Deon Richmond, Joel Moore, Kane Hodder

When a group of tourists on a New Orleans haunted swamp tour find themselves stranded in the wilderness, their evening of fun and spooks turns into a horrific nightmare.

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R, 1 hr. 22 min.

Directed by: Adam Green

Release Date: December 31, 2006

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DVD Release Date: December 18, 2007

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  • February 15, 2009
    You have to be really patient to get to the good stuff here. A quick gore throw away with Robt. Englund sets the stage for close to an hour before any action follows. No story follows either. Essentially this wants to be the new Friday the 13th. However, it only has enough materi...( read more)al for a half hour version. The rest is god awful tedious padding. (With another terrible throw away scene from Tony Todd. Didn't this sort of thing go out with DTV films in the 80's?)

    The kills and effects and quite good, but you don't care. There's nothing to back this up. It's like a show reel was tacked on the end for the effects. Avoid unless you intend to FF to see the effects of the last half hour.
  • November 11, 2008
    Just plain FUN!!! The gore is fantastic, the cameos from horror icons is fun and the comedy (while a little overdone) is enjoyable! Horror cliche after horror cliche has never been so fun, since there is tounge in cheek all the way and it never takes itself too seriously at all! ...( read more)Unique and interesting death scenes are very inventive, even if the execution (no pun intened) is predictable. Just try to imagine every classic horror movie ever, being homaged with smirky comedy insteady of ridiculous spoof.
  • October 11, 2008
    Some pretty decent kill sequences, but the plot was far too dull to keep me interested.
  • September 13, 2008
    Tagged as an old school American horror this definitely felt like watching an older horror film along the lines of Friday the 13th. However mixed with some very over the top gore from more recent horror films and you get this. Featuring cameos from Robert Englund, Tony Todd and K...( read more)ane Hodder. There are plenty of jokes, gore and all the other ingredients that horror fans love about slasher films in this.
  • July 13, 2008
    Truly disastrous!!! I had been under the impression that this film was going to be a reasonably good slasher film, it was nothing of the sort.

    It was a teen movie, with a silly plot,, with a cameo role from two previous horror icons. The acting was awful, the 'thing' chasing...( read more) everyone had no originality about it, all in all it was a very amateur film and is going straight to my 'worst films' list
  • November 18, 2009
    Kane Hodder as another blade wielding mongoloid, what more could you ask for? Maybe ultra violence and a Robert Englund cameo, which this has. It's a simple plot, but was done very well.
  • November 15, 2009
    this movie was lame...the blood looked like paint. utterly rediculous.
  • October 30, 2009
    Traverses gross-out comedy shtick and slasher flick territories with middling results as both elements lack refinement. The dialogue often sounded too written (and overly coarse) and the horror too predictable. They do get the camp factor right, best demonstrated by 'Candyman' ...( read more)Tony Todd issuing a gravely amusing warning, and strive for 'Evil Dead'-type comic mayhem with gruesome old-school visual effects, but without that's film's knack for cleverness and style.
  • October 18, 2009
    GREAT horror comedy.I think 10-20 years from now itll be a cult classic
  • October 18, 2009
    Bought it on a whim....why not? xD

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  • rosebloodythorn
    September 9, 2007
    Plenty of gore in Hatchet but there's nothing going on here to think is the best thing since Halloween or Friday the 13th.Probably the best thing after Wayan bros Scary movie.
  • lovecyn4ever
    September 7, 2007


    Hatchet delivers good traditional gore effects that reminds of the 80's which i enjoy so much,besides that nothing else seems to work for me from the story,dialog,annoying characters & not even a good score to create suspense.Nothing scary about this film because at all times it wants to be funny & even the deformed creature named Victor Crawling becomes a silly character which i don't see this thing to be the next horror icon.I wasn't expecting a stupid horror/comedy.The only reason to watch this film because of the over the top gory moments.

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    Disappointed because i couldn't wait to see this film.3/5 stars just for the gore.
  • InTheSc3ne
    July 3, 2007
    I was just wondering, are Kane Hodder and Robert Englund really in this movie because I never heard anything about them being in it. If they are, this movie is already in my favorites. haha
  • AliKatz
    June 30, 2007
    Well, not all people here are Americans. Or people from the States to be precise.

    Moron.
  • Liloh
    June 30, 2007
    A rude comment. Hey there are many Users who cannt talk perfect English. Stop being so rasist. If they want to Comment in Other languages let them. It might help others who understands this language.

    WTF??!!
  • 1HotGrandma
    June 29, 2007
    IT IS HELPFUL IF WHEN ONE WRITES A REVIEW THEY WRITE IT IN ENGLISH!!! AFTER ALL THIS IN THE UNITED STATES AND WE SPEAK ENGLISH! OR WE ALL SHOULD, ESPECIALLY HERE ON FLIXSTER!!
  • garysobekmusic
    May 13, 2007
    YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!! I CANNOT WAIT FOR THIS MOVIE TO COME OUT!!! First show, first day!! I am SO fuckin' there!
  • IxXneedXxYou
    May 3, 2007
    i wanna see it i wanna see it i wanna see it i wanna see it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol if ya didnt get the memo i wanna see it!!!

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