Hatchet (2006)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Adam Green

Writer:

Adam Green (writer)

Release Date:

5 October 2007 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror

Tagline:

Old school American Horror.

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Swamp | Louisiana | Victor Crowley | Lesbianism | Death By Shovel

Awards:

6 wins

Cast

Joel Moore	...	Ben (as Joel David Moore)
Tamara Feldman	...	Marybeth
Deon Richmond	...	Marcus
Kane Hodder	...	Victor Crowley / Mr. Crowley
Mercedes McNab	...	Misty
Parry Shen	...	Shawn
Joel Murray	...	Shapiro
Joleigh Fioravanti	...	Jenna (as Joleigh Fioreavanti)
Richard Riehle	...	Mr. Permatteo
Patrika Darbo	...	Mrs. Permatteo
Robert Englund	...	Sampson
Joshua Leonard	...	Ainsley
Tony Todd	...	Reverend Zombie
John Carl Buechler	...	Jack Cracker (as John Buechler)
Rileah Vanderbilt	...	Young Victor Crowley
Adam Green	...	Buddy #1
Lance Kelly	...	Buddy #2 (as Lance Kelley)
John Gross	...	Buddy #3
Mckenzie Sims	...	Kid at Country Store
Adam Weisman	...	Halloween Skeleton
Brandon Gonsalves	...	Halloween Pig (as Brandon Gonsavles)
Danielle Victor	...	Halloween Clown
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chris Bailey	...	Drunk Partier (uncredited)
James L. Bills	...	Mardi Gras Party Guy (uncredited)
Gary Desroche	...	Screaming Drunk Guy (uncredited)
Kristin Michelle Duncil	...	Mardi Gras Extra (uncredited)
Jessica Dwyer	...	Balcony Flasher #1 (uncredited)
Sarah Elbert	...	Vomiting Girl (uncredited)
David Foy	...	Hillbilly (uncredited)
April Montgomery	...	Party Girl (uncredited)
Johnny Rock	...	Mardi Gras party goer (uncredited)
Brandy Scott	...	Kissing couple (uncredited)

Directed by
Adam Green

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Adam Green		writer

Produced by
Scott Altomare	....	producer
Sarah J. Donohue	....	line producer
Sarah Elbert	....	producer
Roman Kindrachuk	....	executive producer
Andrew Mysko	....	executive producer
Cory Neal	....	producer

Original Music by
Andy Garfield

Cinematography by
Will Barratt

Film Editing by
Christopher Roth

Casting by
Shannon Makhanian

Production Design by
Bryan McBrien

Art Direction by
Tim Beckett

Costume Design by
Heather Sladinski

Makeup Department
Alexandrea A. Bouska	....	additional hair stylist
Kimberly Eckhout	....	additional makeup artist
Michelle Farmer	....	special makeup effects lab work
Annah Murray	....	assistant hair artist
Annah Murray	....	assistant makeup artist
Suzana P. Rupe	....	key hair stylist
Rileah Vanderbilt	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Sarah J. Donohue	....	unit production manager
Straw Weisman	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Alex Betuel	....	first assistant director: second unit
Craig Borden	....	first assistant director
Michelle Gold	....	second assistant director
Jason Halley	....	second second assistant director
Jill Hoppy	....	second second assistant director: Louisiana
Steven D. Reese	....	assistant director: second unit
Steven D. Reese	....	first assistant director
Aaron Walters	....	second assistant director: Louisiana
Mark Weatherbe	....	second unit director

Art Department
Bruce Barlow	....	art director: second unit
J. Zoe Frasure	....	storyboard artist (as Zoe Frasure)
Sarah Geller	....	property master
Morgan Krantz	....	art department assistant
Peggy Paola	....	assistant set decorator
Valerie Sand	....	art department intern
Kelli Wilson	....	art production assistant

Sound Department
Thomas E. Conrad	....	sound mixer: Louisiana
Rob Cunningham	....	boom operator
Mick Davies	....	boom operator
Andy Garfield	....	sound designer
Stanley Kastner	....	sound re-recording mixer
Assaf Lotan	....	sound recordist
Donald Lyles	....	adr mixer
Donald Lyles	....	sound re-recording mixer
Daniel D. Monahan	....	production sound mixer
Vic Radulich	....	dialogue editor
Scott Stolz	....	sound mixer
Clancy T. Troutman	....	supervising sound editor
Scott Westley	....	sound effects editor

Special Effects by
Mark Andrews	....	lab technician
John Carl Buechler	....	special effects
Lynn Buechler	....	production controller
Lou Carlucci	....	special effects coordinator
Michelle Chung	....	special effects makeup
Briana Dorner	....	lab technician
Dan Edwards	....	special effects
John Paul Fedele	....	shop supervisor
Josh Hakian	....	special effects
Brad Hardin	....	key makeup effects
Mike Jones	....	key sculptor
Nino Mancuso	....	effects rigger
Joe Montenegro	....	special effects
Robert Pendergraft	....	makeup effects coordinator
Dirk Rogers	....	special effects technician: M.M.I.
Jenn Rose	....	makeup effects artist (as Jennifer Rose)
Mark Weatherbe	....	animatronics

