Perry Kate Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

Crwthod A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.

Dirtylogy It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

bowmanblue 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!

jlthornb51 Director of previous Hatchet films Adam Green wrote this powerful entry in the tremendously effective series but gave BJ McDonnell a chance to try his hand at directing and the result is a masterpiece of this franchise. Filmed on location in New Orleans and the Louisiana swamps, the environment becomes even more menacing and the attacks even more frightening. While bloody at times, the mayhem is never over the top and serves always to advance the plot. This is an intense and suspenseful horror film that exceeds all expectations of a sequel and is a superb stand alone movie as well. Incidentally, Adam Green felt so strongly about giving those who have loyally followed the series some closure that this film fulfills that purpose and more. The director has obviously been schooled in German Expressionistic Cinema and he integrates techniques from that era with his own unique style resulting in utter motion picture genius. It is a very horrific motion picture experience but has well developed characters brought to life by an exquisite cast of fine actors. When Tamara Feldman was replaced by Danielle Harris in the role of Marybeth, many felt the franchise would suffer. But Harris breathed even more fire into the character and imbued her with a smoldering sexuality. The fear and dread the cast exhibits seems very real and one can almost hear their hearts pounding in terror as the horror builds to a shattering climax. You may discover that the sound of a desperately pounding heart is actually coming from your own chest because this is one of the most gripping and unrelenting horror films ever recorded on celluloid.

BA_Harrison Despite shooting Victor Crowley point-blank in the head with a shotgun, ramming her fist into what remains of his face, and pushing him onto a chainsaw, Marybeth (Danielle Harris) doesn't stop the cursed maniac from returning to kill again the very next night. To end the horror once and for all, she must break the curse by returning to the swamp and giving Crowley what he wants: the remains of his long-dead father.If you enjoyed the comedy-tinged, splatter-drenched silliness of the previous two Hatchet movies, then there's no reason at all for you not to be entertained by this third chapter: let's be honest, they don't exactly try to reinvent the wheel. Director BJ McDonnell (taking over the reins from Adam Green) knows exactly what his audience demands—more over-the-top splatter, more cheesy dialogue, and a cast featuring even more familiar genre faces (Zach Galligan, Caroline Williams, Sid Haig, Derek Mears)—and he delivers it in spades, Crowley's rampage resulting in countless creative and very gruesome deaths.6.5 out of 10, rounded up to 7 for IMDb.

FlashCallahan A search and recovery team head into a haunted swamp to pick up the pieces of extras from the last movie.Scream queen Danielle Harris learns the secret to ending the curse that has left Victor Crowley/Jason Voorhees haunting and killing locals in Honey Island Swamp for decades.Here in the UK, it's the horror franchise that hardly anyone has heard of. The last movie had one showing in a flea bitten cinema in the worst part of my city, Leicester, so it's not a big surprise.To describe the movie, its Predator, meets Friday the 13th, by way of Terminator, but with lots and lots of gore. It's probably more gorier than the Evil Dead remake, but unlike that movie, this has a sense of humour to it, and you will find yourself chuckling along with it, not at it.But, the films structure has been done so many times before, that it doesn't offer anything new. It's basically girl walks into police station covered in blood, no one believes her because the killer died years earlier, search squad go looking for survivors, and guess what? They realise she was right all along.The support are okay, and apart from the character of Amanda, the characters are quite likable.Its worth watching, but you will have seen it so many times before.But it's the best film ever made showing that Zach Galligan hasn't aged in thirty years.