When the audience of your "horror" movie is openly laughing in derision at scenes that are supposed to be shocking and scary, you have failed as a storyteller. When the audience is openly laughing in derision on opening night, your failure is magnified a hundred fold. That is exactly what happened in the theater when I saw "Jigsaw" on opening night: People in the audience were openly laughing at this "scary" movie.
Movie Review: Jigsaw (Saw 8)
Movie Review: Jigsaw (Saw 8)
Movie Review: Jigsaw (Saw 8)
When the audience of your "horror" movie is openly laughing in derision at scenes that are supposed to be shocking and scary, you have failed as a storyteller. When the audience is openly laughing in derision on opening night, your failure is magnified a hundred fold. That is exactly what happened in the theater when I saw "Jigsaw" on opening night: People in the audience were openly laughing at this "scary" movie.