Visual Effects by
Gregory Creaser	....	digital intermediate colorist
Elizabeth da Costa	....	digital intermediate coordinator
Tyler A. Hawes	....	DI colorist: Liquid DI
Tyler A. Hawes	....	DI supervisor: Liquid DI
Nathan Hayashigawa	....	digital compositor
David Miazga	....	DI colorist: Liquid DI
Lance Ranzer	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Joey Anaya	....	stunt double
Chris Carnel	....	stunt double
Mark Chadwick	....	stunt double
Casey Easlick	....	stunt double
Tanner Gill	....	stunt double
Mark Hicks	....	stunt double
Kane Hodder	....	stunt coordinator
Steven Ho	....	stunt double
Rick McCallum	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Cassandra McCormick	....	stunt double
Nicole Randall	....	stunt double
Paul E. Short	....	stunt double
Patrick J. Statham	....	stunt double
Gary J. Wayton	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Jon Callesen	....	best boy electric
Jon Callesen	....	rigging gaffer
Brian M. Fisher	....	grip
Lewis Fowler	....	first assistant camera
David Gamble	....	grip
Adam Genzink	....	grip
Cory Gerrells	....	still photographer: Louisiana
Christel Golden	....	still photographer
John Gross	....	camera loader: New Orleans
Blake Harjes	....	assistant camera
Jared Hoy	....	electrician
Justin Jeung	....	first assistant camera
Eric Leach	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Gerald Lee	....	grip
Jeremy McCormick	....	grip
BJ McDonnell	....	Steadicam operator: "a" camera
Topher Miller	....	best boy grip
Dustin Pearlman	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Jay Pope	....	grip
Jay Pope	....	rigging electrician
Richard Ralston	....	gaffer
Aaron Schnobrich	....	additional gaffer
Jeremy Schonwald	....	rigging electrician
Brian Silva	....	grip
Randy Tharpe	....	electrician
Brenda Tucker	....	grip
Rick Tucker	....	key grip
Raul Vasquez	....	grip
Lisa Villaire	....	camera loader
Nate Wayman	....	grip
Sam Wayman	....	electrician
Neil Wittman	....	electrician
Jordan Woods	....	second assistant camera: second unit

Animation Department
Adam Starr	....	opening animation

Casting Department
Wayne Douglas Morgan	....	casting coordinator: Louisiana
Katie Piel	....	casting associate (as Katie Piel)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Kevin Ian Ackerman	....	set costumer (as Kevin Ackerman)
Karen Cortes	....	additional set costumer (as Karen 'KC' Cortes)
Selby Van Horne	....	wardrobe supervisor (as Selby Von Horne)

Editorial Department
Peter Dana	....	film transfer supervisor
Nathan Hayashigawa	....	digital intermediate artist
Greg Kimble	....	digital intermediate supervisor
Matt McFarland	....	digital intermediate operations
Regan McGowan	....	colorist: dailies
Jason Richard Miller	....	post-production coordinator
Lance Ranzer	....	digital intermediate effects

Transportation Department
Alex E. Burns	....	driver: cast
Geno Hart	....	transportation coordinator
Marty Osborne	....	driver
Adam Pinkstaff	....	transportation captain

Other crew
David Aaron	....	armorer
Roger L. Addington	....	fire safety officer
Richard C. Atkins	....	fire safety officer
Alex Betuel	....	production assistant
James A. Brewer	....	fire safety officer
Allison Brooker	....	assistant production coordinator
Luis Cabrera	....	chef
Kendall J. Carter	....	fire safety officer
Dale Caughey	....	supervising engineer
Sarah Clifford	....	animal coordinator
Barry Curtis	....	fire safety officer (as Barry C. Curtis)
Lonnie L. Downey	....	fire safety officer
Bobby Edrington	....	animal trainer
Brandon Gonsalves	....	production assistant
Ben Gonzales	....	set medic
Lee Gordon	....	production meteorologist
John Gross	....	set documentarian
Edward W. Hale	....	fire safety officer
Robert Kinsey	....	fire safety officer (as Robert E. Kinsey)
Matthew Knudsen	....	production assistant (as Matt Knudsen)
Jason Lerner	....	production assistant
Tye Lombardi	....	production assistant
Lance Mancuso	....	medic
Larry H. Maynard	....	fire safety officer
Andrea McDowell	....	production coordinator
Jeff McPhee	....	additional set production assistant
James A. Nelson	....	fire safety officer
Russell Nielsen	....	fire safety officer (as Russell B. Nielsen)
Wayne D. Nygaard	....	fire safety officer
Ralph Ortiz	....	i/o support
Cherry Parnell	....	first assistant accountant
Gail Phelts	....	animal trainer
Jay Pope	....	dive master
Kirsten Pope	....	script supervisor
Charles H. Powell Jr.	....	fire safety officer
Donald C. Pratt	....	fire safety officer
James W. Pruitt	....	fire safety officer
Jaime Ramiriez	....	chef
Carlos Reza	....	production assistant
Johnny Rock	....	extras wrangler
Mario Rodriguez	....	chef
Stephan Rothman	....	production accountant
Ross Rouillier	....	photo double
Amy Sanderson	....	script supervisor: Louisiana
Tracy Scott	....	script supervisor (as Tracy Lynn Scott)
Steven Shea	....	background coordinator
Genea Shifrin	....	set medic
Josh Shifrin	....	set medic
Justin R. Smith	....	assistant to director
Willard H. Sparks	....	fire safety officer
Jack A. Tice	....	fire safety officer
Mike Tsucalas	....	additional set production assistant
Corin Warinner	....	set production assistant: Louisiana
Randall Weatherington	....	digital scanning and recording
Adam Weisman	....	production assistant
Brian Wickliff	....	additional set production assistant

