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Toolbox Murders (2004)

Rate: 2
Viewed: 10/07

10/07: Wherefore art thou, Tobe Hooper?

I ask because this is the guy who directed The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Like Michael Cimino, he has sucked since then. Toolbox Murders is a by-the-numbers teen slasher flick. To make matters worse, I'm seeing nothing new. Even worse, there's no explanation in terms of what's going on: just a bunch of weird hieroglyphics all over the place and a weasel who's suddenly an expert on the Lusman Building.

Is it me, or does everybody look anorexic? Given the building is big, I see only five residents living there? Obviously, there's zero intelligence behind the film. Take the female who got killed by a power saw, nobody heard it? And the walls are cardboard thin?

Okay, forget the noise for now...how about the smell of cadavers all over the building? It has to be so powerfully strong that a cop should notice it the first minute he steps into there. Okay then, forget the smell...how about an investigation? When a person is reported missing, it's a happenstance. But when there are a bunch of them missing and they're from the same building, the police will want to check it out thoroughly.

All in all, Tobe Hooper is what he is: a fucking idiot.

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