Hatchet (2006)

Director:

Adam Green

Writer:

Adam Green

Release Date:

5 October 2007 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror

Tagline:

It's not a remake. It's not a sequel. And it's not based on a Japanese one.

Plot:

When a group of tourists on a New Orleans haunted swamp tour find themselves stranded in the wilderness, their evening of fun and spooks turns into a horrific nightmare.

Plot Keywords:

Boat | Swamp | Bayou | Tour | Louisiana

Awards:

6 wins

Cast

Joel David Moore	...	Ben
Tamara Feldman	...	Marybeth
Deon Richmond	...	Marcus
Kane Hodder	...	Victor Crowley / Mr. Crowley
Mercedes McNab	...	Misty
Parry Shen	...	Shawn
Joel Murray	...	Doug Shapiro
Joleigh Fioravanti	...	Jenna (as Joleigh Fioreavanti)
Richard Riehle	...	Jim Permatteo
Patrika Darbo	...	Shannon Permatteo
Robert Englund	...	Sampson
Joshua Leonard	...	Ainsley
Tony Todd	...	Reverend Zombie
John Carl Buechler	...	Jack Cracker (as John Buechler)
Rileah Vanderbilt	...	Young Victor Crowley
Adam Green	...	Buddy #1
Lance Kelly	...	Buddy #2 (as Lance Kelley)
John Gross	...	Buddy #3
Mckenzie Sims	...	Kid at Country Store
Adam Weisman	...	Halloween Skeleton
Brandon Gonsalves	...	Halloween Pig (as Brandon Gonsavles)
Danielle Victor	...	Halloween Clown
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chris Bailey	...	Drunk Partier (uncredited)
James L. Bills	...	Mardi Gras Party Guy (uncredited)
Gary Desroche	...	Screaming Drunk Guy (uncredited)
Kristin Michelle Duncil	...	Mardi Gras Extra (uncredited)
Sarah Elbert	...	Vomiting Girl (uncredited)
David Foy	...	Hillbilly (uncredited)
Jessica Luebe	...	Balcony Flasher #1 (uncredited)
April Montgomery	...	Party Girl (uncredited)
Johnny Rock	...	Mardi Gras Partygoer (uncredited)
Brandy Scott	...	Kissing Couple (uncredited)

Directed by
Adam Green

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Adam Green

Produced by
Scott Altomare	....	producer
Sarah J. Donohue	....	line producer
Sarah Elbert	....	producer
Roman Kindrachuk	....	executive producer
Andrew Mysko	....	executive producer
Cory Neal	....	producer

Original Music by
Andy Garfield

Cinematography by
Will Barratt

Film Editing by
Christopher Roth

Casting by
Shannon Makhanian

Production Design by
Bryan McBrien

Art Direction by
Tim Beckett

Costume Design by
Heather Sladinski

Makeup Department
Alexandrea A. Bouska	....	additional hair stylist
Kimberly Eckhout	....	additional makeup artist
Michelle Farmer	....	special makeup effects lab work
Annah Murray	....	assistant hair artist
Annah Murray	....	assistant makeup artist
Suzana P. Rupe	....	key hair stylist
Rileah Vanderbilt	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Sarah J. Donohue	....	unit production manager
Straw Weisman	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Alex Betuel	....	first assistant director: second unit
Craig Borden	....	first assistant director
Michelle Gold	....	second assistant director
Jason Halley	....	second second assistant director
Jill Hoppy	....	second second assistant director: Louisiana
Steve Reese	....	assistant director: second unit
Steve Reese	....	first assistant director
Aaron Walters	....	second assistant director: Louisiana
Mark Weatherbe	....	second unit director

Art Department
Bruce Barlow	....	art director: second unit
Denis Cordova	....	construction coordinator
J. Zoe Frasure	....	storyboard artist (as Zoe Frasure)
Sarah Geller	....	property master
Morgan Krantz	....	art department assistant
Peggy Paola	....	assistant set decorator
Valerie Sand	....	art department intern
Kelli Wilson	....	art production assistant

Sound Department
Thomas E. Conrad	....	sound mixer: Louisiana
Rob Cunningham	....	boom operator
Mick Davies	....	boom operator
Andy Garfield	....	sound designer
Stanley Kastner	....	sound re-recording mixer
Assaf Lotan	....	sound recordist
Donald Lyles	....	adr mixer
Donald Lyles	....	sound re-recording mixer
Daniel D. Monahan	....	production sound mixer
Vic Radulich	....	dialogue editor
Scott Stolz	....	sound mixer
Clancy T. Troutman	....	supervising sound editor
Mathew Waters	....	sound re-recording mixer (theatrical version)
Scott Westley	....	sound effects editor

