I have seen many films across my 16 year life period and in my personal opinion nothing can beat a film from the Saw franchise, particularly the first of the seven film series.
Saw is a franchise of Horror films distributed by Lions Gate Entertainment and produced by Twisted Pictures. The first saw film was released on October 1st 2004 and was directed by James Wan on a 1.2 million USD budget.
The film plot entails a photographer named Adam Stanheight (Leigh Whannell) and oncologist named Lawrence Gordon (Cary Elwes) who both return to consciousness after being kidnapped by the "Jigsaw serial killer" John Cramer (Tobin Bell) to find themselves chained and restrained to each end of a filthy bathroom. The two men reach a realisation that they are infact in the hands of a serial killer and must complete his perverse puzzles in order to survive, however, this means them being played against one another instead of in the help of each other. "How much blood will you shed to survive?". Prior to the story lines occurrence a flashback is used to preview the fate of periods victims. Amanda Young (Shawnee Smith) has her head placed in a reverse bear trap
and has to take the life of another in order to save herself giving both a foreshadow and a flashback to prepare the audience for the horror yet to come.
This is my favourite film because of the terror and intensity that reaches through the screen and grasps all of the attention in the room. Being frightened or disgusted by the gore gives a thrill that only this film can achieve. The director uses a series of jump cuts throughout the film to express the desperation and intensity of the situation which is my favourite camera work aspect. All the music that is used creates great tension and builds the horror through to the final climax, not only that but the complex and genius plot line reveals and twists keep me fully engaged and unable to look away.
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