History Film / Hatchet

* DropTheHammer: Happens to [[spoiler:Alex]] in the most horrific manner possible.

* GutturalGrowler: Part of the Reverend Zombie's act. He is played by Tony "Film/{{Candyman}}" Todd after all.

** Then it's said again in ''Hatchet III'', making this a case of ArcWords, by [[spoiler:[[{{Cameo}} a one-armed Ben]], who after surviving two whole days and nights after losing his limb, gets a hatchet to the face by Victor]].

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Just about ''every single death in the series''. The people who get their heads split-in-half or cut off are the lucky ones.

* AssholeVictim: Pretty much nobody cried when Victor Crowley killed Reverend Zombie at the end

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Andrew & Rose escape Honey Island Swamp, but Dillion had to throw Victor & himself into the jet engine in order to stop his newest rampage. Plus the curse has been renewed, so…]]

%%* OffWithHisHead: It is a ''Hatchet'' film.
%%* PreMortemOneLiner: "I would’ve had your babies."

%%* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:Andrew]]… certainly did not. Though [[spoiler:Rose]] does get tired of Victor's shit and punches him in the face.

* AssholeVictim: All four films in the series have a few. In the first film, there is Sampson Dunston and Doug Shapiro. In the second film, there is Reverend Zombie. In the third film, there is Tyler Hawes. And in the fourth, there is Sabrina

* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Subverted. [[spoiler:The Asian boat driver Shawn is the fourth one to bite it, while the black guy Marcus makes it to the final three. Also subverted in ''Hatchet II'' as Rev. Zombie is the last one to die, in ''Hatchet III'' where Deputy Winslow is third to last to die and in Victor Crowley where Sabrina is the second to last to die.]]

** Subverted at the end of ''Hatchet III'' with [[spoiler: Andrew being the only non-wounded survivor while Marybeth... It's hard to tell if she'll live or not.]]

* ExtremelyShortTimespan: The first three movies take place entirely on three consecutive nights - one per movie.

** In ''Hatchet III'' Hawes tries to challenge Victor to a fistfight, even having the spine to call him a bitch... [[spoiler: only to get said spine & skull ripped out through his stomach.]]

* ImprobableUseOfAWeapon: In ''Hatchet II'', Victor sits on [[spoiler:Chad]] and bashes his face in with the top of his hatchet (the dull part) [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill 30 times!]]

* BloodierAndGorier: This movie makes the first film look tame by comparison, it was even released unrated in theatres but was literally pulled from theatres after just one weekend due to how gory this movie was. Although it's nothing compared to the next film that comes after.

* PoliceAreUseless: The entire Jefferson Parish Police force are brutally wiped out by Victor, especially the SWAT Team ending up [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomped]].
** This may not seem like a big deal, but consider this: In their 1st encounter, Marybeth was able to incapacitate him for several minutes with a single bullet to the chest. He then gets beat-up some more over the course of 2 straight nights (set on fire, more gunshots, face caved in, cut-in-half, etc.). For perhaps the first time in his decades-long killing spree, some of his victims were able to fight back. It's possible that the more pain he experiences, the angrier he gets, which allows him to take even more damage. By the 3rd evening, he's probably the most pissed-off he's ever been, making him an almost psychotic-Hulk, so multiple rounds from various weapons were merely an inconvenience by that point.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Dillion scafices himself to kill Victor Crowley by pushing themselves both into the airplane turbine.]]

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: You just had to make sure the words for the curse were as accurate as possible, Rose & Chloe.

* ManOnFire: Victor, after KillItWithFire occurs.

* BloodierAndGorier: Each instalment after the first film gets gorier and gorier with all of it's kills. Even the first movie itself is MUCH gorier than any other slasher film of the 80's combined.

* DeadlyPrank: Victor is killed as a result of other kids throwing fireworks at his house, setting it on fire. His father tried to go in to rescue him, but accidentally split his skull with a hatchet.

* ExpansionPackPast: Victor Crowley. Albeit with a touch of UnreliableNarrator, and AlternateCharacterInterpretation for both Victor and his Father. Was Victor an AntiVillain, or a villain? Was Thomas Crowley [[spoiler: protecting his son, or hiding his sins?]] Between the two movies there's plenty of evidence for all of the above, or a mixture of all of them.
* {{Expy}}: Victor Crowley, to Jason Voorhees. They have extremely similar backstories, both are deformed children, that returned back to life to murder people, and both were even played by the same actor (Kane Hodder). This is actualy lampshaded in the second movie:

** In ''Hatchet III'' Hawes tries to challenge Victor to a fist fight, even having the spine to call him a bitch... [[spoiler: only to get said spine & skull ripped out through his stomach.]]

