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Villisca

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On a June night in 1912, eight people -- a mother, father, their four children, and two guests -- were murdered by an axe-wielding killer in the sleepy town of Villisca, Iowa, a case that remains unsolved to this day. More than a century later, Caleb and Denny, two friends who share an interest in ghost hunting, along with Jess -- the new girl in school who already has a reputation -- sneak into the house where the infamous bloodbath occurred in hopes of recording paranormal activity.
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Sara Michelle Fetters MovieFreak.com Mar 16, 2017
1.5/4
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. Go to Full Review
Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter Jan 25, 2017
Devolves into typical teen-oriented, supernatural horror. Go to Full Review
Noel Murray Los Angeles Times Jan 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. Go to Full Review
Damond Fudge KCCI (Des Moines, IA) Jul 17, 2020
The Axe Murders of Villisca has little to do with the actual axe murders of Villisca...It's more interested in being a standard haunted house tale than a study of a tragic small town horror. Go to Full Review
Emilie Black Cinema Crazed Apr 18, 2020
2.5/5
The film is decently acted and entertaining, but not exactly reinventing the haunted house wheel or even using that fact to its best potential result ... Go to Full Review
Matt Donato We Got This Covered Jan 22, 2017
4/10
The Axe Murders Of Villisca is too familiar a haunted house story to be anything more than generic. Go to Full Review
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Ron R Sep 18, 2018 Gave up after watching halfway. Felt it was a waste of time
Dec 20, 2017 This movie puts the "horror" in HORRIBLE! Worst mobie I've seen in ages and a total waste of my time. Could have been way scarier but the storyline was all over the place, the theatrics were tacky/cheesy, and the ending was Vado vague yet doesn't even make me wonder what happens. See more
Han W Sep 19, 2017 Absolutely embarrassing. The filmmakers clearly do not know the history and completely butchered the history behind Villisca. I'm upset IFC for making this film. See more
Rey L Aug 19, 2017 The real horror here is having to watch this crap.
Finn W Aug 13, 2017 Netflix needs to stop adding these absolutely brutal films to the line up holy christ. 15 minutes in and there is still no plot. Just randomness. so you start thinking, okay, it's slow because it's setting things up but nope, That's not it either. eventually after a bunch of ridiculous teenage angst and lame conversations, they head up to a haunted house. of course there's the typical moody girl with the jock who likes her and the idiot friend. Yawn See more
Finn L Aug 4, 2017 What the hell is this terrible film? It's about as coherent as an alcoholic after happy hour.
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Tony E. Valenzuela

Director

Robert Adamson

Caleb

Jarrett Sleeper

Denny

Alex Frnka

Jess

Riley Bodenstab

Connor

Kellan Rhude

Rob

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Synopsis On a June night in 1912, eight people -- a mother, father, their four children, and two guests -- were murdered by an axe-wielding killer in the sleepy town of Villisca, Iowa, a case that remains unsolved to this day. More than a century later, Caleb and Denny, two friends who share an interest in ghost hunting, along with Jess -- the new girl in school who already has a reputation -- sneak into the house where the infamous bloodbath occurred in hopes of recording paranormal activity.
Director
Tony E. Valenzuela
Producer
Seth Caplan, Michael Wormser
Screenwriter
Owen Egerton
Distributor
IFC Films
Production Co
IFC Films, Ketchum Labs
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 20, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 6, 2017
Runtime
1h 18m
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