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First Trailer for Kristen Stewart, Chloë Sevigny Thriller 'Lizzie' Hits, With an Axe

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The first trailer for the upcoming new retelling of the infamous Borden family murders (by axe) Lizzie is here, and we've got to say, it certainly looks interesting.

First Trailer for Kristen Stewart, Chloë Sevigny Thriller 'Lizzie' Hits, With an Axe

Chloë Sevigny is Lizzie Borden, and Kristen Stewart is the Borden family's new housemaid who has a relationship with Lizze, and you can see from the trailer the tone the film will be taking:

This Craig William Macneill-directed feature is a long time in the works passion project of Savigny, but this end result isn't the one she had in mind.  In an interview with HuffPo before the film's bow during Sundance, Savigny said:

"So much has been said [about Borden]. But I think that we just really wanted to focus on how she went about finding [her freedom] and how important that was to her and what that meant to her. Whether it was through the relationship with [her maid] or ultimately killing her parents for money ― because money equaled freedom then. It still does. I wanted it to be this rousing, smash-the-patriarchy piece."

It turns out that HBO was originally going to release Savigny's version, but Lifetime beat them to the punch with their Christina Ricci-starring version in 2014.

Oh, her favorite part of the film? As you might have guessed it, the brutal murder of Borden's patriarch.

"I love the whole murder sequence. You almost want her to have this cathartic moment. It's sexual."

Lizzie is set to release on September 14th 2018.

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Mary Anne ButlerAbout Mary Anne Butler

Bleeding Cool News Editor Mary Anne Butler (Mab, for short) has been part of the fast-paced world of journalism since she was 15, getting her start in album reviews and live concert coverage for a nationally published (print) music magazine. She eventually transitioned to online media, writing for such sites as UGO/IGN, ComicsOnline, Geek Magazine, Ace of Geeks, Aggressive Comix (where she is still Editor-in-Chief), and most recently Bleeding Cool. 

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