A doctor and a father become pawns in a relentless, chilling game orchestrated by a vanished puppet-master.
Suspenseful and bleak. A full-attention watch at full speed. Emotionally it is heavy.
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For an R, this one goes further: extreme gore. Beyond that, intense fear and several jump scares.
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Jigsaw has disappeared. Along with his new apprentice Amanda, the puppet-master behind the cruel, intricate games that have terrified a community and baffled police has once again eluded capture and vanished. While city detectives scramble to locate him, Doctor Lynn Denlon and Jeff Reinhart are unaware that they are about to become the latest pawns on his vicious chessboard.
There is a twist, and that is all we are saying.
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