AXE
AT LAST TOTAL TERROR!
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RUNTIME : 64 MINUTES 49 SECOND
AKA : CALIFORNIA AXE MASSACRE, LISA LISA AND THE VIRGIN SLAUGHTER
DIRECTOR : FREDERICK R FRIEDEL
COUNTRY : USA
YEAR : 1977
STARRING : LESLIE LEE, JACK CANON, RAY GREEN, FREDERICK R FRIEDEL, DOUGLAS POWERS, FRANK JONES AND CAROL MILLER
REVIEW
Also known as “The California Axe Massacre” this 1974 outing is directed by Frederick R. Friedel, who also plays one of the murderers.
The story surrounds 3 demented blokes, Steele, Lomax and Billy, who torture and kill a guy named Aubrey at the start of the film. A charming sequence, where they shove a cigar down his throat is pretty effective! We’re never given a reason as to why
Aubrey was targeted by Steele, or who Aubrey is for that matter, but it is irrelevant.
After they have killed Aubrey, the 3 nutters go on the run, making fun of a fat lass in a grocery store on route, hence puns like “show us your melons” and the like. After they leave the grocery girl is a quivering state, they then decide to hide from the police at an old remote farmhouse, which is inhabited by a young girl and her crippled grandfather.
The girl, Lisa, seems to be a bit of a fruitcake,
who enjoys chopping chickens heads off, and leaving them in the kitchen sink.
The gang take over the farmhouse, and Lisa doesn’t seem too phased by
this, until she finds herself the object of the savage brute’s sordid
desires. Once one of them tries to have his wicked way with her, she brings
the axe into play, and the blood starts to flow!
WRITTEN BY TONY FRIZZELL
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