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The Axe

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Three weirdos take their terror spree to a remote house, where a quiet girl (Leslie Lee) cuts it short.

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Pat Padua Spectrum Culture "The efficiency of Friedel’s imagery...suggest a talented storyteller who made the most out of limited resources, and created a surprisingly moving 72-minute piece of art." May 2, 2023 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Aug 14, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member This is laughably bad - terrible acting, thank goodness it's only an hour long ) Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Tre småkjeltringer ser etter skjulested etter å ha drept en fyr i en leilighet og plaget en kassadame på en bensinstasjon ved å kaste epler! på henne - og tvunget henne til å strippe. De finner etterhvert en gård ute i huttiheita et sted. På gården bor tenåringsjenten Lisa og hennes invalide og demente bestefar - som hun tar seg av. Et tilsynelatende perfekt oppholdsted til ting roer seg. Men Lisa er en forvirret og psykotisk ung dame som vet å forsvare seg - med øks og barberkniv! Dette var jo en ekte video-nasty, bannlyst av British Board of Film Censors (BBFC), og produsert av sleazkongen Harry Novak. Lisa spiller ok, mens de tre på flukt dessverre overspiller noe. Karakterene deres er i tillegg klisjefylte; Den dominerende (som for øvrig prøver å leke Dirty Harry), den litt dumme - som gjør som han får beskjed om, og den samvittighetsfulle "var det nødvendig å drepe han derre fyren" typen. Det hele blir stivt og retningsløst utover. Det renner ikke akkurat over med oppfinnsomme øyeblikk her. Klippingen er også tvilsom flere steder. Og dessuten, bare et av drapene er på skjermen - så vinglete er kameraet. Derfor blir aldri dette så stygt som slasheretiketten burde tilsi. Det hele tikker inn på kun 65 minutter så det rekker ikke å bli veldig kjedelig - bare litt. Filmen er kommet i en dobbeldisc-utgave, men ekstramaterialet er tynn suppe. Et dårlig forsøk på å pisse opp en middelmådig film. Men - som sagt - det er jo en Nasty, så vi må jo ha den i hyllen lell. Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7DwW59ifKY Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Another notorious nasty left me wondering why? Why was it banned? Was it the scene where Lisa is being raped and she slices the throat of her rapist? Truthfully, my description of that sequence is probably more gruesome and worse than the actual scene itself. Bottom line is, for horror fans this movie is ridiculously tame. It has a Badlands feel without any of the sophistication. Still, it has an eerie and truly weird tone. From the bongo drums to the actors wrestling with the camera, it feels bizarre and cultist. Perhaps it might work as a drive-in flick. It certainly doesn't work as a scary horror movie. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Axe is about a cute little girl who lives alone with her paralized grandfather, and their encounter with 3 bad dudes. The girls name is Lisa, she dose everything around the house while her grandfather sits up stairs waching a tv with really crappy reception. These Three bad dudes beat a guy to death, after putting a cigar out in his mouth. So they hit the road knowing the police will be looking for them. They treat a woman at a store, like the low lifes they are. Then they arive at Lisas house. They envite them selfs in to stay, Lisa just puts up with it. The first night they are there the ugly fat dude trys tro rape her. So she kills him, and chopps him up, Puts him in a trunk and has anouther of his friends help get the trunk to the attic. The leader trys to do the same when an "AXE" Lisa grabed falls on his head a few times. She stuffs him up the chimney. The third guy was less of an ass but the cops kill him when they arive. I really wonder if Lisa would of killed him? Probly was going to in the woods but she moved to slow. The movie is really short and cheesy. But if you like movies where dudes try to rape little girls and wind up getting them self killed by a little girl.... this movie is for you. All in all, Lisa "Leslie Lee" is hot, in the country I cut chicken head off sort way. I cant find any outher movies with her in them, at least not yet. I think it is sad if she did not contenue her film careere, I would of been checking out the rest of her movies. She is a sweet chick who is probly my moms age now. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Axe is about a cute little girl who lives alone with her paralized grandfather, and their encounter with 3 bad dudes. The girls name is Lisa, she dose everything around the house while her grandfather sits up stairs waching a tv with really crappy reception. These Three bad dudes beat a guy to death, after putting a cigar out in his mouth. So they hit the road knowing the police will be looking for them. They treat a woman at a store, like the low lifes they are. Then they arive at Lisas house. They envite them selfs in to stay, Lisa just puts up with it. The first night they are there the ugly fat dude trys tro rape her. So she kills him, and chopps him up, Puts him in a trunk and has anouther of his friends help get the trunk to the attic. The leader trys to do the same when an "AXE" Lisa grabed falls on his head a few times. She stuffs him up the chimney. The third guy was less of an ass but the cops kill him when they arive. I really wonder if Lisa would of killed him? Probly was going to in the woods but she moved to slow. The movie is really short and cheesy. But if you like movies where dudes try to rape little girls and wind up getting them self killed by a little girl.... this movie is for you. All in all, Lisa "Leslie Lee" is hot, in the country I cut chicken head off sort way. I cant find any outher movies with her in them, at least not yet. I think it is sad if she did not contenue her film careere, I would of been checking out the rest of her movies. She is a sweet chick who is probly my moms age now. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Three weirdos take their terror spree to a remote house, where a quiet girl (Leslie Lee) cuts it short.
Director
Fredrick R. Friedel
Rating
R
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 30m