Westin Hills in search of Hypnocil.
When they arrived, they found the security command center empty. The others went off in search of Hypnocil, but Freeburg remained behind to take a "j-break". Using a lighter left behind by a security guard, he started smoking a joint in the surveillance room.
After smoking enough weed (in combination with whatever he smoke and/or drank previously), Freeburg became insensate enough so that Freddy could appear before him.
He took the form of a demonic caterpillar and produced a hookah. Blowing a large puff of smoke in Freeburg's face, he was able to guide the young man's actions and Freeburg went to D-Ward where he saw a bunch of comatose patients.
The patients began whispering to him, instructing him to take all of the Hypnocil from a supply cabinet and dump them down the drain. Krueger's caterpillar form appeared on the ceiling and jumped on Freeburg, forcing its way into his mouth.
Freddy now had complete control over him. Locking the doors to the ward, he began dumping the Hypnocil into the sink. Afterward, he filled up two giant tranquilizer needles. Jason had grown beyond Freddy's ability to control him and he needed to bring him down. The possessed Freeburg marched down the corridor as Lori, Will, and Kia ran past him. Will tried to get him to come with them until Freeburg, who was possessed by Freddy said, "Let me handle this, bitch".
Bill's death at the hands of Jason Voorhees
Jason stalked down the corridor towards them and Freddy stabbed him in the neck with both needles. Before the tranquilizer could take effect, Jason cut him in half with one swing from his machete just as Freeburg regained control of his body.
He is Jason's 149th murder victim.
Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Bill Freeburg was created by director Ronny Yu and screenwriters Damian Shannon and Mark Swift.
- Bill Freeburg's appearance and personality is reminiscent of actor Jason Mewes, who is best known for his portrayal of a stoner named Jay in comedy films directed by Kevin Smith.
- Bill Freeburg is the twenty-second character death in Freddy vs. Jason. This includes deaths that take place in a dream, revealed in flashback or referenced by other characters. He is the fifteenth actual character murdered by Jason Voorhees in the film. He is the eighteenth total character killed by Jason if one includes three characters that he killed in a dream sequence. He is the fourteenth male character killed in the film.
Other Wikis[]
- Bill Freeburg on the Horror wiki.
- Bill Freeburg on the A Nightmare on Elm Street wiki.