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Lisa, Lisa
DVD cover - using the better known 'Axe' title
Directed byFrederick R. Friedel
Written byFrederick R. Friedel
Produced byJ.G. Patterson Jr.
StarringLeslie Lee
Hart Smith
Carol Miller
CinematographyAustin McKinney
Edited byFrederick R. Friedel
J.G. Patterson Jr.
Music byGeorge Newman Shaw
John Willhelm
Production
companies
Frederick Productions
Empire Studios
Distributed byBoxoffice International Pictures (BIP)
Release date
July 1977
Running time
72 Minutes
Country United States
LanguageEnglish

Lisa, Lisa is an American exploitation horror film film, it was written and directed by Frederick R. Friedel and stars Leslie Lee as Lisa of the title.

Synopsis

Three armed thugs hide out in a farmhouse owned by thirteen year old Lisa and her disabled grandfather. By the way, Lisa is raped and subsequently takes her revenge on them, after managing to scape, killing them with an axe.

Cast

  • Leslie Lee as Lisa
  • Jack Cano as Steele
  • Ray Green as Lomax
  • Frederick R. Friedel as Billy
  • Douglas Powers as Grandfather
  • Frank Jones as Aubrey
  • Carol Miller as Storewoman
  • George J. Monaghan as Harold
  • Hart Smith as Detective
  • Scott Smith as Policeman
  • Jeff MacKay as Radio and Television Shows (voice)
  • David Hayman as Radio and Television Shows (voice)
  • Don Cummins as Radio and Television Shows (voice)
  • Jaqueline Pyle as Radio and Television Shows (voice)
  • Lynne Bradley as Radio and Television Shows (voice)
  • Richie Smith as Radio and Television Shows (voice)
  • George Newman Shaw as Radio and Television Shows (voice)
  • Ronald Watterson as Radio and Television Shows (voice)
  • Beverly Watterson as Radio and Television Shows (voice)
  • Graddie Lane as Radio and Television Shows (voice)
  • Suzy Bertoni as Radio and Television Shows (voice)

Controversy

The film gained notoriety in 1984 when it was designated a video nasty in the UK and appeared on the director of public prosecution's list of banned films. It remained unavailable until 2005.

Release

The film was released in 1977 and appeared on the infamous Video Nasties list in the '70s-'80s.[1]

References