Review of Toolbox Murders (2004) by Ellie D — 31 Mar 2012

It's like Rosmarys Baby and The Shining...Only bad...

Okay, so when I heard that Tobe Hooper of Texas Chainsaw Massacre fame had made a new horror movie, I was all excited for something that was guaranteed to be scary and shocking...Unfortunately, it's not scary, and it's hardly shocking.

The Story: Tennants of a Hollywood hotel start dying one by one, being murdered by a mysterious killer using the contents of a tool box, hence the name "Toolbox Murders". The murders aren't creative, and the violence isn't even as violent you'd expect from the man known for sticking women on meat hooks, and cutting people in half with a chainsaw. If you thought for a moment that this would a good Tobe Hooper movie you'd be wrong, he's done much better things...It's a sluggishly slow paced, nonsensicle movie that offers nothing new, and nothing even remotely interesting.

The Cast: What's the point, you aren't going to know any of them, and you aren't going to remember them for their great performances any time soon. They're all generic and uninteresting. The acting is terrible. You won't care about any of the characters at all. Nothing good to be said about any of them.

One to Five Scale: 1.

After I saw Wrong Turn a while back I thought for sure that that was the worst slasher film ever created. After I saw this my mind changed. Toolbox Murders is so bad that it makes Wrong Turn look like 5 out of 5 material. Yes, it's that bad!

Tyler.