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Watch spiral saw movie9/25/2023 ![]() I, of course, am not accustomed to the previous Saw movies so I don’t know how aggressive the films are, but I did think there were clear moments of them trying to do far too much when it came to the screeching terror of the film. I thought Chris Rock’s new turn was pretty exciting, and was maybe my favorite part of the whole movie. So, as for my thoughts on Spiral, I actually didn’t think it was the worst thing possible. At least in some aspects of it, it seems that way. Schenk’s “Jigsaw”, I’m pretty sure, kills in ways similar to what the officers did or didn’t do when it came to the death of his father. However, we don’t know why the Kramer victims were chosen, but in context of this story it doesn’t really matter. It’s pretty self explanatory as to why he is choosing his victims. In Spiral, Schenk is picking dirty cops within the system for his killings. We actually do get some insight into why John Kramer did his killings when Schenk talks about how Kramer believed “Spiral” was a symbol of change, evolution, and progress. William Schenk (Max Minghella) is the killer in this film, and we learn that Schenk’s father was murdered by a dirty cop in front of Schenk thanks to something called “Article 8”, so in this film the killer is targeting the dirty cops within the system and is attempting to “cleanse” the system. This new killer however seemed to be one in a line of copycats that has been happening since the original killer passed away. You don’t learn much of anything about the person, just that he was the previous killer. ![]() ![]() So, this is something they actually made pretty clear during the film in that the previous Jigsaw killer was John Kramer. Skip below the image if you want to avoid spoilers, but read my thoughts on the film, and if you can watch Spiral without seeing Saw. I’m going to change it up, and instead see if this film answered the right amount of questions to make this an experience I at least understood, eventually leading up to the major question of: Do you need to watch the franchise to watch Saw?” MAJOR SPOILERS FOR SPIRAL AHEAD So, with this review, I didn’t want to just go through and do the standard type of review. It doesn’t make any sense, I get that, but it’s just always been how I have viewed films, and the atmosphere that Saw seems to have has always kept me away from the franchise. The Saw films have always been a franchise in which the poster alone has forced me to steer clear of, which is weird in retrospect because the scene where James Franco cuts his arm off in 127 Hours is one of my favorite scenes of all-time. The films where in which the horror of the movie comes in the form of grotesque and external responses instead of slow developing internal responses. ![]() However, among this “Horrorssance” in my film watching life, one specific type of horror movie I managed to steer clear of, and that was what I will call the “Saw” genre. From then, I was able to go back and watch some classic horror films like Rosemary’s Baby, Candyman, and The Exorcist and even have The Exorcist as one of my favorite movies of all-time. ![]() Films like Us, Hereditary, and The VVitch all were movies that I found massive appeal in from a filmmaking and storytelling standpoint. From then on, I have found a new appreciation for TRUE horror movies. Actually horror movies in general were something I never quite was able to get into (because I was scared) until I, 16 at the time, was forced to go see The Conjuring in 2013. The first Saw movie came out in 2003 and at the young age of 6 years old, for whatever reason, it was never something that appealed to me. As you can tell from the title, shoutout Ricky for the help, recently released Spiral is my first ever movie in the entire Saw franchise. ![]()
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