I know I’ve given Dustin Ferguson’s movies a lot of shit throughout this column, but every so often he squeaks out a winner. As someone who’s sat through a bunch of bad Ferguson pictures, it pleases me to report Axed to Pieces is a lot of fun. Ferguson nicely captures the look and feel of an old ‘80s shot-on-video horror flick. From the scratchy video camera cinematography to the vintage outfits and hairstyles to the synthesized music, you’ll swear you’re watching a lost relic of the ‘80s and not a cheap movie made just a few years ago. Sure, the modern phones are the obvious giveaway that it’s a newer film, but overall, this is about as close as you can get to the real thing without hopping into a time machine.
A random lumberjack picks up an axe in the woods and becomes possessed by an evil spirit that commands him to kill. He finds a chick aerobicizing in the woods and hacks her up. Soon, more victims follow. Finally, a guy whose mother was a victim of the axe murderer decides to go out into the woods to get revenge.
Despite the archaic trappings of the film, the modern touches are equally fun. This movie features a scene I’ve been waiting to see in a horror flick for a long time: A moron walking aimlessly around is too busy playing Pokemon Go to realize a killer is standing right in front of him. This flick isn’t perfect by any means, but it's worth watching just for this awesome sequence.
Since this is a Dustin Ferguson movie, you just know there’s gonna be a lot of padding. The biggest problem with the film is that many of the scenes of potential victims walking around the woods go on far too long. Then again, if they didn’t, it would be thirty-five minutes long instead of fifty-two. Still, as Ferguson joints go, Axed to Pieces is one of his best.
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