Hatchet is a 2006 American slasher film written and directed by Adam Green. The film has an ensemble cast, including Joel David Moore, Tamara Feldman, Deon Richmond, Mercedes McNab, Parry Shen, Joleigh Fioreavanti, Joel Murray, Richard Riehle, Patrika Darbo, Joshua Leonard, Tony Todd, Robert Englund, and Kane Hodder. The plot follows a group of tourists on a New Orleans haunted swamp tour, who accidentally get stranded in the wilderness, only to be hunted by a vengeful, supernatural deformed man who kills anyone that enters the swamp.
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Hatchet could very well be part of the folk horror genre as well as a slasher film. In the back bayous of New Orleans we run into a local tragedy about a father and son, and the rumors that follow their abandoned cabin. What was supposed to be a fun, spoopy swamp tour during Mardi Gras (complete with adult film stars) turns into a massacre in the back of beyond.
I do enjoy the tragic backstory that sets up the plot, it’s one of my favorite horror tropes, and the eventual ending of the film. I’m not a big fan of slasher movies, as they sometimes are there just for the gore and viscera it can produce, but this one seems to use it in a way were the movie isn’t completely centered on the torture of human bodies (though there is plenty of it).
Honestly I quite liked it, and will probably watch it again at some point. There’s also three sequels in this movie series, so they may show up later.
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