Buzz:Hatchet 2(2010)

Director:Adam Green

Writer:Adam Green

Cast:Danielle Harris,Tony Todd,Kane Hodder

Acting:B

Entertainment:B+

Rewatchability:B

Overall: B

Hatchet 2 is much like the first Hatchet,maybe even a little more over the top with some of the gore and kills but for the most part it's a pretty fun ride.Chances are if you liked the first one you will have no problems with the second installment of Victor Crowley.

Taking place right after the event so of the first Hatchet,Mary Beth Dunston,this time played by horror-loving Danielle Harris, has escaped Victor Crowley and taken in by Swamp recluse Jack Cracker who immediately kicks her out upon learning who she is and what her daddy did(which will lead to a back story on the real origins of Victor Crowley and how Maryy Beths dad had a part in) but not before he re-directs Mary to go see Rev Zombie.

**Jack Crackers death is one of the best in the movie**

>Mary Beth wants revenge on Crowley for killing her family,Zombie eventually agrees to take her back to the swamp under one condition...she bring her uncle with her.Meanwhile Zombie rounds up a team to take along with them.

Along for the ride are with Rev Zombie and Mary Beth are Justin(Parry Sheen),the bad ass Trent(R.A Mihailoff),Layton(AJ Bowen),and his ex-mistress Avery(Alexis Peters),3 back-woods rednecks,Cleatus(Ed Ackerman),Chad(David Foy) and John(Rick McCallum),and the ever annoying Vernon(Colton Dunn).And of course Mary Beth's Uncle Bob(Tom Holland).Little does this group know that rev Zombie has his own reasons for going on this dangerous journey.

Can this group survive the menace of Victor Crowley or will they become more victims for his legend to grow?

So how are the characters?They are not quite as memorable as some from the first,most notably Joel David Moore.I really felt this movie was missing a male counterpart to Mary Beth that you actually cared about.Danielle Harris does a nice job taking over for Tamara Feldman here,she plays the shaken yet brave Mary Beth quite convincingly and is very likable for the most parts despite being a little whiny at times.

Rev Zombie played by Candyman legend Tony Todd does a real good job her as well,he commands the screen every time he is on and that deep voice is still memorable.It was also nice to see Todd back in the horror genre and with a much bigger part as well.

Other than those two,everyone else is mostly forgotten though I did dig Layton's(AJ bowen from House of the Devil) small part.

Vernon perhaps was the most annoying and I really didn't find him all that funny,I actually was wondering when he would die.

On a side note we get cameos from Lloyd Kaufman and Mike Mendez,plus a cool little reference to Leslie Vernon and nice little nod to Frozen.

So the deaths?The kills are ratcheted up here and very over-the top,Green does things with the body that are so outlandish you can only sit back and have a good time with it.There are quite a few memorable ones.The best ones being the intestine decapitation scene and the sex-body gyrating scene(see it for yourself).

And Victor Crowley?I never really cared for his look,even in the original,I find him to be more cartoony than anything and definitely not scary.I understand what Green was going for in both films but I would have preferred if they made him a bit more realistic looking and not like some giant kidney bean.But he is pretty vicious and it more of a ticked off mode here.

All in all Green does a good job with another nod to the campy 80s style slashers here.Watch it for it's gore,watch it for it's death scenes and watch to escape the real world for 90 minutes.