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EntertainmentYahoo Movies UKWhy 'Saw II' is the pinnacle of the noughties' goriest horror franchise
It might not have the low-budget scuzz and critical acclaim of the first movie but, 15 years on, 'Saw II' feels like the high watermark of the franchise.
EntertainmentYahoo Movies UK'Spiral: From The Book Of Saw' gets a creepy new poster
Coming to cinemas in May, 'Spiral' is the latest film in the 'Saw' franchise.
EntertainmentYahoo Movies UK'Spiral': Chris Rock's 'Saw' reboot gets a NSFW first trailer
Chris Rock's reboot of the blood-splattered Saw franchise now has an official name, trailer and poster.
EntertainmentYahoo Movies UKChris Rock reveals how his 'Saw' reboot will be different
Chris Rock reveals the unsurprising reason why his Saw reboot will be different to its predecessors.
EntertainmentVarietySamuel L. Jackson to Star in Chris Rock’s ‘Saw’ Reboot
Samuel L. Jackson has joined Chris Rock in Lionsgate's upcoming "Saw" reboot. Production has officially begun on the film, in which Rock will play a police detective investigating a series of grizzly crimes. Jackson will portray Rock's father. Max Minghella, who stars in Hulu's "The Handmaid's Tale" and recently directed "Teen Spirit," also joins the […]
EntertainmentThe Wrap‘Saw’ team to reboot ‘Final Destination’ franchise
Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan will write the script for the sixth installment in New Line Cinema’s “Final Destination” franchise, the studio announced Friday. The films have grossed almost $700 million worldwide since the first film’s debut in 2000. The “Final Destination” franchise is one of the longest running at New Line, where horror is a specialty. Melton and Dunstan won “Project Greenlight” Season 3 and are best known for writing four of the “Saw” movies (movies four to seven). Their upcoming projects include “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark,” “The Reckoning” and an Untitled Christmas Horror Project. Also Read: Mischa Barton, Drew Fuller to Star in Supernatural Thriller 'Cloudland' (Exclusive) The “Final Destination” films have starred Ali Larter, Seann William Scott, Devon Sawa and Mary Elizabeth Winstead, among many more. James Wong, David R. Ellis and Steven Quale have been directors on the projects. Melton and Dunstan are represented by Verve, Underground and Bloom Hergott Diemer Rosenthal. Read original story ‘Saw’ Writers to Pen Sixth ‘Final Destination’ Movie At TheWrap
NewsDigital SpySaw's sadistically complex timeline explained
Behold: the most complicated film series ever.
NewsYahoo Movies UK Box SetsJigsaw gets completely dismembered by critics
It looks as though Jigsaw has failed to impress critics... as it fails to reinvent the Saw franchise.
EntertainmentYahoo Movies UKDo belated horror sequels ever really work?
As 'Jigsaw' approaches, we ponder whether it's really possible to rejuvenate a horror series after an extended break.
NewsYahoo Movies UKSaw 8: Jigsaw gets a bloody good trailer
It looks as though Jigsaw is back in a brand-new Saw movie... but has he really returned?
NewsYahoo Movies UKSaw series returns to cinemas this Halloween, with new sequel Jigsaw
Long-delayed eighth film in the gory horror series is a sequel, NOT a reboot.
NewsMike P WilliamsDoes The Witch Offer A New Direction For Horror Films?
Robert Eggers’ ‘The Witch’ is an altogether different brand of horror film. Rather than a film purely about scares and the explicitness of them, Eggers invites us to truly buy into the folklore, lifestyle, and mythology: the witch herself, the notion of religious influence, and the conflicting sets of rules that binds them together.
NewsMike P Williams10 Of The Goriest Deaths In Horror Film History
The king of it, of course, was Peter Jackson, who made it an art-from in his early filmmaking days in New Zealand. The film, about a heavy metal band who accidentally summons an ancient evil force, is packed with more gore, guts and DIY tools to the face than you could shake an eviscerated intestine at. Considering most of his career choices of late, Johnny Depp might occasionally wish his bed would swallow him up.
NewsBen ArnoldWork Starting On A New Saw Sequel
The rather definitive title of 2010’s ‘Saw: The Final Chapter’ shouldn’t be taken in the literal sense, it would seem. News from big-hitting indie studio Lionsgate suggests that an eighth film in James Wan and Leigh Whannell’s series is now going ahead. The last movie, 'Saw: The Final Chapter’, despite its title, did leave the possibility for future movies, potentially opening up a cult of Jigsaw followers.
NewsMike P WilliamsIs Insidious This Generation’s Greatest Horror Franchise?
In the ever-changing world of horror, it’s a new age (a new dawn of the dead, you could say). And like it or not, when all the dust has settled, all screams have died down, and all the blood mopped up, ‘Insidious’ will be remembered as the defining horror franchise in this generation.
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