Hatchet III (2013) Reviews

• The End(?)

  kosmasp2013-11-22

  As Adam Green says, this is the last part of his own vision. It was always meant to be a trilogy (though obviously you never know if you can actually make 3 movies, depending on how successful your franchise is). But of course, who knows what the studio might decide to do with the franchise? There might be a couple of Hatchets coming our way (recently Saw 8 has been announced to be in development ... they always come back, sooner or later). Concerning this recent output, it is what you'd expect it to be. It wasn't directed by Adam Green, but he was still very much hands on (writing and contributing in general for the production of the movie). Unfortunately it doesn't reach the fun factor of the first one. It does reach the gore factor of the previous ones, in case that is what you're looking for solely. There will be a few surprise appearances (if no one spoiled them for you) and you might chuckle here and there (Adam Greens wife is in it too and he's not being gentle with her ... in the movie that is). A recurring actor appears in this, this time with a better excuse than in part two (one of the better jokes of the script). A fun little watch, nothing more, nothing less

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• Pretty entertaining

  jackthehack2013-06-15

  Hatchet III is better than Hatchet II which took itself way too seriously. Hatchet I had a great first half and an equally underwhelming second half. Part III actually is funnier than Part I but the gore scenes run out of creativity towards the end. Still, the first half hour features a great mix of gags and gore including a glorious cameo from Adam Green himself. The cast is a smörgåsbord of actors from horror movies which we watched before and loved. Zach Gilligan is hilarious as a sheriff who is given absolutely no respect. Derek Mears kicks ass and I was chuffed to see Old Jason vs New Jason. Caroline Williams could probably be termed as a supporting protagonist considering the impact she has on the story although her lion's share of screen time is spent in service of a subplot which could be considered as padding. Then there is Danielle Harris who manages to kick ass in a glorified cameo. Kane Hodder is a total beast who owns pretty much everything in his way. Sid Haig has an unnecessary cameo but is pretty funny. There are other funny cameos which I won't spoil. Overall, this is a watchable movie. It's still not great but it's entertaining and a decent way to spend 1.5 hours.

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• Everyone has already seen this movie in all of its previous incarnations

  jessegehrig2014-07-07

  They had the money to shoot the film well, like they got a real cinematographer who understood lighting and framing. They had the money for quality post-production work like with editing and cleaning up the footage, it doesn't look cheap, well it doesn't look sh*tty cheap. The effects are also not terrible, so they had money for that and some one who knew what they were doing. I guess the movie's only obvious problem is the story. All that money and all of the resources gathered to assemble this movie and the film makers forgot the most important part, STORY. Folks, do not ever go cheap on story, throw all your money and efforts at the story, hey and here's a novel idea, make that story be original, y'know, unique, the pay-out is always worth it.

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• Hatchet 3 Is Great!

  plentyofhorror2013-06-13

  http://www.plentyofhorror.com/ The Hatchet Franchise has been one of the best modern day Horror Franchise's in my personal opinion, since the day's when Freddy,Michael, and Jason were wreaking all havoc on your screens and haunting your nightmares! Hatchet 1 & 2 was directed by the creator Adam Green while for the 3rd instalment he handed the director duties to his loyal camera operator and new comer to the big chair behind the camera BJ McDonnell, But even with McDonnell directing Adam Green still wrote the screenplay, so basically limiting the direction a new director could take the franchise, but BJ McDonnell still did a pretty damn good job with his limitations! The movie starts off immediately where the second one finished off with a great horrific gory violent scene between Marybeth and Victor Crowley which ends pretty sweet! don't wanna ruin it for you like other sites may be doing with there review so i'll stop there. The Movies about a search and recovery team heads into the haunted swamp to pick up the pieces and Marybeth learns the secret to ending the voodoo curse that has left Victor Crowley haunting and terrorizing Honey Island Swamp for decades. (taken from IMDb) This movie has it all... almost, it has The Gore! The Violence! The Over The Top Kills! A Couple Laughs if your twisted in the head like I may be, but one thing this movie was missing that every slasher film should have is The Titties! <----Highlight there to see what i'm talking about it's not a major spoiler but it may disappoint a few haha. But overall I loved the movie, and the Cameo cameo from Sid Haig (Captain Spaulding from The Devil's Rejects) was hilarious! and i highly recommend this movie to all fans of Hatchet 1 & 2 and if you ain't seen the first 2 yet i suggest you run out and grab yourself a copy of both! even though its not 100% necessary to see the first 2 to enjoy the third i recommend it so you'll know the full story of Victor Crowley! and I guarantee you will love them, if your a true fan of the Slasher Genre! or send me your DVD's you buy and i will give you 5$ for them haha

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• Third time's the charm!

  gothic-fiction2013-06-15

  Well, Hatchet 1 was interesting. An all-star horror film cast, bringing the old geezers back to us one more time, all of them together, you could say you enjoyed the first just for this reason alone! 2nd part, not that great. Kinda dumb actually, just your usual horror sequel, bad, stupid, something to fill and hour and a half with. So, what can I tell you about the third one? It was great to see the series ending (tho rumors of a 4th movie exists) with more brains, more gore and more fun! I laughed, I was interested, and overall entertained! So thank you guys, those who were involved in the making of the last piece, for a grand finale! It was all worth it. Cause of this movie alone, the series will be remembered as a little gem, a modern horror series that actually succeed, that you might download and watch it with your friends one spooky night! Thank you guys, thank you for adding one more good trilogy, even tho is more gore than horror, I salute you! All in all, watch it! Definitely a great ending, a nice series, and a character, Victor Crowley, to be remembered!

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