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It might be a controversial opinion among the fanboys and girls of the Eighties slasher franchises, but the Saw series is one of the most interesting mainstream horror franchises of all time. It is why 2017’s soft reboot Jigsaw was a disaster. With cheap tie-ins to keep John Kramer (Tobin Bell) tangled in the plot after Jigsaw was a colossal misfire for the series. Enter Chris Rock, whose smooth talking at a Brazilian wedding found himself in a pitch room with Lionsgate executives to bring...

It seemed like game over for Saw. The horror franchise, launched with such clever, claustrophobic, cold-blooded promise by Leigh Whannell and James Wan in 2004, became almost as famous for its diminishing returns as its legendarily nasty gore, each sequel growing messier and sillier with its annual October release. How much more convoluted could the timeline get, we wondered? How many more victims could suddenly turn into murderers? How many more times could John Kramer (Tobin Bell) magically ...

Screenshot: American International Pictures Saw returns to the big screen this week with Spiral: From the Book of Saw. Although the franchise doesn’t quite command the same excitement that it did during its 2000s heyday, when moviegoers flocked to cinemas every October to watch the new entry, it remains to be seen whether audiences are anxious to see what stars Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson can bring to the famously low-budget series. Although fans certainly love Saw movies for their gor...

How Spiral Set Out to Make the Most Realistically Gross Saw Traps Possible Share Saw movie, he had the same reaction many of us. “I paused and I was just like ‘Chris who?’  Because, of course, in my mind, never in a million years would that Chris Rock want to meet with me,” the director of Spiral: From the Book of Saw told Gizmodo over the phone this week. But it was that Chris Rock. Repo! The Genetic Opera — was in New York to direct a Broadway show when he got a call from a pro...

The Saw movies are the Fast & Furious of torture-porn franchises, as dedicated to doubling down on their original conceit as they are to their sincerely applied, ever-expanding lore. In the series’ ninth outing, Spiral: From the Book of Saw, someone appears to be following in the footsteps of The Jigsaw Killer, everyone’s favorite murderous philosophy major. Jigsaw has actually been dead since Saw III in 2006, but Spiral raises doubts about that statement: It’s the series’ second sof...

I must admit, I was terrified after watching Saw for the first time. I was thinking about Jigsaw coming after me and telling myself that I needed to set a good example – I was in middle school at the time, after all. When I re-watched the entire series a few years later, I saw the franchise in a completely new light. Instead, I concentrated on what John Kramer was attempting to convey to us – a torturous lesson about morality and the consequences of his victims actions. In Spiral, the new...

‘Spiral: From the Book of Saw’ Review: It’s A Whole New Game The original Jigsaw Killer died in  Saw III. That didn’t stop the franchise from cranking out five more sequels, each one twisting itself into tighter and tighter narrative pretzels to explain how the late John Kramer and his apprentices were still torturing people from beyond the grave. No matter how absurd or labyrinthian they got, the  Saws kept making money every year, at least for a while. So why not another? And her...

Movie Review – Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021) Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman. Starring Chris Rock, Samuel L. Jackson, Max Minghella, Marisol Nichols, Morgan David Jones, Frank Licari, John Tokatlidis, Zoie Palmer, Dan Petronijevic, Nazneen Contractor, Edie Inksetter, and K. C. Collins. SYNOPSIS: Working in the shadow of his father, Detective Ezekiel “Zeke” Banks and his rookie partner take charge of an investigation into grisly murders that are eerily reminiscent of the city’s gru...

Saw Movie Timeline: Get Ready For Spiral With A Full Story Recap The Saw series has a long and complicated backstory, and with the latest movie, Spiral, arriving this week, heres your chance to catch up. The general rule of horror franchises is that, as the series continues, the plots get simpler and more repetitive, until the inevitable reboot which resets everything. Not so with the Saw series. What started in 2004 as a clever, gripping, but relatively modest thriller has, over the course of ...

Copy to clipboard CinemaBlend participates in affiliate programs with various companies. We may earn a commission when you click on or make purchases via links. Theres a brand new entry in the long-running Saw franchise hitting theaters on Friday, and its also the biggest movie to be released strictly in theaters since Spiral: From the Book of Saw an important film release for people in my line of work, as its one of the most important weve had in the last year. My problem was that, until a m...