Edge of the Axe

Edge of the Axe

5.2IMDb Score
Released:1988-05-20
Duration:91 min
Director:José Ramón Larraz
Actors:Barton Faulks, Christina Marie Lane, Page Moseley, Patty Shepard, Fred Holliday
Production:Calepas International, José Frade Producciones Cinematográficas S.A.

Overview:

An axe murderer terrorizes a small Northern California mountain community, while two young computer-obsessed adults attempt to solve the killings.

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