Review #373: Saw (2004)
October 2026 Horror Reviews #1 - Saw (2004) Saw is a film where two men wake up in a grungy bathroom, chained to the wall by their ankles, with no memory of how they got there. There's a dead body in the center of the room with a gun and a tape recorder. After some escape-room-style investigation, they discover a pair of hacksaws- not strong enough to cut through the chains, but strong enough to cut through their feet. They realize that their predicament must be the work of "the Jigsaw killer"- an enigmatic villain who kidnaps people and sets them in elaborate traps where they must overcome their own flaws, or die. Will they be able to follow the clues and figure out how to escape? Or will they need to saw off their feet for a chance at survival? I first heard about this movie around the time the second one came out, right after I graduated high school. And to be perfectly honest, just the premise terrified me. (I was still pretty new to horror at the time, and the idea ...