Starring: Aaron Bernard, Rebecca Hartley, Shayna Hickman, Mike Valley
Written By: Eddie Mahalick, Justin Sago
Directed By: Eddie Mahalick
Grade: C-
Hatchet Jack has a very stylistic opening. We are shown flashes of the infamous serial killer, Hatchet Jack, next to his murdered and very lifeless victims. These flashes come quick and rapidly, coupled with the sharp noise of blades being sharpened. The film is largely black and white, but occasionally we get one sharp, lone color, contrasting the dim, black and white coloring of everything else in the scene. Through this we are given sudden images against sharp static sounds. Many of these are morbid and gory images of Hatchet Jack’s handy work. We are given a lot of decent blood through all of the dead, cold corpses. We have detached heads and limbs and hatchet induced bloodshed, against the backdrop it seems all the more cold and like the work of a brutal and vicious serial killer. Continue reading this post…
