The 88 Films Thread

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Nail Gun Massacre (1985)

It would be far too easy to be critical of Nail Gun Massacre, a low budget indie film about a motorbike helmet, combat fatigue clad assailant who goes round nailing the population of a small Texan town to death. It's a simple little film, poorly acted and has lapses of continuity that stand out like a sore thumb - particularly in how many nails are fired into victims or clearly rubber nails on bodies that wobble at the slightest touch - and could be seen as a sign of incompetence.

So forget all that, sit back, grab a beer and a pizza or in my case Trooper ale and a bag of Quavers and enjoy Nail Gun Massacre for what it is - a marvelous little slasher film with a simplistic plot and is all the better for it.

From the opening seconds Nail Gun Massacre is switched on. Albeit the red button marked sleazy rape but it's still all go and never lets up until the credits roll. The film makers clearly knew thespianism isn't the films strength so from the off it's a cornucopia of er' nail gun massacring. It's obvious from the first sighting of the killer that it's a woman so the final reveal of the killer as a male is surprising but also a bit bollocks as the final reveal shows a character who had several scenes in the film and never once had the gait of the killer or even near it. Again this is also verging on irrelevant as what has come before is so much fun as the killer goes on a rampage with a gory death every few minutes and it's all done with that 80's air of cheap and nasty thrills aided somewhat by a weird and wonderful soundtrack which screams experimental at you.

Nail Gun Massacre is a cheery bloody rampage of sex and inventive violence - enjoy!