The Nail Gun Massacre (1985)

User Rating:

3.8/10   

Directors:

Bill Leslie
Terry Lofton

Writer:

Terry Lofton (writer)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

A very penetrating story!

Plot:

After a young girl is gang-raped by a crew of construction workers, someone starts killing off members of the group with a nail-gun.

Plot Keywords:

Construction Worker | Nail Gun | Helmet | Hearse | Nail

Cast

Rocky Patterson	...	Doc
Ron Queen	...	Sheriff
Beau Leland	...	Bubba
Michelle Meyer	...	Linda (as Michele Meyer)
Sebrina Lawless	...	Mother
Monica Lawless	...	Baby
Jerry Nelson	...	Victim #1
Mike Coady	...	Mark
Staci Gordon	...	Mark's Girlfriend
Randy Hayes	...	Brad
Thom Meyers	...	Hitchhiker (as Tom Meyers)
John Price	...	John
Charles Ladeate	...	Tom
Joann Hazelbarth	...	Maxine
Frances Heard	...	Storekeeper

Also Known As:

Nail Gun Massacre (USA) (video title)
Texas Nailgun Massacre (USA) (DVD title)

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-18 | Spain:18 | USA:Not Rated | France:X | Australia:R (censored)

Filming Locations:

Combine, Texas, USA

Company:

Futuristic Films

Trivia:

Additional scenes of nudity were added to the film at the demand of the distributors.

Quotes:

Storekeeper: Do you remember when you could sit outside and not worry about the mosquitoes and the killers?

Movie Connections:

References "M*A*S*H" (1972)

Hurrah for boobies!

Every horror collector worth their salt will at least have heard of The Nail Gun Massacre. It's such a tempting title isn't it? I finally gave in and bought the special edition DVD. This film is one big mess from start to finish, but you already knew that. The most interesting thing in it was breasts, big huge breasts at that! One woman has breasts so big that they're all you (and the cameraman) can focus on. The biggest problem with Nail Gun Massacre is that you can't really hear what anyone is saying, making it hard to follow. Every time someone speaks there's a horrible noise that sounds like a passing train. Perhaps this was to cover the bad acting? If anything they should have removed it and let the actors do their thing, no matter how untalented they are. At least we can laugh at them then! The sound is atrocious, half the time the background noise is louder than what people are saying. You also can't hear the supposedly "funny" lines from the killer, as the voice is too distorted.

It does have it's good moments though. You can't help but laugh at such an inept film, with scenes such as a couple 'doing it' against a tree, where all you can see is the mans white ass jiggling around. The best part for me was when the killer says to the big breasted woman: "Get inside, big tits!" And there's another hilarious scene where a woman gets hysterical and says "I'm gonna die, I know I'm gonna die!" I would say the film was worth watching just for those two scenes!

For a low budget "so bad it's good" film, The Nail Gun Massacre is nothing special. There's other low budget films that are much funnier such as The Suckling and They Don't Cut The Grass Anymore (the acting is worse than Nail Gun Massacre, yet more hilarious).