One of the most disturbing horror movies I have ever seen...

Rating: 9/10 (24 February 2007)

This is one of my personal favorite movies of all time. The first time I saw it, I had to sleep with the lights on. I know it's childish, but it scared me that much. And it's not just the gore and the blood, it was the sadism. The fact that Jigsaw had set all of this up and knew so many intimate details about his victims was truly terrifying. He remains my second favorite Horror Icon to date (after Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lechter). I did not give the movie a perfect score because I have real problems with the two main characters, but everyone else made up almost completely for their lack of acting talents. I, personally, was surprised at the appearance of a fairly high profile actor such as Danny Glover was in this movie. The rest of the cast was relatively unremarkable.
Saw II was excellent as well, given Jigsaw's expanded role and Saw III was a good movie that could have been done better, but this film, in my humble opinion, was in a class all it's own.