film: saw
beer: woodchuck pumpkin hard cider

other than a few exceptions here & there, over the last decade i've pretty much ignored new horror releases. in that time, one of the most successful horror franchises has been saw, the 2004 film that began as a short & six feature length films later has made almost $750 MILLION worldwide. if you've somehow avoided the films like i have, here's the premise: they all revolve around a "killer" named jigsaw who never actually kills anyone. basically, he puts people in situations where they have a certain amount of time to figure out traps & puzzles & junk. if they don't figure them out in time, they end up killing themselves. if they do figure them out, they endure a bunch of psychological & physical torture but supposedly come out with a greater appreciation for life...so he's a samaritan or something. the media LOVES to focus on the torture part though, consistently categorizing the films as "torture porn." i can say, after seeing the first one, that that categorization is way off.