"Don't be Tool-ish"

Films: The Toolbox Murders (1978)

Alias: None

Type: Natural

Location: Haunted home

Height/Weight: That of an average human.

Affiliation: Evil

Summary: Pity Vance. He loses the most dear thing to him, and suddenly, he's on the warpath on a conquest that has no reason to exist. We're not sure where the obsession with tools came from, though.

History: Long ago, Vance Kingsley lost his daughter Kathy to a car accident. Driven mad by this, he decided to not only kill anyone he believed was a sinner, but also kidnap anyone who might make for a good replacement for his daughter. Oh, and he's the owner of the apartment complex he kills at.

Notable Kills: All of them have a tool motif. Of nail guns, screwdrivers, and hammers, they say. Oh wait, they don't.

Final Fate: Eventually, Vance is confronted by his equally unhinged nephew, who stabs him to death with a kitchen knife. The nephew is killed in turn by the kidnapped would-be daughter when he attempts to claim her as his wife.

Powers/Abilities: None

Weakness: Anything conventional.

Scariness Factor: 3.5-Vance's outfit is hardly the most original thing, but his methods are. Honestly, you might want to keep a few locks on the toolshed you got in the garage. The ways they can kill are boundless.

Trivia: -According to the film, it was based on very real murders that occurred in 1967.

-There was going to be a sequel in 1986, but it was scrapped.


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Nah, his craftsmenship still needs work.


"Behold! An....I don't really know what this is, really."
Never forget to pay your builder.


He's going to flip when he sees that it's only his lunchbox.


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