Old Tricks In A New Book
James Wan is a horror icon, some may even say a staple, in Hollywood nowadays. He first burst onto the scene with the release of Saw back in 2003, and some would say his big moment where he really came into his own was the release of the Insidious franchise back in 2010. One thing that most people seemed to agree on though, when it came to Insidious (2010), was that the film relied on practical effects more than pure CGI and sudden loud bursts of music for its scares, and this made the film all the better. James Wan seemed to have found his gimmick. While Saw (2003) and its sequels did rely on the gore and blood factor for its scares and not CGI demons and ghosts, Wan found a franchise and fanbase he could call his own, now relying on practical ghost scares rather than the shock and awe of someone sawing off their own leg or falling into a pit of needles or having their head ripped open via a 'reverse-bear-trap' (Although if any of us saw Jigsaw move towards us on that tricycle, I'm sure we'd be pretty creeped out as we looked over our shoulder and tried to get out of there ASAP).
