2008 Woodie Awards
'Saw' IV hacks competitors, captures box office
Patrick Armstrong
Issue date: 10/31/07 Section: Features
"If it's Halloween, it must be 'Saw'," said the teaser trailer for Lionsgate's latest in its hit movie saga, "Saw IV." The newest movie in the "Saw" series still gives the same elements of macabre torture and spine-tingling scenes like the others, but show much more explicit gore.
The first "Saw," is credited with introducing new concepts into the horror movie genre. The movie featured a half psychopathic, half vigilante who although, not a technical murderer, still enjoyed kidnapping people and putting them in situations where they have to make a choice.
If they make the right choice they live with mere flesh wounds, but if they make the wrong one, they are brutally killed by some sort of device. It featured a "one of a kind" twist-ending that no one saw coming.
"Saw II" was too flashy with over-the-top torturing machinery and very elaborate deaths. This time, instead of having only two victims, eight played the game. They fought for their lives while trapped inside a house of death with, of course, only one way out.
Still again, it ended in a way that shocked viewers and made them think, "How is that possible?" Jigsaw, the aforementioned psychopath, takes on an apprentice to continue his work when he dies. What could possibly happen in the next movie?
The next film was a complete flop. It seemed as though Leigh Whannell, the writer of "Saw III," tried too hard to come up with a script that had another thrilling conclusion. The story was too complex and the new torture gadgets were grizzlier than before. The only shocker in the end was when Jigsaw died.
The latest installment, "Saw IV," displays a higher gore content than any of the other movies. It shows what schemes Jigsaw, played by Tobin Bell, had planned for after his own death.
The opening scene demonstrates one of the most graphic and disgusting images in the entire series. (Note: make sure to not eat beforehand or it might come back up.) After that scene, "Saw IV" is pretty normal in terms of gore for a horror movie this day and age.
The first "Saw," is credited with introducing new concepts into the horror movie genre. The movie featured a half psychopathic, half vigilante who although, not a technical murderer, still enjoyed kidnapping people and putting them in situations where they have to make a choice.
If they make the right choice they live with mere flesh wounds, but if they make the wrong one, they are brutally killed by some sort of device. It featured a "one of a kind" twist-ending that no one saw coming.
"Saw II" was too flashy with over-the-top torturing machinery and very elaborate deaths. This time, instead of having only two victims, eight played the game. They fought for their lives while trapped inside a house of death with, of course, only one way out.
Still again, it ended in a way that shocked viewers and made them think, "How is that possible?" Jigsaw, the aforementioned psychopath, takes on an apprentice to continue his work when he dies. What could possibly happen in the next movie?
The next film was a complete flop. It seemed as though Leigh Whannell, the writer of "Saw III," tried too hard to come up with a script that had another thrilling conclusion. The story was too complex and the new torture gadgets were grizzlier than before. The only shocker in the end was when Jigsaw died.
The latest installment, "Saw IV," displays a higher gore content than any of the other movies. It shows what schemes Jigsaw, played by Tobin Bell, had planned for after his own death.
The opening scene demonstrates one of the most graphic and disgusting images in the entire series. (Note: make sure to not eat beforehand or it might come back up.) After that scene, "Saw IV" is pretty normal in terms of gore for a horror movie this day and age.
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