Netflix gems: Death Tunnel and Axe

I hope this is the first in a con­tin­u­ing series. I am a Net­flix sub­scriber, for bet­ter or worse. But one of the things I love best about them is the RSS feed of new releases. Because they include a syn­op­sis of the movie in ques­tion. Some of them are delight­ful. Like this one, for Death Tun­nel:

“When a creepy col­lege dare lands five coeds (Stef­fany Huck­aby, Annie Burg­st­ede, Kristin Novak, Melanie Lewis and Yolanda Pec­o­raro) in an aban­doned sana­to­rium — dubbed “the Scari­est Place in the World” — they’re forced to bunk with the spir­its of the building’s tor­tured past. So, how could it get any worse? The only way out is the dreaded Death Tun­nel, a 500-foot under­ground chute used to evac­u­ate dead patients.”

There’s a trailer!

And from a movie called Axe, or Greed or some­thing:

“Has­sled by a motor­cy­cle gang at a dusty tav­ern in the Cal­i­for­nia desert, resource­ful rock climbers Raven (Dar­lena Tejeiro) and Ash­ley (Andrea Bog­art) make a fast exit — on the gang leader’s hog. But with the enraged bik­ers in pur­suit — not to men­tion an ax-wielding, escaped ser­ial killer on the loose — the two ladies have their work cut out. The sup­port­ing cast includes Jason Lon­don, Joe Goodrich and Nathan Anderson.”

Here’s a review of Axe from The Video Grave­yard.

I like that the pro­tag­o­nists are all girls. No attempt to make these any­thing but what they are. Except, of course, for poor Jason London.