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Barton Faulks (Actor), Christina Marie Lane (Actor), José Ramón Larraz (Director) Format: Blu-ray

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From cult Spanish filmmaker José Ramón Larraz (Vampyres, Symptoms) comes this long-neglected late 80s slasher classic, finally unleashed on Blu-ray. The rural community of Paddock County is being rocked by the crazed exploits of an axe-wielding psychopath, who stalks the night in a black trenchcoat and mask. As the victims pile up, the authorities attempt to keep a lid on the situation, whilst computer whizz-kid Gerald and girlfriend Lillian seek to unmask the killer before the town population reaches zero. Nominally set in Northern California but shot primarily in Madrid, giving the film an off-kilter, American/European atmosphere akin to the likes of Pieces, Edge of the Axe is a late entry hack-and-slash masterpiece from one of the titans of Spanish terror.

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From cult Spanish filmmaker José Ramón Larraz (Vampyres, Symptoms) comes this long-neglected late 80s slasher classic, finally unleashed on Blu-ray for the first time ever!

The rural community of Paddock County is being rocked by the crazed exploits of an axe-wielding psychopath, who stalks the night in a black trenchcoat and mask. As the victims pile up, the authorities attempt to keep a lid on the situation, whilst computer whizz-kid Gerald and girlfriend Lillian seek to unmask the killer before the town population reaches zero.

Nominally set in Northern California but shot primarily in Madrid, giving the film an off-kilter, American/European atmosphere akin to the likes of Pieces, Edge of the Axe is a late entry hack-and-slash masterpiece from one of the titans of Spanish terror.

SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS

Brand new 2K restoration from the original camera negative

English and Spanish language versions of the feature

Original uncompressed mono audio

Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack

Newly translated English subtitles for the Spanish soundtrack

Brand new audio commentary with actor Barton Faulks

Brand new audio commentary with The Hysteria Continues

Newly-filmed interview with actor Barton Faulks

The Pain in Spain - a newly-filmed interview with special effects and make-up artist Colin Arthur

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Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly-commissioned artwork by Justin Osbourn

FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Collector’s booklet featuring new writing by Amanda Reyes

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Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 5.92 Ounces
Audio Description: ‏ : ‎ English
Director ‏ : ‎ José Ramón Larraz
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Anamorphic, Dolby, NTSC, Surround Sound, Widescreen
Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 31 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ January 28, 2020
Actors ‏ : ‎ Barton Faulks, Christina Marie Lane, Page Mosely
Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ German, English
Studio ‏ : ‎ Arrow Video
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07ZLJKMBL
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Jeremy Hunt

Edge of the axe

Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2023

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Max Ingram

Could Not Be More Pleased

Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2021

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This is an absolutely awesome edition of this late-80's, slasher gem. They got new interviews with two of the primary cast members (including the main star), along with the special effects guru behind all the gore, plus a couple of great commentary tracks as well. The new cover art looks awesome (and it's reversible in case you prefer the original), and the restoration of the film itself looks fantastic. Arrow Video does it again, and manages to create THE definitive edition for a cult-favorite film. Highly recommended.

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Leigh Kennerly

Plot twist

Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2021

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Decent flick for an oldie with an interesting twist. The killer is never the obvious choice

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A total mess, but it hits what it slashes at....

Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2022

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80s slashers are a genre entirely unto themselves, independent of the larger genre of horror. And those of us who grew up in the 80s generally saw our share of them. It seemed that every year a new crop would bloom each summer, to be gathered by frisky teens looking to have their honies jump upon their laps in a darkened theater, and quickly learned all the basic rules, tropes and cliches associated with this type of flick. I imagine I've seen around 20 - 30 slashers in my life, but I had never seen, never even heard of EDGE OF THE AXE until yesterday. I decided to give it a whirl, and while I don't regret it one bit, I'd be lying if I said this was a cinematic masterpiece even by the very forgiving standards of scary movies.

EDGE OF THE AXE starts like it means business. Before the credits are even dry, a creepily masked lunatic wielding an axe murders a nurse in a small town, drive-through car wash in broad freaking daylight. Shortly thereafter a rotting corpse is discovered in a business, and on the heels of that, the wife of a farmer finds a bloody pig's head in her bed. Clearly this is a small town with a problem. However, the local sheriff, following the template of every horror movie sheriff ever, is determined to a) do nothing and b) prevent anyone else from doing more. Meanwhile, a computer geek (Barton Faulks) has recently arrived in town, and soon finds himself embroiled in a tentative romance with a troubled girl (Christina Lane). Though deeply attracted to each other, the burgeoning couple are mutually suspicious of each other's somewhat sketchy pasts, especially since the killer soon graduates to a full-on rampage, hacking a whole series of hapless townsfolk to bloody bits. Not content to butcher women or pigs, the masked b*stard even kills a dog! The star-crossed lovers investigate these killings, and soon discover that there is, or may be, a link between Lane and the murderer, but all is not as it seems in the unfortunate town of Patterson, CA, where everyone seems to have a dual motive and the only one who seems to know what the hell they're doing is a psychopathic murderer.

EDGE OF THE AXE probably deserves only one or two stars if viewed through the prism of acting, dialog or internal logic. The acting, with some exceptions, really is generally terrible, the script is almost unbelievably awkward and stupid, there are completely useless characters given heavy screen time, and my God, there are such crude mistakes in the plot that you wonder if the writer wasn't having a go at us. Take, for example, the aftermath of one murder: the dumb*ss deputy holds the victim's purse in his bare hands, which fidget and caress the thing as if it's his pet cat, and then announces, "I'll go have this dusted for prints." Why bother, you idiot? In another scene, immediately after a grisly double murder with the killer still very much on the loose, a priest leaving the scene announces that he's going to go home through the woods because "it's a short-cut." DUDE. This ranks right up there with "Let's split up" or "I'm going down into the basement to check the fuses" as one of the dumbest exclamations in the history of horror. And the sheriff lets him go! (Whether anything happens to him or not is not the issue. It's JUST FRIKKIN' STUPID.)

