Toolbox Murders (Dennis Donnelly, 1978)
Budget : $185 000
Box Office : Not Available
Remake in 2004 (Toby Hooper)
Banned in UK from 1982 - 2000
Uneccessary opening with unknown character driving round with the credits appearing on screen
Radio foreshadowing later events
Small cast in opening scene Genre clearly signified through strange non-diegetic music
Sans serif font clashes with horror genre
The colour red signifies danger and blood
Flashback of a car crash
Anchorage added through the characters past
Fosters car garage connotes time period
Narrative enigma as we dont see the characters face
Another flashback but this time of a funeral
Character rips up flowers which connotes that the character could be on his way to kill someone
Triangle signifies mental stateof mind
He could have been involved in the car crash or been close to the person who died
Drill symbolises horror
Unfitting music could be our oppositional reading
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