The Toolbox Murders overview

Synopsis:

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) apartment building managed by the sleazy Byron McLieb (Greg Travis), who tries to pass off the ramshackle accommodations as "charming" and "historic.


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Movie Details:

  • Director: Tobe Hooper
  • Studio: Toolbox Films, Moonstone Entertainment, Dream Rock
  • Year: 2004
  • Run Time: 95 minutes
  • Country: USA
  • Language: English
  • MPAA Rating: R (for strong violence and gore, language, some sexuality and brief drug use)
  • Category: Feature
  • Genre/Type: Horror
  • Filmed in: Color

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