Would you allow your 15 year old to watch Saw???

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It's on Netflix and she'd like to. Of course she could easily watch it if she wanted (I'm not that stupid... I was 15 once!) but it's wether I actively allow it. We normally watch stuff from there together, hence she asked.

Would you??

I didnt find it that bad. The only bit that kept me awake was the guy (i think) hiding in the child's closet.

I'm 22 and I don't let myself watch saw

Yes, I would, by the time dd was 15 I left it up to her

I think this kind of thing is sick!

Yes. I was watching stuff like that way earlier then 15.

Wtf is 'extreme nudity'? You're not ok with a naked body, but you're happy with gratuitous torture scenes?

I think the age rating for Saw should be 95! But I know someone who let their 11 year old watch it, so crack on!

No chance. It is actually a very good film. Gory, but well done. The sequels are horrific though and she may want to watch the rest of them if she watches the first one. I stupidly watched them when they came out and wish I could scrub a few scenes from my memory. Torture porn really, really awful.

No way.

No, no and more no.

Torture. Really hardcore proper torture. It's not a "horror".

Please don't let her.

I watched it for the first time at 13 and it hasn't caused lasting damage. I would let her - it's just a film. A good one too although some of the sequels get ridiculous.

Some comments are a little bit over dramatic. If she likes horror films she's likely to watch a lot worse than Saw in time.

At 15 (8 years ago) this was the sort of film we would watch on sleepovers.

I couldnt bear it but I think teens would find a way

I wouldn't but I was scared of Thriller! Even the 10 second trailers for the film It are terrifying me! I've been watching BBC channels after 9pm as there are no adverts!

My 12 yr old watched one of the saw movies at a friend's house. I wasnt impressed that they allowed her to watch it. She didn't like it and said it was stupid. She seemed unfazed by the gore side if it she was more upset at the bad storyline.

I watched it when I was 15. I didn't do me any harm but it wasn't the most pleasant of viewing. As I've got older I don't have much interest in horror movies but did enjoy them as a teenager

I wouldn't let her but then I don't think they should allow torture porn films full stop - cinema seems to have got more and more violent - with that and easy access to extreme actual porn I worry about a desensitised generation.

I'll go out on a limb I think and say the first one is not as bad as the others, and I would let her watch it - with you present. You can always turn it off if she decides it's too much.

Honestly the first one is more psychological than blood'n'gore, it's the sequels where they abandoned psychology in favour of cheap gore shots. And honestly, there are worse films out there. If she's OK with Quentin Tarantino, she should be fine with the first Saw film.

I used to love "horror" films back in my teens - think Scream and I know what you did last summer.

I bitterly wish I could undo the viewing of Saw and Hostel from my 20s...now over a decade later I still get the occasional related bad dream!

I wouldn't let her but I would show her this thread so she can see others opinions.

I watched saw at the cinema when it came out. Grossed me out more than scared me if I'm honest. I've seen all the others in the series which were just as bad if not worse. Eugh. In principal the story is a clever one. But it worries me the minds of the people who wrote it.

Intrigued to see the final one when it comes out though "jigsaw" although will have to wait until it's released on sky and I have a free day. And have read the full scene by scene synopsis online so I know what I'm dealing with.

Not a chance. I wish I had never seen it and I only saw about 1/2 hour.

The first one is quite clever. You could always google the ending and drop a massive Spoiler then ask if she still wants to watch it?
I would let my 15yr old watch it, but not Hostel.

If she likes good horror films, she will think Saw is a load of crap.

As another PP said, as far as good and properly scary horrors, Insidious is excellent. As is Women in Black, Women in Black 2; Gothika, Ghost Ship, and I Know What You Did Last Summer.

Saying that, if she prefers the unrealistic gore of films such as the later Final Destination films, she will probably prefer Saw.

My older teens are mercifully, totally uninterested in gore-fests, but we did talk about this film (because both love the ride 'Saw' at Thorpe Park and I was curious about their level of interest). They know a fair bit about scenarios and style of this and a few other notorious films), but it puts them off, rather than making them want to watch.

I would not sanction seeing this sort of film underage.

And I would be suspicious of peer pressure, given this seems to have come up during term time (possible right at the start of term if you're in England)

I always liked horror films and although I watched a few of the 'saw films' it mentally got to me too. Now I have no interest in them and dont want to ever watch them again. Mentally I did not like or enjoy it. I also have a dd of around this age and would not recommend her watching it either.