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Nail Gun Massacre (1985)

Nail Gun Massacre poster
Original title
The Nail Gun Massacre
Directed by
Terry Lofton, Bill Leslie
Genre
slasher film, splatter film, rape and revenge film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 25m
Rated
NR
Rating
4.1 of 10 from 57 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man in a motorcycle helmet kills people with a nail gun. A doctor and a sheriff try to find him.

grungylow-budgetexploitativeretrocampygrittypulpy

What happens

Nail Gun Massacre is an American rape-and-revenge slasher film written by Terry Lofton and directed by Lofton and Bill Leslie. It follows a young doctor and a sheriff seeking a killer in a motorcycle helmet who is murdering locals with a nail gun. Filmed in Lofton's native Dallas region in 1985 on a budget of $50,000, Lofton utilized locations in the region, including his grandparents' general store. The film was released direct-to-video by Magnum Entertainment in 1987. It has received numerous DVD and Blu-ray releases and developed a cult following in the years since its original release. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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