How come that every single scary movie i try to watch nowadays has lines and/or something in the plotline totally similar to Saw ? This is a question that totally haunts me for a while. I mean, come on you guys. Just this week i saw like, five movies (can't really say they were all scary movies - some of them earned their right to a facepalm in the end), and all of them had something that seemed taken right out of Saw.
About the examples, oh god, where shall i start? First of all there's the bastard child Are you Scared?. The movie was indeed promising, but it seemed like the story of one really bad instance of the Saw saga. And then the other movies like Kill Theory or House of 9 just tend to follow what was supposed to be an original scene (destinated exclusively to Saw): the whole "i want to play a game" thing. Then there's a timeline, and the characters either kill eachother or get killed by some machine or psycho - as in the Saw saga.
So, what the hell, Hollywood ? Where are the good, spine-chilling, horror films ? Seems like nowadays, Saw is the Christ of horror cinema. It's like theres some time BEFORE SAW, then there's SAW and then the time AFTER SAW.
First the movies tended to be good. Special effects were lame back then, but really compensated by an awesome soundtrack with frightening tunes (yeah, i'm thinking of the spell cast by Stephen King's Carrie), and some good acting.
Then Saw appeared. And it brought revolution. New plotline, innovation in special effects, and the soundtrack perfectly fitted the movie. And what about after the first two instances of Saw ? Total cinematic apocalypse. It's getting harder and harder to find a good movie, with just enough gore and a buyable plotline. Honestly, the horror industry needs a miracle, or else my IQ won't last for long.
WAKE UP LIONSGATE !