Hatchet 2

By some strange stroke of luck, I happened to watch hatchet on netflix, and reviewed it in my last post, which was like a couple weeks back. So now I catch Hatchet 2 on HBO! :-o

I'm pretty sure this was written by the same guy. Not only does the story pick up exactly where the first one ends, but they re-filmed the end of the last movie with Danielle Harris instead of the actress that was in the first movie! :-D

I'm watching it now, but there doesn't seem to be as much humor in this one. Basically, the plot goes, Marybeth (the only survivor of the first movie) manages to make it out of the swamp, but finds out her daddy was one of the three kids who started the fire that led to the death of Victor Crowley in the first place. So Reverend Zombie (tony todd, from Candyman fame), who knows the truth, organizes a hunting expedition at Marybeth's request to go back into the swamp, kill Crowley and bring back her family's remains. Reverend Zombie, knowing the identities of the three kids who started the fire that killed Victor, lures them back into the swamp along with the expedition so Crowley can finish them off and end his ghostly suffering by taking revenge on the kids who killed him.

At least, that's his theory. So far, Old Vic is going around killing people like he did in the first movie, and it's more of a horror/ghost story/slasher flick than a comedy at this point. Still funny at points, though. Like why the HELL do people just start having sex in these movies in the middle of a dark swamp at night while a killer is running around? lol Look, I know that whole "dangerous situations lead to excitement" thing is going on here, but in the dark in the middle of the swamp? Just forget about the whole hunting a killer ghost thing, just lay down the guns and go for some crazy anal sex in the swamp! YEEEHHAAWWWWWWW!!! Man, i know things get hazy when the hormones are pumping through your veins, but come on... Doesn't the survival instinct take over at all? :-/

And why the HELL does no one listen to Marybeth? She survives the first night, and everyone on the hunting trip just ignores the shit out of her! You'd think the whole "fought victor crowley once already and lived" would lend her some weight, but noooooo. Everyone in these silly slasher movies is stupid, that's why they all die.

I will say one thing for Danielle Harris. She's sexy when she's going psycho-killer on a guy. So yea, not a bad movie. Kind of short, but hopefully hatchet 3 will be better! :-D