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Can you believe it's been 10 years since the first "Saw" hit theaters?! To celebrate the milestone anniversary of one of the highest grossing horror flicks of all-time, we wanted to take a look back at what really went down on the set of the gory movie. To start, all of the creepy bathroom scenes were filmed in the same order they're shown in the movie. This was done to help the actors feel what the characters were experiencing. Yikes! When Amanda (Shawnee Smith) is searching through her cellmates "guts" after stabbing him, she's actually touching a pig's uterus! The only dummy used in the movie was the burnt body of Mark Wilson (Paul Gutrecht), who met his end while trying to save himself from a slow-acting poison in his body. All the other "corpses" were played by cast members. Director/writer James Wan also revealed in the commentary section of...

The countdown is almost over! Saw&#160will be returning to theaters to celebrate its 10th Anniversary next Friday, October 31! And there is no better way to party on Halloween than with this annual cinematic tradition back on the big screen.

In anticipation of the re-release of this legendary horror film, Lionsgate is thrilled to share the fourth collectable poster, featuring what may be the most iconic headtrap of all. This is the second to last one-sheet in the five poster series, which has been slowly revealed over the course of this entire month.

Check out the gripping poster below, and be sure to head to theaters on the evening of October 30th to be the first to experience the epic return of the unbelievably twisted serial killer, Jigsaw!&#160With a dead body lying between them, two men wake up in the secure lair of a serial killer. Those men must...

Fans can re-live the sheer terror from director James Wan' Saw when the modern horror-classic is re-released in theaters for one week only, starting October 31, to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of its initial release. Five years before Paranormal Activity helped spawn the "micro-budget" genre, Saw took audiences by storm, with this thriller that cost just $1.2 million to make, taking in over $100 million worldwide, and spawning a franchise that included six successful sequels.

Saw starred Leigh Whannell (who co-wrote the script with James Wan) and Cary Elwes as two strangers who wake up trapped in a horrifying dungeon, as they are forced to follow the intricate rules of a killer known only as Jigsaw, if they want to make it out alive.

To help celebrate this 10th Anniversary re-release, we have a giveaway lined up where fans can win five Saw collectible posters, three of which you can see below,...

We only have two more weeks until the hair-raising and jaw-dropping games of the infamous serial killer Jigsaw return to theaters! To commemorate the 10th anniversary of this highly acclaimed horror film, Saw, a third headtrap poster has been revealed. Take a look at the stunning poster below and get ready for spine-chilling fright when Saw hits theaters Friday, October 31!

If you want to see a new Saw, producers are considering ticket sales in moving forward on a possible sequel or reboot. Saw is not just coming back to theaters to celebrate its birthday, its also coming back to see how much fan interest is left in the franchise. Will Jigsaw live to see another day? That's all up to you!

Saw is the one that started it all! With a dead body lying between them, two men wake up in the secure lair of a serial killer who's been...

The original 2004 horror classic Saw is returning to theaters this Halloween for its tenth anniversary celebration. Shock Till You Drop recently sat down with producers Mark Burg and Oren Koules, and it was soon revealed that an all-new Saw is in the planning stages with the original creators.

While first-time director James Wan never jumped behind the camera for any of the sequels, he did go onto make his mark with other horror hits and action thrillers including the franchise spawning Insidious and The Conjuring, as well as Death Sentence and the upcoming Fast & Furious 7. His writing partner Leigh Whannell has done equally as well, writing and producing a number of box office hits, appearing in some of them as an actor, and setting out to make his directorial debut with Insidious Chapter 3. Now, it sounds like the duo are ready to return to the one that started it all.

Jigsaw is back! And he's bringing some very cool one-sheets created exclusive for the Saw 10th Anniversary screening happening this Halloween. The second poster for the event was revealed yesterday. This is the latest in a series of five limited-edition collectable posters that will be released weekly, as we countdown the return of this epic film!

The poster was created by Taz who has designed several of the special edition posters for the franchise. Now is your chance to relive the brilliantly wrenching games, led by the iconic serial killer Jigsaw, on the big screen when it returns this&#160Halloween.

