Axe (film)

Axe
Theatrical release poster
Directed byFrederick R. Friedel
Written byFrederick R. Friedel
Produced byJ.G. Patterson Jr.
Starring
  • Leslie Lee
  • Hart Smith
  • Carol Miller
CinematographyAustin McKinney
Edited by
  • Frederick R. Friedel
  • J.G. Patterson Jr.
Music by
  • George Newman Shaw
  • John Willhelm
Production
companies
  • Frederick Productions
  • Empire Studios
Distributed byBoxoffice International Pictures (BIP)
Release dates
  • December 9, 1974 (1974-12-09) (Greenville, South Carolina)[1]
Running time
67 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$25,000

Axe is a 1974 American independent horror film written and directed by Frederick R. Friedel and starring Leslie Lee. Its plot follows a trio of criminals who lodge at a rural farmhouse where a teenage girl resides with her disabled grandfather. After one of the men attempts to rape her, she enacts revenge.

Originally titled Lisa, Lisa, the film is one of the famous "video nasties" that was banned in the United Kingdom in the early 1980s.

  1. ^ "Belmont Outdoor Cinema: First Showing Tonight: "Lisa, Lisa"". The Greenville News. Greenville, South Carolina. December 9, 1974. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ Axe/Kidnapped Coed (Blu-ray). Severin Films. 2015. ASIN B016QVK6G4.