9 Horror Movie Heroes Killed By Their Own Vices

9. Bill Freeburg - Freddy Vs. Jason

"Won't you fly high, Freeburg..."

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Hey, that joke writes itself, as Freddy vs. Jason introduced us to loveable stoner Bill Freeburg (Kyle Labine) as two of horror's greatest big bads did battle back in 2003.

Complete with the look, dialogue, mannerisms and drug habits, Freeburg was every inch Jason Mewes-lite. For this Ronny Yu-helmed picture, New Line Cinema essentially took Mewes' Jay of Kevin Smith's View Askewniverse and dropped him into Springwood.

While Freeburg did get to stroll around the Springwood locale that is synonymous with Freddy Krueger, the character unfortunately didn't make it out to Camp Crystal Lake with the rest of his friends - for he'd be killed during the group's visit to Westin Hills Psychiatric Hospital.

That trip to Westin Hills was done in order to steal a bunch of Hypnocil - the drug that stops dreams, thus stops Freddy Krueger - but that plan hit a bump in the road when Freddy possesses Freeburg, has the stoner pour the Hypnocil away, makes him attack Jason, resulting in Voorhees literally slicing Freebrug in half.

How did this 'possession by Freddy' come about? That's because Freeburg smoked so much weed he hallucinated seeing a bizarre insect creature that breathed the spirit of Krueger into him.

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