Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet

Plot synopsis:
In 1978, Mary Mattock has her first period, and due to menstrual psychosis, murders her parents with a hatchet. Deemed mentally unfit, Mary is placed in Kings Park Psychiatric Center, where she is raped and impregnated by a guard in 1989. This incident is covered up, and after being told her child was a stillbirth, Mary goes on a rampage through the hospital. The police find Mary wandering the grounds, and open fire on her after she throws the severed head of her rapist at them, ending her killing spree. "Mary Hatchet" subsequently becomes a folklore figure, with local youngsters celebrating the Mischief Night-esque "Blood Night" in her name.
In 2008, a group of teenagers prepare for their Blood Night party by holding a séance at Mary's grave at a cemetery on Sweet Hollow Road in Huntington, where they are told one of the stories relating to her by the cemetery caretaker, Gus, a former King's Park employee who claims that Mary will keep coming back to kill until she finds her child, who was buried in a shallow grave near Kings Park. The teenagers proceed to party at a house, where straggling guests are killed by an unseen murderer amidst supernatural occurrences.
The remaining teenagers flee when they uncover their friends' bodies, and run into Gus. After hearing the teenagers' story, Gus has them accompany him to the abandoned Kings Park Psychiatric Center, where they dig up the grave of Mary's baby, Gus being convinced that reuniting mother and child will appease Mary's spirit. The baby's casket is empty, so the group break into Kings Park in search of answers, and discover paperwork that reveals that Mary's child is Alissa, a missing party guest visiting from Chicago. A series of flashbacks show that Alissa killed everyone either due to being influenced by Mary, or because she is experiencing the onset of a disorder similar to her to mother's.
Alissa appears, kills Gus, and chases the others through the asylum, picking them off until only Alex and Lanie remain. Alex and Alissa fight, and after a bloody struggle, Alex strangles Alissa to death. As Lanie and a wounded Alex search for an exit, the latter is decapitated by Mary's enraged ghost, which then lunges at the screaming Lanie.

Tags: violence, horror

Review:
This film had all the makings of an effective boiler-plate horror flick: Ghosts, murderous town history, sex, insane asylums...
Danielle Harris should fire her agent.Honestly, I really really wanted to like this movie - but it offered nothing.The gore was awfully phony.
For his debut long-feature "Blood Night" he did absolutely nothing special or innovative, but nevertheless delivered a hugely amusing and 100% unpretentious slasher movie that gave me personally a lot of viewing pleasure!
It actually pretty much seems like Sabatella simply opened the big unwritten book of horror movie clichés and stereotypes and processed every single one in his screenplay.
Literally everything you can think of is present here: the intro with a flashback set in the gritty 1970's, a dark ominous asylum, perverted night guards, horny drunken teenagers, Ouija boards, the creepy but wise cemetery caretaker, evil heritages, actors that are way too old for their teenage character roles and a whole lot of graphic axe-murders!
Yes, the gory make-up effects are utterly grotesque and fake and there isn't a single moment of suspense to detect in the entire film, but I don't think anyone can claim they were bored whilst watching this.
Completely naked, covered in blood, and clutching a severed head, Mary is finally apprehended by the police, who shoot her dead.Years later, the story of Mary Hatchet has become an local legend, the day of her death a public holiday during which teenagers get drunk and play pranks.
But when a group of high school students go one step further and summon Mary's spirit with a Ouija board, Blood Night really lives up to its name...Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet was never intended to be anything but a mindless gore-fest with some quality T&A, and to that end it succeeds brilliantly, but it would have been nice to have seen just a little more effort go into the story.
Had the makers tried a tad harder in the plot department, then this film might possibly have become an instant all-time favourite, rather than simply 'fun while it lasts'.Still, 'fun while it lasts' is better than no fun at all, and at least this one fulfilled my immediate desire to see a bunch of good looking teens getting it on before being slaughtered in a variety of very gruesome ways.
The director does try to use his own technique and style with the death scenes and this does work well, at least as something different in what is becoming a tired sub-genre.For horror fans this is a good movie.
