Pretty boring. It's too 'slick' and never naturally funny or scary, so fails on both points. It's not totally horrible, but doesn't really work overall.
I expected much less from this movie, which actually turned out to be a little horror-splatter jewel. Maybe if you don't have high expectations you will enjoy it more :D
Hatchet is a throwback to '80s slasher films, but with an ample dose of comedy thrown on top, starring a lot of faces you know from TV and other B-movies, and probably some you don't. In B-movie tradition, the biggest stars in the cast are day players. But they're also part of the initial joke, which is that it keeps jerking your chain as to what kind of movie we're in, and what the lead monster/killer will be. I surprised it didn't turn out to be a monstrous red herring. For the first half hour, you may well wonder if you're not watching a Girls Gone Wild video as well. The casual nudity is on par with the gore - over the top, because that's what slasher flicks are like. Either way, it may not be to everyone's tastes. But it's entertaining enough for what it is, the Louisiana bayous providing a moody backdrop for a hicksploitation/horror hybrid, with sometimes amusing characters getting picked off one by one by a relentless threat. Warning: It does end a bit abruptly. I thought the TV had gone out for a second there. More bug than feature from a narrative standpoint, but there's nothing here to take too seriously regardless.
Good fun movie, and better than most of the 80s slasher movies it's paying homage to, but ultimately it suffers from being too faithful, and I had a frequent feeling of deja vu as it replayed slasher movie tropes.
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mightysparks
Pretty boring. It's too 'slick' and never naturally funny or scary, so fails on both points. It's not totally horrible, but doesn't really work overall.Sk1337
The amount of gore was awesome!! Rest was kinda crap. Lovely lovely crap! A must see for fans of low budget horror/slashers.shaveen
Not so good.. not so bad..Dhanya
boringnicolino
I expected much less from this movie, which actually turned out to be a little horror-splatter jewel. Maybe if you don't have high expectations you will enjoy it more :DBlade22
gore was good in this....freaky at timesSiskoid
Hatchet is a throwback to '80s slasher films, but with an ample dose of comedy thrown on top, starring a lot of faces you know from TV and other B-movies, and probably some you don't. In B-movie tradition, the biggest stars in the cast are day players. But they're also part of the initial joke, which is that it keeps jerking your chain as to what kind of movie we're in, and what the lead monster/killer will be. I surprised it didn't turn out to be a monstrous red herring. For the first half hour, you may well wonder if you're not watching a Girls Gone Wild video as well. The casual nudity is on par with the gore - over the top, because that's what slasher flicks are like. Either way, it may not be to everyone's tastes. But it's entertaining enough for what it is, the Louisiana bayous providing a moody backdrop for a hicksploitation/horror hybrid, with sometimes amusing characters getting picked off one by one by a relentless threat. Warning: It does end a bit abruptly. I thought the TV had gone out for a second there. More bug than feature from a narrative standpoint, but there's nothing here to take too seriously regardless.Oneironaut
Nothing new, quite boring. Some good kills but maybe I was looking for too much in this movie.Couple of good cameos, though they didn't really add anything.
ChrisReynolds
Good fun movie, and better than most of the 80s slasher movies it's paying homage to, but ultimately it suffers from being too faithful, and I had a frequent feeling of deja vu as it replayed slasher movie tropes.