After premiering in the UK at last year's Frightfest, the latest in Adam Green's saga about the dungaree-wearing backwoods lunatic who likes chopping people up with the above-mentioned title item gets a UK DVD release courtesy of Thunderbird.
Andrew Yong (Parry Shen), lone survivor of previous films, is busy appearing on talk shows and attending signings of his ghost written account of his experiences. After his agent Kathleen (Felissa Rose from SLEEPAWAY CAMP) secures him a 'million dollar deal', Andrew boards the scuzziest, cheapest-looking private jet ever.
It crash lands in a certain swamp where film-maker Chloe (Katie Booth) and her 'crew' of Alex (Chase Williamson) and Rose (Laura Ortiz) have mistakenly brought lunatic hatchet-wielding killer Victor Crowley (Kane Hodder) back to life by playing youtube videos of the voodoo chant required to resurrect him. What happens then is by the numbers, with too little happening far too late.
HATCHET III was surprisingly good, rattling along and with several iconic guest appearances from the likes of Sid Haig and Caroline Williams to keep the fans happy. VICTOR CROWLEY features an excruciatingly overlong 'sign my penis' gag, an embarrassing cameo from Green and his frequent collaborator Joe Lynch as airline pilots, and all other attempts at humour are on the same level.
VICTOR CROWLEY also suffers greatly from looking like it had a budget way too small for even a backwoods slasher like this, and there's very little in the way of any kind of endearing style to compensate. Add in an ending that's so abrupt you wonder if they ran out of film and you need to be especially forgiving with this one.
Thunderbird's DVD comes with two commentary tracks, one with cast members Shen, Ortiz and Dave Sheridan, and the other with select members of the crew. Writer and director Green is present on both. There's also an interview with Green, a behind the scenes making of, and a trailer.
Adam Green's HATCHET 4: VICTOR CROWLEY
is out on UK DVD from Thunderbird on
Monday 3rd September 2018
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