Toolbox Murders

Toolbox Murders

If you lived here, you would be dead by now.

Directed by Tobe Hooper

Produced by Toolbox Murders Inc., Alpine Pictures

200495 min5.6 / 10

A dark, gore-heavy slasher built around a haunted hotel where supernatural evil awakens during renovations, prioritizing visceral scares and body horror over character depth.

A historic Hollywood hotel houses a supernatural evil. It's been subdued for decades, but when renovations start, a series of murders take place.

Questions people ask

  • Is Toolbox Murders violent? Yes, very. More violent than 97% of films.

  • Does Toolbox Murders end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 96% of films.

  • Is Toolbox Murders scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.

  • Is Toolbox Murders easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Is Toolbox Murders sad? Not especially. Less sad than 59% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

32/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

You have seen this shape before.

Rarity42

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise54

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love10

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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