| Toolbox
Murders |
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| Year | 2003 | ||
| Country of origin | USA | ||
| Director | Tobe Hooper | ||
| Genre | Slasher reimagining. | ||
| Starring | Angela Bettis, Brent Roam | ||
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| IMDB link | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367153/ | ||
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Tagline:
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Another legacy begins. |
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Favourite line:
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"Were you aiming for Dante's Third or Fourth Circle of Hell?" |
| Tobe 'Chainsaw Massacre' Hooper
delivers a competent reimagining of a notorious slasher. Whilst the original
is low budget, straight down the line slasher fare, here we have more of
a supernatural take on things. A young, professional couple move into a dilapidated apartment block and decide they need to spruce the place up. When one of their friends goes missing, their investigations discover a secret area of the building, a building within a building, if you like, where an ancient evil lurks, eager to claim fresh victims. Whilst I can see the reason for adding a touch of spice to proceedings, the updates didn't quite work for me, losing the sheer simplicity of the source plot: man with toolbox murders women. It's perfect setup to begin with, so why mess. Scary at times, tedious at others, this is a lacklustre affair, and ultimately left me feeling slightly unsatisfied. Still, as modern horror goes, it weren't 'alf bad. Horror devotees only need apply. |