A lot of people become confused when I announce that the Saw series are my favorite movies. They always use the term "bloody", "horrifying", "disturbing", or just plain "boring". I would happily like to dispute this false idea people have about the Saw movies.

For me, Saw is really interesting and more about psychological processes rather than just plain murdering a bunch of people for no actual reason.

The Saw movies mainly focus around the villain, John, and the idea that he believes you must earn your life. In other words, his contraptions and methods that people end up dying in are meant to test your will to live in John's eyes.

Yes, Saw certainly centers around the sadistic mind of a psychotic through horrific games and deaths of characters, but this is not the sole purpose for these movies. I see these movies as teaching its viewers and audiences about the importance of one's life.

Perhaps the Saw movies are trying to make people seriously take the time to think about what they would do if they were one of the characters in a death contraption in Saw. It makes me, for example, question if I would care enough about my life to try and save myself from death if I was in something like the Reverse Bear Trap such as the character, Amanda, was in.

There are even parts in the series where the characters have to choose what person in front of them really deserves the life they have. Jigsaw, John, wants the characters in these predicaments to understand their life and genuinely question if they have or will live their life to the fullest. For example, when the characters named William has to choose two out of his six associates tied to the carousel to live and what four people will die. He does this by thinking about who may live their life to the fullest and whose life is just a waste.

Now this is why I don't think saw is all about the gore and blood. It's more psychological than that. Those who love the Saw movies definitely do watch somewhat for the gore and death of the characters in really interesting and creative ways, but we also watch the movies for the psychological thrill.

I understand that this article probably will not change the minds of those who dislike horror movies, or the Saw series in general, but maybe it will open up your minds to new ideas about these. I'm just quite tired of people immediately judging me when I say that Saw is my favorite horror movie series, so hopefully this will convince you that Saw isn't just about death and despair.