Fans of Adam Green are about to have a special 2010. First, his indie thriller Frozen premieres at Sundance this month before arriving in limited theaters on February 5. Second, this Monday production begins on Hatchet 2, his slasher sequel starring Kane "Jason Voorhees" Hodder. Gearing up for a monster New Year, Green has updated his official MySpace blog with images from pre-production on Hatchet 2, along with some stories from behind-the-scenes of Frozen. Check out some of the goodies below.
FROZEN
In FROZEN, a typical day on the slopes turns into a chilling nightmare for three snowboarders when they get stranded on the chairlift before their last run. As the ski patrol switches off the night lights, they realize with growing panic that they’ve been left behind dangling high off the ground with no way down.
Now that you know what the film is about, check out this eerie story from FROZEN's pre-production.
"One day I found myself on a particular chairlift that really seemed to be fitting all of the requirements. I was riding with one of the film’s Producers (Cory Neal) and a representative from the mountain. Sure enough, at one point we cleared a group of trees and found ourselves dangling high above a huge divot in the mountain that had to be well over FIFTY FEET below us. Now for some strange reason I blurted out “This is where they die!”
And the fucking chair stopped.
Now, before I get into how weird it is that the chair just so happened to stop right there, what’s really disturbing is that (without spoiling the movie for everyone) what I SHOULD have said and what I MEANT to say is “This is where they stop!” But some awful feeling came over me and I used the word “die”. The mountain representative called down to the base of the lift using her walkie-talkie (haters take note: real mountain, real ski lift, no fucking cell phone reception.) and they assured us that the lift would start up again momentarily. “Just some high winds up at the peak. Nothing to worry about.” It felt like twenty minutes but in reality we were probably only stuck for about five. Those five minutes were enough to prove to me just what an awfully terrifying situation this would be to get trapped in. Obviously when I wrote it I was dwelling on my own (and most every skier and snowboarder’s) ultimate fear when riding a chairlift, but sitting up there, that high up, waiting for these supposed “winds” to stop… was just plain creepy."
He continues....
"So cut ahead about two months later. We’re in the last night or two of shooting, happily in the home stretch of what has NOT been an easy production when Kane Hodder (FROZEN’s stunt coordinator and the man also known as “Victor Crowley”) taps me on the shoulder and says: “You’re even sicker than I thought.”
“What?” I replied.
“Oh, come on. You didn’t know?” Kane said.
“Know what?”
Before I could say anything, the crew was taking a break and I was on my way with Kane to speak to the mountain maintenance guys.
“OK, tell Adam what you just told me.” Kane said.
The technician looked at me and said, “Well, we just thought it was kind of eerie that you’re shooting this movie in that spot.”
“Why is that?” I asked.
Now I don’t remember the exact words he used, so I won’t put it in quotes, but essentially what the man told me is that just a year before… a guy who either worked for the mountain (or whom was somehow involved with someone who worked for the mountain) had climbed up lift pole ladder # 5, worked his way out to chair #42, and shot himself dead. The next morning when the mountain crew came in, they noticed someone sitting out on one of the lifts. When they brought the chair around to the bottom, they found a dead body frozen to the seat. The bullet hole is still in the back of chair #42. They showed me. And so, um, yeah- you see where I’m going with this… the guy killed himself in the spot where I decided to shoot FROZEN.
The spot where I strangely blurted out “this is where they die.”"
HATCHET 2
With Green hot on the heels of production of HATCHET 2, the writer-director reflects back on some of the HATCHET woes.
" From the day I wrote it and my agents told me they didn’t believe in it, from the now infamous rejection letter I received from a major studio that said “though the writing is brilliant, unfortunately this film will never get made because it’s not a remake, it’s not a sequel, and its not based on a Japanese one”, to the ridiculously short amount of time we were given to shoot in, to our post-production process being fumbled and destroyed by crooks, to our triumphant moment of getting a coveted U.S. theatrical release… only to be met at the finish line with a crucifixion that saw me forced to stand trial and defend my film and my character before the MPAA… it’s no wonder that by the night HATCHET opened in theaters on Friday September 7, 2007, I hated the movie about as much as any anonymous troll on a message board. I felt like I had literally gone to war and all I wanted to do was be done with it.
Though a sequel was always in the cards (the first one was shot and especially “ended” in a way that was conducive to making a sequel) I needed to go do other things before I would be able to go back that way and let Victor Crowley loose again. As cliché as it may sound, the first HATCHET was a selfish film. I thought of it and invented Victor Crowley when I was only eight years old, so twenty or so years later when I got the chance to shoot it, I merely made the type of movie I wanted to see on the big screen again. But after all of the battles I fought along the way (some were won, many were lost) it was the community of horror fans that carried HATCHET over the finished line. A literal “army” of friends, brothers, and sisters that I never knew I had that rallied behind it and (even without the proper financial support in marketing from it’s distributor) turned HATCHET into one of the biggest successes worldwide of the last decade. I’ve done conventions and film festivals everywhere and seen firsthand the love that the fans have for what we did. I’ve sat through theatrical screenings of HATCHET with sold out auditoriums of kids and adults that can say every line along with the cast. And while creatively I am chomping at the bit to get back to Honey Island Swamp and finish what we started, this time around it’s not just about me anymore, it’s about YOU. It gives me great joy to say that HATCHET 2 is for fans of HATCHET 1 and those fans only. It’s going to be everything you want the sequel to be. Didn’t like the first film? Excellent. Skip this one then, you’re not invited to our party. Liked the first one? You’ll love this. Surprises, plot twists, and swamp boat loads full of gore await you next Fall!"
