Un complesso residenziale nella periferia di Los Angeles diviene “territorio di caccia” per uno spietato serial-killer volto ad uccidere, nei più atroci dei modi, giovani e seducenti donne. Gli omicidi si susseguono fino a quando, una notte, il killer rapisce la quindicenne Lourie lasciando la polizia a brancolare nel buio.
LO SQUARTATORE DI LOS ANGELES
The Toolbox Murders
Los Angeles sta vivendo un momento terribile: in città, infatti, si aggira un folle assassino che aggredisce e ammazza le donne servendosi di un trapano. Anche la giovane Laurie viene sequestrata dal pazzo, ma quest'ultimo ha le ore contate.
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Cast
Cameron Mitchell
Vance Kingsley
Pamelyn Ferdin
Laurie Ballard
Wesley Eure
Kent Kingsley
Aneta Corsaut
Joanne Ballard
Nicolas Beauvy
Joey Ballard
Tim Donnelly
Detective Jamison
Faith McSwain
Mrs. Andrews
Marciee Drake
Debbie
Evelyn Guerrero
Maria
Kelly Nichols
Dee Ann (as Marianne Walter)
Don Diamond
Sgt. Cameron
Victoria Perry
Woman in Apartment
Robert Bartlett
Man in Apartment
Betty Cole
Middle Aged Woman
John Hawker
Middle Aged Man
Alisa Powell
Girlfriend
Robert Forward
Screamer Man
Kathleen O'Malley
Screamer Woman
Gil Galvano
Man
George Deaton
Preacher
Troupe
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Quanto dura Lo Squartatore di Los Angeles?
Lo Squartatore di Los Angeles dura 93 minuti.
Quando è uscito Lo Squartatore di Los Angeles?
Lo Squartatore di Los Angeles è uscito nel 1978.
Chi ha diretto Lo Squartatore di Los Angeles?
Lo Squartatore di Los Angeles è diretto da Dennis Donnelly.
Che voto ha Lo Squartatore di Los Angeles?
La redazione di HorrorCult dà a Lo Squartatore di Los Angeles 4,0 teschi su 5, su una sola recensione.
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(3)
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 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 slasher flicks.
It’s a sordid affair with a couple exploitive bits, but it explores interesting themes underneath the typical slasher plot. For instance, the opening features a minister on the radio preachin’ Mark 9:43-48 and later we learn that someone takes hyperbolic bits of the sermonizing literally to become a deranged “holy” crusader obsessed with purging society of sinners à la Marvel’s Foolkiller, a character that debuted three years before this flick was shot.
As interesting as that is, it’s augmented by other themes, like foolishly protecting a criminal relative, secret sexual sins, family conflict, traumatization and brave overcoming.
Pamelyn Ferdin is the female protagonist. Although playing a 15 year-old, she was 17 when hired and just turned 18 as shooting began. You might remember her as a child actor featured in several television shows from the mid-60s through the 70s, including the 1968 Star Trek episode “And the Children Shall Lead.” This was her final film before becoming a nurse.
Marciee Drake (Debbie) and Kelly Nichols (Dee Ann) also appear on the feminine front. The latter was a nude model at the time and had therefore no qualms about appearing naked.
The film runs 1 hour, 33 minutes, and was shot at Canoga Park, Los Angeles, with bits done in other parts of the L.A. area, like the closing scene shot at the parking lot of the mall in West Hills.
GRADE: B-
tmdb76622195
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 killer (and the film makers do not hide this fact) is Cameron Mitchell, the building owner. Mitchell is a religious nut who recently lost his daughter in a car accident. He then begins punishing "sinful" women. The last third of the film sees the deaths of two major characters, and wraps things up nicely with the end credits crawl describing what happened to the "survivors" of this "real life" crime spree.
Although rated (R), this is some very violent stuff. The first half hour, when the majority of the crimes take place, is unpleasant. One of the first murders includes the now infamous murder of the model taking a bath. The blood flows freely, and the murders are punctuated by some truly bizarre country and love tunes. The film makers build up a subplot between Ferdin and Beauvy's mom and the standard driven police detective that never pans out, or is resolved. Ferdin and Eure were mainstays on television in the 1970's. They do well, considering the material. Donnelly's direction is pretty basic, a camera shadow can be seen here and there. Gary Graver, the cinematographer, is better known as Orson Welles' cameraman later in the great director's career. Graver seems to have made a career of this kind of film, his involvement usually sets you up for what to expect. I cannot explain why I am recommending this film. Genre fans might appreciate the gore effects, and the reputation this film now celebrates. This is a serial killer film before the term "serial killer" was coined. The events are watchable, however. "The Toolbox Murders" is not "Scream" or "Urban Legends," this is the type of film that no more motive than to scare and disgust its viewer. If that is all they wanted to do, they succeeded.
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