

John Kramer, played by Tobin Bell) wanted to weed out the deviants and the ungrateful - but he typically gave victims a chance to redeem themselves and reclaim their souls with a fresh perspective on how to truly cherish the gift of life. The question is: Were the Saw movies actually good enough to merit bringing this beast back out of retirement? The answer: … Sort of! Like the sin hunters of the ’80s, the franchise’s diabolical Jigsaw (a.k.a. Things have gotten quieter lately on the graphic suffering front, but the eighth entry in the Saw franchise arrives this weekend after a seven-year dormant period for the franchise, hoping to rekindle your interest in torture tourism.

torture wave The Collector Hostel (and most of Eli Roth’s filmography) anything from Rob Zombie and The Human Centipede. The subgenre thrived in the aughts, with a slew of like-minded efforts like 2004’s Saw, which kicked off the mainstream U.S. Some video interviews Chester did to promote Saw 3D.Unlike the slasher movies of the 1980s or the exploitation horror films of the 1970s, the modern wave of torture films (or, as New York’s David Edelstein dubbed it, “ torture porn”) has been marked by highly stylized violence with landscapes designed for and devoted to pure punishment.
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The role had Chester undergo around 7-8 hours for makeup and prosthetic.Ĭhester’s tattoos was covered with painted on tattoos to fit in line with the character (Evan) being affiliated with a skinhead gang. However, since Chester was on a tight schedule, he was unavailable for the scene that shows Evan being taken to the hospital.Ĭhester did consult with an acting coach in preparation for the role. It was originally scripted that Evan (Chester Bennington) would survive his trap. Chester got this role because the one of the film’s producers (Mark Burg) are neighbours to one of LP member and heard from them that Chester and his wife being huge fans of the Saw series thus the producer connected with him and invited him for a role in the film.
