We want to play a game. For Episode 059 of Horror Movie Weekly, your three late-night Horror hosts — Jay of the Dead, BillChete, and Lady Phantom — review Jigsaw (2017), the eighth installment of the SAW franchise. You may or may not be surprised to learn that your three hosts are fans of this Horror series. What do you think? Let us know in the comments. Also, if you enjoy listening to Jay of the Dead, BillChete and Lady Phantom review “Jigsaw,” then watch for their upcoming Thanksgiving Day Special on Considering the Cinema.com, where your hosts will review the entire Saw franchise! You can subscribe for FREE here on Apple Podcasts to make sure you don’t miss that episode release!
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SHOW NOTES:
Introduction
— Welcome to Horror Movie Weekly Episode 059
– Does Mexico have Cracker Jack caramel-coated popcorn?
– How Jay learned that there’s more than one kind of chili
– Jay recommends AnDread the Blind’s new Freaks and Psychos: The Disability in Horror Podcast and plays a sample excerpt from Ep. 001
– Lady Phantom’s pick for this week: Jigsaw (2017)
[ 00:07:35 ] – Feature Review: Jigsaw (2017) — Genre Classification: Horror (Game Horror)
Premise:
Another deadly game is afoot. Five disoriented victims wake up captive and in precarious circumstances that they need to try to survive.
Ratings and Recommendations: Jigsaw (2017)
Jay of the Dead = 7 ( Strong Rental )
BillChete = 7.5 ( Buy it! )
Lady Phantom = 8 ( Buy it! )
Check out BillChete and Lady Phantom’s Jigsaw 4K Blu-ray written review!
Next on Episode 060: Belzebuth (2020) — Jay of the Dead’s pick
Podcast artwork: Lady Phantom
Original podcast theme music: Jay of the Dead
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Great movie!!
This movie has been on my watchlist for three years. You guys have not only motivated me to watch this, I am determined to finally revisit the Saw franchise. I loved the original but never got into the sequels. I am looking forward to going through it again and listening to you guys talk about it in your franchise review.
Two weeks in a row you guys are in agreement! Will the streak continue? Tune in next week
Maybe, maybe not… hahaha
Wow, Jay of the Dead’s pick for next week looks cool, must watch!
Wait, what?! More agreement?! Ha. Okay, I’m in. I’ll check this one out! I loved the original, and saw a few after that in the franchise as well, but somehow dropped off before this one… but after hearing your review I am gonna get this one in the queue. I found the discussion about the subgenres interesting too. I am one of those fans who loves it all, from the torture porn to the “artsy” type, as well as some good ol’ fashioned slasher style of movies. There is plenty of room under the horror umbrella, and wish there wasn’t such a divide of camps between the styles. I came to love horror originally through movies like TCM, The Shining, and the slashers of the eighties, and only over time have come to really appreciate the more cerebral stuff. Back in the day I thought the best Alien movie was Aliens FOR SURE, but now would say the original Alien is by far my favorite. Some of the scariest movies to me now are movies like Funny Games and Killing Ground, which don’t even have much onscreen violence at all, but are still effective with their use of realism and forcing the viewer to imagine for themselves what happened just out of frame. Tastes change and evolve, and I am happy to just appreciate good horror movies regardless of the subgenre. If it’s good, it’s good. Can’t a gal love Martyrs, Midsommar, and Michael Myers? I have found room in my little horror heart for it all.
Thanks for the recommendation, I will look forward to watching it, as well as Spiral next year. And Jay, definitely check out Cube!