Friday, October 15, 2010

Axe (1977)


Directed by Frederick R. Friedel
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Something Weird Video)

Three sadistic murderers dressed in suits beat a man to death then flee to the countryside to hide out. After threatening and humiliating a store clerk they end up in a rural ranch house where a teenage girl and her paralyzed, mute grandfather live alone. What they don't realize is that the girl, Lisa, has a few problems of her own, which includes playing with razors and axes. It doesn't take long for the men to try to rape her but Lisa is prepared. The pacing is dreamlike and Lisa seems to be sleepwalking the entire time, giving the film a hypnotic quality. The soundtrack fits the mood and is quite good, an eerie, low key mixture of piano and synthesized sounds.


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