Unfairly treated I would say. There's a lot of problems in this film, most notably the acting, but there is also a lot to appreciate. The pacing is different from most slasher films of the day in being that most of the killing takes place very early on. It works rather nicely as ...( read more)
Cameron Mitchell, Pamelyn Ferdin, Wesley Eure
Ski-masked maniac kills apartment complex tenants with the contents of a toolbox.
DVD Release Date: September 3, 2002
Stats: 77 reviews
Flixster Reviews (77)
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September 17, 2008
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September 4, 2007
This was bad. I fast-forwarded through most of it. I did like the one scene where the lady was held captive and the killer was playing with a baby doll. It's dark, cheap and sleazy. Oh, it was ugly and trashy too.
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July 26, 2007
The Toolbox Murders starts out with 20 minutes or so of grisly and very well done kill scenes, all of which involve tools. If you like violence, then you'll love the introduction of this film. I personally don't have a preference when it comes to nudity in horror films (since it'...( read more)
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November 3, 2009
A guilty pleasure of mine! it's so sleazy, raw and vile that you want a shower afterwards and it's good in that way.
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February 2, 2008
Most of the interesting murder scenes happens within the first half hour then the films slows down & lacks in action which became boring.The film is not gory or too violent comparing to other slasher films but the nailgun murder is quite brutal.It was interesting to see that tak...( read more)
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October 25, 2007
The ski-masked 'hand of God' likes to hum a little ditty & dish out justice from a toolbox. Then after twenty minutes of hardware atrocities the remainder tries to justify the senseless events; even claiming the entire thing was a dramatization of actually events. That's some r...( read more)
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