Top billed cast

1. 

   Cameron Mitchell

   Vance Kingsley

2. 

   Pamelyn Ferdin

   Laurie Ballard

3. 

   Wesley Eure

   Kent Kingsley

4. 

   Aneta Corsaut

   Joanne Ballard

5. 

   Nicolas Beauvy

   Joey Ballard

6. 

   Tim Donnelly

   Detective Jamison

7. 

   Faith McSwain

   Mrs. Andrews

8. 

   Marciee Drake

   Debbie

9. 

   Evelyn Guerrero

   Maria

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak

Written by Wuchak on 2022-10-21

**_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 cast.

"The Toolbox Murders” (1978) is an obscure early slasher that only cost $165,000, but it’s professionally made and doesn’t seem too low-budget. It beat the hailed “Halloween” to theaters by almost eight months and, in my opinion, is just as worthwhile if you appreciate slash...read the rest

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2. Wake Up67%
3. The Prowler58%
4. The Taking of Deborah Logan65%
5. Saw74%
6. The Dogs66%
7. The Jester61%
8. I Know What You Did Last Summer60%
9. Cleaner60%
10. Strange Harvest67%
11. Mindcage59%
12. Bone Lake58%
13. Body Double67%
14. Trick58%
15. Watcher64%
16. Jason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI62%
17. Like Minds64%
18. The Collector66%
19. Night of the Hunted60%
20. I Saw What You Did62%

Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$185,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• tools
• murder
• slasher
• drill
• video nasty