 | High Tension (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $11.49 / Used from: $1.90 This little French slasher started it all! 10/10
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 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $0.01 TCM remake opens the door to the new wave of horror. 9/10
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 | Saw
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $0.01 SAW1 is the first true "Torture Porn." 10/10
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 | Saw II - Unrated (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $2.20 Saw saga continues! 10/10
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 | The Hills Have Eyes (Unrated Edition)
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $0.25 HHE1 is the first great "gorno" of 2006. HHE2 is that of 2007. 8/10
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 | Saw III (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.90 Saw3 tops 1&2 with over-elaborate torture sets. The story lacks the momentum of 1&2. 9/10
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 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning - Unrated (New Line Platinum Series)
Buy new: $15.99 / Used from: $0.59 TCM TB upps the ante in blood and gore. 8/10
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 | Hostel (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
Buy used from: $0.01 this is a surprisingly weak entry in the subgenre of horror. The outspoken Eli Roth is not a good storyteller. Hostel lacks suspense and drama which made the Saw franchise. 7/10
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 | The Hills Have Eyes 2 (Unrated Edition)
Buy new: $12.49 / Used from: $1.10 the relentless violence and gore make up for a rather insipid plot and paper thin characterization. 8/10
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 | Hostel - Part II (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $0.98 The sequel tops the original with a richer story, multiple POVs victims, killers and facilitators), complex and endearing characters, and last but not least, dare I say, a new subtlety in violence. 8.5/10
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 | Captivity (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $0.95 "Torture Porn" reaches new lows in Captivity. What goes wrong here? Incoherent plot, zero suspense, dismal acting, and etc. Elisha looks like she just came off a runway after being fed a blended mix of body parts. Some torture ideas are not all that bad. 3/10.
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 | Saw IV (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $1.77 It is hard to grade Saw4 on the story itself because it is to be continued in two more installments. However, the traps and torture scenes are not as elegant as those in Saw2 and 3. 8/10
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 | Saw V (Unrated Director's Cut)
Buy new: $14.49 / Used from: $4.78 I guess that we have reached the end of torture porn fad. Saw 5 has already milked the series bone dry. There is no fresh ideas. It is merely regurgitating the materials from the first 4. Of course, the industry will outstay its welcome and release one more sequel. 6/10
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