Chicago – If you’re like me, you forgot how totally weird the cult horror classic “The Toolbox Murders” actually is. Perhaps the dull, by-the-numbers Tobe Hooper remake (with the otherwise great Angela Bettis from “May”) warped our minds, but this is a trippy slasher film, a notable entry in the slasher genre now available in glorious B-movie High-Def for the first time.
Blu-Ray Rating: 3.0/5.0
Reportedly based on a true story (aren’t they all?), “The Toolbox Murders” caused quite a stink in 1978 when it was released. It’s not that graphically violent, but it is easy to see what turned people off in a film that, for almost the entirety of its first act, consists of intercut shots of a power tool and a screaming woman being murdered by said tool. Watching a woman masturbate before being killed by a masked man with a nail gun is not for everyone.
Blu-Ray Rating: 3.0/5.0
Reportedly based on a true story (aren’t they all?), “The Toolbox Murders” caused quite a stink in 1978 when it was released. It’s not that graphically violent, but it is easy to see what turned people off in a film that, for almost the entirety of its first act, consists of intercut shots of a power tool and a screaming woman being murdered by said tool. Watching a woman masturbate before being killed by a masked man with a nail gun is not for everyone.
- 2/17/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
DVD Playhouse—December 2009
By
Allen Gardner
Public Enemies (Universal) Johnny Depp portrays legendary Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger in co- writer/director Michael Mann’s take on America’s first “Public Enemy Number One.” Like many big studio releases today, Public Enemies has it all: A-list talent before and behind the camera, but lacks a heart or soul that allows its audience to connect with it. Film plays out like a “true crime” TV show with re-enactments of famous events cast with top actors and shot by the best technicians in the business, with little, if any, character or story development to hold it together in between. A real disappointment from one of our finest filmmakers and finest actors. The lone standout: the great character actor Stephen Lang as a hard-eyed lawman who’s seen a lot, but manages to retain a tiny piece of his heart. For a better take on the same subject,...
By
Allen Gardner
Public Enemies (Universal) Johnny Depp portrays legendary Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger in co- writer/director Michael Mann’s take on America’s first “Public Enemy Number One.” Like many big studio releases today, Public Enemies has it all: A-list talent before and behind the camera, but lacks a heart or soul that allows its audience to connect with it. Film plays out like a “true crime” TV show with re-enactments of famous events cast with top actors and shot by the best technicians in the business, with little, if any, character or story development to hold it together in between. A real disappointment from one of our finest filmmakers and finest actors. The lone standout: the great character actor Stephen Lang as a hard-eyed lawman who’s seen a lot, but manages to retain a tiny piece of his heart. For a better take on the same subject,...
- 12/19/2009
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
Final specs have been announced for the Anthem Pictures DVD of the Bill Moseley-starrer Dead Air, arriving October 27. And indie filmmaker Gary Ugarek sent over cover art and details on two different discs of his own zombie opus, Deadlands 2, also arriving from Anthem on the 27th.
Directed by actor Corbin Bernsen and featuring Moseley’s Night Of The Living Dead 1990 co-star Patricia Tallman, Dead Air is set in a radio station where shock jock Logan Burnhardt (Moseley) and his staff receive increasingly frightening reports from outside of a terrorist bio-weapon attack and the resulting flesheating ghouls. The movie is accompanied by:
Audio commentary by Bernsen “The Making of Dead Air” minidocumentary Behind-the-scenes interviews with cast and crew In addition, the first 1,000 people to pre-order the DVD via the film’s official website will receive a limited-edition autographed mini-poster, hand-numbered by the director. Retail price is $19.95; see Fango #288, on sale in October,...
Directed by actor Corbin Bernsen and featuring Moseley’s Night Of The Living Dead 1990 co-star Patricia Tallman, Dead Air is set in a radio station where shock jock Logan Burnhardt (Moseley) and his staff receive increasingly frightening reports from outside of a terrorist bio-weapon attack and the resulting flesheating ghouls. The movie is accompanied by:
Audio commentary by Bernsen “The Making of Dead Air” minidocumentary Behind-the-scenes interviews with cast and crew In addition, the first 1,000 people to pre-order the DVD via the film’s official website will receive a limited-edition autographed mini-poster, hand-numbered by the director. Retail price is $19.95; see Fango #288, on sale in October,...
- 9/29/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
Blue Underground is revisiting the 1978 film Toolbox Murders on Blu-Ray. The distributor has a January 25, 2010 release date planned. According to Blu-Ray.com, the video will be presented in 1.66:1 1080p resolution, audio specs have not been finalized. Special features include an audio commentary with producer Tony Didio, Gary Graver (director of photography) and actress Pamelyn Ferdin; an I Got Nailed in The Toolbox Murders featurette; TV/radio spots; and a theatrical trailer.
- 9/25/2009
- shocktillyoudrop.com
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