31 Days of Halloween (2022)

[Caldwin]

I honestly had no idea what I was going to do for this thread this year. As a matter of fact, I was thinking of just letting it lie. But then I was reminded of two "how the hell have you not seen these yet" movies: Drag Me To Hell and Saw. Slim picking this year, I know, but that's probably a good thing. Slim funds as well.

Today will be

Drag me To Hell

Before I watch, let me just say that I do believe in hell and demon possession and such. Like, Exorcism of Emily Rose kept me awake for days!

But I do not believe that an otherwise innocent person can be sent to hell at the sole discretion of a single gypsy. So I'm going into this with a viewpoint of "oh great! Another Hollywood failure to understand religion." I doubt I'm going to come away from this unable to sleep. More likely it'll be an eyeroll and a chuckle. But we'll see.

After the movie:

Well, that was a stupid.

Up next, not sure when but hopefully soon, I'll be doing Saw!

 

[Caldwin]

Saw

Holy hell, that was hugged up! Like, totally in a "I'd probably watch that again" type way. Because, yeah, I'd totally watch it again. That was hugging intense!

Now I have heard that the sequels kinda loose the point of the first one. Like, they lean more towards simple gore and sadistic traps than the whole "appreciate life now" thing. Not sure how true this is. Anyone here watch the other movies in the series that could tell me if the rest of the series is worth watching or not?

 

[Fero McPigletron]

I never saw a complete Saw movie but I saw clips of all the kills on YouTube.

Evil Dead remake is still one of the scariest movies I've seen, even with only a few characters.

 

[Ultra Magnus13]

Saw

Holy hell, that was hugged up! Like, totally in a "I'd probably watch that again" type way. Because, yeah, I'd totally watch it again. That was hugging intense!

Now I have heard that the sequels kinda loose the point of the first one. Like, they lean more towards simple gore and sadistic traps than the whole "appreciate life now" thing. Not sure how true this is. Anyone here watch the other movies in the series that could tell me if the rest of the series is worth watching or not?

I didn't really care for any of them. If I recall correctly the second one was a script for a different movie that got a quick rework when the first Saw was such a hit and they wanted to pump out a sequel quick. I think I remember finding 1 and 2 on about equal footing. I know Ive seen 3 and maybe 4, but they were forgettable enough I don't think I remember anything about them, other than one having a shotgun collar that wouldn't have really worked as depicted.