Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Solidrariol Am I Missing Something?

SparkMore n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

Sanjeev Waters A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

anniefairfield First off, great title! Also, great star in Christina Ricci as Lizzie Borden. This is not your typical Lifetime movie. I don't watch much Lifetime but I saw the ad for this, and I was like I'm in! I like dark, eerie movies. This was not nearly as dark as it could have been, but given that it was a TV movie on Lifetime, it was much darker and creepier than their usual fare. Great performance by Ricci, and good suspense throughout. The house, town, period piece elements were also really good.

Wuchak RELEASED TO TV IN 2014 and directed by Nick Gomez, "Lizzie Borden Took an Ax" chronicles the infamous hatchet murders of Andrew & Abby Borden (Stephen McHattie & Sara Botsford) that took place in Fall River, Massachusetts, on August 4, 1892, presumably by Andrew's suffocating daughter, Lizzie (Christina Ricci). Clea DuVall plays Lizzie's sister, Emma, while Hannah Emily Anderson is on hand as the maid. Gregg Henry appears as the determined prosecutor.I just watched this version and 1975's "The Legend of Lizzie Borden" with Elizabeth Montgomery back-to-back and I give this one the edge. It's a little more compelling and has an excellent edgy soundtrack, albeit anachronistic. People complain about the music, but it's not like it's anything new to apply rockin' soundtracks to historical movies; "Marie Antoinette" did it in 2006 and Spag Westerns did it decades prior in the early 70s. Besides, the soundtrack's not all rockin'; it's diverse, creative and thoroughly entertaining. In any case, I recommend seeing both versions to compare the data and understand what was going on behind the scenes at the Borden abode.While it's impossible to defend Lizzie's gruesome actions, both movies help you see why she felt she had to do what she did (with 99.9% certainty). Her father was rich, a struggling mortician turned businessman and property developer, but he refused to update their house (they still had a pit latrine instead of flush toilets) or move to a more affluent neighborhood. Lizzie just turned 32 while Emma was 9 years older and marriage was less and less likely of a potential escape. The stepmother, Abby, was short & fat and pressuring Andrew to change his will for her benefit. The Borden house itself was curiously structured in that there were no hallways and thus one room linked to another, which hindered privacy. In short, the household was a ticking Victorian time bomb with mounting hostilities waiting to explode.THE FILM RUNS 87 minutes and was shot in Nova Scotia (Windsor, Lunenburg & Halifax). WRITER: Stephen Kay.GRADE: A-

Irishchatter I have to say, Christina Ricci was brilliant playing as a series killer. She might have the looks of one but she just was so expressive! She could really do any role to be honest! I felt this movie was quite rather scary even on a summers day to watch this! It really brings you into the world of horror and it gives you the feeling of what it's like.I found it quite chilling although wasn't surprised at the same - when the street kids sang 'Lizzie Borden took an Axe' like some sort of nursery rhyme. I wonder during the real Lizzie Borden's time, did their parents know that their children were singing it about a murderer? I wonder myself where it came from. Probably a kid made it up!I think this is a good TV movie, I honestly love Cristina Ricci!

TxMike I was able to see this on Netflix streaming movies. Although I had heard of, like most people, the Borden murders I really knew little about them. This is a good presentation of what we know from history, and what many speculate. It pretty well follows the historical and police accounts.I have always been a fan of Christina Ricci and she is superb as Lizzie Borden. She plays her age, early 30s, still living at home with her dad and his wife, her stepmom. Her mother died when she was very young, about 2, and had no recollection of her. Mr Borden was a successful businessman and by today's standards, adjusted for inflation, would have a wealth of several million dollars. But he was frugal and ruled his house. Lizzie was headstrong and didn't easily take instructions counter to what she wanted to do.As history records the Mrs was murdered first, then maybe 1 1/2 hours later the Mr. The prosecutor's theory was Lizzie murdered them, and did her dad second, so that the inheritances would work out, assets of the Mrs passed to her husband, then his assets passed to Lizzie and her sister.But it was never proved, there was no evidence or eye-witness, and Lizzie was found 'not guilty' at a highly publicized trial. But the movie depicts her as guilty, showing how she removed her clothes to avoid blood spatter on her, then got dressed at the end, to scream and attract attention to her dad's murder. It also depicts an unheard whispering into her sister's ear as Lizzie tells her exactly what happened, and her sister goes away horrified. Her sister is played by Clea DuVall, also age appropriate in her 40s, as Emma Borden.Of course we cannot know for sure if Lizzie did it, but this movie adopts the POV that she did and got away with it.Good movie, I enjoyed it.