Halloween may be round the corner, but there are better ways to get the goose bumps than watch Saw V’s signature gruesome deaths.  The film is about five people, who awake to find themselves faced with a painful ultimatum.  Collared and attached to a pulley system, they can either free themselves, or risk decapitation fighting each other.

This fifth film of the series focuses more on storytelling than trying to shock viewers with blood and gore.  There is only one scene early on in the film that evokes a desired reaction in the clearly bored audience.

Jigsaw, the mastermind behind the film’s signature gruesome deaths may have died in Saw IV, which has Saw V revolving around the two detectives involved in his case.  Audiences could do better than spend time watching the wooden performances of Detective Hoffman (Costas Mandylor ) and FBI Agent Strahm (Scott Patterson).