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Three criminals on a murder spree arrives at a farmhouse, where a girl is living with her paralyzed grandfather.Three criminals on a murder spree arrives at a farmhouse, where a girl is living with her paralyzed grandfather.Three criminals on a murder spree arrives at a farmhouse, where a girl is living with her paralyzed grandfather.
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- TriviaLeslie Lee had done some modeling prior to playing her sole lead role as Lisa. Lee declined an offer to be interviewed for the release of this movie by Severin Films in both the DVD and Blu-ray formats.
- GoofsWhen Lomax is making holes in clothes with his cigar, the amount of holes, his position and position of the clothes is not synchronized between shots.
- Alternate versionsFor its original UK cinema release (as "California Axe Massacre") cuts were made to a razor slashing during a rape scene, the beating of Aubrey, and heavy edits to the infamous scene where the salesgirl is shot at and splashed with ketchup, and the film later found itself on the official DPP list of video nasties in the 80s. It was eventually issued on the Exploited video label, under its cinema title, in 1999 but received 19 secs of cuts to the previous razor slashing scene. The BBFC said they would have passed it uncut but previous illegal distribution of the uncut version led to a prosecution under the obscene publications act (the same reason The House by the Cemetery (1981) and Blood Feast (1963) were slightly cut). The cuts were fully waived for the 2005 ILC release and the film reverted to its original title of "Axe".
- ConnectionsEdited into Bloody Brothers (2007)
- SoundtracksSmellin' Up The Kitchen
Written and Sung by George Newman Shaw and John Willhelm
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Strange atmosphere makes "Axe" kinda work.
"Axe" is an oddball piece of work that seems to avoid a lot of the horror standards. The flow of the film has a refreshing feeling of randomness that makes it work. Not a lot is explained in this film so viewers are left to discuss the who, what and why amongst themselves and die hard 70's low budget sleaze fans might even try to pick out a story after repeated viewings. "Axe" is competently shot and edited. As an aficionado of 70's b movies I personally felt that it has a great look to it. An atmosphere of paranoid weirdness is developed early on and digs in on the viewer. The film also scores points for it's original soundtracking although the main hook from the intro theme gets a little over used at times. The acting is on par for the course, no remarkable talent here, but some cool characters. The one guy who looks like Bob Ross adds an interesting dynamic to the group of thugs, it's hard to figure out why exactly he's rolling with them. The girl who plays Lisa is rather pretty and her performance is effective enough to draw sympathy from the viewer during the more tense scenes.
Nothing mindblowing here, but fans of the era and genre who have a bit of patience will enjoy this one. Gore fanatics might feel cheated by Axe but lovers of strange "wtf is going on here" movies should give this one a swing.
Nothing mindblowing here, but fans of the era and genre who have a bit of patience will enjoy this one. Gore fanatics might feel cheated by Axe but lovers of strange "wtf is going on here" movies should give this one a swing.
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