Axegrinder 4: Souls of Blood (2022)

After the poor 3rd entry Axegrinder 4: Souls of Blood is a return to form directed by the veteran hand of Dennis Devine. Devine has been directing these kind of movies on a steady basis since 1998 with Fatal Images, Dead Girls and the anthology Things to his credit before that. His films are usually pretty decent considering the impoverished budgets he always has. The 3rd entry was derailed by Joe Sherlocks fat girl fetish and felt more like a film for people lusting after flabs of flesh than a slasher film. The women here are skinny and more to my taste with most of them being at least kind of cute.This stars the pretty Josie Hung in a double role and in a rare starring role for an Asian woman. An early highlight is a woman running around topless played by the quirky named Apricot Pitts. Unfortunately she’s dispatched pretty early so she doesn’t get to run around the entire film topless. She looks like one of those Suicide Girls you used to hear about all the time but not anymore. Did they finally live up to their moniker and commit mass ritual suicide? Despite having a mostly female cast there’s no other nudity here. The kills here are decent, better than part 3 and maybe 2 but not living up to the fun low budget gore of the original movie. Unlike part 3 this is set again in the woods where it should be. There isn’t a lot to say about this but if you liked the first 2 and the first 3 Camp Blood films you’ll probably dig this.