The Toolbox Murders

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.

Cast

Cameron Mitchell

as Vance Kingsley

Pamelyn Ferdin

as Laurie Ballard

Wesley Eure

as Kent Kingsley

Aneta Corsaut

as Joanne Ballard

Nicolas Beauvy

as Joey Ballard

Tim Donnelly

as Detective Jamison

Faith McSwain

as Mrs. Andrews

Marciee Drake

as Debbie

Evelyn Guerrero

as Maria

Kelly Nichols

as Dee Ann

Reviews

JPV852

Has its moments of creepiness especially with the killer and his kidnapped teenage victim, and the opening murders were pretty brutal, but the scenes in between with characters I couldn't care less about, was a tad dry. As exploitation movies go, it's okay. **2.75/5**...

Wuchak

**_Effective low-budget slasher beat “Halloween” to theaters in 1978_** At a Los Angeles apartment complex, four women are murdered by various tools and a girl is missing. Who’s the psycho doing the killing and WHY? Cameron Mitchell (Vance), Wesley Eure (Kent) and Nicholas Beauvy (Joey) head the ...

Charles Tatum

This infamous little slasher flick with the infamous little title is full of blood, violence, and nudity. It is everything you expect from something of this ilk. Supposedly based on a true story, four women in an apartment building are brutally murdered by items normally found in a toolbox. The kill...

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