- Director : Darren Bousman
- Actors : Chris Rock, Samuel Jackson, Max Minghella, Marisol Nichols, John Tokatlidis
- Producers : Oren Koules, Mark Burg
- Studio : Lionsgate Home Entertainment
- MPAA rating R (Restricted)
- Audio Description: : English
- Media Format : 4K
- Run time : 1 hour and 33 minutes
- Release date : July 20, 2021
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 2
Spiral (or Spiral: From the Book of Saw,
if you need the full title as indicator of what you are getting into) revives a
franchise that distinctly belongs to a sub-genre of horror that has fallen out
of favor in recent years. Torture porn had its heyday after 9/11, and the
Saw franchise was at the forefront with a sequel nearly every year soon
after the first film was a success. We were promised the end with Saw: The
Final Chapter in 2010, but that turned out to be untrue when it was revived
in 2017 with Jigsaw. Spiral takes the series in a new direction,
indicated by a new title and higher caliber cast members than typically found.
Unfortunately, beneath the fancy new marketing is just another Saw film,
derivative and predictable even with a bit of social relevance added to the
formula.
