Saw Critic Reviews

Saw is so full of twists it ends up getting snarled. For all of his flashy engineering and inventive torture scenarios, the Jigsaw Killer comes across as an amateur. Hannibal Lecter would have him for lunch. Read the full review

The slasher scenes, though relatively few, are amazingly evocative for such a low-budget movie.Read the full review

Less a classical narrative than an ingenious machine for inducing terror, rage, and paralyzing unease. Read the full review

A crude concoction sewn together from the severed parts of prior horror/serial killer pics.Read the full review

But humans who live above ground, including horror fans, will find themselves only fitfully entertained and more consistently appalled. Read the full review

Boasts an undeniably original premise and clever plot machinations that lift it several notches above the usual slasher film level. Read the full review

Saw is for hard-gore horror aficionados only. Read the full review

Becomes exceedingly disgusting when it wallows in the psychological torture of a child, a no-no under any circumstances.Read the full review

Saw is a gristle-cut B psycho thriller that would like to tap the sickest corners of your imagination. It has a few moments of nightmare creepiness, but it's also derivative and messy and too nonsensical for its own good. Read the full review