With a dead body lying between them, two men wake up in the secure lair of a serial killer who's been nicknamed "Jigsaw". The men must follow various rules and objectives if they wish to survive and win the deadly game set for them.

Check out the eerie poster below...

October is here, and this weekend begins a month long barrage of horror movies set to invade our local cineplex. Some of these movies will even be available on VOD in the weeks leading up to Halloween! We're seeing more original thrillers this year, as new titles hurry to occupy the slots vacated by holiday perennials Saw and Paranormal Activity. We have plenty to choose from, with creature features and slasher flicks galore, all spanning the gamut between pitch black comedy to blood red terror. There are spin-offs, reboots, and even an old favorite making its return for a much-deserved 10th anniversary celebration. Do you have the heart to make it through this list of fright flicks? Or will your guts spill out onto the floor before you've made it through our '17 New Horror Movies to See before Halloween'!?

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A Halloween tradition returns next month as the original Saw heads back to theaters for a one-week engagement in celebration of its 10th anniversary starting October 31st.

Relive the horror of what the Guinness Book of World Records hails as the "Most Successful Horror Franchise" of all time with a brand new trailer and poster in celebration of Jigaw's triumphant return. After securing $874 million at the box office worldwide over the past decade, the one that started it all is ready to scare a whole new generation of fans.

Saw was the first collaboration for co-creators James Wan, who directed the film, and Leigh Whannell, who wrote the screenplay. Together, they also created the successful Insidious franchise, and Wan has gone on to direct such high-profile films as The Conjuring and the upcoming Fast & Furious 7. But nothing comes close to the terror held within the framework of the very first Saw!

This Halloween, Lionsgate will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the theatrical release of Saw, the film that kicked off the most successful horror franchise in history, by bringing it back to theaters nationwide for one week only. The film will open on Friday, October 31st, with select screenings beginning Thursday night, October 30th. The seven Saw films grossed $874 million at the box office worldwide and were hailed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the "Most Successful Horror Franchise" of all time.

Said Lionsgate President of Acquisitions & Co-Productions Jason Constantine:

"The launch of Saw was a signature event in Lionsgate's history, establishing our first franchise and paving the way for our growth into a global studio. We are excited for our fans to revisit the twisted magic that first blew their minds on Halloween 2004."

Added Saw's producers Oren Koules and Mark Burg.

"As part of Saw's 10th anniversary,...

With Halloween right around the corner, we're counting down the days by posting five fun facts about our favorite fright flicks.Today's featured film is "Saw."1. Leigh Whannell not only wrote the first film, but starred as Adam (above right), the photographer locked in a bathroom with Dr. Lawrence Gordon (Cary Elwes, above left). Whannell went on to produce the following six films.2. To escape from the reverse bear trap, Amanda (Shawnee Smith) has to stab and dig through the stomach of her cellmate to find the key. His "guts" are actually a pig's uterus. 3. When Adam begins to smash Zep (Michael Emerson) with the toilet lid, he is actually hitting a garbage bag full of fake blood. 4. The only dummy used in the movie was the burnt corpse of Mark Wilson (Paul Gutrecht), who died while trying to save himself from a slow-acting poison in his body. All the...

With Halloween right around the corner, we're counting down the days by posting five fun facts about our favorite fright flicks.Today's featured film is "Saw."1. Leigh Whannell not only wrote the first film, but starred as Adam (above right), the photographer locked in a bathroom with Dr. Lawrence Gordon (Cary Elwes, above left). Whannell went on to produce the following six films.2. To escape from the reverse bear trap, Amanda (Shawnee Smith) has to stab and dig through the stomach of her cellmate to find the key. His "guts" are actually a pig's uterus. 3. When Adam begins to smash Zep (Michael Emerson) with the toilet lid, he is actually hitting a garbage bag full of fake blood. 4. The only dummy used in the movie was the burnt corpse of Mark Wilson (Paul Gutrecht), who died while trying to save himself from a slow-acting poison in his body. All the...

Although Saw 3D hinted that the franchise was far from over, Lionsgate Vice Chairman Michael Burns recently interviewed with CNBC and revealed that the Saw franchise may indeed be resurrected.

