As much as any other horror fan, I'd liked to have seen Tobe Hooper come out swinging with a film that shows he still knows how it's done, but Toolbox Murders sure isn't it. You've seen the same basic premise handled much better a dozen times before (even in hogwash like The Sentinel) and Hooper does nothing new with it. He also never generates any real suspense in Toolbox, the gore murders are silly and pointless, and the acting is wildly uneven. It's too bad because there are a couple ideas here that you can imagine (or have already seen) put to effective use, but Hooper just doesn't make it work.