Axe (film)

Plot

A group of three psychopaths on the run from the law kill a man and flee into the countryside. They descend on an isolated farm which is home to a young girl named Lisa (Leslie Lee) and her paralyzed grandfather. After suffering much humiliation at the hands of the gang, Lisa takes a ghastly, murderous revenge.She first kills one who tries to rape her....then another who also tries to take her by force later in the story line...the last intruder senses something is amiss when a body falls down out of the chimney and runs from the house and is gunned down by the police

Cast

Production

The film was shot on location in a farmhouse outside Charlotte, North Carolina.

Controversy

The film gained notoriety in 1984 when it was designated a video nasty in the United Kingdom and appeared on the director of public prosecution's list of banned films. It was passed with cuts in 1999 and finally released uncut in 2005.

Critical reception

TV Guide gave the film three out of four stars, calling it "a well-photographed, refreshingly naturalistic drama of almost mythic retribution and victimization. [...] The psychological narrative can be slack, and the acting and technical aspects are uneven. But overall, the film makes you wish Friedel had directed more pictures."