The first "Hatchet" is one of my favorite slasher movies of the past 10 years. It was gory as hell, funny, and just a blast to watch. The second film wasn't nearly as good as the original but it was still a pretty decent slasher flick. The third film is pretty much what you would expect from the third installation in a lesser known horror series, its obviously a bit more low budget than the previous movies and it just doesn't even almost compare to the original.
One thing I have enjoyed about the Hatchet movies is that they pick up right where the previous movie left off. This movie follows that pattern and picks up with Mary Beth murdering the hell out of Viktor Crowley. From there it gets a little slow, the acting is not this movies strong point yet we are unfortunately treated to a lot of awkward conversations between characters you won't care about.
Once the killing gets going the drop in budget becomes very obvious, the kills are not nearly as crazy and awesome as the first two movies. The gore effects are something you would expect from a micro budget horror film, but they do kinda make up for that by giving us tons of kills.
One positive thing I can say about the film is that it contains some pretty cool cameos. A lot of unexpected characters show up and give pretty hilarious performances.
"Hatchet 3" is not a terrible movie, its a fairly entertaining low budget slasher flick. But it just doesn't really deserve the "Hatchet" name. As a stand alone slasher movie this would be a solid 5/10, but as the third installment to a pretty solid horror series it just doesn't live up.
4/10
One thing I have enjoyed about the Hatchet movies is that they pick up right where the previous movie left off. This movie follows that pattern and picks up with Mary Beth murdering the hell out of Viktor Crowley. From there it gets a little slow, the acting is not this movies strong point yet we are unfortunately treated to a lot of awkward conversations between characters you won't care about.
Once the killing gets going the drop in budget becomes very obvious, the kills are not nearly as crazy and awesome as the first two movies. The gore effects are something you would expect from a micro budget horror film, but they do kinda make up for that by giving us tons of kills.
One positive thing I can say about the film is that it contains some pretty cool cameos. A lot of unexpected characters show up and give pretty hilarious performances.
"Hatchet 3" is not a terrible movie, its a fairly entertaining low budget slasher flick. But it just doesn't really deserve the "Hatchet" name. As a stand alone slasher movie this would be a solid 5/10, but as the third installment to a pretty solid horror series it just doesn't live up.
4/10