However, and this is a big however, the film actually does work on some levels. First, it's rather inventive in having the lovers communicate by computer -- in 1988, when the internet was just a gleam in Al Gore's eye. The scenes aren't done very well, but the very notion, back then, was something refreshingly different. More importantly, the mystery element of the story is handled much, much better than in most slashers, with twists and red herrings aplenty: this movie is what Friday the 13th Part V SHOULD have been in that regard. And this brings me to my final point, which is that the kill sequences in this film are pretty darned scary. A masked loony with a sharp impliment is pretty old news, it was old even in 1988, but the pitiless ferocity of the kills, which are shown in some detail, is jarring, and the way they are set up, with increasingly disturbing music, is effective and unsettling. All I really ask of a slasher is that it make me jump a few times, and this flick did.

I must reiterate that this is a weird, weird movie, one which wastes a good bit of its time on pointless sub-plots and side-characters, which spews monstrously awkward and dumb dialog, and has victims doing crafty things like walking solo through abandoned railyards in the dead of night, or leaving their wives home alone on the heels of a loony leaving a severed pigs' head in their bed. The sheriff and his moronic deputy by themselves seem determined to live down to the lowest possible expectation of horror movie cops and facilitate slaughter. Indeed, one is tempted to ask, after about the fourth or fifth killing, why 200 state troopers weren't flooding Patterson with 1,000 guardsmen to back them up. But I can't say I wasn't spooked by this movie, or that I saw all the twists coming, or that I wasn't jarred by the (very) ending, thanks to the passionate efforts of Lane and Faulks to elevate the material. EDGE OF THE AXE is not a first-rate slasher. It is not even a good second-rate slasher. But it is definitely somewhere in the ranks of second-rate slashers, and considering how many of these movies exist and how badly most of them suck, that is saying something.

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Reviews iz my Life007

80's slasher given respect it does not deserve

Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2021

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God, I love this movie! I grew up renting everything 80's horror on VHS, but this one I missed. It looks and sounds amazing, 80's slashers are my favorite sub-genre so I am probably super biased, but this movie is great and I will be re-watching it often and it has earned a rare permanent spot in my ever shrinking home library.

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sam kruger

Finally off of VHS!!

Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2020

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I gave it five stars because this needed to get off VHS and Arrow finally answered the call by delivering a gorgeous Blu-Ray presentation. I personally, would give the picture 5/5 stars. The audio however, is really bad at times. This can kinda be expected though, as this was a low budget film. (use subtitles )The film itself, is a decent slasher film just riddled with 80s vibe and video store nostalgia. You can tell its very low budget but if you love 80s slashers then you'll have no problems with this.

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Adam

It's about time this unknown slasher gets some love!

Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2022

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A much overlooked late '80s slasher that displays Larraz's flair in fine style! Keeps you guessing to the end as to who the killer is. Definitely worth a watch

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That dude Jimmy

Cheesy but so SO MUCH FUN!

Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2020

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I didn't have much expectation for this film, but I was happy to be wrong and had a lot of fun watching this film from beginning to end. The plot twist was a little anticlimactic, but the death scenes made up for it, THANK YOU ARROW!!!!

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Markus niepmann

Axolution UK Blu Ray

Reviewed in Germany on February 8, 2023

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Ganz netter Slasher Film aus Ende der 1980er . Sehr gutes Bild , und viele Extras . Das Mediabook brauche ich bestimmt nicht , diesen Wahnsinn mache nicht mehr mit . Schnelle Lieferung danke

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Vince

Con castellano

Reviewed in Spain on October 13, 2022

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Opinión de Edge of the Axe [Blu-ray] con ASIN: B07ZLKVQQF
Edición maravillosa de Arrow para esta cinta (Al filo del hacha) de culto de José Ramón Larraz (Director).
El bluray tiene audio castellano e inglés, la película SOLO tiene subtítulos en inglés. La edición viene plagada de extras, pero SIN subtítulos (ni inglés). La carátula es reversible, que si no me equivoco es la portada que tuvo el VHS.
Un saludo. ¡Espero que te haya sido útil mi opinión!

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EricHatchet

Awesome film - but product arrived damaged.

Reviewed in Canada on February 3, 2020

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The project arrive damaged. Still havent watched the film yet, but remember loving it when I was younger.

Final Girl.

Refreshing.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 16, 2020

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It's about time that Arrow actually released something worth watching. Fortunately this is one of them. It's made beautifully, with quite a good budget by the looks of it. The print is crisp and it's such a good looking movie that it never comes across as cheap. I was wondering throughout the movie who exactly the murderer was and it came as quite a surprise when the killer is revealed. The murders are quite bloody and there's a few of them. So it never seems to drag. The story and motivation has been used before, similar in theory to Argentos Trauma. But all in all a very entertaining enthusiastic effort which never outstays it's welcome. A great little movie and one well worth watching again and again.

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Cliente Amazon

un clásico slasher

Reviewed in Spain on June 25, 2021

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Por fin nos editan algo de José Ramón Larraz, y lo más importante y que me ha hecho comprarlo. Ha sido que esté en castellano. Ya que es raro encontrar algo de este director español en castellano. Espero que se editen más peliculas suyas. Tiene unas cuantas de terror, pero fueron rodadas en el extranjero, por eso es imposible encontrarlas en castellano,La película no es gran cosa, pero para un fan del slasher , te hará pasar un buen rato.

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