A musical parody of 'Saw' teases out the queer love story from a cult horror hit

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The Saw movies can be divisive.

The gruesome, almost 20-year-old horror franchise about a villain named Jigsaw who traps his victims in life-or-death games came out with its latest movie in September.

But that is not the only addition to the Saw universe. There is now an off-Broadway parody musical that has plenty of gore and sex — and also manages to be camp.

"This is a love story that I think people wanted for 20 years," said Stephanie Rosenberg, the director of Saw the Musical: The Unauthorized Parody of Saw.

A love story is not the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of the series, but that's exactly what the musical is – and then some.