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Toolbox Murders (2004)

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Tobe Hooper, who directed one of the truly iconic American horror films of the 1970s, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, offers his take on another well-remembered scare-fest of the era with this remake. Steve (Brent Roam) and Nell (Angela Bettis) are a young couple living in Los Angeles who are short on money -- she's just started work as a teacher, while he's a medical student doing his internship. They rent a flat in the Lusman Arms, a once beautiful but now decaying (and therefore affordable)

R, 1 hr. 35 min.

Horror

Directed By: Tobe Hooper

Written By: Jace Anderson, Adam Gierasch

In Theaters: Jan 1, 2004 Wide

On DVD: Mar 15, 2005

LionsGate Entertainment

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Cast

Angela Bettis
Nell Barrows
Brent Roam
Steven Barrows
Juliet Landau
Julia Cunningham
Greg Travis
Byron McLieb
Adam Gierasch
Ned Lundy
Marco Rodriguez
Luis Saucedo
Rance Howard
Chas "Jazz" Rooker
Sheri Moon Zombie

Critic Reviews for Toolbox Murders

All Critics (18) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (9) | DVD (8)

Toolbox may not renew the splatter genre in any significant way, but the chills and kills prove Hooper, when armed with the right script, can still tighten the fright screws.

August 2, 2004 Full Review Source: Variety

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Russell Edwards

Variety

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It's just so utterly ridiculous to watch...

June 3, 2010 Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

Saying The Toolbox Murders is the finest Tobe Hooper film since The Texas Chainsaw Massacre ... isn't saying much.

June 20, 2005 Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness

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Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

...Hooper creates a film that's almost as effective as his first big success - The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.

March 15, 2005 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

In a genre where so many titles disappoint, Hooper makes sure that this one won't.

March 14, 2005 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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David Cornelius

eFilmCritic.com

[Hooper's] strongest, most frightening film in decades.

March 14, 2005 Full Review Source: Now Playing Magazine

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Brian Thomas

Now Playing Magazine Source: Now Playing Magazine

Hooper has dodged the lightning bolt of inspiration once again

March 14, 2005 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central

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Bill Chambers

Film Freak Central

Toolbox Murders is Hooper's best work in years.

March 13, 2005 Full Review Source: Horror.com

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Staci Layne Wilson

Horror.com Source: Horror.com

Toolbox Murders is arguably the movie everyone has been waiting for Hooper to make since Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

November 9, 2004 Full Review | Comment

Rod Gudino

Rue Morgue Magazine Source: Rue Morgue Magazine

A truly vicious, gruesome and utterly ludicrous movie that exists only to make us jump in our seats.

November 8, 2004 Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

Tobe Hooper's latest is not unlike an episode of Melrose Place as imagined by Lucio Fulci.

August 14, 2004 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Ed Gonzalez

Slant Magazine

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Tobe Hooper's Remake of Denis Donnelly's Classic is almost a rebirth for Hooper who spent a decade making mediocre films. Unfortunately this would short lived for the director as he relapsed and made Mortuary, one of his worst films. But with this remake, Tobe Hooper returns with a vengeance, though just for one film

June 22, 2010

Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski

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Despite this cast's horror pedigree (Angela Bettis, Juliette Landau, etc.), there is really nothing special about this movie. It's just another formulaic film about some killer stalking people in an apartment building and killing them in nasty ways. If you've seen one, you've seen a million.

September 15, 2007