HATCHET 2 begins lensing next week. Read the entire blog with images over at MySpace.
The stories are dumb,the trailers look dumb and his lame stories on his blogs put me to sleep. I dont like sequels or remakes either but come on. Even originals suck these days.
Hatchet looked like a retarded movie made by retarded director for retarded audience - no offence to retarded people :) i see absolutely no point in part 2... and don't even start talking about 'going back to the 80s style' or something like that...
What is with the hate for Adam Green? Im looking forard to Frozen and Hatchet 2, Adam Green is doing his thing. You don't like him, then why post anything about him or his films?
Because of the wonderful thing called 'free speech'. unfortunatly.
Adam green is a great guy. I've met him quite afew times. had drinks with him and joe lynch (another great guy.) His ideas aren't always 'original' but his heart is in the right place and i for one am looking forward to seeing FROZEN in february at frightfest in glasgow scotland. And hatchet 2 too and anything else he puts together.
Wow we got some haters on this board...? Well I can definitely relate to the Frozen story because I've had the same thing happen to me except we were actually stuck for around 30 minutes above a super high spot so I'm curious about that film and Hatchet 2 should be pretty fun. This guy is fighting for his films to be made his way for you and me guys, don't hate on him because he isn't doing a remake, prequel or some lame ass japanese snore fest. Bring on these films.
When he makes a TRULY FRIGHTENING film, i'll compliment him. With very few exceptions, I HATE campy horror movies, humor and horror have no reason to be put together, if you make a horror film...take it seriously. Otherwise you come off as a jackass who is laughing at his own film and making a mockery of the genre as a whole. If he had gotten that Evil Dead effectiveness, it would be totally different, but he did not. So many people hate Rob Zombie, but at least he takes his horror seriously for the most part. I don't want to laugh while watching a horror film, I was to be scared and tense.
Frozen sounds like Open Water in the winter, but I'll give it a chance. I really like Hatchet. Got it for 10 dollars at Walmart when it first came out. I'm looking forward to Hatchet 2. Screw anonymous message board trolls.
Figures, the man fought for his vision to be brought to the screen and people talk shit about him; go make a better movie fuckers! That is if you can....
Adam Green is the greatest in the genre- period. Whoever posted anything positive about Rob Zombie needs to turn in their horror cred and get back in line for Twilight 'Gay Moon' or whatever the next one is called. HATCHET was awesome, SPIRAL showcased more skill and talent than anything these remake loving hacks have done, and FROZEN looks to be incredible. While it makes my blood boil to see anonymous trolls try and shit on one of the only good guys out there, at the same time it gives me hope as it means Green is rising in celebrity. No offense to you guys- actually wait, yeah, offense to you guys... but once you have the Halloween remake loving, 'hate on everything' douchebag hacks trolling your stories to talk smack.. it means you're now a famous contender. Adam Green made me fall in love with horror again and if you've ever met him he's the most down to earth and coolest dude ever. He has his own company that makes original films and fights back against the trends. How any real horror fan can hate on him is beyond me. He's one of the saviors of the genre. Stick your jealousy up your ass and go wait for Saw 11, idiots.
Oh and I hate to break it to you fagfactory- but Hatchet is better than Evil Dead (which no one liked until many years later for the "it's so bad it's good" factor). Evil Dead 2- maybe not so much. But Evil Dead? WAY better.
Hatchet was great fun and campy I'm too old to be scared by slashers that's why you won't hear me whine about how this should be scary and not funny.People take shit way too serious!The Evil Dead films are classics and a possible Hatchet Trilogy could be just as good for Gore hounds who appreciate the funny side of horror!Like the director said if you didn't like the first than don't bother with part two!
Frozen trailer looks great! Hatchet was amazing and believe the 2nd will be better because none other than Danielle Harris will b in it as the lead so yeah can't freakin wait!
Comparing Hatchet to Evil Dead is one of the strangest couplings ever. Evil Dead has a charismatic lead in Bruce Campbell as Ash, what did Hatchet have? A loser who spent most of the movie whining about his ex-girlfriend. Adam Green loaded his movie with slasher stereotypes in hopes it would be funny but it was embarrassingly bad instead. For a slasher homage it may very be the worst slasher movie I've ever seen. The kills were nice but it took way too long to get to the most annoying characters dying. His followup movie, Spiral, wasn't even that bad (even if it did star the same lead as Hatchet), and the guy is partially responsible for the short film, Grace, being made into a feature-length movie. Unfortunately he's cast Danielle Harris in Hatchet 2, which means I'll be watching Hatchet 2 regardless of my dislike of the preceding film. This is H2 all over again.
hatchet was awesome and frozen looks great. even if you don't like the movies you kinda have to respect the originality
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