Fun idea. Not sure HOW you could have done the lighting any differently, but it seems too bright for the message of the image. JMO. Good luck in the challenge.
I think the lighting is too harsh, or wrong somehow. The eerie feeling isn't there and it should be. I like that you can't see anything outside of the car though. It's just the lighting that throws it.
Yikes. No one wants an axe coming at them. thats for sure. The ligthing is harsh but i think if the overall picture were darker that that blue cast would add a really cool effect.
With his hands on the steering wheel I would assume that he is driving which makes the harsh lighting coming from above seem very out of place. Maybe if it had been lit from straight on or from the rear as if by headlights it would match better.
This is interesting. Looks as if taken out of a film or by a security cam thus creating a scary atmosphere. Would be better, if the axe was held in a more realistic angle. No axe-murder would back his hand on a seat while cutting your head off ;)