Bloody Axe Wound

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.

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.

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.

(I can't figure out how to edit this, but Chet Siegel is listed for Molly Brown's role). It wasn't a bad movie--characters are likable, the chemistry between the leads (again, that is MOLLY BROWN, not Chet Siegel, and Sari Arambulo) is great, the premise is cool...but like too many horror-comedies, the creators just couldn't really commit to going hard. I get it--you want people to like your characters. But if your characters are a family of slashers, you're entitled to some dark, dark, wicked humor. Had the humor been less broad, it would've made a huge difference in the quality of the film.

Other than that and a criminal underuse of Jeffrey Dean Morgan, it isn't a bad movie. The worst thing about it is that it could've been great...but pulled its punches, instead.

I watch tons of horrible movies. I'm always open to independent and low-budget movies (although the huge influx from streaming services has made me hesitant). Bloody Axe Wound could have been just another one of those bad low-budget movies that I would rate low and immediately forget about.

The problem is, it has such a cool concept for the premise and an interesting spin on the subgenre. The premise of them actually doing murders so they could make movies about it is pretty awesome. And the idea of a female slasher villain sounds highly intriguing.

That's why I'm so disappointed in this. It could have been great. And I wish they saved this idea until they could get better funding, writers, directors, etc. If done right, this had the potential to be a movie I loved. Instead, I couldn't make it past the 26-minute mark.

(1 viewing, 1/14/2025)