Hatchet (Unrated Director's Cut)
by Adam Green
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Actor: Deon Richmond, Joel David Moore, Joel Murray, Joshua Leonard, Kane HodderDirector: Adam Green
Brand: MOORE,JOEL
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 84 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-12-18
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: ANCHOR BAY
Movie Reviews of Hatchet (Unrated Director's Cut)
Movie Review: Command Performance
Summary: 5 Stars
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Whilst the film is called by the weapon, it is used in malice by Victor Crowley only once, and Victor has an accidental wound from the Hatchet.The rest of the Deaths and mayhem are done in an array of creative and lovingly ratcheted FX shots
The film splices together an original story, some good performances, and an all-star production group that makes this film pop from the start.Robert Englund is there mainly as star bait, since he is gone inside of a few minutes, but it is the disappearance of his character that drives one side of the film story.In true Robert Englund form, he has one of the most extravagant deaths. From there, the story is mostly Comedy, Characters, and ( alternating almost) some incredibly creative deaths FX/Gags in recent Cinema. Supposedly the Director did not want any CGI in the Deaths, but he admits in the commentary to using CGI
for rain, so how do we know ?
Anyways, Kane Hodder plays an awesomely brutal Character that the Director allegedly dreamed up at Age 8. As one would expect with a "low Budget" film, Kane plays the Father of Victor, as well as the Grown Victor( Kane Hodder is an established Actor having some Great roles in WISHMASTER, and at least one of the later Jason Films). It is never stated if Victor is a Supernatural being or what, since the story says Victor was Killed at a young Age.Anyways, Splice in a little Tony
Todd Flamboyance, some Sensual elements( Hardly Eye-popping nudity), and this film is a solid proof that an unrated film is the Defacto gold Standard in any film genre.
DVD EXTRAS: The film runs for 78 Minutes, the jacket lists 84, but its 6 mins of credits). The extras really make this package. They tell not only how the film itself was made, but how Dee Snyder Made an impact on the Directors life, and it would seem, how the Director made an impact on Dee's life. The Extras include a breakdown of a FX Shot where a womans
head is "affected" ( if you know DEMON KNIGHT, 1995 film, you already have a Good Idea of the FX, but maybe not how it was done; the similarities are surprising); anyway, no detraction from the Gag here, since the effect of the FX is different, especially the way Kane performs it.
I would not be surprised if a sequel is spawned, since Kane Hodder and the Production group make this Horror work well; Now, for my money, I'd like to see a Big Supernatural element arise.
Summary of Hatchet (Unrated Director's Cut)
Get ready for one of the most talked-about, red- blooded American horror movies of the past 20 years: When a group of New Orleans tourists take a cheesy haunted swamp tour, they slam face-first into the local legend of deformed madman Victor Crowley. What follows is a psycho spree of seat-jumping scares, eye- popping nudity, skull-splitting mayhem and beyond. Joel David Moore (DODGEBALL), Deon Richmond (SCREAM 3) and Mercedes McNab (BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER) star ? along with horror icons Tony ?Candyman? Todd, Robert ?Freddy Krueger? Englund and Kane ?Jason? Hodder ? in this screamingly funny carnage classic that Fangoria hails as ?a no-hold-barred homage to the days when slasher films were at their reddest and wettest!?Similar DVD Movies
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