** Also from ''Hatchet II'' [[spoiler:Reverend Zombie believed that the death of Marybeth's Uncle Bob would end things so he locks him in Victor's shack. Unfortunately Marybeth's real uncle died from cancer years ago.]]

** As of "Victor Crowley" it's safe to say that Vic enjoys taking folks heads off. If the victim is lucky that's the only thing he does....

* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Both actresses who play Marybeth have their Dixie accent slip a few times. It's also done in-character by Parry Shen in both films.

* TheOtherDarrin: Danielle Harris playing Marybeth in the sequels after Creator/TamaraFeldman in the original film.

** There's also lots of references to the ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' films.
** One guys says that where he comes from the local boogeyman is named [[Film/BehindTheMaskTheRiseOfLeslieVernon Leslie Vernon]].

** Then it's said again in ''Hatchet III'', making this a case of ArcWords, by [[spoiler:[[{{Cameo}} a one armed Ben]], who after surviving two whole days and nights after losing his limb, gets a hatchet to the face by Victor]].

* TheCameo: Tony Todd, at least for the first film. He has a much bigger part in ''II''. [[spoiler: Then there's also [[Film/HouseOf1000Corpses Sid]] [[Film/TheDevilsRejects Haig]] in ''III'' as the last known living relative to Victor Crowley, who also has the ashes of Thomas Crowley]].
** CreatorCameo: Film's director Adam Green appears briefly in the Mardi Gras montage in the first film, and appears yet again, suffering from a hangover in ''II'', then appears one last time in ''III'' getting brought into jail. He appears again as one of the pilots in the fourth film.
** DeathByCameo: Englund's character in the first film along with [[Film/{{Frozen 2010}} Shawn Ashmore]] in the second film and [[spoiler: Ben]] in the third film. Tyler Mane pops up in the 4th installment to give some advice....

* OffWithHisHead: The fate of [[spoiler:Shawn, Doug, Misty, and Shannon]]. The latter gets her head ''torn in half''. Damn, Victor sure does like his decapitations.
** Then he does the same in the sequel to [[spoiler:Layton and Jack Cracker]]. The former while [[DeathBySex having sex with his ex]] and the latter by getting choked hard enough with his own entrails to pop it off.
** Happens YET AGAIN in ''Hatchet III'' where A LOT of the deaths involve heads being removed. One poor bastard gets his head ''Belt Sanded'' off.

* DeathBySex: [[spoiler:Layton is decapitated while taking Avery from behind (which she fails to realize for a moment). She then gets the hatchet… [[GroinAttack in the last place you'd probably want to receive one]].]]

** Happens AGAIN in ''Hatchet III'' when [[spoiler: Marybeth and Amanda try giving him the ashes of his dad, hopefully to end him for good... [[WhatAnIdiot Then Deputy Windslow shoots him...]] Not a smart move.]]

* FinalGirl: Marybeth, along with a Final Guy in Ben. [[spoiler:Subverted when they go for a KillEmAll ending, and double subverted by the sequel's revelation that Marybeth survived the BolivianArmyEnding, and that Ben survived until the third film, where he's killed off for real.]]
** [[spoiler: Turns into a Final Guy trope at the end of ''Hatchet III'' with Andrew being the only survivor while Marybeth is impaled on a tree branch, though she turns out to have lived.]]

* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:In the first two films, everyone ''but'' Marybeth perishes.]]

* CriticalResearchFailure: Victor's weapon, the titular "hatchet" of the series, is actually a double-bladed axe. Actual hatchets are smaller and only have one blade.

* LampshadeHanging: This is compounded with RageAgainstTheAuthor, SelfDeprecatingHumor, and a TakeThat early in the film, when the local sheriff hangs a gigantic lampshade on the IdiotPlot decisions that made the first two films possible:

* AnAxeToGrind: Naturally.

* VomitIndiscretionShot: Shown twice. And again in the sequel. And the third instalment. Now the fourth.

* MauveShirt

* OffWithHisHead: It is a ''Hatchet'' film.
* PreMortemOneLiner: "I would’ve had your babies."

* SpannerInTheWorks

* TakingYouWithMe
* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:Andrew]]… certainly did not. Though [[spoiler:Rose]] does get tired of Victor's shit and punches him in the face.
* TheToothHurts
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom
* WhatTheHellHero
* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Several sites referred to this as a reboot despite the fact that it continues the original storyline.

* PreMortemOneLiner: "I would of had your babies."

* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler:The passengers are unable to free the pregnant Casey from beneath the seats and she drowns after Victor causes the plane to sink further into the swamp by standing on it.]] This is right after [[spoiler:Austin's scalp]] lands on [[spoiler:her]] face.