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![October Horror, Day 9: [The] Toolbox Murders (1978, dir. Dennis Donnelly. 2004, dir. Tobe Hooper). I wasn't quite sure how either version would land with me, and they'd both been on my list down at the "eh, l'll get to it" level. I have to say I was kind of pleasantly surprised by the original! This wound up not being just meat-and-potatoes slasher sleaze, there are genuine flourishes of thought and art within. During the first kill, the contrast between the tense and bloody scene and the the diegetic music playing on the stereo reminded me of a similar moment during the climax of Don't Torture A Duckling (and, more famously, the war scene from Reservoir Dogs). And at the end of the scene, the camera lingers on the turntable long enough for the song to not only finish, but for the auto return arm to pull up and away from the record, pause, and begin playing the record over a good bit before cutting to the next scene. This kind of lingering is peppered throughout the movie, possibly hinting at the grueling and seemingly hopeless final act. Apparently the Producer actively sought to make something in the vein of Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and it's cool to see that, while I wouldn't put this at the same level, more than just the body count imprinted on the filmmakers.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3aob6je7awj2xfmlbqrvcom6/bafkreiezvna4q353rpvjw2n6rssukycdkgq6ggtlcvmycr4qv5khfwtrwq@jpeg)
