Review of Toolbox Murders (2004) by Billy P — 04 Dec 2008
Toolbox Murders is a remake (of sorts) to the notorious 1978 classic about a vicious killer that kills apartment complex tenants with a bag of power tools and such. It's hard to really call this a remake as the movie has not a whole lot in common with the original.
Rather than the killer Cameron Mitchell portrayed in the original, or killer in the new version is your Jason style mutated freak that just won't die. While there wasn't really a set lead character in the original, we are given one in the remake, and a good one too in Angela Bettis (May, Carrie) whose steadily becoming a cult figure in the horror realm of cinema.
To top things off, we are provided with top notch direction from none other than Tobe Hooper (who had been in a slight slump of sorts for awhile leading up to this film), some excellent writing from Jace Anderson and Adam Gierasch, and a nice little cameo from Sherri Moon Zombie.
Not a bad film at all.
This review of Toolbox Murders (2004) was written by Billy P on 04 December 2008.
Toolbox Murders has generally received mixed reviews.
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