Product Details

• Actors: Danica McKellar, Jay Kenneth Johnson, William Forsythe, Sean Kanan, Juliet Landau
• Directors: Matt Flynn
• Writers: Matt Flynn
• Producers: Alan Pao, Brian Hartman, Elsa Ramo, Joe Knee, Kim Eva Matuka
• Format: Color, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: Spanish
• Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Allumination
• DVD Release Date: December 11, 2007
• Run Time: 89 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000WC38GY
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #26,625 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Hack!" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Steven West, HorrorReview.com

"Brisk and enjoyable...A good balance of splatter and laughs, plus an engagingly sexy McKellar topping a first-rate cast."

Product Description

Reality filmmaking can be murder. Just ask Vincent King (Sean Kanan)and his wife Mary Shelley (Juliet Landau),two passionate horror fans determined to create the ultimate slasher movie with the unwitting help of a cast to die for. Led by deceptively bookish biology major Emily (Danica McKellar), a group of horny college students visits the Kings' remote island to study the local flora and fauna, unaware that they're about to end up on the cutting room floor - literally! - as they are gruesomely dispatched in the style of both classic and contemporary shockers. Who will survive the Kings' insane homage to horror? Anyway you slice it, Hack! will keep you guessing and gasping right until the credits and/or heads roll.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Decent straight to video horror movie, November 24, 2007

By	MattW "Matt" (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

Wholly derivative but somewhat effective horror thriller. Students visiting a secluded island to do field research find themselves the subject of a madman's obsession with movies. Considering the budgetary constraints the film is technically well done, the score fine, and the special effects mostly above par. Gore hounds will be pleased with the buckets of blood and a few unexpected twists and mild chuckles elevate what might have otherwise been a ho-hum affair. Who will live, who will die? Does it really matter? Recommended to horror affecianados.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Hack Indeed..., January 30, 2008

By	LeviDevi "Bubman" (Frankfort, KY USA) - See all my reviews

I was very surprised by this one. It begins with your standard horror/slasher setup: group of college kids--and this group contains every cliche` you can think of--leaves to go do extra credit on an island out in the middle of nowhere, things begin to happen, and you'd think "here we are again"--AND you'd be WRONG!

I don't agree that the movie will have you "guessing until the end" (lord, if you can't figure out who's offing the kids, you need to turn in your horror membership card!), but I did enjoy the ending because...well, see for yourself! I think the title for this movie is very appropriate.

The movie's running time is 100 minutes. It is rated R for some nudity and campy blood and violence. You know; you're STANDARD slasher movie! It is also crammed full of named actors appearing in cameos. I almost didn't recognize William Forsythe and Kane Hodder (former Jason Vorhees AND Victor Crowley of "Hatchet" fame) doesn't even receive a mention. Lots of fun. I recommend it.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I bow in humble admiration to this brilliant display of affection for horror, April 21, 2009

By	Jason (Backwater, Alabama) - See all my reviews

If there has ever been a movie that paid more respect to the horror genre, I have not seen it. Tongue in cheek yet respectful, Hack is completed saturated with direct references and subtle nuances that pay homage to the great movies in horror while still developing a few interesting twists and a great combination of blood and gore.

After a foreboding intro that feels like the opening scene of the original A Nightmare on Elm Street, a group of stereotypical college kids board a boat headed for a secluded island in order to participate in a marine-biology extra credit project. The island's owners, a pair of horror film fanatics, welcome the group with open arms as long as they participate in a little obsessive filming.

Purposefully satirical, the cast fills out in a color-by-the-numbers fashion: obnoxious jock, bookworm girl with pigtails (Danica McKellar - Winnie Cooper), gaysian male, token black dude, druggie chick, creepy boat captain (Burt Young - Paulie from Rocky), a random small-town sheriff (Tony Burton - Duke from Rocky), and an incredibly hot foreign exchange student whose amazing breasts desire fresh air and freedom more than a death row inmate. Add in William Forsythe as an inhabitant of the island, Sean Kanan (The Karate Kid Part III) as the rich owner of the island, and a quick cameo from Kane Hodder - one of the men who have played Jason Voorhees - and you have a cast tailor-made for a horror movie parody.

No less than amazing, the depth to which respect is paid to the horror genre is unparalleled. Gratuitous nudity, ridiculous fireside conversations, people getting "lost", search groups splitting up to "cover more ground", no cellphone coverage, all the kids' hormones rival that of adult film starlets, the house phone gets disconnected, and every other cliché that can be imagined is present. More than one character even acknowledges that it all feels like a typically cheesy movie (they all but stare into the camera). The characters engage in perpetual discussions about great horror flicks, rattling off greats like Friday the 13th, The Birds , Nosferatu, Frankenstein, Psycho, and Hellraiser, just to name a few. Several scenes are filmed with an old 8MM feel; others underwater as if lifted directly from Jaws; one is a tribute to The Ring; the class instructor is named Mr. Argento, and another is named Mary Shelley. The references are the true accomplishment, and half of the enjoyment in watching is attempting to recognize each to the references to the classics.

Titled Hack as a double entendre, the reference is to both the mutilation at the hands of psychopaths, but also a shot at how pathetically lazy the majority of contemporary horror has become (staring at you torture porn). The tongue in cheek nature is fun at times, and acidic at others; true horror fans will be able to detach one from the other.

For general movie fans, this is a solid addition and worth at least one viewing. For true horror fans, this is a town-hall get together where we are each allowed to insert our favorite scene into the plot.