BEST HORROR THRILLER SINCE STRANGELAND AND HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rating: 10/10 (18 November 2004)

Saw****[4 Stars]-Probably the best horror thriller ever along with ''Strangeland****[4 Stars]'' and ''House Of 1000 Corpses****[4 Stars]''. This movie has it all, the gore, suspense, twist and turns, and as far the killer is concerned, that's for you to find out but I'm sure you'll be pleasantly surprised. The gore went a bit beyond the typical ''R'' rating around today. There's even an unrated version out there. Face it, some movies with today's ''R'' rating could have passed for ''PG-13'' a few years ago. I hear ''Seed of Chucky[Not Rated]'' is going in the same direction which I also look forward to seeing. If everything goes to plan with this and that I got to say this will be a very pleasant start to my holiday season. As for the suspense, there's a lot especially at the end which I was pleased that it did not use that to take the easy way out like some other thrillers. It was perfectly relevant through out the whole movie. The twist and turns filled up the whole movie especially when it came to figuring the deal with the killer[I'll stop right there]. Some people may have some complaints about Danny Glover's lack of screening time, but with the script nearing to perfection it was actually enough. His performance was also a real delight after not seeing him in the movies for awhile. Another plus was to have a Japanese director James Wann at the helm and judging from movies like ''Ringu**1/2[2 1/2 Stars]'' and ''The Grudge***[3 Stars]'' these Japanese directors know their sh*t when it comes to horror thrillers. Wink wink, there's word he is also planning on doing a sequel.