Sampson Dunston

Sampson Duston was one of the characters in the Hatchet series. He was also a father of Marybeth Dunston and Ainsley Dunston as well as the good friend of Uncle Bob and Trent. He was also an alligator hunter before he and his son were murdered by Victor Crowley in the beginning of the first film.

Although he was a minor character, Sampson was considered as the villain due to him being responsible for Victor's death and the death of his father.

He was voiced by Robert Englund, who also voiced as Freddy Krueger from the Nightmare in Elm Street series.

History
Sampson, along with his friends, Bob and Trent, on Halloween, threw sparklers at the Crowley house but one of them caught the door on fire. Victor's father, Thomas, tried to save him but accidentally struck him in the face with a hatchet. A few years later, Amanda Fowler a journalist who know about Victor's current state, tried to convince him to return to the swamp to give Victor the ashes of his father, but a drunk Sampson scoffed at her theories.

In Hatchet, Marybeth revealed that she and her brother had a mother and that Sampson had a wife but in Hatchet II, it is revealed that she had passed away prior to the events of the trilogy. This is one of the reasons why Sampson became an alligator hunter.

Personailty
Sampson is a cantankerous old man who may have played favorites amongst his two children.