The Nail Gun Massacre (1985)

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:

Nail Gun | Construction Worker | Nail | Hearse | Helmet

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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:

In an interview with director Terry Lofton he recalled during the making of the movie realizing that it would never be taken seriously as a horror movie. Instead Lofton decided to attempt to give the movie a more comical tone.

Quotes:

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

Movie Connections:

Featured in Flesh Wounds: Seven Stories of the Saw (2006) (V)

Bad but Fun

Nail Gun Massacre (1985)

** (out of 4)

A young woman is gang-raped by a construction crew and soon after those men start to show up murdered. The weapon? A nail gun of course. If anyone grew up renting low-budget horror films in the 1980's then I'm sure they came across this film, which has become quite notorious over the years due to how incredibly campy it is. Yes, this film deserves a BOMB rating because it's just downright horrid but I have to respect the crew members for actually making a film and making one this hilarious. Made in Texas, this thing can go right down with Manos: The Hands of Fate as the biggest turkeys the state every delivered. I'm really not sure where to start on this thing because this is a movie that you really need to see in order to believe everything. There are countless hilarious things in the movie but the best stuff has to be the one-liners the killer spits out while killing everyone. He catches one guy going to the bathroom, shots him you know where and then adds "that will plug up the leak". Another classic goof is when a couple are in a car about to have sex yet the car is "rocking" before they even start. Some more laughs come from the countless death scenes where people die but yet we continue to see them either move or breathe. I really don't think there's a murder here where this doesn't happen. Another funny item is that the killer appears to change shape and size each time he/she shows up. Is that enough laughs? Lord no, just wait until you see the old grocery store woman who keeps messing up her lines. The death scenes themselves are all rather silly but the directors were smart enough to throw in some gratuitous sex scenes to keep the entertainment level up. All of this stuff just comes down as low-budget fun and I really wouldn't blame the filmmakers too much because they did deliver a movie, which is a lot more than many people can say. Is this a good movie? No. Is it somewhat fun? It is if you enjoy campy, direct to VHS movies.