Bit by bit...By bit he carved a nightmare!
A serial killer, plagued by the memory of a fatal car accident, uses various tools to murder female tenants of a Los Angeles apartment complex, then abducts a teenaged girl who lives there with her family. When the police express doubt that the murders are connected to the girl's disappearance, her brother sets out to search for her on his own.
- 5.5
- 1978
- Released
- 1h 33m
Cameron Mitchell
Vance Kingsley
Pamelyn Ferdin
Laurie Ballard
Wesley Eure
Kent Kingsley
Aneta Corsaut
Joanne Ballard
Nicolas Beauvy
Joey Ballard
Tim Donnelly
Detective Jamison
Faith McSwain
Mrs. AndrewsMarciee Drake
DebbieEvelyn Guerrero
Maria
Kelly Nichols
Dee AnnAlisa Powell
Girlfriend
Don Diamond
Sgt. Cameron![The Toolbox Murders (1978) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-aAAlMFzIzk/hqdefault.jpg)
Released
en
$185,000.00
- #tools
- #murder
- #slasher
- #drill
- #video nasty
Reviews
This infamous little slasher flick with the infamous little title is full of blood, violence, and nudity. It is everything you expect from something of this ilk. Supposedly based on a true story, four women in an apartment building are brutally murdered by items normally found in a toolbox. The killer (and the film makers do not hide this fact) is Cameron Mitchell, the building owner. Mitchell is
**_Effective low-budget slasher beat “Halloween” to theaters in 1978_** At a Los Angeles apartment complex, four women are murdered by various tools and a girl is missing. Who’s the psycho doing the killing and WHY? Cameron Mitchell (Vance), Wesley Eure (Kent) and Nicholas Beauvy (Joey) head the cast. "The Toolbox Murders” (1978) is an obscure early slasher that only cost $165,000, but it’s
Has its moments of creepiness especially with the killer and his kidnapped teenage victim, and the opening murders were pretty brutal, but the scenes in between with characters I couldn't care less about, was a tad dry. As exploitation movies go, it's okay. **2.75/5**