just watch it!

Awesome Movie

The film was still a fun one that will make you laugh and have you leaving the theater feeling like you just stole something valuable and got away with it.

Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

It's your run of the mill horror film. Legend goes boy that was disfigured was home alone one Halloween night. Local teens want to get him out of the house so they set off firecrackers only it starts a fire. The boys dad comes home and trying to get the boy out accidentally hits him in the head with a hatchet and kills him. Now the ghost runs through the swamp.Fast forward now to Mardi Gras when some tourists and a local go on a scary boat ride in the night. You have your typical Bimbos showing their breasts to a porn producer. The old couple (old man a know it all) The comic relief and his friend who has broken up with his long term girlfriend who went on tour to forget her, the tour guide and last but not least a gun wielding local who is looking for her daddy and brother who went missing a few days prior. They end up hitting a rock sinking the boat and now trying to stay alive walking through the swamp. All to picked off one by one by the hatchet wielding disfigured madman. The acting isn't award winning but then most horror films employ b-actors. For the most part I was waiting and hoping that the "bimbos" would be picked off quickly as they are beyond annoying. If your wondering if they are just playing to be bad actors I don't think so. I've seen the blond before and she was just as bad and annoying. Reminds me of tori spelling actually. So that tells you just how bad she is. Lol There's not a lot of jump out of your seats moments, no creative killing tools. Your basic hands, hatchet, chain saw. A fair amount of gore and fast paced enough that you don't get bored. One question that i have, which i know it's Hollywood so anything goes and your suppose to just go with it. But the boy was disfigured and small and couldn't even feed himself (a scene showed his daddy having to feed him) yet now as a "ghost" he's huge and can swing a hatchet?? But as slasher movies go this one isn't the worse. It's a one time watch and as soon as I'm done writing this I'm going to look up hatchet 2 just for fun.

I didn't expect much selecting this movie on my On Demand service. Never heard of it before but figured why the Hell not? This movie actually was decent, all things considered. Kane Hodder is intimidatingly huge, and as always plays a great villain. The character seemed to be the villain is actually someone who you actually, at points, empathize with. It does have some odd... plot holes that didn't seem to make much sense, but its a movie so why not go along for the ride? I do not believe I will watch it again, but it was at the same time, not a complete waste of time. The ending angered me, and that is all I will really mention about that. Anyone who has seen it should understand its likeness to other infuriating conclusions. I can't really see myself giving this more than a 6 for a rating. It was decent, not great, and definitely not on the bad side of decent.

A truly frightening horror film from the talented hand of director Adam Green which succeeds in terrifying as well as being funny. The wit is as sharp as the titular instrument of mayhem and the satire and sarcasm is quite effective. Green uses his limited budget with the expertise of the true cinema artist and never lets any of the corners cut to be obvious. The cast is uniformly excellent and each actor creates a character that is totally unique and human. There is certainly blood shed but never gratuitously and always in furtherance of the plot. Parents should be warned that the proceedings are intense and the suspense unrelenting, so keep you children out of the viewing area as you immerse yourself in the cinema experience known as Hatchet.

I'm writing this review after a second viewing of Hatchet. I do love a good/daft horror/slasher movie and this one was billed as being right up there with the best of them, plus even a homage to the classics of the seventies and eighties.In short, I didn't like it at first. However, after a couple of years I decided to watch it again and see if I missed anything.Even now, I probably wouldn't say it's an absolute classic, but it is a decent enough little yarn (with plenty of blood).Did I say 'plenty' of blood? I meant TONNES. In fact, the producers obviously know they're going a bit over the top and must have had great fun throwing bucketloads of the red stuff at trees after every kill takes place.It's quite a short film (it doesn't really need to be any longer) and, after the thumping Marilyn Manson opening song, we meet about a group of people who go on a boat ride into the swamps of America and end up on the wrong end of a maniac's hatchet. The kills are very violent and, if you're looking for gore, you'll find it here. The best part of the film is the characters. Whether they're horrible or nice, they're entertaining. There's plenty of amusing banter between them to keep us amused (special mention to the two *ahem* 'actresses' who continually bicker with each other all the way through).These good characters go some way to make up for the film's major flaw: they don't kill the killer. This slasher film possibly has the most opportunities to either kill, or severely subdue the nutter with the hatchet, yet they choose to run off every time and leave him to 'get better' and resume coming after them. This is the most annoying part of the film and, if it wasn't for the snappy, tongue-in-cheek dialogue, I would have found myself getting increasingly annoyed with the whole package.All in all, this film is far from perfect, but, if you lower your expectations enough and put your brain on hold, you should enjoy the daftness and gore (like I say, it's not on for long!).Also, kudos to the film-makers for getting Robert Englund, Kane Hodder and Tony Todd on the same cast list.