Kattiera Nana I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.

Salubfoto It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

Francene Odetta It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

ribbifuerimmer I didn't notice this existed until I was actually browsing through IMDb horror and found it rather highly rated. Before that, I had only seen the first Saw movie, which I felt to be an adequate addition to the torture porn genre, which is also a genre I feel next to nothing for.The reason I though the first Saw movie was not so bad, was not the originality of the concept, but the fact that there weren't any helpless maidens being saved by action hero types. Instead, it was two men of middling attractiveness that had to everything by themselves. But I digress. I definitely can see where the first movie built off of this little teaser. Sure, replacing Leigh with a woman is a bit disappointing, but that's a subject for another time. What it seems to me about at least the start of the franchise is that it wasn't produced to earn some quick cash off of teens. There seems to be real thought,passion and effort behind (at least the start of) the whole thing.

Horst in Translation (filmreviews@web.de) And it's a pretty scary shape. We see a hospital janitor being questioned by the police about recent occurrences. He tells the story of his kidnapping and the horrible thing he had to do in order to save his life from a demented psychopath. The fact that we know he made it out alive doesn't take away any of its horror. The location where he was kidnapped is perfect and adds a great deal of helplessness to this short film.These ten minutes were the unofficial go-ahead for the extremely successful Saw-franchise that runs to this day. Its attention to detail (the instrument on David's head, the almost playful way the kidnapper enters etc.) make this short film worth a watch and should, if possible, be seen totally in the dark and on a big screen to increase the horror element.

Pauly_Tozer Firstly I walked out of the cinema very satisfied with Australia's new talent.I was very inspired to keep on pursuing my own film career after this flick came out. Saw has a refreshing and very original feel to the horror genre and has a compelling and rich story to engage us all in the depth of the characters and has us desperately trying to guess the ending. Which in my opinion is phenomenal script writing. SO yes there is a twist and i promise you, YOU wont guess it!You cannot compare Saw in the same category to The Sixth Sense as its not as professionally directed, Though this movie was a brilliant start for the new Aussie Directors and have truly came up with originality in there work. It does succeed in being very scary in moments and i cant wait for there next film which lets hope will be even better and more mature, which i'm sure it will be after a fantastic start to film making.

jed-estes This short is cool. I love watching it. It was used primarily as tool to sell Saw to anyone who would bite and it worked as it should have. It is basically the scene with Amanda from the feature except Leigh Whannel takes the position of the victim in the jaw trap. I love how for a short it was edited like a real film and looks like a real film except it is only eight little minutes long. I was disappointed though when this was not released as a feature on the first SAW DVD release. I had wanted for a whole year to be treated to this like the investors had but I along with everyone else had to wait for the special edition which was worth it. I just hope someone gets on the ball and will release James Wan's first feature Stygian. See this it is worth it.