The Best Film of 2004

Rating: 10/10 (8 January 2005)

Wow. This movie proved to me that not all modern horror movies suck. Nowadays directors can never stick to their vision. There always has to be a peaceful message at the end, a moral to the story, or a happy ending. Not in "Saw". I was amazed with everything in this movie. It was deeply disturbing, with horrifying imagery. They really don't make movies like this anymore. It was comparable to older horror gems like Night of the Living Dead and Carnival of Souls and Dementia 13. It had a frightening, sad ending that left me and the people I saw it with having an uneasy, creepy feeling, a feeling I haven't felt since I saw the original 1974 Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The plot was amazing, so creepy, about a maniacal lunatic that tortures people in sadistically morbid ways. The acting was so-so, and it had its share of minor plot holes, but this is all stuff I thought of later. The duration of this film, I was in heaven. I forgot all my problems in life, and I was just sitting there rooting for these people to survive, and cringing at the horrors that lay before me. I was legitimately angry when it was over, because I was enjoying it so much. There was no moral to the story, no happy ending, just horror. Horror at its gory, disturbing, macabre best. The best film I saw in 2004, by far. Bravo, I will surely be picking up this when it comes out on video and DVD. I really wish all modern horror movies would be awesome like this.