The Nail Gun Massacre

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The Nail Gun Massacre is a 1985 Slasher Film.

Set in a small rural Texas town, the film opens with a young woman named Linda, co-owner of a lumber yard with her brother Bubba, being viciously assaulted and gang raped by a group of construction workers after dropping off some material for them. For unexplained reasons, Linda's attackers escape prosecution, and walk free of any consequences for their horrendous act.

Some five months after that debacle, one of the rapists is confronted and killed in his home by a wisecracking, nail gun wielding assailant decked out in army fatigues and a black, taped up motorcycle helmet that masks their voice, giving them a sinister demonic drawl. A month after that brutal murder, two other construction workers, young men named Mark and Brad, are nail gunned in the woods while chopping wood, only about half a mile away from the first victim's house. With three murders in a town that hasn't had any in the last ten years, locals Sheriff Thomas and Doctor Rocky Jones (almost exclusively referred to as "Doc") team-up to track down the killer, who is rapidly accelerating when it comes to perforating citizens, and seemingly spiraling out of control, attacking people unrelated to the gang rape which they are seemingly avenging.

As the sheriff and doctor conduct their investigation, more potential innocent victims turn up in the form of a trio of friends named Tom, John and Maxine, who move into the first victim's house, seemingly the center point of the ongoing massacre, along with old County Line Road, which a mysterious golden hearse has been prowling as of late.

An anniversary edition DVD of the film was released by Futuristic Films in 2004, and was followed by another DVD release, this one deemed a special edition, in 2005; that one was put out by Cult Classic distributor Synapse.

Tropes used in The Nail Gun Massacre include:

The Killer: "Now, now, you really shouldn't fall to pieces over me."

Hitchhiker: "... Hell, I guess that's the way to get service."

The Killer: (looks down, then back up) "Well, ya just pissed me off."

  • Unusual Euphemism: "Besides, I'm as horny as a rooster in a Chinese hen house."
  • The Vietnam War: "I haven't seen anything this brutal since 'Nam."
  • Vigilante Man: Half this, half apparent thrill killer.
  • Voice Changeling: The killer's creepy voice, presumably caused by a device hidden in his helmet.
  • Wall-Bang Her: Or tree bang her, as the case may be.
  • Weapon of Choice
  • What Happened to the Mouse?: We never learn what happened to the first victim's wife and child, if they died, or we're left alone, or what. Tom, John, Maxine and Trish also just drop out of the story.
  • Writers Cannot Do Math: Doc saying in one scene that there have been ten victims so far, when there's obviously been more than that.
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