The best thing I can say about HATCHET III is that it's a slight improvement over its predecessor, HATCHET II. The first film is still the best, of course, and the only one I'd consider watching again; the problem with these sequels is that they simply retread the original plotting with a few twists to try to bring originality to it, but it doesn't work.Mary Beth thinks she's managed to kill vicious bayou murderer Victor Crowley for good, only for him to return from the grave once again seeking vengeance. She ends up being accused of the previous movie's murders and gets thrown in jail where she must join forces with a reporter to get to the heart of the matter, so to speak. Meanwhile, the sheriff organises a posse to go into the bayou and take down the killer for good...HATCHET III is another excuse for gory effects and the film is chock-full of gooey death scenes which take extreme to a new level. The level of splatter is incredibly over the top, but I didn't like how Kane Hodder looks like a generic mutant villain now and the kills are hardly anything to get excited about, if I'm honest; there's an air of familiarity over the whole production which saps enjoyment of it. This time around Adam Green lets a camera operator buddy of his handle the directing and the result is less than impressive. Still, we do get an impressive cast headlined by the likable Zach Galligan (GREMLINS) and featuring Derek Mears (THE AGGRESSION SCALE), Caroline Williams (THE Texas CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2), a returning Parry Shen, and a cameoing Sid Haig.

Despite shooting Victor Crowley point-blank in the head with a shotgun, ramming her fist into what remains of his face, and pushing him onto a chainsaw, Marybeth (Danielle Harris) doesn't stop the cursed maniac from returning to kill again the very next night. To end the horror once and for all, she must break the curse by returning to the swamp and giving Crowley what he wants: the remains of his long-dead father.If you enjoyed the comedy-tinged, splatter-drenched silliness of the previous two Hatchet movies, then there's no reason at all for you not to be entertained by this third chapter: let's be honest, they don't exactly try to reinvent the wheel. Director BJ McDonnell (taking over the reins from Adam Green) knows exactly what his audience demands—more over-the-top splatter, more cheesy dialogue, and a cast featuring even more familiar genre faces (Zach Galligan, Caroline Williams, Sid Haig, Derek Mears)—and he delivers it in spades, Crowley's rampage resulting in countless creative and very gruesome deaths.6.5 out of 10, rounded up to 7 for IMDb.

By know we all know who Victor Crowley is and we all do know that this franchise starts with the ending of the previous entry. And so it does. Victor being shot in the head. So it's over and out for Victor? No it isn't otherwise we shouldn't have a part 3. And that's a bit of my problem with part 3. Victor resurrect again and again. Not that I have something against that fact but when he's cut in two by a chainsaw he still comes back. Luckily the gore is still there and Sid Haig is hilarious here even as he just comes in for a few minutes. The open ending of course makes it possible to start with Part 4 as Danielle Harris (Marybeth) could become the new killer, or am I wrong. But somehow this part didn't work out as I thought it would have. Although there's gore and goo (the ending scene with Victor) I was left with a bitter feeling. And if I say that the tattoo of Danielle took my attention as it is becoming bigger and bigger then I guess that says enough about Hatchet. Again, it wasn't bad but by now we have seen it all before. Gore 3/5 Nudity 0,5/5 Effects 4/5 Story 2,5/5 Comedy 0/5

A search and recovery team head into a haunted swamp to pick up the pieces of extras from the last movie.Scream queen Danielle Harris learns the secret to ending the curse that has left Victor Crowley/Jason Voorhees haunting and killing locals in Honey Island Swamp for decades.Here in the UK, it's the horror franchise that hardly anyone has heard of. The last movie had one showing in a flea bitten cinema in the worst part of my city, Leicester, so it's not a big surprise.To describe the movie, its Predator, meets Friday the 13th, by way of Terminator, but with lots and lots of gore. It's probably more gorier than the Evil Dead remake, but unlike that movie, this has a sense of humour to it, and you will find yourself chuckling along with it, not at it.But, the films structure has been done so many times before, that it doesn't offer anything new. It's basically girl walks into police station covered in blood, no one believes her because the killer died years earlier, search squad go looking for survivors, and guess what? They realise she was right all along.The support are okay, and apart from the character of Amanda, the characters are quite likable.Its worth watching, but you will have seen it so many times before.But it's the best film ever made showing that Zach Galligan hasn't aged in thirty years.