The Toolbox Murders (1978)

Directed by

Dennis Donnelly

Genre

horror film, slasher film, mystery film, rape and revenge film, exploitation film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

R

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 120 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A series of violent murders happen in a Los Angeles apartment complex. A teenage girl who lives there is kidnapped and goes missing.

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What happens

The Toolbox Murders is a 1978 American slasher film directed by Dennis Donnelly and written by Neva Friedenn, Robert Easter, and Anne Kindberg. Starring Cameron Mitchell, Pamelyn Ferdin, and Wesley Eure, it follows a series of violent murders centered around a Los Angeles apartment complex, followed by the kidnapping and disappearance of a teenage girl who resides there. The film was marketed as being a dramatization of true events, though no source can confirm this. It was briefly banned in the early 1980s in the United Kingdom during the "video nasty" panic. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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