This 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.
Joel David Moore leads a cast full of token minorities and bickering bimbos, whom writer-helmer Adam Green dispatches with knowing glee and an obvious love for genre conventions that almost overcomes the derivative scripting.
Horror without suspense is like sex without love: you can appreciate the technicalities, but ultimately there’s no reason to care.
Horror without suspense is like sex without love: you can appreciate the technicalities, but ultimately there's no reason to care.
Director Adam Green's genuine affection for the genre helps make Hatchet a cut above average.
Even after appropriately lowering expectations, it's kind to call this one a cut below.
