Plot When a group of tourists find themselves lost in a haunted New Orleans swamp, their evening of fun gets slashed into a horrific nightmare...
Review Berserking it like Scream never happened, Adam Green’s salute to the slasher’s gory days is well-tutored in the old school, but in serious need of a lesson in suspense.
More scenario than plot, the movie sends two college kids (Joel Moore and Deon Richmond) plus assorted bimbo axe-fodder into the New Orleans swamps on a boat tour gone wrong, and dumps them on the doorstep of the local mutant hick.
The first act plays like a corny fratboy comedy; the rest a headless-chicken run-around as coherence gives way to lurid carnage. Green worked on an aborted Cabin Fever sequel, and for all its retro licks, that’s what Hatchet recalls most: an uneven comedy-horror homage that gets by on enthusiasm.
Verdict Like Scream never happened, this is an uneven comedy-horror homage that gets by on enthusiasm alone.
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As a brainless slasher movie, it's great fun. Empire, why did you review this as a piece of disinguished horror? It's just a laugh. It's got Kane Frickin Hodder in it too! ... Read More
in the style of Friday 13th and others this is pure slasher: gore, insane killer that cant be stopped, shite acting and getting great enjoyment out of seeing a slut get a face lift from a psycho with a sanding machine. And lets face it excluding about 3, the slasher films are poo but in a strange way isn't that what makes them in a way ..umm ... good? ... Read More
in the style of Friday 13th and others this is pure slasher: gore, insane killer that cant be stopped, shite acting and getting great enjoyment out of seeing a slut get a face lift from a psycho with a sanding machine. And lets face it excluding about 3, the slasher films are poo but in a strange way isn't that what makes them in a way ..umm ... good? ... Read More
in the style of Friday 13th and others this is pure slasher: gore, insane killer that cant be stopped, shite acting and getting great enjoyment out of seeing a slut get a face lift from a psycho with a sanding machine. And lets face it excluding about 3, the slasher films are poo but in a strange way isn't that what makes them in a way ..umm ... good? ... Read More
I'm glad I watched a illegal download of this shit because if I'd paid admission price I'd be taking Green to the small claims court. Enthusiasm is all very admirable but doesn't warrant an extra star. ... Read More
I agree with damn i'm good!... That is harsh. Summing up act 1 as a frat-boy comedy is spot on, but criticizing it for it's lack of suspense? Come on! The whole film is a comedy! I laughed my ass of at the asian tour-guide putting on the New Orleans accent ('Y'all try the crawfish?')... And the cameos are just perfect. It's a bit misleading to slap Englunds AND Todds names on the cover, but they both did a great job. I loved the fact that Old pizza face himself paid a long overdue hommage to Dea... Read More
Finally saw this today after waiting what seemed like ages for it to be released.
Hatchet is a good slasher flick, made memorable by the inventive grisly kills.
It's not however, the next great horror film as some would have you believe mainly due to the fact that its not in the least bit scary.
Well worth a watch for horror fans, and yes, even after reading criticism of the ending I must say I was still a bit taken back by it!
3 stars
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Tries to hard at times to play up the comedy angle, but once the killings start......very gory, very clever. Surely the sequel (there must be one!) will improve on this, and not get worse.... ... Read More
I saw this earlier in the year,and thought it was pretty good. It's a low budget tribute to the slasher flicks of the eighties, and works well. No,it's not scary, and it's tongue is set firmly in it's cheek, but it is entertaining, inventive and funny. 3/5 from me. ... Read More
Just saw Hatchet a few days ago, I became interested in it after hearing that it was a smash-hit at various film-festivals. The film was marketed as "old-school American Horror", which it very much is. An homage of sorts to the slasher movies of the late 70s and 80s, no holds barred. The tagline of the film, "It's not a remake. It's not a sequel. And it's not based on a Japanese one.", is fairly clunky, but amusing and entertaining, which in turn reflects the actual film pretty well. The plo... Read More
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