Special Effects by
Mark Andrews	....	lab technician
John Carl Buechler	....	special effects
Lynn Buechler	....	production controller
Lou Carlucci	....	special effects coordinator
Michelle Chung	....	special effects makeup
Briana Dorner	....	lab technician
Dan Edwards	....	special effects
John Paul Fedele	....	shop supervisor
Josh Hakian	....	special effects
Brad Hardin	....	key makeup effects
Mike Jones	....	key sculptor
Nino Mancuso	....	effects rigger
Joe Montenegro	....	special effects
Robert Pendergraft	....	makeup effects coordinator
Dirk Rogers	....	special effects technician: M.M.I.
Jenn Rose	....	makeup effects artist (as Jennifer Rose)
Mark Weatherbe	....	animatronics

Visual Effects by
Gregory Creaser	....	digital intermediate colorist
Elizabeth da Costa	....	digital intermediate coordinator
Micah Gallo	....	digital intermediate executive producer
Tyler A. Hawes	....	DI colorist: Liquid DI
Tyler A. Hawes	....	DI supervisor: Liquid DI
Nathan Hayashigawa	....	digital compositor
David Miazga	....	DI colorist: Liquid DI
Lance Ranzer	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Joey Anaya	....	stunt double
Chris Carnel	....	stunt double
Mark Chadwick	....	stunt double
Casey Easlick	....	stunt double
Tanner Gill	....	stunt double
Mark Hicks	....	stunt double
Steven Ho	....	stunt double
Kane Hodder	....	stunt coordinator
Rick McCallum	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Cassandra McCormick	....	stunt double
Nicole Randall	....	stunt double
Paul E. Short	....	stunt double
Patrick J. Statham	....	stunt double
Gary J. Wayton	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Jon Callesen	....	best boy electric
Jon Callesen	....	rigging gaffer
Brian M. Fisher	....	grip
Lewis Fowler	....	first assistant camera
David Gamble	....	grip
Adam Genzink	....	grip
Cory Gerrells	....	still photographer: Louisiana
Christel Golden	....	still photographer
John Gross	....	camera loader: New Orleans
Blake Harjes	....	assistant camera
Jared Hoy	....	electrician
Justin Jeung	....	first assistant camera
Eric Leach	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Gerald Lee	....	grip
Jeremy McCormick	....	grip
BJ McDonnell	....	Steadicam operator: "a" camera
Topher Miller	....	best boy grip
Dustin Pearlman	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Jay Pope	....	grip
Jay Pope	....	rigging electrician
Richard Ralston	....	gaffer
Aaron Schnobrich	....	additional gaffer
Jeremy Schonwald	....	rigging electrician
Brian Silva	....	grip
Randy Tharpe	....	electrician
Brenda Tucker	....	grip
Rick Tucker	....	key grip
Raul Vasquez	....	grip
Lisa Villaire	....	camera loader
Nate Wayman	....	grip
Sam Wayman	....	electrician
Neil Wittman	....	electrician
Jordan Woods	....	second assistant camera: second unit

Animation Department
Adam Starr	....	opening animation

Casting Department
Wayne Douglas Morgan	....	casting coordinator: Louisiana
Katie Piel	....	casting associate (as Katie Piel)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Kevin Ian Ackerman	....	set costumer (as Kevin Ackerman)
Karen Cortes	....	additional set costumer (as Karen 'KC' Cortes)
Selby Van Horne	....	wardrobe supervisor (as Selby Von Horne)

Editorial Department
Peter Dana	....	film transfer supervisor
Nathan Hayashigawa	....	digital intermediate artist
Greg Kimble	....	digital intermediate supervisor
Matt McFarland	....	digital intermediate operations
Regan McGowan	....	colorist: dailies
Jason Richard Miller	....	post-production coordinator
Lance Ranzer	....	digital intermediate effects

Transportation Department
Alex E. Burns	....	driver: cast
Geno Hart	....	transportation coordinator
Marty Osborne	....	driver
Adam Pinkstaff	....	transportation captain

