Tag: Saw
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Does ‘Saw X’ Have an End-Credits Scene?
Hello fellow horror sickos! What a wonderful day it is for complete cinematic chaos and gruesome death, am I right? For the first time in quite some time, there is a new movie to experience torture in (other than the day-to-day of our existences) and the world already has Saw fever. At least, it should…
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‘Saw X’ Ending Explained — Tobin Bell’s Jigsaw Is Reborn
Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for Saw X.My goodness, that Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) sure does like to murder, doesn’t he? Across all of the Saw films, he stacks up a body count that would put most other modern horror villains to absolute shame. This remains the case in Saw X, the tenth film in…
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With ‘Saw X,’ Composer Charlie Clouser Dethrones John Williams to Make History
Composer Charlie Clouser entered the history books twice in the past year: first for being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Nine Inch Nails, and second for scoring “Saw X.” Clouser has been with the “Saw” franchise since the first film in 2004, and by writing the music…
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Jigsaw’s Billion Dollar Game: How the ‘Saw’ Series Dodged Straight-to-Video Purgatory to Become a 10-Film Juggernaut
The gruesome “Saw” franchise has grossed more than $1 billion at the global box office — but the original 2004 horror film was destined to be a direct-to-video curio. That is, until a pair of rollicking test screenings saved it.“The first one we did in Camarillo [Calif.] and it scored so well that Lionsgate was…
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Saw Movies Ranked, from ‘Saw’ (2004) to ‘Saw X’
Whether you’re a passionate John Kramer devotee or a haughty cinephile dismissing Jigsaw’s legacy as so-called “torture porn,” the “Saw” franchise absolutely got to you. Yes, you.Back in theaters for the 2023 Halloween season, James Wan and Leigh Whannell’s indie shocker-turned-big budget ringer redefined splatter films for the post-9/11 masses and kicked off a resurgence…
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‘Saw X’ Review: Tobin Bell Goes for Broke in Most Agonizing, Suspenseful ‘Saw’ Sequel Yet
People have got to stop fucking with John Kramer.“Saw X” hits theaters this weekend, and while every installment in the now ten-film franchise could be attributed to one of the Og Jigsaw’s three ridiculous backstories (car crash! wife’s miscarriage! brain cancer!), this is the closest the series has come to producing an outright revenge flick.…
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‘Saw X’ Review: Tobin Bell Dominates a Torture-Porn Sequel That Comes Closer to Being a Real Movie. That Might Be a Good Thing (or Not)
The “Saw” films have always been rightfully tagged as torture porn, but they come on as flesh-ripping morality plays. Each victim, strapped into his or her loopy-ingenious electro-medieval Rube Goldberg slicer-dicer-chopper-gouger, is being put through the agonies of the damned only because of some sin that he or she committed in the real world. The…
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New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week
It’s not always easy to find out which movies are hitting theaters each week, especially as the Hollywood strikes led to many release date changes. With the WGA strike resolved and awards season heating up, there are more dramas and prestige productions in theaters for the next few months. Meanwhile October will bring a wealth…
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Where to Watch & Stream ‘Saw X’ — Find Showtimes
Are you ready to play a game? Brace yourself for the tenth installment of the Saw franchise, aptly titled Saw X, where the notorious serial killer Jigsaw reemerges with a vengeance. Acting as a direct sequel to the original Saw and a prelude to Saw II, this latest installment delves into the life of John…
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Every Saw Movie, Ranked by Number of Deaths
2004’s Saw is a great horror movie that started as a short film that contained the horror to mostly one location and one actor. This minimal approach from James Wan and Leigh Whannell spawned a behemoth horror franchise that currently stands at nine films, with the tenth, Saw X, releasing in 2023. Each Saw movie…