Writer/managing director Adam Green introduced a new horror slasher into the genre with Victor Crowley (played by horror icon Kane Hodder), the vengeful spirit known equally Hatchetface who starred in theHatchet trilogy earlier his ain cocky-titled film. Crowley is known for his gruesome and gory kills and unending threat as a repeating spirit, doomed to be monstrously reborn again every dark.

Victor Crowley died a tragic death after he was targeted by cruel children on Halloween, though it was his own father (besides played by Hodder) who accidentally killed Victor while trying to salve him from a burning firm. Victor Crowley's deadly killing spree is focused effectually his swamp dwelling, so some of his intended victims take managed to escape his powerful clutches.

x Shyann Crowley

Information technology'due south important to mention one of Victor Crowley's first enemies Shyann Crowley (played past Kathryn Fiore), Thomas Crowley's starting time wife who was dying of stomach cancer when she discovered that Thomas and her nurse Lena (played by Erika Hamilton) were having an matter.

When Lena became pregnant with Victor, Shyann cursed the unborn child so that he would exist built-in deformed. Lena died at the commencement sight of her child, and Thomas raised his son solitary and isolated before his death led to Victor Crowley's recurring haunted killing sprees.

9 Tyler Hawes

2013'sHatchet III brought a lot more than firepower to the battle against Victor Crowley when the Louisana S.W.A.T. team got involved, led past Derek Mears' hulking Tyler Hawes. Mears had previously played Jason Voorhees and was just one of many horror cameos in the series.

While fans initially thought Hawes might finally give Victor Crowley a worthy concrete confrontation, he was very swiftly and horrifically killed in his kickoff run across with Hatchetface, who rips his spine and skull out through his stomach (Mears also played Predator) before Hawes could even country a punch.

8 Ben Schaefer

Joel David Moore starred in 2006'due southHatchet as Ben, a heart-cleaved tourist on a spontaneous but unwanted trip to New Orleans. He soon finds himself lost in the swamp with a night bout group every bit they are hunted by the supernatural Victor Crowley.

While Ben (or anyone) didn't have many successful physical confrontations with Crowley, he was the 1 who attempted to encompass him with gas and burn down him. Ben was even nearly one of the film'southward final survivors until the shocking final moment. Moore hilariously reprised his function briefly inHatchet III before ultimately dying - for real this time.

7 Trent

Trent was a hunter played by R.A. Milhailoff, who also previously starred as the titular killer in 1990's Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III. Things ultimately didn't go so well for Trent in 2010'sHatchet Ii, though he did put up a good fight against Crowley.

The graphic symbol also has an boosted connexion to the lore of Hatchetface as information technology was revealed that he was one of the cruel children on Halloween who torched the Crowley home, making him i of the few responsible for Victor's eternal unrest in the first place.

6 Reverend Zombie

Horror legend Tony Todd (Candyman,Night of the Living Dead,Wishmaster) first appeared in 2006'sHatchet as a former voodoo priest turned swamp tour business organization owner Clive Washinton A.Grand.A. Reverend Zombie.

Zombie hires a team of hunters to go into the swamp with seemingly altruistic motives, though it was presently revealed that he hoped to mistakenly pb the same Trent into Crowley's swamp then they would be killed and end Crowley's expletive. Reverend Zombie fifty-fifty attempted to choke Victor when he attacked, though he was ultimately no match for Crowley.

5 Amanda Fowler

TheHatchet franchise continued revisiting stars of horror when The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2's Christine Williams joined the cast as Amanda Fowler, an investigative blogger who had spent years trying to evidence Victor Crowley's existence.

Hatchet III (directed past B. J. McDonnell) brought Fowler along as the law and Southward.W.A.T. attempted to unsuccessfully have out Victor Crowley. Fowler'southward investigations into Crowley's origins and expletive provided the franchise'due south all-time weapon against Crowley, though her caput was violently ripped off before information technology was used on him.

iv Andrew Yong

Parry Shen is the repeating spirit of theHatchet franchise, appearing in every picture even though he oft met his untimely demise. He first appeared equally Shawn inHatchet and then his twin brother Shawn inHatchet II before appearing as paramedic Andrew Yong inHatchet 3.

Yong was able to survive Crowley'due south attacks by hiding while everyone with him was viciously murdered, and and so returned for 2017'southVictor Crowley every bit the star of the flick. He took a more proactive function in keeping himself and others live, managing to survive both Crowley encounters.

3 Rose

2017'due southVictor Crowleyintroduced a group of filmmakers that included coiffure fellow member Rose (played by Laura Ortiz) who was helping her best friend Chloe make a movie about the Crowley murders in Honey Isle Swamp.

However, when Victor Crowley made his inevitable reappearance and began his killing spree, Rose quickly outlived the residual of her crew. She worked together with the survivors of a plane crash that brought a romantic interest and Crowley survivor Andrew Yong to the swamp. Together, they took the fight to Crowley and managed to stay alive.

ii Dillon

Andrew and Rose's survival is partially due to the efforts of Dillon (played by Dave Sheridan), who was a swamp tour host and part-fourth dimension actor that was also hoping to get a role in the new Crowley picture show. Dillon had quite a few heroic acts that earned the attending of Rose as Crowley trapped the survivors in a crashed plane near his swamp home.

In the concluding stand-off, the other survivors hilariously failed in their attacks against Crowley, leaving Dillon to hurl himself at the supernatural monster and send them both through the plane'southward turbines (fixed past Dillon earlier) and saving the day.

1 MaryBeth Dunston

The but character to survive multiple encounters with Victor Crowley is MaryBeth Dunston, who was originally played by Tamara Feldman inHatchet before she was replaced by Scream Queen Danielle Harris for the sequels.

MaryBeth's male parent Samson (played by Robert Englund/Freddy Krueger) was 1 of the children in Halloween masks responsible for the death of Victor, and MaryBeth was brought to Crowley'southward swamp later on her father and brother were killed. MaryBeth not only managed to survive multiple encounters with Crowley, just she brutally killed him twice in the process.

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