Summaries

A strict father loosens up enough to let his children take a day off school for a trip to the countryside. But things turn darker when the family realize he is planning to make it their last outing ever.

With the world in financial turmoil, Kurt Wendell has lost his top job in the city but cannot bear to tell his family the dreadful truth. Luckily he's a man who knows how to make serious cutbacks... Granting his children a day off school and his wife a day off work, Kurt drives the whole family to a remote spot, miles from civilization. Little do they know what he has in store for them... One last bit of business, a final project that is both sinister and deadly, involving his wife, his children, and the savagely beaten man trapped in the attic... It's not only Kurt Wendell that's getting AXED, as his ex-boss and his horrified family are about to find out, one by one.—Ryan Lee Driscoll

This is a low budget British movie about a family man (Kurt) who gets made redundant from his job due to cut backs because of the financial wows hitting big business. He goes home to his family who are also having troubles either at school or work. Kurt decides to take his family to the country to try and forget the problems of city life. But unbeknownst to the family he has some "surprises" in store.—Michael Hallows Eve

Details

Keywords
  • dark comedy
  • slasher
  • vacation gone wrong
  • teen slasher
  • axe wielding maniac
Genres
  • Thriller
  • Horror
  • Drama
Release date May 14, 2012
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin United Kingdom
Official sites Official site
Language English
Filming locations Lake District, Cumbria, England, UK
Production companies Shining Light Productions

Box office

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 27m
Color Color
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

Synopsis

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