Saw? Seen......sorry!

Rating: 1/10 (5 January 2006)

Well, here we go yet again. No doubt this movie or should I say this type of movie really does have its followers...age in range of about 10 to 16. For those of us with serious tastes for horror, suspense and the macabre, this ain't it. Let's face a few facts of life, OK? Everything, and I mean just about everything has been done, especially when it comes to splatter and slice and dice. The original "Texas Chainsaw" is certainly much more suspenseful and horrific primarily because it follows a basic rule: only imply what's happening, don't actually show it. Alfred Hitchock made "Psycho" that way as well. Always merely suggest what's behind the door but never really define it. The human mind is so much more adept at creating its own horrors and fears than whatever a special effects guy or makeup artist is capable of creating. When it's all out in the open, basically, the surprise is over with and you merely have to sit through another hour or so and just wait it out. This film is yet another example of how contemporary writers, directors and producers come up with another "cash in" scheme of a picture and then it disappears, except on home video. None of these so-called genre films will ever be remembered except maybe someday in a film history class as "how not to make a horror film". Save your money and your time on this one.