Blu-ray Review – Sawbones

If 1992's "Dr. Giggles" wasn't enough of a shocking viewing experience, die-hard horror fans are offered a slightly similar endeavor in 1995's "Sawbones," a Roger Corman production that originally aired on Showtime. Once again, there's a madman with daddy issues targeting special victims used for surgical purposes, with the creep indulging an interest in body horror to scratch a highly specific itch of human suffering. The pictures aren't identical, but they share the same idea, with "Sawbones" trying to be more of a detective story, setting up a young office clerk with instincts for investigation and the fatigued cop who's one step behind the carnage. The screenplay by Sam Montgomery ("U-571," "Breakdown") makes some effort to be a twisty, tortured chiller highlighting frustrated characters dealing with their issues in all the wrong ways, but director Catherine Cyran ("The Prince & Me II: Royal Wedding," "The Prince & Me 3: A Royal Honeymoon," and "The Prince & Me: The Elephant Adventure") goes the B-movie route with the film. The helmer keeps the feature crude and deflated when it comes to suspense, and she's also struggling to fill the run time, padding the event with lengthy surgical nightmare sequences that always bring the tale to a full stop. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com