For those who are squeamish and not a fan of horror you should avoid this movie (especially the death scene at 1hr 5 min!).I give it a 7/10..
High-school seniors commemorate Mary's death as blood night - partying and reveling all over the town.The night celebration will soon transforms into unbridled terror for one group of friends.Abundant of nudity & sexy shots smooth over the dull parts before the killings starts.
I attended Spooky Empire this past weekend, and like every year, I get to watch new horror films..some mainstream, mostly independent.
"Blood Night" has great acting from everyone involved, but Danielle Harris stands out..absolutely adorable and one hell of a job.
However, the role in "Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet" was a bit tame and stereotypical.
But for those with less need for blood and gore, I think you are served just enough mayhem throughout the movie.Given the average storyline of the movie, you pretty much know who will be killed, just a question of how.
As for a girl nicknamed "Hatchet", she wasn't really living up to that title, because most killings were done with a pick axe.In overall, the movie is an adequate experience, but nothing new to be seen here that haven't been seen in other slasher movies already.
"Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet" is the type of movie that you watch once, then never pick it up again..
if you are on a shoestring budget - which they obviously were - then why not pop along to the nearest college/university and pick up some drama students...they would have done a million times better.i mean, the story line isn't that bad...in fact probably a 7/10 but the rest of it has stolen 90 minutes of my life that i will never get back.
Attempting to celebrate the grisly legacy of a notorious killer, a group of friends find their party interrupted by the spirit of the famous killer and must find a way of stopping the carnage before it's too late.This turned out to be quite the fun and enjoyable old-school slasher with a lot to really like about it.
The fact that this certainly dwells in all the old familiar trappings of the style, with the group of horny, alcoholic-infused teens trying to celebrate the legacy of a brutal mass murder with a wild party is straight from the play-book of the time and certainly adds to the retro feel in here by playing off the past's successes for it's own.
That certainly puts this as a rather fun and grisly slasher when this one gets going here as the final half to this one really utilizes the stalk-and-slash formulas quite well by focusing on the slashing around the house before heading out to other areas around the community and finally settling on the abandoned hospital at the end where it really unleashes the carnage with a multitude of spectacular, gruesome deaths that amp up the blood-letting considerably as a slew of impressive deaths are dished out.
Mary flips out, escapes the facility leaving a trail of death behind her until she's shot by police.From then on seniors at the local high school celebrate each year "Blood Night" where they do all sorts of shenanigans.
Now it's blood night and a couple of kids go to the cemetery and play the Ouija board on Mary's grave.
Going through the records they discover a secret and confront the killer.Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet is a fun East Coast B-movie, so don't expect award winning performances or fancy sets.
i bought this simply because it had danielle harris in it because i think she is the new scream queen and i can tell you i was not disappointed it has a great script excellent acting and a good storyline and while everybody is entitled to there opinion i don't think other reviews of this film do it justice the death scenes are excellent and very well done i paid five pounds for this film and i can only say what a bargain i would have gladly paid more im am a big fan of slasher movies and this is definitely one of the best i have seen in a long time it is certainly up there with the likes of halloween and Friday the thirteenth so at the weekend get some beers and pizza and popcorn and rent this or even better buy it and i promise you will not be disappointed.
A Love Letter, But Maybe Not a Good One. A group of teenagers celebrating the anniversary of the death of a local axe murderer suddenly find themselves face to face with the realities of this haunting urban legend.On Bill Moseley as Graveyard Gus (an homage to Crazy Ralph) -- a bit campy, but still appreciated.
The whole film seems to be a love letter to earlier horror films: the song ("Party Time") that is a clear homage to "Return of the Living Dead", the watching of "Killer Tomatoes".
It never really adds up to a great film, though, preferring to try to replace plot and action with sensuality.Some of the gore is decent, but overall there is nothing here for horror fans.
I thought it was pretty clever that the local high school kids party on the anniversary of Mary Hatchet's death.
The special effects and the scenes were executed very well but I must warn that this isn't for the faint-hearted as this probably has more gore in the first ten minutes than Saw does.I liked how the movie reverted back to the eighties horror-slasher movie style just like the eighties version of Halloween and mixed it with the latest horror style by adding the gore.
