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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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She Hacks Her Way Into Our Hearts...
AXE (aka: LISA, LISA) is the story of three desperate criminals, two of whom are sadistic murderers, and one with a working conscience. After committing mayhem, the trio decide to hide out at an isolated farmhouse inhabited by a young woman named Lisa (Leslie Lee) and her paralyzed grandfather. Unbeknownst to these crooks, Lisa is a tad unbalanced. All goes well until one of the miscreants tries to rape her, causing Lisa to show these bums some cold, hard steel!
Ms. Lee could have played Lisa to the hilt, but downplays her madness instead. She's quiet, rarely uttering a word. This actually makes her creepier! A decent low-budget feature worth checking out...
Ms. Lee could have played Lisa to the hilt, but downplays her madness instead. She's quiet, rarely uttering a word. This actually makes her creepier! A decent low-budget feature worth checking out...
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