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The thing about genre movies is, no matter how much a critic of so-called ‘quality’ cinema may find the cliches unbearable, we in the horror community prefer to call them tropes thank you very much. A movie can be a checklist of the familiar as long as we know the director is as passionate about the genre as we are. So many big studio horror flicks seem to be directed by hacks-for-hire with no love or understanding of what the fans want from a flick, which is energy, verve, splatter, scares and an obvious affinity with making beheadings look totally sweet.
Hatchet 2 is a genre picture from the ground up. It’s set in a gloomy swamp, there’s voodoo and black magic, a stalwart cast of well loved horror performers (check out our links to previous posts on the stars of Hatchet 2 at the bottom of this post), an iconic and viciously wielded weapon, a diverse selection of characters with just enough personality to make them entertaining but not enough back story to make you too upset when their throats are suddenly torn out and most importantly, an overall atmosphere of gory enthusiasm for throwing the claret around.
Unlike the uninspiring creators of some Hollywood diet-fright flicks, Hatchet 2 director Adam Green is clearly head over heels in love with horror, with a capital H… Written in blood… On the wall of a dank and haunted crypt. If you want evidence, check out his previous films like the first Hatchet movie or the queasily terrifying ski lift nightmare Frozen. For the ultimate proof of his gory credentials, look no further than his annual Halloween short film. Green has been making a humourous offering for the October witching season for the last couple of years and they prove that the filmmaker makes horror flicks for all the right reasons. Here’s an example… FAIRY TALE POLICE
Adam Green: Getting ahead in the world of horror...
