Hatchet (2006)

Bah, critics mislead me once more.

I saw Hatchet because i was curious. I mean, all that fuss about the movie - it should be good. Yet, i couldn't help it: in the end and across the movie, i was getting more and more disappointed. For a various amount of reasons: first, the story; second, special effects; third, the characters.

So, about the story, it indeed had much to it, but the excessive special effects turned the movie into something lame . I mean it wasn't necessary to watch Victor Crowley kill the old man like that. Just freaked me out. Anyway, it was saved by the terrifying atmosphere.

Moving on. Characters had some lame lines, and they tried to turn a scary movie into a comedy. So, it was excessive. Excessive special effects, and excessive comedy in an horror movie, made Hatchet fall into a 2-star rating.

Kill Theory (2008)

What the hell, man. What the hell.

When this movie started i never thought it would be, kinda good...ish. It seems like another Saw bastard child. Is it just me or Hollywood has gone crazy ? Okay, okay, i'll explain. It's not that bad and i'm over-reacting.

So, first things first, the beginning of the actual action is quite similar to one of the Saw killing sprees - a tape or whatever plays and says that the people in the house have to kill each other, untill 6 a.m. beacuse only one can survive. And there is, of course, some psycho maniac ready to kill them all if they don't follow the rules.

But then, and now that i think about it, it's not that Sawish as it seemed. It's more like a crossover between Saw and a slasher film, where a bunch of recent graduates gather in the woods to celebrate and end up in a freakin' nightmare. There are a few impressive scenes, a few twists, and a bunch of scary stuff. Haven't payed a lot of attention to the soundtrack, but it wasn't that bad, neither awesome.

Long story short, it deserves 3/2 stars for some innovation and quite good acting, besides unexpected ending.