HALLOWEEN HANGOVER: TBK: TOOLBOX MURDERS 2 (2015) *

The Toolbox Killer (Christopher Doyle) captures a woman (Chauntel Lewis) and holds her captive in a dank basement where he makes her watch other victims being tortured and mutilated.  Slowly, she begins losing her sanity as she doubts she’ll ever escape her predicament.  Will the cop (Sleepwalkers’ Brian Krause) investigating the disappearances get to her in time?

The awful, shaky camerawork, seizure-inducing editing, and useless titles marking the passing of time (which are accompanied by annoying screeching on the soundtrack) is a recipe for disaster.  There’s plenty of gore here (leg hacking, a guy cut in half, heart ripping, etc.), however thanks to the amateurish way the death scenes are filmed, it looks phony.  I mean, Lewis, is a real-life amputee.  You’d think the scene where her hand is cut off would look more convincing given that fact.   

All of this is generally unpleasant and repetitive.  It also goes on for what feels like forever until the frustrating non-ending comes along to further piss you off.  I did like the scene where the Toolbox Killer hands Lewis some popcorn to eat while she watches him torment another victim.

Oh, and did I mention Bruce Dern is in this?!?  What the hell is he doing here?  I mean he filmed this the same year he was nominated for an Oscar for Nebraska!!!  WTF?!?

AKA:  Coffin Baby.  AKA:  Toolbox Murders 2.  AKA:  Coffin Baby:  The Toolbox Killer is Back.