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• Jeff "

  
  The Toolbox Murders which was released in 1979 is a pretty good little Slasher film depicting a maniac wearing a ski mask killing people with the contents of a toolbox. The film manages to be one of the most depraved Slashers to come out in the late 1970's. This film is viewed by… More
  The Toolbox Murders which was released in 1979 is a pretty good little Slasher film depicting a maniac wearing a ski mask killing people with the contents of a toolbox. The film manages to be one of the most depraved Slashers to come out in the late 1970's. This film is viewed by many as the definitive exploitation film, and is crafted to appeal to gore hounds and fans of extreme horror films. Although the film lacks in effective storytelling, it delivers in good kills and effective special effects that add something special to the viewing experience of this film. If you love sleazy horror films, then check this film out, this film tends to be quite entertaining despite its flaws, but towards the end suffers a bit because of a poorly thought out ending. Despite this, the film has some pretty cool kills and with a film like this, that's all you should care about. The direction is uneven and suffers from a lack of a truly good story. The film is good, but it could have been much better too. Towards the ending the film struggles to find a good ending and it leaves the viewer wanting more out of the film. As a whole, this film works better as a straight up gore Slasher flick, which it is, but leaves a lot to the horror fan looking for a well layered movie that tells a compelling story with effective kills. Toolbox Murders boasts some great kills, but lacks in a truly compelling story. If you're looking for a mindless Slasher, you'll find it here otherwise you'll be sadly disappointed. Nonetheless this flick is still a necessary viewing for fans of Exploitation horror and cheesy Slasher films in general.

• Lee ?

  
  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… More
  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 squirm about... but that's not to say it's a bad film. After the moderately bloody killings of scantily clad young pretty things early on, the demented porter kidnaps a candidate to replace his beloved daughter and you get into the mind of the nutty villain who's played quite well by Cameron Mitchell. And there's also an unexpected twist at the end so the film ends quite strongly. It's not as shocking as it was hyped up to be, but it's decent and watchable enough.

• Luke B

  
  Unfairly treated I would say. There's a lot of problems in this film, most notably the acting, but there is also a lot to appreciate. The pacing is different from most slasher films of the day in being that most of the killing takes place very early on. It works rather nicely as… More
  Unfairly treated I would say. There's a lot of problems in this film, most notably the acting, but there is also a lot to appreciate. The pacing is different from most slasher films of the day in being that most of the killing takes place very early on. It works rather nicely as after that the focus can shift onto the mystery of it all. In another rather original turn the killer is revealed to just the audience about half-way through and turns it into a more personal movie about the killer. Overall though the acting just really brings it down, with a laughable reaction to a vibrator being the highlight of the film. The music however is excellent and deserves to be used in something of higher standards. From the instrumentals to the original songs used to incredible effect in the murder scenes it really was quite shocking how something so good could exist in an exploitative slasher film. Beware however you must also venture through a sea of stupid cops and a brain dead brother trying to find his lost sister.

• Lafe F

  
  This was bad. I fast-forwarded through most of it. I did like the one scene where the lady was held captive and the killer was playing with a baby doll. It's dark, cheap and sleazy. Oh, it was ugly and trashy too.

• Cassandra M

  
  The Toolbox Murders starts out with 20 minutes or so of grisly and very well done kill scenes, all of which involve tools. If you like violence, then you'll love the introduction of this film. I personally don't have a preference when it comes to nudity in horror films… More
  The Toolbox Murders starts out with 20 minutes or so of grisly and very well done kill scenes, all of which involve tools. If you like violence, then you'll love the introduction of this film. I personally don't have a preference when it comes to nudity in horror films (since it's overdone and pointless 90% of the time), but if you're a sucker for that sort of thing, then you'll appreciate the introduction to this film for that as well. After the kills are complete, however, many people will be bored by the lack of action that takes place on screen until the final moments of the movie. The middle portion of this movie is a lot of talk with little or no gore. I didn't mind this, because I found the dialog between the killer and the kidnapped girl to be very interesting. "What's it like?" the killer asks, referring to dying. The girl responds that "everything is purple, like a lollipop, and you can't see God, and there are people flying around, and you can see all of their thoughts, and you know the answers to all of their questions, but you can't answer them because nobody can talk." I enjoyed listening to this conversation, and although I'm sure I didn't get it word for word, there is something creative and maybe even worthy in here. Lots of people complain that the acting in this movie is terrible. These people cannot be horror buffs, as I have seen countless other films in which the acting is much MUCH worse. I would go as far to say that the acting in this film is very decent. If you have the attention span to sit through 'slower' moments of this film, then you'll find something to enjoy in it.

• Francisco G

  
  After a bloody violent (and rather pointless) first 25 minutes that is on the verge of going into exploitative territory, this slasher flick turns into a buddy movie of let's find the murderer so boring it's painful. Then, we get to meet the murder and delve into his psyche… More
  After a bloody violent (and rather pointless) first 25 minutes that is on the verge of going into exploitative territory, this slasher flick turns into a buddy movie of let's find the murderer so boring it's painful. Then, we get to meet the murder and delve into his psyche on a character study so out of place and tedious it hurts. But wait, there's more: add a freakish and complete nonsensical ending and there you have The Toolbox Murders, a film that seems it was glued together by a bunch of different people that didn't had a clue what the previous person was working on from the start.

• Ed Fucking H

  
  Pretty average slasher, involving a ski mask wearing psycho who is dishing out his own brand of justice against the sinners, using fairly average household tools. Has a strong begining and ending, but the middle portion is dull, uninvolving and wearisome. This movie is at it's… More
  Pretty average slasher, involving a ski mask wearing psycho who is dishing out his own brand of justice against the sinners, using fairly average household tools. Has a strong begining and ending, but the middle portion is dull, uninvolving and wearisome. This movie is at it's best when people are dying basically. All attempts at rationalization or justification fall flat and fail to entertain. Gore is adequate, nothing to write home about either, but get's the job done. Really this films main draw is seeing creative ways of killing people with tools such as hammers, power drills and nail guns. Worth a watch, but nothing overly special either.

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