Other crew
David Aaron	....	armorer
Roger L. Addington	....	fire safety officer
Richard C. Atkins	....	fire safety officer
Alex Betuel	....	production assistant
James A. Brewer	....	fire safety officer
Allison Brooker	....	assistant production coordinator
Luis Cabrera	....	chef
Kendall J. Carter	....	fire safety officer
Dale Caughey	....	supervising engineer
Sarah Clifford	....	animal coordinator
Barry Curtis	....	fire safety officer (as Barry C. Curtis)
Lonnie L. Downey	....	fire safety officer
Bobby Edrington	....	animal trainer
Brandon Gonsalves	....	production assistant
Ben Gonzales	....	set medic
Lee Gordon	....	production meteorologist
John Gross	....	set documentarian
Edward W. Hale	....	fire safety officer
Robert Kinsey	....	fire safety officer (as Robert E. Kinsey)
Matthew Knudsen	....	production assistant (as Matt Knudsen)
Jason Lerner	....	production assistant
Tye Lombardi	....	production assistant
Lance Mancuso	....	medic
Larry H. Maynard	....	fire safety officer
Andrea McDowell	....	production coordinator
Jeff McPhee	....	additional set production assistant
James A. Nelson	....	fire safety officer
Russell Nielsen	....	fire safety officer (as Russell B. Nielsen)
Wayne D. Nygaard	....	fire safety officer
Ralph Ortiz	....	i/o support
Cherry Parnell	....	first assistant accountant
Gail Phelts	....	animal trainer
Jay Pope	....	dive master
Charles H. Powell Jr.	....	fire safety officer
Donald C. Pratt	....	fire safety officer
James W. Pruitt	....	fire safety officer
Jaime Ramiriez	....	chef
Carlos Reza	....	production assistant
Kirsten Robinson	....	script supervisor (as Kirsten Pope)
Johnny Rock	....	extras wrangler
Mario Rodriguez	....	chef
Stephan Rothman	....	production accountant
Ross Rouillier	....	photo double
Amy Sanderson	....	script supervisor: Louisiana
Tracy Scott	....	script supervisor (as Tracy Lynn Scott)
Steven Shea	....	background coordinator
Genea Shifrin	....	set medic
Josh Shifrin	....	set medic
Justin R. Smith	....	assistant to director
Willard H. Sparks	....	fire safety officer
Jack Tice	....	fire safety officer (as Jack A. Tice)
Mike Tsucalas	....	additional set production assistant
Corin Warinner	....	set production assistant: Louisiana
Randall Weatherington	....	digital scanning and recording
Adam Weisman	....	production assistant
Brian Wickliff	....	additional set production assistant

Thanks
Teague Cowley	....	special thanks
Alex Franklin	....	special thanks
John Gray	....	special thanks
Dan Walker	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• ArieScope Pictures
• High Seas Entertainment
• Radioaktive Film (in association with)

Distributors

• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Equinox Films (2007) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Works, The (2007) (UK) (theatrical)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Force Entertainment (2007) (Australia) (DVD)
• Future Film (2008) (Finland) (DVD)
• One Movie (2008) (Italy) (all media)
• One Movie (2010) (Italy) (all media)
• Soyuz Video (2007) (Russia) (DVD)
• Sunfilm Entertainment (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
• Tiberius Film (2007) (Germany) (all media)

Special Effects

• Magical Media Industries

Other Companies

• Liquid DI  digital intermediate
• Cranium Filmworks  digital intermediate: festival version
• Digital Dreams Sound Studios  sound post-production
• Hollywood-DI  HD screening services
• Lit Post  post-production
• Media Distributors Film Source  Fuji film provided by
• New Orleans Film Commission, The  film commission

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated NC-17 for extreme violence and gore (original rating)

Runtime:

84 min (uncut version) | UK:85 min | Canada:84 min (Premium movie channel) | Germany:93 min (European Film Market)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R (cut) | USA:NC-17 (original rating) | UK:18 | Germany:18 | Ireland:18 | Australia:R | Finland:K-18 (self applied) | Portugal:M/16 | New Zealand:R16 | Italy:VM14

Filming Locations:

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Company:

ArieScope Pictures

Trivia:

Director Cameo: [Adam Green]One of the people in the group of friends at the start of the film.

Goofs:

Continuity: It's raining in one scene but not in the next, several times throughout the movie (also pointed out by the director in the DVD commentary).

Quotes:

[first lines]
[two men are on a boat in a swamp at night]
Ainsley:Come on, Pa. We've been out here over three hours. I mean we don't even know where the hell she went.
Sampson:She's at least... 12-footer if I ever saw one. No, I ain't leavin' here without her.
Ainsley:Man, I'm cold.
[Sampson notices brief activity with the water]
Sampson:Shh. Shut your hole.

Movie Connections:

References Mystic Pizza (1988)

Soundtrack:

Jambalaya

I've seen worse...but I've seen better too

A bunch of the usual idiots are in a boat going through a swamp in New Orleans. Naturally the swamp supposedly has the ghost of a deformed maniacal man. Naturally the boat hits a rock and everybody has to get ashore. And naturally the maniac is alive and well (somehow) and goes after all of them.

As you can see this is totally by the numbers. There's no explanation of how this thing is still alive after so many years and he seems to be able to teleport to exactly where the victims are--there are at least five instances where he appears someplace that it was impossible for him to get to. Hasn't this insulting cliché been played out already? And nothing kills him (of course). All the passengers are the same clichés we've seen before--there's the slutty girls, the horny older guy, the nice guy, the nice girl, the elderly couple... I was actually getting pretty annoyed that these were trotted out again in a movie.

In some ways it'll give the undiscriminating horror fan what he wants--blood and boobs. Before the opening credits two people are literally torn apart (one is amusingly played by Robert Englund) and there's at least 10 pairs of nude breast shots in the first 15 minutes alone! This gets a 5 because it wasn't unwatchable. It moves fairly swiftly and the cast were actually pretty good. They're not going to win any awards but they pulled off their roles. The script has some purposely funny lines and I did laugh a few times. Also the gore was pretty explicit. I'm not surprised that it was cut for an R rating.

So, if you're a horror fan, you've seen this before. But if there's nothing else at the video store or on TV this is an OK time waster.