The Toolbox Murders

The Toolbox Murders (1978)

  • 0% of critics liked it
    (5 reviews)

  • 32% of users liked it
    (2,325 ratings)

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… More

R, 1 hr. 33 min.
Directed By
Dennis Donnelly
Genres
Drama, Horror
In Theaters
Mar 1, 1978 Wide
On DVD
Sep 3, 2002
Scary Movies LLC

Critic Reviews

  • David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews

    Cameron Mitchell, playing the masked psycho, delivers one of the most obnoxious performances ever in a horror movie...

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • 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

  • Jeff "


    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… More

  • 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

  • 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

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