Budget: $400,000
Directed By: Adam Green
The fourth film in the hatchet series, shown as a surprise reveal to some fans. Done on a tiny budget it does show. Compared to the other movies there's less kills and the majority of the film uses the cheap movie trope of sticking to one location mostly.
The effects are pretty standard for the series too. Acting good, mostly, as well as comedic, maybe even more than any of the other films. Kane Hodder returns as the deformed psycho killer Victor, imposing as always.
The start of the film is a small scene in addition to the end of part 3. Some lovers are killed after one of the hunters warns them. Then 10 years later we join Hong on a talk show bigging up his new book about surviving the night.
However some people believe he's the killer and blame him for the deaths of loved ones. We also see a small group intent on making a low budget film based on Crowley. They try to get Hong to help them but he's dragged away.
Hong is coerced into going back to the swamp with $1m dollars (though it's a lie). The friends also find themselves in the swamp at the same time. Oddly the plane crashes into the swamp, most of them survive. But in order to make her film more authentic the producer plays the original curse from a YouTube video. As is in horror films this brings Crowley back to life.
He kills them all one by, in a by the numbers affair.
I won't spoil anymore as it's worth a watch especially if you enjoyed 1-3. So I'll leave it to you to see who dies or not.
THN awards hatchet 4 a steady 3 out of 4 stars.
