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‘Victor Crowley’: That’s a Hatchet Job, Al Right

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Based around the previous films of the Hatchet franchise, ‘Victor Crowley’ sees one of his last surviving victims and several others for varied reasons, make a return to Honey Island, where the legend of Victor Crowley and his devastating hatchet all began! WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD!

I haven’t seen the first two ‘Hatchet’ movies, but they have acquired a cult following inside the Horror world. I assume the first two are as Spaghetti-Slasher and Splatter-Gore filled as this little slice of raw meat, so let’s board a plane and dive right into this!

Being the sole survivor of a massacre of legendary proportions can be big business these days, and the thought is exemplified in Andrew Yong (Parry Shen), the last survivor of the Crowley killings on Honey Island. His manager Kathleen (Felissa Rose) got him a shot on The Sabrina Show with his ex-wife Sabrina (Krystal Joy Brown), to talk about his new book signing tour.

The signing after the show inevitably goes poorly, and filmmakers Chloe (Katie Booth), Rose (Laura Ortiz) and Alex (Chase Williamson), who want to make a B-movie about the Crowley murders, are disappointed that they don’t get to discuss it with Andrew. But Andrew’s spirits are lifted when Kathleen informs him of a half-million-dollar offer, all he needs to do is go back to Honey Island Swamp for a retrospective.

Inevitably the plane carrying the semi-celebrity types crashes onto Honey Island Swamp, and the would-be filmmakers who are already there just have to get involved, with Rose’s phone providing a very Zombie-fed Tony Todd cameo, to bring Victor Crowley (Kane Hodder) back from the dead with the original voodoo curse they used! Local aspiring actor Dillon (Dave Sheridan) seems determined to help both the filmies and the celebrities, but Crowley is out there and he has no mercy or pity, or even any communication really, other than squishy grunts as his hatchet whistles its way through bone, flesh and blood!

Not much needs to be said about the kill scenes, or what plot there is of the movie. So much screen time is wasted on character slapstick-iness, and mocking as many movie and Horror movie tropes as possible. Though the Crowley kills are utterly ridiculous and laugh-out-loud-worthy, I get the distinct impression that was the whole point, and not a one of them has any weird CGI – the Crowley folks believe in the power of a good practical effects exploding head with streaming blood like a watermelon, and that is always a good thing.

There is enough backstory to be able to watch Victor Crowley without having seen the other films of the franchise, but really, if you haven’t seen the other Hatchet films, what are you doing staring at Victor Crowley anyways? For a fun little waste of an hour and a half or so, with all the blood-spray and head-squishing your little Horror-loving hearts could desire, see ‘Victor Crowley’ now!

 

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Paramount+ Reveals Official Main Title Sequence for the Upcoming Series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

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During the TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES panel earlier today at San Diego Comic Con, Paramount+ revealed the official main title sequence for the series. The sequence is composed by EMMY® nominee, Matt Mahaffey, known for his work on Sanjay and Craig, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie and much more. 

From the studios of the Mutant Mayhem film, the all-new Paramount+ original series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES explores the adventures of everyone’s favorite pizza-loving heroes as they emerge from the sewers onto the streets of NYC. Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey are faced with new threats and team up with old allies to survive both teenage life and villains lurking in the shadows of the Big Apple. The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation and Point Grey Pictures.

TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES is executive produced by Chris Yost (The Mandalorian, Thor: Ragnarok) and Alan Wan (Blue Eye Samurai, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [2012 Series]). Production is overseen for Nickelodeon by Claudia Spinelli, Senior Vice President, TV Series Animation, Nickelodeon, and Nikki Price, Director of Development and Executive in Charge of Production.

In addition to the upcoming new series, stream all things Turtles on Paramount+.

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DISNEY+ CASTS DANIEL DIEMER AS FAN-FAVORITE ‘TYSON’IN SEASON TWO OF “PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS”

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 in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, Rick Riordan and Disney+ revealed that Daniel Diemer (“Under the Bridge”) will star as fan-favorite cyclops “Tyson” in the epic adventure series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” Diemer joins Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson), Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth Chase) and Aryan Simhadri (Grover Underwood) as a series regular. The Disney+ Original series from Disney Branded Television and 20th Television will start filming its second season next week in Vancouver.

Season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is based on the second installment of Disney Hyperion’s best-selling book series titled “The Sea of Monsters” by award-winning author Rick Riordan. In the new season, Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half-Blood one year later to find his world turned upside down. His friendship with Annabeth is changing, he learns he has a cyclops for a brother, Grover has gone missing, and camp is under siege from the forces of Kronos. Percy’s journey to set things right will take him off the map and into the deadly Sea of Monsters, where a secret fate awaits the son of Poseidon.

Diemer stars as Tyson – a young Cyclops who grew up all alone on the streets, and finds it difficult to survive in the human world.  Shy and awkward, with a heart almost as big as he is, Tyson soon discovers that Poseidon is his father, which means Percy Jackson is his half-brother… and that Tyson may have finally found a home. 

Diemer recently starred in the Hulu limited series “Under the Bridge” based off the critically acclaimed book of the same name and a tragic true story of a missing teen girl in Vancouver in 1997. He will next star in the indie “Thug” opposite Liam Neeson and Ron Perlman for director Hans Petter Moland. Daniel was recently seen as the lead in the indie “Supercell” opposite Alec Baldwin and Skeet Ulrich and the lead in the film “Little Brother” opposite Phil Ettinger and JK Simmons. Daniel can also be seen in the Netflix series “The Midnight Club” and recently starred as the male lead in the breakout hit Netflix feature “The Half Of It” from producer Anthony Bregman and director Alice Wu. He is a graduate of Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts in Vancouver.

Created by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg, season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is executive produced by Steinberg and Dan Shotz alongside Rick Riordan, Rebecca Riordan, Craig Silverstein, The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Bert Salke, The Gotham Group’s Jeremy Bell and D.J. Goldberg, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Albert Kim, Jason Ensler and Sarah Watson.

The first season of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is available on Disney+

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