FilmPsychological Survival Splatter & Gore

Saw2004

Name: Saw
Genre: Horror, Psychological, Survival, Splatter & Gore, Slasher
Released: 2004
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Tobin Bell, Cary Elwes, Leigh Whannell, Danny Glover, Monica Potter

“How much blood would you shed to stay alive?”

Directed by James Wan

IMDb 7.6RT Critics 50%Metacritic 46TMDB 7.4

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Trailer

Year

2004

Runtime

103 min

Box office

Budget

$1,200,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$104,045,735

Domestic

$56,000,369

🏆 9 wins & 10 nominations total

Synopsis

Two men wake up to find themselves shackled in a grimy, abandoned bathroom. As they struggle to comprehend their predicament, they discover a disturbing tape left behind by the sadistic mastermind known as Jigsaw. With a chilling voice and cryptic instructions, Jigsaw informs them that they must partake in a gruesome game in order to secure their freedom.

The Fear Score take

Saw locks you in a filthy tiled room and lets the walls close in. The dread is intimate and airless — a slow tightening around choices no one should have to make. James Wan builds panic from stillness, then makes your own body flinch at what desperation will do to a person.