The teenagers planning a party on 'Blood Night' was all-good but it was when the killings started, that was when the story started to plummet very fast.
Another boring slasher, filmed on the cheap and in the dark, about a sinister legend and a dysfunctional killer working their way through a cast of irritating characters.
The beginning of the movie starts out awesome so I thought this would be a great horror film but it's probably the worst I've ever seen and I have seen a lot.
It's almost like the Director made a horror film just so he could make a movie about horny teens.
One of Blood Night's biggest selling points is that it stars famed horror veterans Bill Moseley and Danielle Harris.
Her background in the Halloween series prompted Rob Zombie to cast her in the role of Annie Brackett in his 2007 remake and the 2009 follow-up.Blood Night is the tale of a woman by the name of Mary who murdered her parents, and as a result, placed in an insane asylum.
The plot was good, everything else was bad.The acting is terrible,maybe the plot will make you watch it ( as i did ) but eventually you will waste 90 minutes of your time.The horror scenes are very poorly shot.I am warning all readers, do not watch this movie.It deserves an award thrown at the director's head from the stage.
"Blood Night The Legend Of Mary Hatchet" Totally Non Stop Blood Splatterfest With Some Great Gory Death Kill Scenes And Defenltly One Of My Second Favorite Slasher Movies Of All Time, And Plus There's Two icons Of Horror And Slasher Movie People in This Film We Have Bill Moseley From Rob Zombie's "The Devil's Rejects" As Otis, " The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2" Where He Played Chop Top, And Saving For Last is My Favorite icon Actress Danielle Harris Mrs. Jame Loyd The Sweet Little Girl From "Halloween 4: The Return Of Michael Myers" And "Halloween 5: The Revenge Of Michael Myers And The Two Of "The Hatchet Movies" And Blood Night The Legend Of Mary Hatchet Also Features a Crazy Plot Twist That You Were Not Expecting To See Or Witness it So Four Stars For This Slasher Film..
"It's time to wake the dead." On the anniversary of the death of axe murder Mary Hatchet a group of teens head to the graveyard to "wake the dead" before a night of drinking and horror movies.
- I don't think I will, I'm sure another movie like this will be releases in a month.*Also try - Mask Maker & Urban Legends : Bloody Mary.
Films like "Hatchet", "Midnight Movie", "Laid to Rest" and several others have done their best to bring back the Regan era slasher film, trying to create iconic killers for a new generation of fear fans.
Years later, a group of really obnoxious teens (well, twenty and thirty something year old actors playing teens) celebrate "Blood Night", which commemorates the death of Mary Hatchet.
Well, this turns out to be what Will Arnett's Gob character from "Arrested Development" would call "a huge mistake", because Mary comes back, and she's p!$$ed.There really isn't much good about "Blood Night." The gore is plentiful, but the effects work is hit and miss, with some moments looking great, and others a bit rubbery and fake.
It also doesn't help that a lot-and I mean a lot-of time is spent watching these stupid kids partying and having a good time, to the point that when the killer goes back to work, you'll be lucky to stay awake.This leads to another problem I have with the movie: Mary Hatchet isn't really all that scary or interesting.
She doesn't have any real personality, and apart from the fact that she's naked, there's nothing memorable about her.I'll give the movie this much: it sure as hell doesn't skimp on the bloodshed, carnage and nudity, Danielle Harris does a good job in her role, and though his character exists only to explain the legend of the title villain, Bill Mosely does a fine job with his limited role (he's probably also glad to not be playing a psychopath for a change.) Plus, this is Sabatella's first movie.
Fast forward again, and her child, who Mary thought was dead, goes on a killing spree of their own on the anniversary of the original Blood Night.
Sounds cool, right?The retrospective beginning of The Legend of Mary Hatchet starts the film promisingly enough.
