2017 · horror · mystery · supernatural
Jigsaw
Directed by Michael Spierig1h 31m2017
Law enforcement finds itself chasing the ghost of a man dead for over a decade, embroiled in a diabolical new game that's only just begun.
Our read: Jigsaw (2017) reads as a heavy, kinetic, surreal horror · mystery · supernatural entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / mystery, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- inventive
- bleak
- cold
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How Jigsaw feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want brisk Saw franchise torture puzzles with gruesome traps and cynical moral lectures.”
Skip it tonight — You can't stomach graphic mutilation or need horror smarter than franchise puzzle gore.
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