Plot
Marybeth escapes the clutches of the bayou-butcher Victor Crowley and returns to the swamp with an army of hunters and gunmen, determined to end Crowley's reign of horror once and for all.

Release Year: 2010

Rating: 5.3/10 (3,561 voted)

Critic's Score: 49/100

Director: Adam Green

Stars: Danielle Harris, Kane Hodder, Tony Todd

Storyline
Marybeth escapes the clutches of the deformed, swamp-dwelling iconic killer Victor Crowley. After learning the truth about her family's connection to the hatchet-wielding madman, Marybeth returns to the Louisiana swamps along with an army of hunters to recover the bodies of her family and exact the bloodiest revenge against the bayou butcher.

Cast:
Danielle Harris - Marybeth
Tony Todd - Reverend Zombie
Kane Hodder - Victor Crowley / Thomas Crowley
Parry Shen - Justin
Tom Holland - Bob
R.A. Mihailoff - Trent
AJ Bowen - Layton
Alexis Peters - Avery
Ed Ackerman - Cleatus
David Foy - Chad
Colton Dunn - Vernon
Rick McCallum - John
John Carl Buechler - Jack Cracker
Kathryn Fiore - Shyann Crowley
Erika Hamilton - Lena

Taglines: Hold on to all of your pieces.

Official Website: Official site |

Release Date: November 2010

Filming Locations: Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office Details

Budget: $800,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend: $52,604 (USA) (4 October 2010) (68 Screens)

Gross: $62,000 (USA) (4 October 2010)

Runtime: 85 min

Trivia:
In Canada, the film was scheduled to play in Toronto and Montreal theaters on October 1, 2010. However, because the film was not rated by the cities' provincial rating agencies, the theaters were threatened with fines if it still played and, thus, it was pulled from release. On Twitter, Adam Green referred to the occurrence as "sad".

Quotes:
Vernon: [to Reverend Zombie, about Marybeth] What's up with that Blair Witch, man? I'd tap that, but she'd probably have cobwebs sealing it up. And even if I did hit that, a bunch of bats come flying out of it. Voodoo.

Hatchet 2: The Best of the Horror Franchises of the Present

Rating: 9/10

Adam Green gets it. Horror movies are fun. Hatchet 2 may be the funnest horror movie of them all, and to it's slight detriment, the film has so much fun, that we forget that people are being viciously murdered. Once again, Green populates the slasher film with a bevy of extremely likable fodder for Hodder. Hatchet nods in the general direction of it's forefathers, the horror franchises of the eighties, before it takes a belt-sander to what is expected from a slasher film. It is a greatest kills marathon, full of kills you have never seen before. The story expands upon and strengthens the first film and leaves you wanting oh so much more Victor Crowley. No CGI gore. No excruciating torture scenes, just lots and lots of body rippin' and mutalatin'. Go see it, but try and come out with all your pieces.

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