Hatchet III – Just watch Hatchet

Have you ever watched a ‘slasher’ film and really enjoyed it?  Have you then gone on to watch the THIRD instalment of the same franchise?  Yes, I know – quite a drop in quality.  I remember the first ‘Hatchet’ film.  It was hardly ‘high art’ – it was about a killer who killed people with – guess what – a hatchet!  It could have effectively been a script in the early days of the ‘Friday 13th’ franchise – it was that original.  However, it was actually quite witty and self-knowing – something they seem to have forgotten how to do between parts I and III.

I have to confess that I never watched part II, therefore I’m not entirely sure how xxx Crowley suddenly upgraded himself from psycho-killer, to supernatural, indestructible psycho-killer.  Anyway, he’s unstoppable now… and he kills people.  If you’ve ever watched a ‘Friday 13th’ film or any type of ‘slasher’ film like that then you’ll know what to expect.  One death after the next until the cast of Z-list actors are gradually chopped down to just a couple.

There’s little else to say about this film, as I’ve seen it so many times before.  About the only name on the cast I recognised was Kane Hodder (who plays Crowley), simply because he’s played Jason Voorhees a couple of time.  But he’s silent all the way through as he butchers his cast-mates, so he could hardly ‘save’ the film.

The one thing I have to say was that the gore/kills were good.  They were at least imaginative with what little budget they had at their disposal.  If you like this sort of film then you’ll already have a dozen similar (and better, obviously!) films in your collection.  Just watch one of the ‘Scream’ films (even part IV is better than ‘Hatchet III’) or even the first ‘Hatchet’ film.  And, was it just me, or did a killer known as ‘Hatchet’ fail to use his chopper as much as his name suggests he should?  Oh well, that’s the least of this film’s sins!

4/10 You can watch this film while you're doing the ironing (you'll still get the general gist of it)