Blood Punch. That movie is epic, and deserves a lot more attention. It didn't need a remake. It's only a few years old, ffs. Blood Punch did everything this movie did so much better. The acting is better, the actors are better. This just, for lack of a better insult, sucks.

Blood Punch is the type of movie you watch, but can't tell anyone about it. The plot doesn't even kick off until 42 minutes into the movie. It's an insult to have that movie already exist, destined to become a cult classic, and this carbon copy of a movie comes along and takes a big, steaming crap on Blood Punch. Just watch Blood Punch. Skip this, and skip the trailer for Blood Punch. It gives away everything, including the ending.

Act One is the talky part: Marjorie (Eva Hamilton) invites two exes -- pals Jon (Jody Barton) and Frank (Trae Ireland) -- to her woodland cabin where the guys intend to do some hunting. The three friends chat a lot, the dialogue either improvised or very badly written: it's largely incoherent rambling, with some terrible overdubbing. It's not a great start to the film.

Act Two is much more entertaining. The two men go hunting, but Jon is affected by a strange force and accidentally shoots Frank dead. Things take an even darker turn when a duplicate Frank, not happy with being shot, appears and stabs Jon in retaliation. Jon also returns from the dead, and the pair take it in turns to kill each other, a living duplicate of each man appearing shortly after. It's not clear what is causing this supernatural phenomenon, but it's a lot of fun, Frank shooting Jon and planting an axe in his skull, and Jon chopping off Frank's arm and chainsawing off his head.

Act Three is totally baffling: Marjorie turns into a bargain basement deadite (no prosthetic make-up, just bad face paint), shags Jon in the woods, and introduces him to a horned tree demon in a fur coat that promises immortality in exchange for consuming Frank -- or something like that.

4/10 -- just about worth watching for the middle act, which features some reasonable practical gore effects.

I hadn't heard about this 2022 horror movie titled "Sawed Off" prior to getting the chance to sit down and watch it. And the movie's synopsis definitely sounded interesting, almost like a horror comedy, so of course I had to sit down and watch what writers Jody Barton, Hunter Johnson and Chuck Wagner had to offer.

Well, while the concept of the story was interesting, then the movie itself was just a stiffle too mundane. Director Hunter Johnson just didn't manage to churn out something outstanding or memorable here. Sure, "Sawed Off" can be watched for what it turned out to be, but this was hardly a movie that I will be recommending to horror fans, nor is it a movie that I will watch again.

The acting performances in the movie were fair enough. Sure, you're not in for any award-winning performances, and the cast ensemble is very small. But I will say that Jody Barton, Trae Ireland and Eva Hamilton managed to carry the movie well enough.

The special effects in "Sawed Off" were for the majority good enough for a movie of this budget, ambition and caliber.

All in all, if you enjoy horror movies there might be something for you to enjoy here in "Sawed Off". Just because I wasn't particularly entertained doesn't mean you won't be. I will be honest and say that it definitely felt like a movie that was made with a lot of passion and commitment.

My rating of "Sawed Off" lands on a generous four out of ten stars.