The whole sequence has a wonderfully retro feel to it, from the camera angles, to the atmosphere, to the gloriously camp and grim kills.However, once we move into the present day, the film starts loosing its identity.The legend aspect of the film which is set up at the beginning, is lost relatively quickly, only present in the distant background of the story in that the events are taking place during the Blood Night celebrations.
The reappearance of the ghost of Hatchet at the close of the film is a nice touch, but leaves the viewer wishing more had been made of it throughout.The presence of horror stars such as Danielle Harris and Bill Moseley, suggest this is meant to be perhaps an homage to the slasher genre, or at the very least a postmodern nod to that "old school B horror movie shit," a reference a character makes to 'Attack of The Killer Tomatoes,'(John De Bello, 1978).
It makes the tone rather uneven however, and spoils the overall feel of the film.By far the most convincing thing in the film is Danielle Harris, portraying the psychopathic daughter of Mary Hatchet with gusto and success.
However, despite showing she can really grind an axe, once she is revealed to be the next in line to inherit the family menstrual psychosis, it throws up some continuity issues with the narrative - how she is meant to be have snuck out of the house to kill a bunch of kids and then deposit herself back into a bloody bathroom without anyone noticing is anyones guess.Overall, with some nice kills and buckets of blood, Blood Night will satisfy many fans of the slasher out there, but definitely adds nothing new to the genre.BOTTOM LINE: Uneven, bloody menstrual story, best viewed with a maxi-pad..
Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet.
Pick axe, hammer tail, chopping ax, and scissors all get a piece of the action as the twentieth anniversary of Mary Hatchet's death and burial is ghoulishly celebrated by high school brats looking to get wasted and laid on what they call the festive occasion, Blood Night.
Bill Moseley and Danielle Harris pick up easy paychecks as caretaker (named Graveyard Gus) of the cemetery where Mary's body lies and college student (nicknamed Mouse) who shows up for the night party because her best friend is there.
Moseley gets to tell a ghost story to the gathered high school kids around Mary's grave..
In fact, it's one of those movies I knew I'd seen before, but had to rewatch because I couldn't remember the plot (or ending).The plot: We open with the night young Mary Mattock (Hatchet) slaughters her parents.
Overall, a decent slasher flick.So, why, then, do I think this should be two movies?
*Review* So the film starts off with the Legend of Mary Hatchet.
A group of teenagers celebrate Blood Night.It's the anniversary of the death of a local axe murderer, Mary Hatchet.
The group find themselves face to face with the realities of her haunting.As they run from the bloody rampage left behind they'll need to survive the night to expose the truth behind the legend of Bloody Mary...oh, and it has a twist right near the end...it's another house party celebrating murder, where all the guests spend the remainder of the night in peril.It's easy enough to watch, the gore factor is at a solid medium, but we have the added bonus of Scream Queen Harris, which is always welcome and Moseley as the Ghost story telling old man.The rest of the cast are filler, nothing more than victims of the killer and to show some flesh.The beginning of the film is quite good, but then it does slowly go downhill from there.The ending is a bit of a cop out, but it's short and does what you would expect..
Somehow a no-name tyro director and his backers lured Bill "Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2" Moseley and pint-sized scream queen Danielle "Halloween (2007)" Harris into heading up an otherwise equally no-name cast in an utterly uninspired direct-to-DVD slasher film.
Harris does what she can after waiting half the film to make her entrance, but there's only so much credence one can lend to a 30-year-old woman playing a college freshman (and never mind that none of the rest of the cast look like the teenagers they're supposed to be).
However Mary Hatchet Did Kill A Few People In The Film.
Just To See That It Is A Great Horror Slasher Film..
Just To See That It Is A Great Horror Slasher Film..
SEXY AS HELL.The whole premise of the story is really nice, and i tough from the start this could be another "Night of the living dead" type of movie, except you replace Halloween by Blood Night....But there is a huge problem with this movie, the deaths and the gore...
ONLY A PICK AXE.Well i guess you gotta take this movie for what it is, a cheap B slasher movie, and i got to say i saw worst than this, and the atmosphere and places where nice, i just wish the story would make a bit more sense, like explaining why Mary got crazy and why her daughter was the same especially since they never saw each other...