Gary Paulsen wrote a novel called Hatchet the Movie.
Adam Green wrote and directed Hatchet.The film has an ensemble cast that includes Tony Todd and Richard Riehle.The film follows a group of tourists on a New Orleans haunted swamp tour who accidentally get stranded in the wilderness and are hunted by a supernatural man who kills anyone that enters the swamp.The film spawned a comic book series.[5]
A father and son are hunting in a swamp.Before he was killed by a monstrous being, Sampson fell silent and Ainsley found him dead.
A group of friends including Ben and his best friend Marcus decide to go on a haunted swamp tour.The tour is closed because of the guide.The zombie was sued.Rev.Shawn is the over-the-top, inexperienced tour guide that Zombie suggests they try a place farther down the street.After seeing two topless girls, Marcus decided to stay but changed his mind.Doug Shapiro is also present.Ben pays for himself and Marcus and Shawn leads them to his tour bus, where the other tourists, Jim and Shannon Permatteo, a Minnesota married couple, and the quiet, hot-tempered Marybeth are waiting.
The others realize that Shawn doesn't know what he's doing when they arrive at the swamp.While everyone is boarding the boat, a homeless man named Jack Cracker warns them to stay away from the swamp.Shawn leads them through swamps and past houses that have been abandoned.The boat sinks after hitting a rock, leaving them stranded.
The crew was walking through the woods when they came across the shabby Crowley house.Victor was a child with a rare disease and was kept hidden by his father.A group of teenagers threw fireworks at the house to scare Victor.Thomas came back and caused the teens to flee.Thomas accidentally hit Victor in the face with a hatchet while trying to break down the door.Marybeth claims that Victor wanders the swamp at night looking for his father, and that they are not safe in the woods, but the crew doesn't believe her.
The group fled when Victor killed Jim and Shannon as they approached the house.Victor gets up after Marybeth shoots him with a gun.Victor killed Shapiro after he split from the group.The survivors will return to the house where they can defend themselves.
Marybeth and Ben found her brother and father's remains at the house.A group of people hear a noise in a bush.Marcus discovered that it was a raccoon.Victor injured the group with a belt sander.Marybeth and Ben attack Victor.Shawn tried to fight Victor, but was killed.Victor kills someone.
The survivors decided to lure Victor back to his house and set him on fire with the gasoline tanks in the shed.Ben goes into the shed to get the gasoline tank, while Marybeth and Marcus are watching.Marybeth and Marcus find out that Victor threw Ben's corpse onto him.Ben finds a tank and throws it on Victor, while Marybeth and Marcus set him on fire.They flee, but Victor grabs and kills Marcus.Victor threw the gate pole into Ben's foot.Marybeth bends the pole until it is pointed at Victor, who impals himself upon it and collapses.Marybeth is trapped by seaweed and pulled underwater as she flees in a boat.She saw Ben's arm sticking into the water for her to grab, but was pulled up by Victor, who was holding a severed arm.The opening for the next film was set as she screamed in horror.
Hatchet was selected for the film festival at The Odeon West End.Adam Green introduced it on stage.
Hatchet was selected for Fantastic Fest.Extra folding chairs had to be set up in the theater because the film sold out both nights.The jury prizes for "best actor" (Kane Hodder) and " best special effects" were won by the film.
Hatchet was selected for a film festival.The film went on a tour as part of the festival.[6]
Critics gave Hatchet mixed reviews.The film was awarded 2 out of 5 stars by Peter Bradshaw from The Guardian.The film was praised by the Austin Chronicle for its "quippy dialogue", orchestral score, and gore effects.The film was praised by Bloody Disgusting as a "bloody great ride".[9]
Hatchet has an overall 55% approval rating from critics, with an average score of 5.53/10, based on 49 reviews.The over-the-top gore, campy acting, and dim cinematography may be part of Hatchet's self-proclaimed old-school ethos, but irony alone can't sustain a horror film.The film has received an average score of 57 on Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics.[2]