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| Credits | |
| Title: | Hatchet |
| Director: | Adam Green |
| Writers: | Adam Green |
| Producers: | Sarah Elbert Cory Neal |
| Composer: | Andy Garfield |
| Cinematography: | Will Barratt |
| Editors: | Christopher Roth |
| Production | |
| Production company: | ArieScope Pictures |
| Distributed by: | Anchor Bay Entertainment |
| Released: | April 27th, 2006 |
| Rating: | R |
| Running time: | 84 min. |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | $1,500,000 |
| Gross: | $155,873 |
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Hatchet is an American independent horror film of the slasher subgenre. Released theatrically in 2006, it was directed by Adam Green and distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment. Hatchet features the brutally disfigured Victor Crowley and the bloody rampage that he perpetuates to safeguard his territory in the swamps of the Louisiana bayou.
Plot[]
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Kane Hodder | Victor Crowley/Mister Crowley |
| Joel David Moore | Ben Schaefer |
| Tamara Feldman | Marybeth Dunston |
| Deon Richmond | Marcus |
| Joleigh Fioravanti | Jenna |
| Mercedes McNab | Misty |
| Parry Shen | Shawn |
| Joel Murray | Doug Shapiro/Samuel M. Barrat |
| Richard Riehle | Jim Permatteo |
| Patrika Darbo | Janet Permatteo |
| Robert Englund | Sampson Dunston |
| Joshua Leonard | Ainsley Dunston |
| Tony Todd | Reverend Zombie |
| John Buechler | Jack Cracker |
| Rileah Vanderbilt | Young Victor Crowley |
| Adam Green | Buddy #1 |
| Lance Kelley | Buddy #2 |
| John Gross | Buddy #3 |
| Mckenzie Sims | Kid at country store |
| Adam Weisman | Halloween skeleton |
| Brandon Gonsavles | Halloween pig |
| Danielle Victor | Halloween clown |
Appearances[]
Characters[]
- Ainsley Dunston
- Ben Schaefer
- Jack Cracker
- Janet Permatteo
- Jenna Matthews
- Jim Permatteo
- Marcus
- Marybeth Dunston
- Misty Cooper
- Reverend Zombie, Clive Washington
- Sampson Dunston
- Samuel M. Barrett
- Shawn Yong
- Thomas Crowley
- Victor Crowley
Locations[]
Items[]
Vehicles[]
Races & Creatures[]
Explicit content[]
Miscellaneous[]
- Broken back
- Cemetery
- Decapitation
- Disfigurement
- Dismemberment
- Drowning
- Flashbacks
- Head injury
- Head twisted around
- Hyper-extended jaws
- Mardi Gras
- Psychopath
- Serial killer
- Severed limbs
- Swamps
Notes & Trivia[]
- The unrated director's cut DVD was released in the United States by Anchor Bay Entertainment on December 18th, 2007.
- Despite the title of this film, only one victim in this movie is killed by a Hatchet.
- Writer/Director Adam Green conceived the character of Victor Crowley when he was only eight-years-old.
- The tagline for Hatchet is "Old School American Horror".
- During the scene aboard the "Scare Boat", the cast comes upon a dirty transient named Jack Cracker who warns them against venturing deeper into the swamps. Jack Cracker is played by John Carl Buechler, the special effects supervisor for the film. Buechler was also the director of Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood, the first of the series to feature stunt coordinator Kane Hodder in the role of Jason Voorhees. Hodder also plays the role of Victor Crowley.
- The ring tone on Misty's cell phone is "I Don't Want to Wait" by Paula Cole. The song was used as the theme song to the popular television series, Dawson's Creek. Actress Mercedes McNab (who plays Misty) made a guest appearance on Dawson's Creek in 2002.
- This is not the only film that Tony Todd has appeared in that takes place during Mardi Gras in New Orleans. He also appeared in the 1995 film Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh as ghostly killer Daniel Robitaille, aka, the Candyman, which took place in New Orleans during Mardi Gras.
- Actor John Carl Buechler, who plays Jack Cracker, is credited as John Buechler in this film.
- Actor Lance Kelly, who plays one of Ben's Mardi Gras buddies, is credited as Lance Kelley in this film.
- Actor Brandon Gonsalves name is mis-spelled as Brandon Gonsavles in this film.
Body Count[]
- Sampson Dunston - Killed off-camera. Seemingly eviscerated.
- Ainsley Dunston - Beaten against tree. Guts pulled out through back. Ripped in half.
- Victor Crowley - Flashback: Accidental hatchet to the head by Thomas Crowley.
- Jim Permatteo - Hacked at repeatedly with a hatchet.
- Janet Permatteo - Hyper-extended jaw.
- Samuel M. Barrett - Head twisted around until it pops off.
- Shawn Yong - Decapitated with a shovel.
- Jenna Matthews - Face mutilated with a gas-powered belt sander. Then impaled.
- Misty Cooper - Beheaded and dismembered.
- Marcus - Crushed in a bear-hug. Back broken and arms pulled off.
Survivors[]
- Ben Schaefer - Though not for very much longer.
- Marybeth Dunston - Final girl.