The first Hatchet movie back in 2006 was hailed as a welcomed return to American old-school horror, which was at that time overrun with Japanese / Thailand / Korean rip-offs by apparently dried-up Hollywood horror writers.What Hatchet brought to the screen was a straight forward, hugely deformed, swamp dwelling horror villain by the name of Victor Crowley, who dispatches his victims with the aforesaid titular hatchet. It was good old fashion head-slashing, limb-tearing, screaming fun with corresponding screaming and scrambling victims. There were good jolts and some pretty decent kills which were refreshing and new. Theres also a brief backstory to Crowley which explained why he kills (it was because he was taunted by cruel children when he was young boy, which led to the death of his caring dad) and why he became this unstoppable monster; a safe mix of Jason Voohees (without the mask) and Michael Myers. The first Hatchet had Joel Moore, (the nerd-dude in Avatar) as the hero who unwittingly joins a group of tourist who takes an unexpected turn from fun to horror when their boat tanks in the middle of the New Orleans bayou. Onboard with the rest of victims is plucky Tamara Feldman who climbs on board with a loaded gun and a single-minded objective of killing Victor Crowley who had killed her family much earlier. And now we have a sequel.
The Skinny: New Orleans bayou has its favorite son carving up some innocent flesh but this time, lone survivor of the first installment is back for revenge. Again.
The Tagline: Victor Crowley Lives Again / Hang On to All Your Pieces.
Release Date: October 2010
The Helmer: Adam Green
- Hatchet II (2010)
- Frozen (2010/I)
- The Tivo (2009)
- Saber (2009)
- Fairy Tale Police (2008)
- The Tiffany Problem (2008)
- "Winter Tales" (2007) TV mini-series
- King in the Box (2007)
- Spiral (2007/I)
- Cheerleader Camp (2007) (TV)
- Hatchet (2006)
- Coffee & Donuts (2000)
The Prediction: I like horror movies - although I can't decide which I like better: zombies or slashers. Both type of horror villains are unstoppable and relentless and both possibly stinking like hell. Since there is no new zombie movies worth mentioning (except for the new TV show "Walking Dead"), Hatchet II is highly appreciated especially as it has Kane Hodder as Crowley. Kane Hodder is old school horror icon having played Jason Voorhees in Friday the 13th parts 7 and 8, and, as Jason again in Jason Versus Freddy. Great horror moments there brought back through the decades. If this second installment is as good as the first one, then bring it on, big guy!
