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The Toolbox Murders (1978)

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Average Rating: 2.2/10
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Release Date: Mar 1, 1978 Wide

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After a tense, bloody beginning, The Toolbox Murders takes a turn first into TV movie-style suspense and then stumbles towards an incredibly silly conclusion. Despite a sensational reputation amongst splatter fans (including Stephen King, who provides a promotional blurb for the video release's packaging) the only gore occurs within the first 30 minutes, as a ski-masked maniac cuts a bloody swath through an apartment complex. Four attractive young women are dispatched in harrowing style with a

R, 1 hr. 33 min.

Drama, Horror

Directed By: Dennis Donnelly

In Theaters: Mar 1, 1978 Wide

On DVD: Sep 3, 2002

Cast

Cameron Mitchell
Kingsley
Pamelyn Ferdin
Laurie
Wesley Eure
Kent
Nicolas Beauvy
Joey Ballard
Timothy Donnelly
Detective Jamison
Aneta Corsaut
JoAnn Ballard
Evelyn Guerrero
Butch
Kelly Nichols
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Cameron Mitchell, playing the masked psycho, delivers one of the most obnoxious performances ever in a horror movie...

December 2, 2003 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews

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Supposedly fact-based slasher about a disturbed handyman grieving the loss of his 'perfect daughter' who murders his way through the 'immoral' young women who live in the apartment building he maintains. This 'video nasty' is nasty for the first 20 minutes but after that the story plods along without much to scream or

January 22, 2011

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Dennis Donelly's 1978 Toolbox Murders is viewed by many as the definitive exploitation film. This film is sick, depraved and has no redeeming quality. But what makes it interesting, and worth watching? simply the fact that a masked killer kills his victims with the contents of a Toolbox. Pretty creative. I saw this

June 9, 2010