The Axe Murders of Villisca

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The Axe Murders of Villisca
Directed by Tony E. Valenzuela
Written byOwen Egerton
Produced by Seth Caplan
Michael Wormser
Starring
CinematographyJeffrey Waldron
Edited byTony E. Valenzuela
Music by Brandon Roberts
Production
company
Ketchum Labs
Distributed by IFC Midnight
Release dates
  • 7 June 2016 (2016-06-07)(Los Angeles Film Festival)
  • 20 January 2017 (2017-01-20)(US)
Running time
71 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Axe Murders of Villisca is a 2016 American horror film directed by Tony E. Valenzuela, starring Robert Adamson, Jarrett Sleeper, Alex Frnka, Sean Whalen, Conchata Ferrell, Riley Bodenstab, Kellan Rhude and Jon Gries.

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Cast

Release

The film premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival on 7 June 2016. [1]

Reception

Noel Murray of the Los Angeles Times wrote that the film "never really comes to much, perhaps because its focus is too diffuse. The scares are low, and the plot under-baked." [2]

Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "Disjointed and confusing, the film fails to live up to the promise of its spooky setting." [3]

Damond Fudge of KCCI called the film "jumbled mess that leaves a lot of unanswered questions". [4]

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References

  1. Miska, Brad (18 November 2016). "IFC Tells the Story of 'The Axe Murders of Villisca'". Bloody Disgusting . Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  2. Murray, Noel (19 January 2017). "Review: 'The Axe Murders of Villisca' is not the heinous, historic crimes you're looking for". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  3. Scheck, Frank (25 January 2017). "'The Axe Murders of Villisca': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  4. Fudge, Damond (11 June 2017). "Review: Is 'The Axe Murders of Villisca' worth your time?". KCCI . Retrieved 1 October 2023.