...one of the only recent horror movies to genuinely scare me

Rating: 8/10 (2 November 2004)

Well, I have to admit that beforehand, I thought the previews were pretty darn good, but I was prepared to be potentially disappointed because of other scary movies that had MUCH better previews than their movie turned out to be. After seeing Saw, the previews weren't nearly as good as the actual movie. I have to say that it is one of the only recent horror movies to genuinely scare me, mainly because of how UNPREDICTABLE it was from beginning to end. I have to say that the storyline of Saw was written more brilliantly than any horror film in recent memory at the least. Once you think you've figured out what's going on, you will be totally thrown off. EVERY big part of the plot is explained and it makes sense later on if you think of earlier scenes in the movie and why certain things happened or why they didn't happen. It is one of those movies that if you watch it more than once, you will completely understand reasons for things that happened that you may not have before...comparable to Fight Club is how good this movie is. I sincerely hope that this gets some kind of Oscar nomination, because I don't think a better movie will be coming out this year or anytime soon. On one of my extreme rare occasions when rating movies, I am obliged to give this one a 10,or ****, however you rate movies, anything less would be criminal. I strongly suggest seeing this in theaters while you still can, and a bit of advice also would be to not take any bathroom or snack breaks while watching this movie; if you blink or look away once, there's a good chance you will miss something very important to understanding this movie. Anyways, my point is that this movie deserves to be dubbed an instant classic; I know I consider it one, and I can't talk about any parts of the movie because I wouldn't want to be responsible for listing spoilers, so sorry about that. THIS IS A MOVIE-LOVER'S MUST SEE MOVIE!!!!