The early aughts are back in a big way, from fashion, to celebrity couplings, and now, the âSawâ franchise. Made by Aussie filmmakers James Wan and Leigh Whannell (who since have gone on to great success in Hollywood), âSawâ splattered onto screens right before Halloween 2004, ushering in that oh-so-gory 2000s trend known politely as âtorture porn.â Six sequels followed every Halloween thereafter, before the games-obsessed serial killer Jigsaw took a break. He returned with his own movie in 2017, and now, âSpiral,â the first film âfrom the book of Saw,â has returned with that ever-bedeviling question: âwould you like to play a game?â