Final Girl Marybeth (Danielle Harris) escapes the clutch of Victor Crowley (Kane Hodder) and makes her way back to New Orleans to question Reverend Zombie (Tony Todd). She learns that her late father and two friends were the ones who set fire to the Crowley cabin, indirectly resulting in the death of Victor. Reverend Zombie has a hunch that if Crowley is able to take his revenge on the surviving perpetrators, he will be able to rest and Zombie can expand his swamp tours. To that end, he puts together a hunting crew and persuades Marybeth to include her Uncle Bob (Tom Holland). Of course Crowley tears through the cannon fodder in various inventive ways with an impressive variety of power tools.
Turn off your brain. Feel the calm emptiness that comes from having no critical thinking. Ignorance is bliss. Now watch Hatchet 2 streaming on Amazon Prime. Isn't that nice? Just an hour and a half break from having to make sense of the world. Like a spa day but with chainsaws and rednecks.
There's a perennial trend where we discuss Is Horror Art? and people go around and around. See also genre fiction vs Literature. It's all just gatekeeping bullshit by people who want to feel superior for their subjective taste. Hatchet 2 is not art. It is, however, fucking fun and I hope they keep making them. Bonus! This one includes a reference to Behind the Mask, one of my favorite horror movies of all time.
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