Hatchet II

Exclusive to Dread, here’s a handful of photos from last night’s DVD and Blu-ray release signing for director Adam Green’s Hatchet II, which took place at LA’s house of the macabre, Dark Delicacies (3512 W. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA).

Tony Todd is, to say the least, an imposing figure. At 6’5”, broad of frame, and with a deep, booming voice, he’s a guy who gets attention. The fact that he’s also a dependable and wholly competent actor makes him all the more impressive.

Despite having only several titles released this week in our beloved genre, some of them are deemed very worthy of our hard-earned dollars.

Writer/director Tom Holland is best known for his work on such genre staples as Fright Night (which he wrote), Child’s Play (which he wrote and directed), as well as his work on films like Thinner, the TV movie The Stranger Within, The Temp and the Masters of Horror episode “We All Scream for Ice Cream.” What many may not know is that before Holland

The time is almost here, Hatchet Army! Next week the film they didn't want you to see in theatres, Adam Green's Hatchet II, will be hitting Blu-ray and DVD; and we've got your chance to win it and a whole lot more!

We're just days away from the official home video release of Adam Green's controversial flick Hatchet II (amazing how a movie about a swamp monster with a wireless belt sander can be controversial, eh?), and to get you pumped for its release, we have an exclusive clip from the supplemental material for ya! Dig it!

If you've been waiting patiently to get your claws into Adam Green's Hatchet II, there's finally a light at the end of the tunnel! Come the beginning of February the flick will be available on DVD and Blu-ray, and to celebrate its arrival, we have the official trailer for the release!

Hatchet Army let me hear you! The time has come, kids! The official artwork and Blu-ray specs are here and we have every bit of info that you need to know. Dig it!

A new trailer for Hatchet II's VOD run has popped up on YouTube, and of course, we figured we'd better bring it to you guys pronto if only as a reminder that the flick is playing right now, UNCUT, On Demand!

As avid gamers here at Dread Central, we're always looking for a good game and excuse to take a moment to shoot each other in the face. It's a real tension reliever. A lot of today's filmmakers and horror stars are gamers, too, and pretty soon if you have Halo Reach on the XBox 360, you can play some of them!

Stoked for February to hurry up and get here so you can get your hands on Hatchet II? Yep, we are too, and as a means to get you geared up, dig on the official Blu-ray artwork! Adam Green's Hatchet II will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on February 1st, 2011. Additional info, including bonus materials and art, will be announced soon.

We all know the MPAA mixes with the horror genre like oil and water, so it was no surprise when we ran a story stating that the MPAA was looking to cast a far more critical eye when it comes to rating films belonging to our beloved genre. But today there's a statement straight from the lion's mouth to suggest otherwise. Do you buy it?

Well, isn't this just another kick in the ass? For decades the MPAA has been screwing with the horror genre, neutering its content, dumbing everything down, and generally slapping it around while violent mainstream cinema goes by unscathed. The double standard is nothing short of ridiculous. We can't have campy flicks with an over-the-top amount of humorous violence; that would be bad for us.

Another dagger has been heatedly thrown the way of the MPAA, and honestly? We couldn't be happier about it. For years the imposed rating system has been screwing with the horror genre, editing our flicks as other more violent big studio/budget films get by unscathed.

You can thank Time Warner Cable's Internet outage for us not getting this news to you about an hour or so ago, but some things? Some things are TOTALLY worth the wait!