everything you have heard about this movie is true.

disgusting, overrated, pointless

I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

This is my first review. I felt it necessary to warn people of just how f***ing god awful this piece of trash is! I watched it cuz of the positive reviews, guess we were watching different flicks... I love horror movies and enjoy British entertainment but this was sooo far from the realm of achieving any entertainment value whatsoever!!! This felt like a horrible film student flick with no sense of keeping a story together at all. The camera work was good as others have mentioned, but i don't care how clean it looks if the story makes less than no sense. Save yourself 80 mins and keep looking...TRUST ME

The Toybox is a superrealistic psycho-thriller that chillingly depicts how the effects of severe familial dysfunctionality combined with a possessive influence of the dark snaps the mind of a young impressionable man. The tale is told through stark counterpoints: Manipulative Jezebelian femininity couples with loveless male Ahabian tyranny and wimpishness. The holiness of Christmas and a village church is offset by dark machinations and violent murders. The sinister developments are suffused and lightened by comico-grotesque symbolism and events, almost hyperrealistic shots of nature's unadulterated beauty, as well as the redeeming sensitivity and pure good-naturedness of one of the characters. Evil is contained when the church and law-and-order come knocking on the door. Filters, lighting, camera movement sensitively enhance the moods. With incisive acuteness, the actors capture mankind in its highly grotesque and destructive moments.A good first work showing that the makers have fine observation skills, as well as a plethora of film tricks up their sleeves that demand to be explored further. A must for those who love satire and the study of the dark and disturbing human behavior.

From the very beginning the film has you in its morbid and twisted grip. A story of myth and legends set against the solitude of the Norfolk countryside, it has all the hallmarks of a very modern British horror. This film snaps along at a cracking pace never giving you a moment to gather yourself together. Elliot Jordan, who plays Brian Usher, has real screen presence that you simply cannot take your eyes away from him, and you'd be advise not too as his character descends into what proves to be a fatal spiral of madness and carnage for all concerned. Brian's sister Berenice and is played by Claudine Spiteri, she brings a real sense of glamour to the rather stark and bleak surroundings. More importantly for me Claudine has something 'other worldly about her', she positively resonates on the screen. But for me the show is stolen just ever so slightly by the vampish Madeline Usher, their mother and played by Suzanne Bertish with consummate skill and with such reality I would find it hard to say where the smouldering, drinking mother ends and Suzanne begins – she simply inhabits the role and makes it her own.The Direction is assured and the editing never once allows the pace to wander. Considering this was shot digitally it has nothing other than a film feel. THe colours are lush and vibrant. The snow tinged exteriors are wonderful.Watch out for the dinner party scene, it's brilliant. Here we have Berenice's timid boyfriend Conrad played perfectly by Craig Henderson. it is a typical family meal of bickering but it feels like a car crash happening with poor Conrad becoming the object of Madeline's desire. As the drink flows and Madeline's blouse plunges you feel nothing but pity for the shy Conrad, to the extent that you will want to cover your eyes with discomfort, the tension here is palpable. Family gatherings, we've all been there!I would certainly recommend this film you certainly won't be disappointed.

This is a very original slice of black comedy and horror, with good acting and excellent production standards. But what I was really blown away by was the hand held camera work in the last third of the film. If Toybox had been made by a major studio, the execs would have reigned the film-makers in, but instead they really pushed out the envelope here. I would say it's the best hand held camera work I've seen - since Festen.I am training to be a camera operator myself and it was inspiring to see something so different and exciting. What cameras did they use? I'm dieing to know. Overall a very good film.I would have liked to seen more rats in the finale, and overall more blood. Maybe it was budget limitations, or an artistic decision - the less is more view.But if that was true all great films would only be a few minutes long. Come on guys give us more blood and rats next time. More is more.