Lumberjack the Monster2023

Horror Vault's take

When a masked killer wielding an ax begins carving a path of bodies, it falls to the last person you'd expect to stop them — a lawyer who openly considers himself a psychopath. Ninomiya is calculating, cold, and entirely without conscience, making his cat-and-mouse pursuit of the murderer a deeply uncomfortable collision of two dangerous minds. Based on a source novel, this Japanese thriller leans hard into the unsettling question of what happens when a monster hunts a monster. The result is a sleek, morally murky ride that keeps you guessing whose side you're actually on.

Content: Violence, Depictions Of Serial Killing, Ax-Related Gore