Saw: 8-Film Collection (DVD)

Five-disc set includes: Saw (2004)Would you kill someone to save your own life or the lives of your loved ones? For the victims of the psychopath known as the Jigsaw Killer, this isn't just a hypothetical question, and two men abducted and held in chains by the madman are faced with playing his gruesome game for their own survival. Gripping, spine-chilling shocker stars Cary Elwes, Danny Glover, Monica Potter, and Leigh Whannell (who also scripted). 100 min. C/Rtg: R Saw II (2005)In the blood-soaked sequel to the grisly sleeper hit, a pair of detectives (Donnie Wahlberg and Dina Meyer) tracks the dreaded Jigsaw killer to his lair, where he's easily apprehended. Too easily, as it happens, as the cops discover they've been lured there to join a new group of victims-including Wahlberg's young son-in the maniac's deadly torture chamber. Shawnee Smith, Beverley Mitchell, Glenn Plummer, and Tobin Bell also star. 92 min. C/Rtg: R Saw III (2006)Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) hovers near death, but he has enough demonic energy left to create another bizarre set of sadistic challenges for Jeff (Angus Macfadyen), who navigates the madman's maze while an abducted doctor (Bahar Soomekh) keeps Jigsaw alive. Will the police find the elusive torture fetishist and foil his plans to pass his legacy on to his apprentice (Shawnee Smith)? Dina Meyer, J. LaRose also star in this gore-drenched sequel. 108 min. C/Rtg: R Saw IV (2007)With Jigsaw and his protégé Amanda finally stopped, two cops (Costas Mandylor, Lyriq Bent) and two federal agents (Scott Patterson, Athena Karkanis) begin to track someone who's been continuing the heritage of horrific torment. As one cop is abducted by the new killer and the other winds up in his deadly maze, flashbacks reveal what drove Jigsaw to his maniacal ways. With Donnie Wahlberg, Shawnee Smith, Dina Meyer, and Tobin Bell. 95 min. C/Rtg: NR Saw V (2008)That buzz you hear in the air is the return of the inventive carnage first masterminded by serial killer Jigsaw (Tobin Bell), whose legacy of brain-teasing punishments continues. Escaping one of the maniac's sick devices, FBI agent Peter Strahm (Scott Patterson) turns a suspicious eye towards another survivor of Jigsaw's traps, police officer Mark Hoffman (Costas Mandylor). Betsy Russell, Julie Benz co-star. 94 min. C/Rtg: R Saw VI (2009)Twisted torturer Jigsaw may be dead, but the horror lives on in this sixth installment, as Detective Hoffman (Costas Mandylor) and Jigsaw's widow Jill (Betsy Russell) set a new round of gruesome games-this time targeting predatory bankers and greedy health care executives-in motion. With Mark Rolston, Shawnee Smith, and, in flashbacks, Tobin Bell. 91 min. C/Rtg: R Saw: The Final Chapter (2010)Although it may look as if the blood-drenched saga of Jigsaw and his disciples is indeed ending, the nightmare is just beginning for a fresh group of victims-including a self-help speaker who claims to be one of Jigsaw's survivors-in this shock- and surprise-filled chapter. Costas Mandylor, Betsy Russell, Sean Patrick Flanery, Cary Elwes, and Tobin Bell as Jigsaw star. Not in 3D. 90 min. C/Rtg: R Saw 3D: The Final Chapter (2010)The blood-drenched saga of Jigsaw and his disciples may indeed be ending, but the nightmare is just beginning for a fresh group of victims-including a self-help speaker who claims to be one of Jigsaw's survivors-in this shock- and surprise-filled swan song. Costas Mandylor, Betsy Russell, Sean Patrick Flanery, Cary Elwes, and Tobin Bell as Jigsaw star. 90 min. C/Rtg: NR