Bloody Axe Wound

This was a very silly movie that parodies slasher flicks that revolves around a slasher dad who has a family business in creates slasher films and owns a film rental store who is trying to groom his adopted daughter to rise up and take over the business and save it before it goes under. It was very campy and corny at times but some parts were entertaining and there was some kind of underlying message about breaking the status quo of being a typical slasher when you start letting your emotions run wild. For what it is, if you're into seeing a mock up flick that pokes fun at slasher flicks while showcasing what it would be like to be the kid of a Jason Voorhees like character then check this one out.

Bloody Axe Wound initially comes across as another subversively interesting slasher that aims to have fun with the rules of the sub-genre, but eventually becomes a wasted idea executed in a fun enough way to keep it watchable.

Acting is decent from the Bladecuts, with Billy Burke being an easy highlight of the movie as he handles the humour and the intensity to an impressively balanced degree as the fatherly killer Roger Bladecut. Moreover, Sari Arambulo is really fitting in the lead role of Abbie Bladecut; she is able to convey the struggles and aspirations to follow in her father's footsteps in a straight-faced and very comical way that is still funny but never comes across as silly or overacting. On a more technical note, the cinematography, lighting, and practical gore effects are all very well done. And the story itself starts out pretty strong, with an interestingly funny set up, and the balancing between the jokes and the killings is done to an effective degree.

However, that is also where it seems to be a point of struggle for the film. It can't consistently maintain its aforementioned balance, where the second act very much becomes a high school romance story that very nearly hijacks the main premise several times. The third act, in an attempt the balance the scales again, instead tips them entirely to being a straight up generic slasher flick with a strange and underwhelmingly unrewarding ending.

But it's biggest weakness is by far the world building, with several aspects and plot mechanisms left either unexplored or unexplained. Furthermore, the script can never decide how it works, and it leaves the audience with an utterly baffled sense of confusion as to how particular mechanisms drive the narrative.

Overall, it is funny enough to keep you entertained, but not interesting enough to stick with you and leave any kind of lasting impression.

I found this to be a mediocre movie that I watched. The story itself is interesting with a teenage girl wanting to be like her dad who is a serial killer, until something happened. Unfortunately, it goes through a generic trope when after meeting someone she starts to feel it is wrong doing what her dad wants her to do and to be someone else. It's definitely an interesting type for a horror movie to do and is somewhat decently executed decent. One major flaw is that the movie doesn't know what type of genre it wants to do. The movie is a comedy, but it tries to do different types of comedy which doesn't work out and the slapstick isn't that funny. Also, it seems like it goes for more seriousness on the subject matter that the main character goes through. And the climax is underwhelming.

While the characters do have a factor into the movie, they're not that interesting to remember about.

Abbie is the main character who first wants to be like her adopted dad, but soon changes after meeting Sam. She plays your typical role as a teenager who first wants to follow her guardian steps, but changes after one event. I didn't found her to be that interesting.

Sam is the girl who she met and grows attraction to her. She is basically the reason why she wants to stop doing what her father does and acts like a generic love interest.

Roger Bladecut is basically the main villain of the movie who is a serial killer who wants Abbie to follow his steps. I want to point out that he doesn't appear that much in the movie and mostly tells her the same thing throughout the movie on how she shouldn't hang out with the Sam girl. Billy Burke does a pretty good job with his performance as the character.

Bloody Axe Wound might have an interesting premise and good kills, but is a mediocre movie that doesn't know what type of genre it's going for.

Save your money and watch In a Violent Nature for a significantly better homage to slasher movies

This movie's failings are numerous but above all it was boring and lame, and just doesn't keep up with the golden age of horror we have going with released such as Terrifier, Oddity, Skinamarink, Late Night with the Devil etc..

• corny plot trying to explore empathy and friendship at the expense of creating a compelling horror movie with excitement. Completely fails to capture the magic of the genre it makes meta commentary on
• no good kills, so tame and afraid to push any boundaries
• humor is completely random and is just thrown in gags (not in the good crazy way like terrifier)
• massive pacing issues. First 10 mins are interesting and then the rest of the movie is a hallmark drama

Please skip, do not encourage shudder to continue making these lame stream milquetoast releases.

Painfully awful movie with a totally misleading star rating. I am puzzled by this rating in fact. The '90s video rental store(necessary for the storyline it appears) precede the age of 99 percent of the actors within the film. I hear there is some nostalgia for this decade lately but it is certainly overshadowed by the hodgepodge of a storyline and/or screenplay. We have not walked out of a theater in many years but this one has surely earned the distinction.

The dad's makeup and the quality werewolf mask alone do not make a movie. The high school cast must also have been responsible for the ratings it received. Gen Z does it again it appears.