Hatchet

Well, I guess now it’s officially a pattern. The pattern goes like this:

1. small independent horror movie plays a few small film festivals.
2. People on the internet go ape shit because they got to see it first.
3. Buzz spreads for a year or so.
4. Anchor Bay (#1 releaser of horror movies in the VHS days) buys rights, gives tiny theatrical release.
5. I see it on DVD.
6. god damn it, why don’t they make good ones anymore

This pattern started with BEHIND THE MASK: THE RISE OF LESLIE VERNON and fortunately this one is not as asinine as that one. It’s not terrible, but it doesn’t cut the mustard. Believe me, I wish it did. I see mustard everywhere and I want nothing more than for that mustard to be cut by a movie like this. But just being above the standards of the DTV giant snake movies is not a horror resurgence. (read the rest of this shit…)