Movies like Toolbox Murders (2004)
The best movies like Toolbox Murders (2004) are The Hills Run Red (2009), Psycho III (1986) and House of Wax (2005). If Toolbox Murders hooked you with its horror and mystery, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedLast Shift (2014)6.3/10 from 775 votes
- NewestSpiral: From the Book of Saw (2021)Released 2021
The Hills Run Red (2009)
A group of young horror fans go searching for a film that mysteriously vanished years ago but instead find that the demented killer from the movie is real, and he's thrilled to meet fans who will die gruesomely for his art.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisPsycho III (1986)
When Maureen Coyle, a suicidal nun who resembles Norman's former victim, Marion Crane, arrives at the motel, all bets are off and "Mother" is less than happy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisHouse of Wax (2005)
A group of unwitting teens are stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep from becoming the next exhibit.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe House on Sorority Row (1982)
When the senior sorority sisters of Theta Pi decide to do in their demented house mother, someone seeks revenge, and begins a night of terror and madness.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisApril Fool's Day (1986)
On April Fool's Day weekend, a group of college friends gather together at a secluded island mansion to celebrate their final year of school, where they soon become prey for an unseen murderer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisUrban Legend (1998)
A college campus is plagued by a vicious serial killer murdering students in ways that correspond to various urban legends.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisUrban Legends: Final Cut (2000)
The making of a horror movie takes on a terrifying reality for students at the most prestigious film school in the country. At Alpine University, someone is determined to win the best film award at any cost - even if it means eliminating the competition. No one is safe and everyone is a suspect.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisHatchet (2006)
When a group of tourists on a New Orleans haunted swamp tour find themselves stranded in the wilderness, their evening of fun and spooks turns into a horrific nightmare.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Children (2008)
A relaxing Christmas vacation turns into a terrifying fight for survival as the children begin to turn on their parents.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Strangers (2008)
After a 4 a.m. knock at the door and haunting voices, Kristen McKay and James Hoyt’s remote getaway becomes a psychological night of terror as three masked strangers invade. Now they must go far beyond what they thought themselves capable of if they hope to survive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKill Theory (2009)
While celebrating a graduation at a secluded vacation home, a group of college students find themselves targeted by a sadistic killer who forces them to play a deadly game of killing one another in order to survive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisShallow Grave (1987)
When four young college girls stumble upon a murder, they find themselves targeted by a killer who will stop at nothing to silence them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Frayed (2007)
Pat Baker is a small town sheriff. His son, Kurt, is a deranged young man with a dark secret. Sheriff Baker's worst nightmare comes true when Kurt escapes from a psychiatric hospital where he was locked away for the brutal murder of his mother thirteen years earlier. Gary, a hospital security guard, sets out into the woods to stop him, but soon finds himself relentlessly hunted by the deranged psychopath intent on killing him and anyone who crosses his path. Sheriff Baker launches an intense search to find his son, only to discover that his daughter, Sara, and her friends are camping in the same woods where Kurt has escaped. Kurt's psychosis escalates, as does his vengeful killing spree, culminating in a terrifying, climactic confrontation with Kurt, the sheriff and his family.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Silent House (2011)
Sarah returns with her father and uncle to fix up the family's longtime summerhouse after it was violated by squatters in the off-season. As they work in the dark, Sarah begins to hear sounds from within the walls of the boarded-up building. Although she barely remembers the place, Sarah senses the past may still haunt the home.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Midnight Meat Train (2008)
A photographer's obsessive pursuit of dark subject matter leads him into the path of a serial killer who stalks late night commuters, ultimately butchering them in the most gruesome ways.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like this6 Souls (2010)
A female forensic psychiatrist discovers that all of one of her patient's multiple personalities are murder victims. She will have to find out what's happening before her time is finished.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPsycho (1998)
A young female embezzler arrives at the Bates Motel, which has terrible secrets of its own.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisCherry Falls (2000)
When students in the small town of Cherry Falls learn a serial killer is targeting virgins, they realize their only chance of survival is to throw a “Pop Your Cherry” party.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisSorority Row (2009)
When five sorority girls inadvertently cause the murder of one of their sisters in a prank gone wrong, they agree to keep the matter to themselves and never speak of it again, so they can get on with their lives. This proves easier said than done, when after graduation a mysterious killer goes after the five of them and anyone who knows their secret.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisSilent Night (2012)
As their small Midwestern town prepares for its annual Christmas Eve parade, a sheriff and his deputy discover that a maniac in a Santa suit is murdering those he judges as naughty.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisLaid to Rest (2009)
A young girl wakes up in a casket with a head injury and no memory of her identity. She quickly realizes she was abducted by a serial killer and she must fight to survive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisMy Soul to Take (2010)
On the day the Riverton Ripper vanished without a trace, seven children were born. Today, they're all turning 16... and turning up dead.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisSee No Evil (2006)
A group of delinquents are sent to clean the Blackwell Hotel but little do they know reclusive psychopath Jacob Goodnight has holed away in the rotting hotel. When one of the teens is captured, those who remain band together to survive against the brutal killer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisBlack Christmas (2006)
As the residents of sorority house Pi Kappa Sigma prepare for the festive season, a stranger begins a series of obscene phone calls with dubious intentions...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Abandoned (2006)
Marie, a film producer, returns to her native Russia to find her birth parents. She quickly learns they are dead, and she has inherited their long-empty farmhouse. At the farm, she meets Nicolai, who claims to be her twin brother. Events take a terrifying turn when the two spot a pair of ghastly doppelgangers and the house itself seems to propel them toward a fate they should have met 40 years earlier.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisSpiral: From the Book of Saw (2021)
Working in the shadow of an esteemed police veteran, brash Detective Ezekiel “Zeke” Banks and his rookie partner take charge of a grisly investigation into murders that are eerily reminiscent of the city’s gruesome past. Unwittingly entrapped in a deepening mystery, Zeke finds himself at the center of the killer’s morbid game.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisScream 3 (2000)
As bodies begin dropping around the Hollywood set of STAB 3, the third film based on the gruesome Woodsboro killings, Sidney and other survivors are once again terrorized by another Ghostface killer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLast Shift (2014)
Rookie police officer Jessica Loren has been assigned the last shift at a closing police station and must wait for a hazmat crew to collect biomedical evidence. Ordered not to leave the station under any circumstances, Jessica comes to learn that it's more than just an outdated station, it's home to the ultimate embodiment of evil and his devoted bloodthirsty followers. Jessica is left to fend for herself in the Devil's playground.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Haunting of Sorority Row (2007)
Samantha Willows, a college freshman, looks to pledge a sorority. Unbeknownst to Sam, it is haunted by a former pledge taking revenge on those who wronged her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisMidnight Movie (2008)
At a seedy theater in a sleepy suburban town, a group of friends get together for a midnight screening of an early 1970s horror film, unaware that the director has something more in store for them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Toolbox Murders?
The closest matches to Toolbox Murders are The Hills Run Red (2009), Psycho III (1986) and House of Wax (2005). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Toolbox Murders?
People who watched Toolbox Murders most often go on to The Hills Run Red (2009), Psycho III (1986) and House of Wax (2005).
What is the highest-rated movie like Toolbox Murders?
Last Shift (2014), rated 6.3/10 by 775 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Toolbox Murders?
Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Toolbox Murders?
Yes: The Hills Run Red (2009), Psycho III (1986) and House of Wax (2005).
How are movies similar to Toolbox Murders chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Toolbox Murders, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.