SAW World

Saw is the film series that brought cleverness, rich suspense, and truly traumatizing experiences back to the horror genre. Made up entirely of Tobin Bell's family home videos, the series documents the exploits of the Jigsaw Killer. Unlike Hollywood's traditional shortbus killers like Jason Voorhees or Michael Myers, Jigsaw gets more and more interesting the more you learn about him. He has a method to choosing his victims, and unlike most killers, he actually wants his victims to survive his psychotic trials so they can learn valuable lessons about appreciating life.

Not needing an enormous body count, CGI gore, or cheap Freddy-like one-liners to be effective, Jigsaw can be f*#%&'ing SCARY just sitting quietly, half-dead, looking at you. His methods of killing have immense replay value, and they often get you thinking as frantically as the victims trapped by his machinations. It's that kind of intelligent horror that sets the SAW series apart from the past 30 years of mainstream American thrillers. It truly deserves to be treated like any great classic.