Hatchet III (2013)

A search and recovery team heads into the haunted swamp to pick up the pieces, and Marybeth learns the secret to ending the voodoo curse that has left Victor Crowley haunting and terrorizing Honey Island Swamp for decades.

Director:

BJ McDonnell

Writers:

Adam Green, Adam Green (characters)

Stars:

Danielle Harris, Kane Hodder, Zach Galligan

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Danielle Harris	...	Marybeth
Kane Hodder	...	Victor Crowley
Zach Galligan	...	Sheriff Fowler
Caroline Williams	...	Amanda
Parry Shen	...	Andrew
Robert Diago DoQui	...	Deputy Winslow
Derek Mears	...	Hawes
Cody Blue Snider	...	Schneiderman
Rileah Vanderbilt	...	Dougherty
Sean Whalen	...	Randy
Jason Trost	...	Hamilton
Diane Ayala Goldner	...	Elbert
John Michael Sudol	...	Jim
Jamal Dennis	...	Fire Department Official #1
Thomas Tah Hyde III	...	Deputy #2 (as Thomas 'Tah' Hyde)

Storyline

A search and recovery team heads into the haunted swamp to pick up the pieces, and Marybeth learns the secret to ending the voodoo curse that has left Victor Crowley haunting and terrorizing Honey Island Swamp for decades.

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Plot Keywords:

nihilism | surgical hairnet | slasher | swamp | roman numbered sequel | 

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Taglines:

This Legend Never Dies

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for pervasive strong bloody horror violence, and for language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 November 2013 (Qatar)

Also Known As:

Hatchet 3

Filming Locations:

Honey Island, Louisiana, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

ArieScope Pictures, Dark Sky Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

81 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Executive Producer and Writer Adam Green prides the Hatchet films on their "no CGI rule". All make-up effects are done the "old school" way, with prosthetics, make-up, latex, and silicone, in order to give the films their throwback feeling and tone. CGI and digital enhancement is only used for such things as wire removal, or fixing any camera issues that occurred while filming, but never to create the films' outrageous special effects. This movie was no exception to this rule, and Green continually challenged the make-up effects crew by writing crazy death scenes and sequences, that most any other modern production would have brought in computer generated visual effects teams to accomplish.

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Goofs

When Sheriff Fowler calls the Coast Guard he says he is with the Jefferson Parish PD. They are known as the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Department.

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Quotes

Andrew: Where's your boat?
Sheriff Fowler: What's wrong with this one?
Andrew: I don't have the keys.
Sheriff Fowler: What? Why?
Andrew: I work with a bunch of redneck racists; they don't let me drive anything!

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Alternate Versions

26.52 seconds were cut for the R-rated version to avoid an NC-17 rating from the MPAA.

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Connections

Featured in WatchMojo: One More Top 10 Hilarious Movie Deaths (2015)

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Soundtracks

Hail, Genocide
Written by Dave Brockie, Jizmak the Gusha (as B. Roberts), Beefcake The Mighty (as C. Orr), Balsac the Jaws of Death (as M. Derks) and C. Smoot
Performed by Gwar (as GWAR)
Courtesy of Metal Blade Records, Inc.

User Reviews

Pretty entertaining

Hatchet III is better than Hatchet II which took itself way too seriously. Hatchet I had a great first half and an equally underwhelming second half. Part III actually is funnier than Part I but the gore scenes run out of creativity towards the end. Still, the first half hour features a great mix of gags and gore including a glorious cameo from Adam Green himself.

The cast is a smörgåsbord of actors from horror movies which we watched before and loved. Zach Gilligan is hilarious as a sheriff who is given absolutely no respect. Derek Mears kicks ass and I was chuffed to see Old Jason vs New Jason. Caroline Williams could probably be termed as a supporting protagonist considering the impact she has on the story although her lion's share of screen time is spent in service of a subplot which could be considered as padding. Then there is Danielle Harris who manages to kick ass in a glorified cameo. Kane Hodder is a total beast who owns pretty much everything in his way. Sid Haig has an unnecessary cameo but is pretty funny. There are other funny cameos which I won't spoil.

Overall, this is a watchable movie. It's still not great but it's entertaining and a decent way to spend 1.5 hours.