This See Saw will leave you queasy

Rating: 9/10 (16 February 2005)

I don't know if I'm sorry or not I didn't see Saw while it was in theaters. It was so utterly disturbingly entertaining to me on th esmall screen, I can only imagine how much it would freak me out on the big screen.
Mind you, I am not easily frightened whatsoever by even the grossest of visuals. I can usually eat dinner and watch medical surgery shows at the same time.
Something has to be over the top depraved to unnerve me.
And SAW surprised me by leaving me completely disquieted.
I can see many shades of SEVEN in SAW, but it steps things up many notches.
But it's not all gore and murky lighting, the storyline makes this twisted little afair top shelf viewing.
SAW's storyline is cleverly thought-out, many little nuances unfolding through out the film. The pacing veers wildly, from painstakingly slow to feverish towards the end.
Usually I can figure out a movies twists and turns very early on, but the surprise ending left me floored.
This may be the most disturbing Horror movie since Ed Gein.
Hats off to Aussie screenwriters/creators James Wan and Lee Whannell (also Adam in the film) for giving me a thrilling scare.