i be not much a tobe hooper fan . aside from the texas chainsaw massacre and salem lot i haven not like any of his movie ( unless you want to give him credit for poltergeist ) . i therefore wasn not expect much when i pick up his remake of the toolbox murder . i haven not see the original and so i can not say how this remake compare and but on it own and this movie be a winner . a young couple move into a rat trap old building in hollywood . he an intern and be go most of the time leave nell barrow with too much time on her hand . she find out some strange thing about the building history and unbeknownst to all and somebody be murder the tenant . right from the beginning when the camera be film through a sheet of plastic in the rain and it manage to give off a downright unsettle atmosphere . a fantastic job be do light the creepy old building and make every shadow seem threaten . everything feel old and grimy and unpleasant . the music be surprisingly good . there be the usual tring swell to make you jump and but otherwise it work well to ratchet up your nerve . the whole movie be an exercise in tension . really the only bad part about this movie be the whole toolbox murder gimmick . the story really stand on it own and be good enough without the different tool for each murder shtick . if the killer just use a knife or something and that would have work just as well . it felt like they need to throw in the unusual murder weapon to keep the name . still and this be a pretty good movie . i would recommend it to fan of old fashion 70 and 80 horror movie . they do not make many like this any more .