User reviews

It's obviously very low budget but this was no excuse for such cheap schlock. This is mostly a succession of not-so-great stripping scenes at a strip club (where women only bare their breasts) cut with short, disappointing murders committed by a masked maniac dubbed Hatchetman because of the weapon he seems to use. This is also a festival of horrible acting headlined by the obnoxious, overacting building manager and by the biggest-breasted star stripper. The grieving scenes are particularly pathetic and fake. The only not-so-bad actors are probably the detective and the new curly-haired stripper. The writing is below soap-opera quality. The build-up to the murders is lame (except the first one) and the murders themselves are over in a flash with a splash of blood on a wall and a quick glance (or not) of the victim. There's no suspense, no horror. There's a pretense at a murder mystery but it quickly becomes obvious who the killer is. The characters act stupidly and unrealistically. The ending is beyond lame. This pathetic, oblivious, unoriginal and unfunny excuse for a B-movie film is not worth watching.

Rating: 2 out of 10 (terrible)

This is the worst "Scream"-replica ever. Extremely bad acting, camera movement, sound, picture, directing, special effects and so on.

After 5 minutes, you've pretty much figured out who's going to survive the Hatchman's axeswinging. The only thing that will entertain people in this movie, is the boobs. The movie never goes five minutes without any form of nudity. Problem is, the girls aren't that pretty.

If you want nudity, rent a pornmovie. Chances are surprisingly big that it'll have a better story.

Avoid at all costs. I've used 7 dollars to rent this crap, so I feel that I have done my duties in this life not recommending this to anyone.

This little low-budget Horror was an absolute gem of the slasher genre, there's a Noir style & feel to it with a great visual look & exciting suspenseful music & a great little cast of practically unknowns or atleast to me anyway. This is such as fun throwback to the sleazy & gritty sexploitation slasher films of the 80s & 90s, it's got that mix of adult erotic Thriller & gritty Detective slasher flick, all very exploitation style with lots of sexy half naked ladies!!! I loved it lol The killer is fun too with a silly Halloween demon mask & hatchet as his weapon!!! There's some hilarious bits too that mostly come from the silly & funny "Rob" the apartment manager played by Chris Moir, an actor i also had never heard of before this film but he's great in this flick.

Hatchetman is as good as any of it's other bigger budget cinema released films such as the "Scream" films or the "I know what you did last summer" films or the "Urban Legend" flicks, this slasher is like a pure pulp noir Thriller with slasher & Horror elements, we have a Detective on the trail of a serial killer who is targeting beautiful strippers & the cop "sonny" is dating the main girl & we have lots of could-be killers or Red Herrings, we have the seedy strip club full of weidos watching the beautiful ladies & we have a funny & strange apartment manager who is in love with one of the strippers & we have the sleazy down town los Angeles setting as a gritty but also sometimes beautiful setting/backdrop for this very pulpy noir mystery to unfold. The group of strippers are a great group of friends too & their friendships add a nice depth to the dangerous situation, the girls are not horrible trashy women they are actually a nice bunch who only do it as a job & are each given a nice character role, a neat idea the type Tarantino would use for his main group of tough chicks!!! Some stand out more as good characters like "Star" she's a BEAUTIFUL & tough lady, we have some nice gory moments & all help make a very well directed & written Slasher-Thriller with great characters & NONE that are annoying!!!

One of the best of the genre & more than a throwaway cheap slasher flick, this is a layered mystery with good solid performances all round, a real gem from the early 2000's straight to the video store genre flick!!! Pure late night entertainment

In one of the first scenes, this movie seemed to me as a very good one. It had the kind of stuff that you would usually see in a good horror movie. Until I saw it all. This was obviously a very low budget film. The effects were bad, some of the acting was lousy and the plot ? I wouldn't go there. This movie does not deserve it's place in the shelf marked "horror", why ? Owing to the fact that there is more erotic than horror or action in this movie after my opinion. After seeing this film, you are left with the thought of a cliché that was suppose to be a good horror movie. A movie about a lunatic, running ironed with a big axe slaying people with some strippers on a pole in between the "scary" scenes.

1/10

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.

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.

Hmm! I just rented this film not too long ago.. Well, as the saying goes.. 'Never judge a book by its cover..' But it's more like 'Never judge a Video/DVD by its cover..'

Well, after seeing this. I thought to myself 'What the hell is this..?' I've seen Friday the 13th, Scream, Halloween, and a few other teen slasher movies. But this one to me, was simply going over the top..

So, you got some serial killer going around slaying strippers.. That's mostly the plot.. Yeah! It does kind of keeps you guessing 'til the end.. and yeah! These films has been done many times before.. That's the problem!

I think nowadays there are so many slasher films.. Each one has its own set of 'tones'.. It's very hard to see which ones that would 'keep your feet on the ground'.. But Hatchet Man kept my feet off the ground.

It was watchable.. Yes! But I wouldn't put my money where my mouth is..

I'm giving this one (on a whole..) a serious 1 out of 10..! 10 out of 10 for the actresses for stripping..!

Totally diabolical..!!

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

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 :)

Hatchetman was the right dose of pure mindless entertainment needed for a Friday night at home! Packed with the always enjoyable T&A and gruesome horror scenes, Hatchetman provides its audiences with plenty of laughs and mindless killings one comes to expect when watching a horror movie.

Set in a seedy strip world where hot chicks dance and a cold blooded killer roams the night, a lone detective (Sonny), is sent out to investigate the brutal murders of young voluptuous women ;)

I have always been a fan of the B movie horror genre, and this definitely fits the bill. Aside for the characters Molly and Curtis played by Nina Tapanin and Darren Reiher, the cast is easily forgettable. Nina's presence and acting style was a breath of fresh air for this low budget horror film and really helped moved the story along. Darren's performance as Hatchetman was fun to watch, even though his hatchet was obviously made of plastic.

If you love horror films then this is the movie to watch. Not for those with weak stomachs or critical eyes. (7/10)

To start my review, I have to say this is not a great movie, but it's so insane and way out of left field that it actually becomes a bit entertaining. Crazy, makes no sense, and it could be one of the worse films ever made, and yet, it's crazy B grade tropes, bad dubbing, and lack of actual plot(seriously how did this get a R rating and it wasn't a unrated release) but the humour, the lack of any coherent plot, give this a B grade and silly slasher, a so bad it's good feel, and I enjoyed, it's silliness!!!