It has the highest Rotten Tomatoes score of the entire Saw franchise to date.
The latest instalment of the Saw franchise is so gory that horror fans have been handed sick bags. The movie, which arrives in cinemas today, is said to be worse than Terrifier 2 which made headlines around the world in March amid reports people were ‘throwing up’ in the cinema and ‘begging for it to end’.
Saw X is the tenth movie in what is one of the most successful horror franchises of all time and sees the return of John Kramer (Tobin Bell). It is being dubbed “the most disturbing instalment of the SAW franchise yet” and explores the untold chapter of Jigsaw’s most personal game.
Set between the events of SAW I and II, “a sick and desperate” John travels to Mexico for a risky and experimental medical procedure in hopes of a miracle cure for his cancer – only to discover the entire operation is a scam to defraud the most vulnerable.
Armed with a newfound purpose, the infamous serial killer returns to his work, turning the tables on the con artists in his signature visceral way through devious, deranged, and ingenious traps, the movie synopsis reads.
The trailer shows one man strapped into a wheelchair and made to perform brain surgery on himself. Another shows a victim with tubes strapped to his eyes, with many theorising that they could be there for acid to be poured down.
They are handing out vomit bags at the #SAWX screening ? pic.twitter.com/Nf7uXeOzB9
— THEDISCFATHER (@TheDiscFather) September 27, 2023
Sick bags being given out at certain screenings of Saw X
On movie rating site Rotten Tomatoes, the movie has a 84% score, with critics raving about the horror flick.
Collider’s Perri Nemiroff said it was “a top-tier Saw film. A well crafted John Kramer-focused story with a heavy emphasis on his mentor/protégé connection with Amanda that strikes the ideal balance between standing on its own two feet and enhancing franchise mythology.”
The Wrap’s William Bibbiani wrote: “Greutert’s film brings back the core elements that made these movies work. It’s an uncomplicated, effective horror thriller, even though it’s trapped itself in the past with nowhere else to go.”
Saw X is in cinemas right now.
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