Traditionally, horror franchises are not famous for intriguing, famously twisted plots, but this rule has a striking exception. The film "Saw" was born in 2004 and made a radical revolution in the canons of the bloodiest and most brutal genre. The creators of the franchise were young Australians James Wang and Lee Wannell.
First Honor
The first episode of the series was the tape “Saw: A Game for Survival,” with an initial budget of $ 1,200,000, she collected more than $ 103 million at the box office. Her success was tremendous. Although the opinions of critics were initially far from enthusiastic in comparison with the reaction of the audience. However, the episode has an IMDb rating of 7.60, and John Kramer takes pride of place in the pantheon of horror villains.
Trite, but true: despite eight sequels and ever-increasing budgets, the first part of Saw is the worst and worst in the franchise. Although in the future, the creators did not manage to repeat each time the plot of the original tape, offered new and unpredictable turns, actively used the roll call with previous and future episodes.
From worst to best
Trying to determine the most terrible part of the "Saw", you should remember the saying that there are no comrades for the taste and color. Therefore, it is worth focusing on the authoritative opinion of experts and the rating of paintings.
The most unsuccessful franchise series is considered to be the episode “Saw 5” (IMDb: 5.80), in which not horrors, but plot twists and turns came to the fore. As a result, the film turned out to be like a prolonged soap opera, which only fans of the cycle, orienting themselves in the names and connections between numerous heroes, can reconsider many times.
"Saw 6" (IMDb: 6.00), reminiscent of a horror quest, did not correct the situation.
Critics also got “Pile 8” (IMDb: 5.80), which stands out for its use of nonlinear chronology techniques in the narrative.
The writers of Saws 4 (IMDb: 5.90) faced a non-trivial task - they had to maintain interest in the franchise, whose antagonist was irrevocably dead. As a result, the detective line and the search for new Cramer assistants came to the fore.
The golden mean - the place is good, but boring
By the third part, the epic was finally formed in terms of a single style, so "Saw 3" has a good IMDb rating: 6.20 and diverse reviews. Although she is frankly inferior to the second episode of “Saw 2” (IMDb: 6.60), in which the previously obscure figure of a maniac appearing sporadically is revealed to the viewer in all its glory. The authors provide details of the transformation of an aggressive psychopath with a perverted engineering mind into a sophisticated killer.
3D Saw (IMDb: 5.60) could be the last episode. It is noteworthy in that the director Kevin Grotert tried to logically complete the horror saga. But it was not there.