
A motley crew of tourists embark on a boat ride of the haunted Louisiana bayous where they learn the terrifying tale of local legend "Victor Crowley," a horribly disfigured man who was accidentally killed with a hatchet by the hands of his own father. But when the boat sinks and the ghost story turns out to be real, the group tries desperately to escape the swamp with their lives . . . and all of their pieces.... (Full plot summary below)
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A motley crew of tourists embark on a boat ride of the haunted Louisiana bayous where they learn the terrifying tale of local legend "Victor Crowley," a horribly disfigured man who was accidentally killed with a hatchet by the hands of his own father. But when the boat sinks and the ghost story turns out to be real, the group tries desperately to escape the swamp with their lives . . . and all of their pieces.
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| Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovNo other film in recent memory has featured such a terrifically retro maniac or revisited the heyday of Eighties gore films with such gleeful, moist abandon. |
| eFilmCritic.comBrian OrndorfHatchet isn't funny, it certainly isn't frightening, and Will Barratt's absurdly murky cinematography hurts the gore money shots. |
| Chicago TribuneScott SchuellerThis is not a film intended for a wide audience. But B-movie fans who find their way to Adam Green's gory schlock extravaganza are going to like it. |
| L.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonThis horror comedy is loaded with decapitations, bodies torn in two and spewing blood, and yet, unlike the grim, torture-filled gore-fests of late, Hatchet’s mayhem is so giddily over-the-top that you end up applauding the low-budget aplomb of it all. |
| Reel.comJim HemphillLike its villain, its brute strength makes up for its relative lack of brains. |
| MovieCrypt.comKevin A. RansonIn the spirit of the "set 'em up, knock 'em down" slasher genre, Hatchet plays fast and loose with tropes while adding its own bloody stylized spin and keeping things down and dirty. |
| TheHorrorShowScott WeinbergFeels like an old-school slasher flick that's been hidden on a dusty shelf for the past twenty years. And yes, I mean that as a compliment. |
| Cinema CrazedFelix Vasquez Jr.Green's self-aware comedy works quite well, and builds up to a gory mess that I quite enjoyed. It may not be the second coming of the slasher flick, but it works... |
| TheFilmFile.comDustin PutmanFor any self-respecting horror fan, Hatchet is an amusing, spooky, visceral, smartly-crafted breath of fresh air. |
| UGOBrian TallericoMarks the arrival of a very interesting new talent on the scene, one that feels inspired by the grindhouse horror genre and tired of the self-seriousness of the torture trend. |