Edge of the Axe

Edge of the Axe
Spanish release poster
SpanishAl Filo del Hacha
Directed byJosé Ramón Larraz
Screenplay by
  • Joaquín Amichatis[1]
  • Javier Elorrieta[1]
  • José Frade[1]
  • Pablo de Aldebarán
Produced byJosé Frade
Starring
CinematographyTote Trenas
Edited byBarry B. Leirer
Music byJavier Elorrieta
Production
companies
Calepas International
José Frade Producciones[2]
Distributed byOverseas FilmGroup
Release dates
  • May 20, 1988 (1988-05-20) (Spain)
  • September 15, 1989 (1989-09-15) (United States)
Running time
91 minutes[3]
CountrySpain
LanguageEnglish

Edge of the Axe (Spanish: Al Filo del Hacha) is a 1988 English-language Spanish slasher film directed by José Ramón Larraz, and starring Barton Faulks, Christina Marie Lane, Page Moseley, and Fred Holliday. The film centers on a masked maniac murdering people in a rural mountain town in Northern California.[4][5]

Spanish production, filming of Edge of the Axe took place in Big Bear Lake, California and Madrid in 1987, and features a cast of American and Spanish actors.

  1. ^ a b c "Edge of the Axe: Cast and Crew". AllMovie. Archived from the original on January 13, 2020.
  2. ^ "Al Filo del Hacha". José Frade Producciones (in Spanish). Archived from the original on December 9, 2018.
  3. ^ Young 2000, p. 186.
  4. ^ "Al FILO DEL HACHA (1988)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on January 12, 2020.
  5. ^ Braunstein, Joseph. "Edge of the Axe (1989)". AllMovie.