Exclusive Trailer for ‘Popeye’s Revenge’ Turns the Spinach Eater into a Slasher Maniac

High school is hell. In upcoming horror comedy Bloody Axe Wound, it becomes the new slaying ground for a teen eager to follow in her serial killer father’s footsteps. Our exclusive reveal of the coming-of-age horror movie’s poster warns that Clover Falls High might get cutthroat.

RLJE Films releases the meta slasher in select theaters on December 27, 2024.

In Bloody Axe Wound, “Abbie Bladecut is a teenager torn between the macabre traditions of her family’s bloody trade and the tender stirrings of her first crush. In the small town of Clover Falls, Abbie’s father, Roger Bladecut, has built an infamous legacy by capturing real-life killings on tape and selling them to eager customers. But as Abbie delves deeper into the grisly family business, she begins to wonder if it’s time to take the family tradition in a new direction.”

Bloody Axe Wound hails from writer/director Matthew John Lawrence, who directed 2020’s raucous horror comedy Uncle Peckerhead.

Sari Arambulo stars as Abbie, with The Twilight Saga’s Billy Burke playing her father, Roger Bladecut. Roger is a prolific ex-serial killer that runs a video store and sells slasher films featuring a new killer, Butch Slater (“The Walking Dead” actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who also serves as a producer with his wife Hilarie Burton Morgan). When Abbie enrolls in high school to prove to her dad that she has what it takes to become the next killer, she falls for Sam (Molly Brown, “Dexter: Original Sin”). Abbie will then have to choose between friendship and infamy.

Eddie Leavy also stars in the meta slasher that’s produced by Cassandra Del Viscio, Mary Stuart Masterson, Liz DeCesare, Jordan Manekin, Eric Knapp, Mackenzie Luzzi, and Sarah Fairchild.

Check out the exclusive Bloody Axe Wound poster debut below. If you missed it, you can watch the trailer here that tonally feels in the vein of Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon.