The Axe Murders of Villisca
The movie follows three teenagers as they visit the site of a notorious killing spree, in which eight people were murdered by an axe-wielding killer, in order to find answers. Instead, they find something beyond even their wildest fears.
1987, USA
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January 19, 2017
"The Axe Murders of Villisca" never really comes to much, perhaps because its focus is too diffuse. The scares are low, and the plot under-baked.
January 25, 2017
Devolves into typical teen-oriented, supernatural horror.
March 16, 2017
The Axe Murders of Villisca never comes alive, and as such no matter how much potential as a filmmaker I think Valenzuela might possess, watching this film proves to be nothing more than a serious waste of time.
June 20, 2016
Effective scares are generated with [the director's] phantoms, but the story could have reached another level if it had messed with our heads a bit more.
January 22, 2017
The Axe Murders Of Villisca is too familiar a haunted house story to be anything more than generic.
