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Definitely not the best, but better than I expected.

posted 13 years ago by SasquatchJim
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I had my fair share of apprehension going into this movie. Everything I read about it seemed to be either love it or hate it. I knew it relied A LOT on excessive gore, which I'm not especially a fan of, so I wasn't sure what to think.

Then, I saw the movie with a few of my friends, and lo and behold, I loved it! It has a better sense of humor than most slasher films I've seen, and it definitely doesn't take itself seriously. Shawn in particular made the movie for me; his attempts to guide the tour and entertain were hilarious.

Anyway, while I wouldn't really rank this among the top horror movies ever made, I was very pleasantly surprised by it; IMO it's better than most of the slasher remakes that've been released recently. So, to anyone who's apprehensive about it like I was, I'm betting you'll enjoy it as long as you aren't looking for something with any degreee of seriousness.

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[–] Astrolupine 13 years ago

It wasn't as gory as I expected, and it took its time getting to the chaos, yet I found this one surprisingly enjoyable. Fun little homage to the simplicity and goofiness of the '80s slashers, some likeable victims, good intentional humour and well-timed violence. Frankly, I'm surprised this doesn't have a more positive reception amongst horror fans. Oh well, to each their own.

Not quite sure if I'm interested in the sequel or not.

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[–] SasquatchJim 13 years ago

Meh, TBH, I was disappointed with the sequel. It lost a lot of the humor of the 1st film.

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[–] RobBase086-1 13 years ago

I thought this was very well done and loved it! A friend of mine let me borrow both Hatchet and Hatchet II. I thought they were great and loved the ideas of the gore in the film.

It was brilliantly done in my opinion because it was hilarious to watch Shawn be the tour guide who just happened to move there. Then the same actor plays his twin brother in the sequel, but with a goatee though. That was great! I am wanting to own my own copies of these films.

I thought the comedy in the film was brilliantly done because you knew certain parts of the film was made to make you laugh and then other parts you had to take seriously though. That is what I loved about this movie.

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