Axe (film)
Appearance
Lisa, Lisa | |
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Directed by | Frederick R. Friedel |
Written by | Frederick R. Friedel |
Produced by | J.G. Patterson Jr. |
Starring | Leslie Lee Hart Smith Carol Miller |
Cinematography | Austin McKinney |
Edited by | Frederick R. Friedel J.G. Patterson Jr. |
Music by | George Newman Shaw John Willhelm |
Production companies | Frederick Productions Empire Studios |
Distributed by | Boxoffice International Pictures (BIP) |
Release date | July 1977 |
Running time | 72 Minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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]