Jigsaw

Dementedly twisted, like one of Jigsaw's fiendishly constructed torture traps, the Saw franchise screams back to life with the Spierig Brothers' ace eighth episode in the fun fear franchise. Five guilty people are forced to play a grisly game carrying all the hallmarks of the notorious serial killer. Police know that John Kramer (Tobin Bell) is dead, so is a copycat on the loose? Investigations lead to a Black Museum of Jigsaw's memorable antique devices and a charnel house of booby-trapped horrors. Keeping the pace swift, the frights fluid and panic at a premium, the Daybreakers directors move the deliciously gruesome proceedings through the expected formula manoeuvres while still cleverly expanding on the Jigsaw myth with their fresh take and genre savvy. As the mind-boggling mysteries unravel with chilling brio towards the spectacular splatter finale, it's clear the seven-year gap since Saw: the Final Chapterhas only allowed improvements to the viciously crowd-pleasing series.