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HATCHET's killer is Victor Crowley, a grossly misshapen New Orleans bayou boogeyman who suffered an accidental hatchet to the face when his father tried to rescue him from a fire. When broken-hearted college boy Ben ditches his friends during a pre-Katrina Mardi Gras in favour of a cheesy Haunted Swamp tour, he finds himself on a boat full of misfits with an inexperienced tour guide just in from Detroit. Soon, the boat is sinking, and the passengers who also include an aspiring porn director and his two stars, a middle-aged couple, and a young woman with a vendetta against Crowley--come face-to-face with the monstrous killer.Product Identifiers
ProducerScott Altomare, Sarah Elbert, Cory Neal
EAN5050582514520
eBay Product ID (ePID)62895629
Product Key Features
ActorDeon Richmond, Parry Shen, Kane Hodder, Joel Moore, Tony Todd, Robert Englund, Mercedes Mcnab, Tamara Feldman
Film/TV TitleHatchet
DirectorAdam Green
LanguageEnglish
Run Time81 Mins
Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
FormatDVD
Release Year2008
FeaturesMaking of Hatchet\Featurettes\Gag Reel, Widescreen
FranchiseHatchet
GenreHorror/Occult, General
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate18
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
ComposerAndy Garfield
ReviewsDaily Telegraph - Fun horror-comedy about tourists being picked off in the swamps. Tongues are firmly in cheeks; heads don't stay long on shoulders
Additional InformationThe slasher film all but died with the release of SCREAM (1996). From that point on, the genre became populated with slick studio productions starring the latest round of teen television stars, while gore and terror all but disappeared. HATCHET director Adam green clearly longs for the early days of the VCR, when films like MADMAN (1982), THE BURNING (1981), and THE PROWLER (1981) gave us psycho killers with grudges, deformities, and axes to grindùusually very graphically against the heads of promiscuous teens.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>HATCHET's killer is Victor Crowley, a grossly misshapen New Orleans bayou boogeyman who suffered an accidental hatchet to the face when his father tried to rescue him from a fire. When broken-hearted college boy Ben (Joel Moore) ditches his friends during a pre-Katrina Mardi Gras in favour of a cheesy Haunted Swamp tour, he finds himself on a boat full of misfits with an inexperienced tour guide (Perry Shen) just in from Detroit. Soon, the boat is sinking, and the passengers who also include an aspiring porn director and his two stars, a middle-aged couple, and a young woman with a vendetta against Crowley--come face-to-face with the monstrous killer.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Green clearly isn't against mixing humour in with his scares---HATCHET is rather liberal with laughs and has a generally light-hearted tone. But when the gore comes in, it's strong and noxious---though usually very dimly lit, this is messy stuff. He also shows his appreciation for horror film history by giving cameos to Robert Freddy Krueger England and Tony Candyman Todd and casting Kane Jason Voorhees Hodder as Crowley. HATCHET is a lively, funny, and reverent 1980Æs-style gore film that is certain to get a roomful of gorehounds howling with approval.
ScreenwriterAdam Green
Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1
Movie/TV TitleHatchet
Director of PhotographyWill Barratt
Consumer AdviceContains strong bloody violence and gore