Adam Green: We haven't seen the last of Victor Crowley

The reviews of last year’s new film from Adam Green, Victor Crowley, are pretty mixed. I personally thought it was one of the best horror movies I’ve EVER seen but that had to do not only with how much I enjoyed the movie itself but also how much Green put his heart and soul into it.

Love it or hate it, the Hatchet series is something special. Fans thought that the end of Victor Crowley meant the end of…well…Victor Crowley, but according to Bloody Disgusting, the end is not nigh.

During a recent interview in Great Britain to promote Hatchet on UK’s Horror Channel, Green discussed Crowley’s death and how that wouldn’t stop his return.

"“A major reason why the Hatchet sequels have succeeded is that they were planned out from the very start. In the first film, I actually showed some of the weapons that Victor Crowley wouldn’t actually use until the later films and I held back crucial elements of his mythology to be revealed later on down the road. Of course, it was also a risky move given that there was no way of knowing if I’d ever get to make the sequels.”"

Many times, writers will know the ending before even finishing everything in the middle and it seems Adam has done the same. He’s also very open on the difficulty of funding and outspoken on the damage that pirating movies can do for future sequels. He expanded on his decision to take it from a trilogy to a series.

"“Originally I had only planned for Hatchet to be a trilogy, but when I decided to bring Victor Crowley back for more I planned out another complete roadmap for where it could all go.”"

The most recent installment only happened due to George A. Romero reminding Green that Victor Crowley (played by the incomparable Kane Hodder) was for the fans and it was the fans who wanted him back. It was because of Romero and Green using Crowley to help him work through severe depression that we were able to get one of the best installments in the series. Victor Crowley, the slasher, is truly a love letter to the genre. You can tell that Adam Green loves the story that he created and he even stated as such in the interview:

"“I’ve been able to stay in love with Victor Crowley because I only head back into his swamp when I’m ready to do so. Given that Hatchet is a cult franchise and not a studio property, my crew and I have always been able to make each film only when we want to.”"

Adam Green: We haven’t seen the last of Victor Crowley

By Devin Shea | Sep 14, 2018

The reviews of last year’s new film from Adam Green, Victor Crowley, are pretty mixed. I personally thought it was one of the best horror movies I’ve EVER seen but that had to do not only with how much I enjoyed the movie itself but also how much Green put his heart and soul into it.