"We have a bunch of franchises, I'm sure some day you'll see Saw back in the picture." the vice chairman said, speaking on the inevitable return of Jigsaw.

Can Lionsgate survive on The Hunger Games , The Expendables and Tyler Perry movies alone? Let's face it. The studio needs Jigsaw.

Saw 3D was released October 29th, 2010 and stars Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Gina Holden, Betsy Russell, Tanedra Howard, Johnny Yong Bosch, Shauna MacDonald, Franky G. The film is directed by Kevin Greutert.

Saw was released October 29th, 2004 and stars Leigh Whannell, Cary Elwes, Danny Glover, Ken Leung, Dina Meyer, Mike Butters, Paul Gutrecht, Michael Emerson. The film is directed by James Wan.

James Wan and Leigh Whannell were recently at the Kapow Comic-Con event in London to promote their new movie Insidious, where they revealed that they might return to the Saw franchise. Here's what Leigh Whannell said about what it would take for them to return to Jigsaw's world.

"We would want to do something that is a bit of a different take. That's probably what it would take."

James Wan and Leigh Whannell directed and wrote the original Saw in 2004, although their involvement in the sequels was mainly limited to executive producer roles. While Saw 3D is believed to be the last installment, James Wan believes the franchise will return.

"I would say you can always count on capitalism, guys. That's all I have to say. It is finished for now, but the fact that it's such a huge, well-known franchise, means that it's going to come back at some point.

Original creator Leigh Whannell is open to continuing the franchise down the road, once he dabbles in other genres first

We recently spoke to original Saw creators James Wan and Leigh Whannell about their new haunted house thriller Insidious, which is in theaters this Friday. Of course we had to ask them about the continuation of Saw. This past October, Lionsgate gleefully promised that Saw 3D would be the final film in this lucrative horror series. But as we suspected, that may not be true.

In fact, Leigh Whannell is very open to returning to the Saw franchise somewhere down the road, once he gets a political horror comedy made, and a children's fantasy film off the ground first.

Here is what he had to say.

I know you have been asked this question ten thousand times, but do you guys ever think you will come back to Saw? This...

Creators of the original Saw, James Wan and Leigh Whannell are behind this new haunted house thriller, in cinemas this Friday

Director James Wan is most notorious for co-creating the now-legendary slasher franchise Saw with his writing partner/actor Leigh Whannell. Instead of going onto direct that first film's sequel, the Australian duo instead decided to do something very few breakout horror mavens ever attempt in their entire career. They jumped genres to co-write and direct the supernatural murder mystery Dead Silence, which was soon followed by the suspenseful revenge flick Death Sentence, starring Kevin Bacon.

This Friday, James Wan and Leigh Whannell return to their true horror roots with their first ever haunted house thriller Insidious, which is drawing swift comparisons to Poltergeist and The Exorcist. Insidious stars Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne as a married couple who come to believe their house is haunted after their son falls into a deep coma.

Director Ben Coccio's Zero Day took the Grand Jury prize for best narrative feature, worth $100,000 in goods and services, at the Orlando-based Florida Film Festival, which concluded Sunday. The audience award for best narrative feature went to Never Get Outta the Boat, directed by Paul Quinn. The Grand Jury prize for best documentary was presented to Paul Devlin's Power Trip, while Elaine Epstein's State of Deniel took home the audience award for best documentary. Among narrative shorts, Paul Gutrecht's The Vest won both the Grand Jury award and the Audience Award. Vance Malone's Ocularist earned the Grand Jury award for best documentary short, while Alex Budovsky's Bathtime in Clerkenwell won the Grand Jury award for animated short. Special jury awards were also presented to Greg Pak's Robot Stories, Jonathan Karsh's My Flesh and Blood, PES's Roofsex, and Shane Sauer's Voyage of the Kitty Kuku. The narrative features jury was comprised of Raymond De Felitta, Dave Karger, and Diana Williams. The documentary competition jurors were Alan Berliner, Mary Litkovich, and Kelly M. DeVine. The shorts jury was comprised of Michael Ellenbogen, Laura Levine, and Stephen Schaefer. The student works jurors were Tracy Frenkel, Leslie Halpern, and Katrinka VanDeventer.