The Saw Franchise

Okay, so I don't want to take responsibility right now and do the homework that i'm paying for with these high tuitions, but instead i would like to take some time out of my sleepless night (probably) and talk a little about what I consider to be one of the greatest franchises ever created and why I think this.

First off, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and the iconic figure of Freddy Krueger make my day...any day. Until the end, that franchise was the best ever, it held that certain charm little found in popular horror films in that it was horror and yet it had almost constant comic relief, which sucked out none of the scare out of the greatest horror scenes ever filmed.

That held true until I was graced with Saw.

By far one of the most thought provoking horror films of our time it has a message that basically borders along "an eye for an eye", with a twist.

Of course the movies drawn in millions of people each halloween because of the blood and gore, but I think that all of the hardcore fans, of which i think I classify as, go to see the movies because it gives them something to think about. Which is something that sets them apart from most other horror movies, they are not straightforward and so they leave much interpretation...and that awesome twist at the end of each one.

I think that there is no reason to see a movie if it does not give you something to mull over when it is all said and done. And so far, every film in the series has added more and more to the series (no spoilers here...some people reading this haven't seen the third film), even when it seems like there is no where for them to go anymore. And that they have exhausted all of their resources.

Every year I am left waiting for the next film and every year i am in awe when I walk out of the theater with an experience far higher then my expectations have been. Kudos to the creators.

Ciao...