First it was I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE, and now it’s HATCHET II – kinda looking like this October isn’t for the faint of heart! That’s right kids, Adam Green’s HATCHET II will be released UNRATED theatrically this fall. And not to worry, this isn’t going to be via some low-rent theater chain. This is AMC Theaters we’re talking about! Wide release baby!
From the press release: Dark Sky Films, a division of MPI Media Group, announced today that in anticipation of the upcoming Halloween horror movie season, Adam Green’s HATCHET II will be distributed in theaters across the country beginning Oct 1. The film will be released without an MPAA rating, marking the widest release of an unrated genre film in more than 25 years.
AMC Theatres, under its AMC independent program, will be exhibiting HATCHET II in the top 20 markets across the country. Vitagraph Films is serving as theatrical distributor.
Adam Green had the following to say: “”Having a movie as graphically over the top as HATCHET II come out in major theatres unrated is an absolute dream come true — not only for the genre fans but for the entire make-up effects crew who normally have to watch their amazing achievements get sliced and diced for theatrical release. This is an important event for the horror genre and I hope the real horror fans support HATCHET II and help change the way genre films are released theatrically from this day forward. Kudos to Dark Sky Films and AMC theaters for truly honoring the spirit of old school American horror and doing this right. Gorehounds won’t know what hit them!”
HATCHET II comes out on OCTOBER 1st (against LET ME IN). It stars Danielle Harris, Tony Todd, Kane Hodder, Tom Holland, Parry Shen, AJ Bowen, Alexis Peters, R.A. Mihailoff and Ed Ackerman.