Hatchet

This review is probably going to be on the short side because there's really not that much to say about Hatchet. You've got a group of people who are stranded in a swamp inhabited by a deformed maniac (played ever so brutally by the great Kane Hodder). One by one they are killed while looking for a way out. Pretty generic, right? Well, that's one of Hatchet's strengths.

Hatchet bills itself as "old school American horror," and this is where it succeeds. It knows exactly what kind of movie it is. It's a great, entertaining way to spend an hour and a half. The entire movie boils down to Hodder killing people in all sorts of ways, and it's ever so much fun. The kills are creative and pretty bloody, but not an uncomfortable, why-am-I-watching-this Hostel or Saw kind of bloody. I don't want to go into the details of each kill here because it would ruin the laughably cringe-worthy surprise.

There's really not much more to say other than to reiterate how much fun it is to watch Kane Hodder mercilessly brutalize people in a swamp.

Three and a half stars out of five.