Wan Is The New Clive Barker

Rating: 10/10 (31 October 2004)

genius, absolutely genius. Horror Fans will go nuts for this brilliant, wickedly dark thriller. Homage is paid to everything from Evil Dead II, to Todd Mcfarlenes Spawn, and obviously, to Seven. And that seems to be the biggest criticism of Saw, that its just a big rip off of Seven, well its not. while it focuses on a similar idea- a killer tries to make profane people see the light by torturing them mentally and physically- but these films are very different in there execution and story telling style. The other comparison to seven, is that both Saw and Seven have surprise endings... well let me tell you this....
Wow. while seven's ending is very good, and a nice twist, its not all that shocking... but Saw will keep you guessing until the very end, it'll make you think you've figured it out over and over, but then prove you wrong.. not until the last few shots is the surprise revealed, and its quite a doosy.
If your looking to get the poop scared out of you this Halloween, or if your a horror film buff looking for a new favorite, go see this flick.
Writer/director James Wan has the potential to be the next Clive Barker, he really knows his horror, almost never going for the cheap scares (thats when instead of working towards a moment of fright, a guy in a halloween costume with a knife pops out of nowhere and chases the double D blond.) and his horrific and yet sickly entertaining methods of death throughout Saw are absolutely inspired. so Kudos to James Wan, i cant wait to see whats next from this guy.