The Toolbox Murders

1978

Horror / Mystery / Thriller

12
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 31% · 8 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 31% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.2/10 10 5557 5.6K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Dennis Donnelly Photo
Dennis Donnelly

Top cast

Don Diamond Photo
Don Diamond as Sgt. Cameron
Cameron Mitchell Photo
Cameron Mitchell as Vance Kingsley
Pamelyn Ferdin Photo
Pamelyn Ferdin as Laurie Ballard
Evelyn Guerrero Photo
Evelyn Guerrero as Maria
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862.24 MB
1204*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
Seeds 2
1.73 GB
1792*1072
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
Seeds 7

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by mmthos 6 / 10

DARK, CREEPY, ATMOSPHERIC, EFFECTIVE

Which tool will he use next and how?Not in the toolbox, a vibrator used in a highly erotic sceneFun.
Reviewed by acidburn-10 5 / 10

Good first half lack luster second half

The Toolbox Murders is one of those early pre date slashers that came out even before Halloween and has become well known among slasher fans due to it's entry on the Video Nasty list back in the 1980's, This is a film that I have seen many times, I dunno why I've never reviewed this movie before, no reason just never got round to it."The Toolbox Murders" starts out with a bang, as we get too see various sexy looking women getting murdered in an apartment building, (dunno why people still live there why don't they just move) not that it's a bad thing, just adds extra cheesiness. Hammers and Nail Guns are the weapons of choice favoured by a convincing menacing serial killer, nothing to complain about there and we even get a likable final girl who is quickly menaced by the killer early on and even kidnapped leaving her brother to try and find her and solve the murders. An interesting subplot even.But then this movie takes a sudden dramatic turn, everything that is shown in the first half of this movie, namely the murders, is almost abandoned in the second half, when the killer is revealed and kidnaps the female lead and has her tied to the bed. It's at this point where the movie quickly becomes rather tame and all the fun of the first half has been sucked out here. Okay like I said before we do get a rather interesting sub plot involving her brother attempting to solve what's going on but that's over way too quickly in a rather unsettling twist. Okay I do like the fact that they have attempted to do something different rather than the usual stalk and slash fest, but in my opinion it does feel rather out of place when it comes to the second half of this movie and even when they do try to flesh out some of these characters it's just not enough development in my opinion. And when it comes to the final moments of this film it does kind of fall flat as it tries to be shocking, which does work in a way.The performances in this movie are quite strong especially from veteran actor Cameron Mitchell who gives a chilling yet convincing performance that's rather menacing and yet quite engaging. Pamela Ferdin who plays Laurie is very sweet and convincing.All in all "Toolbox Murders" is a decent enough entry, with an awesome first half just try not to be put off with the second half.
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