Hatchetman

The brief movie description on the back of the DVD case caught my eye and I knew this was one to add to my 'B' movie collection. College coeds by day, strippers by night and a brutal serial killer on the loose.

You will be disappointed if you are looking for a unique thriller, this certainly falls into the 'B' category.

I new what I was getting though and was pleased to find that at least the main cast, Mia Zottoli in particular, was pleasant to the eyes. The plot, twists and all, didn't matter much. After all we are talking about college coeds by day and strippers by night.

First i am not the type of guy who will complain about some boobies, the movie is about a serial killer who kill stripper, so then why not showing boobies? (too bad we don't see the ones of Claudia tought) The killer is not very original with his Halloween mask and of course the hatchet, but still he is kinda of fun to watch.

We have to take this movie as a low budget z-series, thats why we don't see much of the killing and mostly victims after killings, but the blood is decent and all.

Well lets say i had a great time watching it, sure some plot things are badly done etc but if you take it as a low budget pop corn movie, taking on the example of Friday the 13 and Halloween, you could end up having a good time.

From this movie we can learn that there is only one bone in the forearm (look closely at the place where there was palms of the victim in the scene where the cop examine the body who lies at the street under the white sheet).

Besides this a boobies movie, more dramatic is 'beverly hills 90210' :/ Not scary at all, better give the money to some poor guy. I give it as much as 2 because of two reasons: 1. I didn't find out who was the murderer in the first 15 minutes of the movie. 2. Nudity. And I give it only 2 because: 1. Somehow I don't like movies where all actors are beautiful, that makes me feel like I'm watching stupid soap opera. 2. This strip-girls can't dance. Only thing you can stare at are their boobies. 3. The plot is so weak. This a copy of many other slashers, nothing new, nothing to surprise you. Just a 1000--th part of some soap opera... Yawn... 4. NEW ANATOMY :)

This movie(or should I say travesty?) was in the bargain bin in a local movie store for two bucks. I figured, what the hell? It can't be so bad that I would regret dishing out two dollars for it. Unfortunately, I do regret it and I'm here to warn you not to see this piece of garbage. It was a very agonizing hour and a half experience.

The acting is seriously awful, I guess should expect it from a Showtime film but still, did they think they had quality actors when they were producing this? The story is nothing but a horrible cliché slasher only the killer was stupider than any movie I've ever seen. The music and everything else are also terrible. If you made the same mistake I made by purchasing this movie, do yourself a favor and throw it out.

I thought this movie was kind of funny and exciting and I enjoyed trying to guess who the killer was and think about the various leads and clues in the film. However, when I've finished it I was absolutely disgusted by it. I like horror fiction and thinks that "Friday the 13th" is like fine art, however this 21th Scream-clone called Hatchetman is really bad. Some scenes were completely inexplicable like the tough-cop routine which should have had no place in a horror movie like this and is out of tough with an otherwise different character (I mean, the leading cop). The acting is really poor at times. I thought the mask of the killer looked better than the one in Scream though. Anyhow, this movie (Hatchetman) belongs to the category of extremely inept, childish movies similar to Ed Wood maybe or to the movies like "Christina's House" (look up the director if you are looking for a real treat in inept horror film making). In the end Hatchetman just leaves you bewildered and disgusted.

1/10