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The Axe Murders of Villisca

The Axe Murders of Villisca

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Extinction event

2017 · Movie · 1h 18m

The read

Audiences rate it 27 points higher than critics do. Most of the 2,100 2010s horror movies in this catalog score higher. It runs a compact 1h 18m.

Synopsis

Three ghost-hunting high-schoolers visit the Moore House in Villisca, Iowa—the site of one of America’s most grisly unsolved mass murders. After their private tour is interrupted, the group sneaks back in at night, unaware of the otherworldly terror that awaits them.

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IMDb4.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes14%

Audiences rate it 27 points higher than critics do.

93 audience votes

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Themes

based on true storyghost huntingaxe murderlgbtghost1910s