Thanks
Teague Cowley	....	special thanks
Alex Franklin	....	special thanks
John Gray	....	special thanks
Dan Walker	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• ArieScope Pictures
• High Seas Entertainment
• Radioaktive Film (in association with)

Distributors

• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Equinox Films (2007) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Works, The (2007) (UK) (theatrical)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Force Entertainment (2007) (Australia) (DVD)
• Future Film (2008) (Finland) (DVD)
• One Movie (2008) (Italy) (all media)
• Soyuz Video (2007) (Russia) (DVD)
• Sunfilm Entertainment (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
• Tiberius Film (2007) (Germany) (all media)

Special Effects

• Magical Media Industries

Other Companies

• Liquid DI  digital intermediate
• Cranium Filmworks  digital intermediate: festival version
• Hollywood-DI  HD screening services
• Media Distributors Film Source  Fuji film provided by
• New Orleans Film Commission, The  film commission

MPAA:

Rated R for strong bloody horror violence, sexual content, nudity and language. (edited for re-rating; previously NC-17 for extreme violence and gore)

Runtime:

84 min (uncut version) | UK:85 min | Canada:84 min (Premium movie channel) | Germany:93 min (European Film Market)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:NC-17 (original rating) | USA:R (cut) | UK:18 | Germany:18 | Ireland:18 | Australia:R | Finland:K-18 (self applied) | Portugal:M/16 | New Zealand:R16

Filming Locations:

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Company:

ArieScope Pictures

Trivia:

To keep the set hidden, the movie was called "Love Rodeo" during production.

Goofs:

Continuity: Marybeth's gun changes from a Glock, to a Colt, to a Smith & Wesson many times throughout the movie.

Quotes:

Shawn: [on a tour bus, over the PA system] Okay folks, I am your tour guide Shawn. Just sit back and get ready to enjoy some...
Marcus: [interrupting him] Ah, buddy, you don't need that thing. This is, like, the size of a Mini Cooper.
Shawn: [grumbles to himself in Chinese]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Tivo (2009)

Soundtrack:

This Is The New Shit

Victor Crowley the new killer in town

The movie stat when Ainsley keeps complaining about having to use the restroom, making Sampson row their boat to shore. While Ainsley is urinating, Sampson falls silent so Ainsley goes to see where he is and finds Sampson' He dead on the boat in blood mess so grabs his harpoon and panics, only to be attacked by a strong, monstrous being kill him his most bloodiest goriest death in horror movie.

Ben decides to go on a haunted swamp tour to escape the madness of Mardi Gras, and Marcus hesitantly agrees to go with him.

So they go to Shawn, when Marcus get there he decides to leave but changes his mind upon seeing two hot girls Misty and Jenna, Their sleazy porn director, Shapiro, is also there. Ben pays for both himself and Marcus and Shawn leads all five of them to his tour bus, where the other tourists, Mr. and Mrs. Permatteo, a Minnesota couple, and the quiet Marybeth, are waiting.

They go on this swamp but boat start get stuck and sink under and they trap in wood, Marthbeath tell everyone the story of Victor Crowley who defamed kid and he lived far from any other kids and one night on Halloween then kids came and burned the house down, while victor was at the door trying to get, his dad was trying to knocked the door with hatchet end up killing Victor Crowley after he dad never one word until he dead now Victor Crowley has come back from dead, kills anyone in his wood.

I really had fun watching this movie, it had all elements of horror in it. It some great gory bloody nasty death scenes which really good and some nudity added (Not over the top like Hostel) here and there with lot funny one lines in this movie, Which is all the think that wanted see in a Slasher movie.

I did jump one or twice in this movie when Victor Crowley came out of no were, Victor Crowley look really scary and can see him becoming great horror icon

Adam Green did outstanding job on this movie,

I give this movie a 8/10