Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Graphic
- campy
- visceral
- frantic
- late night horror marathon
- halloween viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly viewed the sequel as a bloody but uneven and sluggish continuation of the franchise's exaggerated slasher formula.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film foregrounds beheadings, chainsaw attacks, dismemberment, and other elaborate slasher kills.
Victor Crowley continues haunting Honey Island Swamp and terrorizing survivors despite previous attempts to stop him.
Marybeth seeks the secret to ending the voodoo curse connected to Victor Crowley's decades-long haunting.
The comedy-horror framing turns the swamp massacre and elaborate kills into outrageous splatter spectacle.
Films like Hatchet III, and why
Hatchet
swamp-set slasher horror with extreme practical gore and a relentless masked killer
Hatchet II
darkly comic slasher sequel built around exaggerated kills, practical effects, and cult-horror energy
Wrong Turn 2: Dead End
campy backwoods slasher combining grotesque violence, survival tension, and comic excess
Tucker & Dale vs. Evil
self-aware splatter horror with a cursed setting, outrageous violence, and irreverent humor
Movie Details
- Director
- BJ McDonnell
- Release Date
- 2013-06-14
- Runtime
- 81 min
- Rating
- 5.7 / 10 (397)
Cast
- Danielle Harris
- Kane Hodder
- Zach Galligan
- Caroline Williams
- Derek Mears
- Rileah Vanderbilt
- Sean Whalen
- Jason Trost
- Diane Ayala Goldner
- Parry Shen
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Hatchet III about?
- A blood-soaked rescue mission enters a haunted Louisiana swamp, where Marybeth confronts the curse sustaining the unstoppable Victor Crowley.
- What is Hatchet III like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Hatchet III as brisk, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as simple.
- Is Hatchet III violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Hatchet III as graphic.
- What did critics think of Hatchet III?
- Critics broadly viewed the sequel as a bloody but uneven and sluggish continuation of the franchise's exaggerated slasher formula.
- Which films are like Hatchet III?
- Films with a similar feel include Hatchet, Hatchet II, Wrong Turn 2: Dead End, and Tucker & Dale vs. Evil.
- How long is Hatchet III?
- Hatchet III runs 81 minutes.
- Where can I watch Hatchet III?
- In United States, Hatchet III streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.
