Watching films at Fantastic Fest can be described in a lot of ways. For me personally, I generally walk into every single film playing there with no idea what it’s about, or even what language it’s in. This is, of course, completely untrue when it comes to Hatchet 2, which is exactly why I skipped the Fantastic Fest screening to watch Rubber instead. Thankfully there was an LA screening and interviews set up, so I flew back to town to rock and roll with that. Now you’re lucky enough to hear my thoughts on it. In 2006 writer-director Adam Green unleashed Victor Crowley on the world in the 80′s slasher film love letter Hatchet. A straight up throwback to a better, simpler time where gigantic men in masks beat, cut, slashed, pounded, and ripped young adults into much smaller pieces in amusing ways. Four years later Green has returned to the swamps of Louisiana, picking up approximately one second after the events of the first film. Seriously, if you haven’t seen the first flick, make sure to check it out before heading into theaters this October to watch the unrated film on the big screen thanks to AMC. Hatchet 2 makes no bones about what it is: an ensemble film of familiar faces gathered together to meet eclectic deaths at the hands of Victor Crowley (Kane Hodder). Gone is Tamara Feldman, the Marybeth of the original, replaced by genre mainstay and still rising star Danielle Harris. While Harris may be a touch [...]Celebrity News Patricia Arquette Celebrity Gossip Penelope Cruz Lady GaGa
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