Saw II (2005)
Nov 13, 2005Killer's Sadistic Games
The first sequel to the sleeper success of Saw where Darren Lynn Bousman inherits the director's chair but delivers a film that lacks the torturous suspense that James Wan gave the original
Darren Lynn Bousman
Saw III (2006)
Feb 11, 2007Killer's Sadistic Games
Third of the Saw films and the point where director Darren Lynn Bousman places the series' focus on grim gore-drenched sadism and torture
Saw IV (2007)
Jan 19, 2008Killer's Sadistic Games
Fourth of the Saw films, the third under Darren Lynn Bousman who has placed an increasing emphasis on torturous extremes at the expense of credible plotting
Repo: The Genetic Opera (2008)
Jan 8, 2013Future Organ Repossession/Rock Musical
Saw series director Darren Lynn Bousman conducts a futuristic Gothic rock opera. A film of constant posturings where Bousman demonstrates remarkably little affinity for either music or sf … a musical that feels made by people who are tone deaf
Mother’s Day (2010)
Jun 22, 2012Home Invasion/Torture Porn
This has almost nothing in common with the 1980 film it is supposedly based on. Instead we get a home invasion film where Darren Lynn Bousman of Saw sequel fame shows that constant scenes of brutality and torture are all that he has in his arsenal
11-11-11 (2011)
Dec 13, 2011Occult Film/Numerological Premonitions
Saw series director Darren Lynn Bousman delivers a loopy cross between The Number 23 and an occult film whose sole selling point is the significance of the date it was released
The Devil’s Carnival (2012)
Sep 17, 2019Carnival for Damned Souls in Hell
Darren Lynn Bousman, the director best known for the Saw sequels, makes a musical about a circus set in Hell through which three damned souls pass, enacting updated versions of various of Aesop's Fables
The Barrens (2012)
Jun 2, 2013Possible Jersey Devil Attacks
Saw series Darren Lynn Bousman downplays sadism in favour of a psychologically ambiguous film about a series of attacks possibly conducted by the Jersey Devil
Tales of Halloween (2015)
Dec 14, 2015Anthology of Halloween Horror Stories
An anthology of Halloween-themed horror tales, all from different genre directors, including some interesting high-profile names. The results are uneven with the film providing a couple of amusing segments but nothing truly standout
Alleluia! The Devil’s Carnival (2016)
Dec 8, 2022War Between Heaven and Hell Rock Musical
Saw series director Darren Lynn Bousman makes a rock musical about a war between a gaudily exotic Heaven and Hell. A full-length expansion of Bousman's earlier short film
Abattoir (2016)
Dec 9, 2016Sinister Small Town/Collector of Murder Rooms
Darren Lynn Bousman is the director most associated with the Saw sequels and its Torture Porn excesses. His other films have been lacking. This comes with one of the most off the wall premises one has seen
St Agatha (2018)
May 24, 2019Imprisoned in a Catholic Convent
Saw series director Darren Lynn Bousman makes a film set at a convent for unwed mothers in the 1950s. Is there any chance this might be a work about institutional cruelty or the plight of unwed mothers in the era? Hardly, all it really is is Bousman inflicting a series of tortures on the girls
Death of Me (2020)
Feb 28, 2021Tourists Caught Up in Sinister Rituals
Darren Lynn Bousman is a director that leaves me wondering why he keeps attracting money to make films. Here he makes a work about a couple caught up in sinister rituals while tourists in Thailand
Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021)
Jun 11, 2021Killer’s Sadistic Games
The Saw series is revived sort of, featuring the activities of a Jigsaw copycat, otherwise this offers up all the familiar essentials in all but name