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Jersey Shore fans appeared to be confused about Angelina Pivarnick advertising her next big appearance.

The MTV star just wrapped up appearing on Family Vacation Season 7 with a two-episode reunion.

During that season, viewers saw plenty of challenging times for Angelina, with her and fiance Vinny Tortorella’s relationship issues a big part of her storyline.

Angelina appeared ready to move on after things got messy, with Vinny accusing her of cheating and vice versa.

They’ve since confirmed their breakup, ending the engagement that fans saw televised in a previous Family Vacation season.

With that, Angelina continues to broaden her horizons, and her upcoming appearance at a New Jersey event has some critics calling her out.

Angelina among celebrities appearing at a unique convention in New Jersey

In just a few weeks, fans can meet Angelina at the NJ Expo Center in Edison, New Jersey. The reality TV star...

Jigsaw may have set his last trap, as the Saw franchise finds itself in trouble amid the delayed release of the next sequel, Saw XI. A new report by Scream Magazine claims that, according to “a reliable source,” the eleventh Saw movie has come across several problems, including issues behind the scenes with the studio, Lionsgate, and problems with returning star Tobin Bell.

Saw XI was initially given a release date of September 27, 2024. However, this was quickly pushed back to September 26, 2025, with Bell later confirmed to return as the infamous serial killer John Kramer, Aka Jigsaw. The source tells Scream Magazine “that it looks highly unlikely that Saw XI will meet its new September 2025 release date. It has been hinted that there are significant problems behind the scenes, and “unless something major changes,” Saw XI won’t be coming next fall.”

The issues at Lionsgate are likely due to the studio’s current financial losses,...

Nosferatu is making waves on the list of the highest-grossing horror movies of all time as it climbs above a classic franchise. Robert Eggers' 2024 horror reimagining of the influential 1922 silent horror of the same name serves as an adaptation of the Dracula story. The Nosferatu cast features Bill Skarsgård in the titular role as Count Orlok, alongside Lily-Rose Depp, Willem Dafoe, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Nicholas Hoult, and Emma Corrin. The movie was released December 25 in the United States and recently passed a significant box office milestone.

Willem Dafoe starred in the 2000 independent film Shadow of the Vampire, a fictionalized account of the making of Nosferatu.

Per The Numbers, Nosferatu has climbed into the top 50 highest-grossing horror movies of all time. It has well exceeded the $100 million mark at the worldwide box office, posting a gross (to date) of $136.1 million. The film is sitting at #46 on the list of top 100 All Time...

Saw is the series that just won’t stop. Some horror fans love these movies, others write them off as nothing but torture porn, but movie-goers usually show up to give them healthy box office returns. Not only did the most recent film, Saw X, wind up making over $100 million worldwide, but it also earned the franchise’s best reviews since the original. Tobin Bell received raves for his shockingly empathetic portrayal of Jigsaw, and in welcome news to fans of the franchise, Sax XI is already in production for a release this fall! But, how does the entire series rank? You can check out our Saw Movies Ranked list below – then let us know how you would rank the movies by leaving a comment!

Saw 3D (2010)

Envisioned as the “Final Chapter”, the seventh Saw movie was released in 3D so it could throw some of the biggest, most over-the-top...

2005 was filled with great slasher, spooky, and creature-feature movies. Early 2000s horror movies weren't afraid to push boundaries and scare audiences in new and exciting ways. Movies like Saw 2, Hostel, and The Devil's Rejects displayed a whole new type of brutal horror subgenre and showed just how terrifying the world could be in these franchises. These graphically violent movies weren't the first of their genre, but they brought the shock value that audiences felt worldwide.

Released in the same year, movies like The Ring 2 and The Exorcism of Emily Rose were about ominous, supernatural horror. These movies were about suffering from within and the vengeful spirits inside the main characters. There was such a wide range of horror movies, proving that people loved all subgenres of horror movies and were open to anything unsettling. 2005 was the year of fear in movies, from realistic, sadistic killers to supernatural horror...

Earlier this year, Paramount and Miramax announced that they are reviving the Scary Movie horror parody series to bring a Scary Movie 6 to theatres sometime in 2025, with the Wayans Brothers back in creative control – and that announcement has inspired us to go back and revisit the earlier entries in the franchise. Now we’re up to the 2006 sequel Scary Movie 4, and you can hear all about it in the video embedded above.

Directed by David Zucker from a screenplay by Craig Mazin, Jim Abrahams, and Pat Proft, Scary Movie 4 has the following synopsis: Dim-witted Cindy Campbell and her sex-crazed friend, Brenda, team up with cute-but-clueless Tom Ryan to save the world from a hostile alien invasion, with hints of War of the Worlds, Saw II, Million Dollar Baby and The Village.

The cast includes Anna Faris, Regina Hall, Craig Bierko, Leslie Nielsen, Bill Pullman, Anthony Anderson, Kevin Hart,...

A couple of months ago, we learned that Djimon Hounsou (A Quiet Place Part II and A Quiet Place: Day One) is set to star in The Monster, a horror thriller that Darren Lynn Bousman will be directing from a screenplay by Jonathan Bernstein and James Greer, the writers of Steven Soderbergh’s Unsane. It was announced soon after that Lauren Lavera – who played heroine Sienna in Terrifier 2 and the recently released Terrifier 3 – was joining Hounsou in the cast. Now, Deadline reveals that Alicia Witt (Longlegs), Gina Philips (Jeepers Creepers), Neal McDonough (Band of Brothers), Mia Healey (The Wilds), Michael Lombardi (The Deuce), David Call (Insidious: The Red Door), Victor Del Rio (Precognito), Cedric Benjamin (Luke Cage), Zac Jaffee (Hustlers), Renés Rivera (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier), Hari Bhaskar (First Shift), Kristina Krasniqi (Celebrity Ghost Stories), and rapper Jacob Lukas Anderson, a.k.a. Prof, are also in the cast.

Over 10 films to date and an 11th scheduled for late September of 2025, Saw is a franchise that rivals most in terms of both output and fandom. It had a run of 7 straight films over 7 years which began with the out of nowhere Saw in 2004 and culminating with Saw 3D in 2010. Its consistency may have trailed off temporarily with scattered entries following in 2017, 2021, and 2023, but the series as a whole is well known and has branched off into nearly every conceivable type of media. From comics and novels to video games and toys, Saw may just be primed to start another legendary run in the 2020s. Saw III was a runaway train that is still the highest grossing film in the series, but it was almost not even made after the original creators were done. With traps that were some of the most creative and even including Tobin Bell’s favorite...

Do you want to play a game this Halloween season? If so, the Saw movie franchise might just be what you’re looking for to experience the thrills and chills of a good gory horror filled with grisly traps, complicated characters, and lots and lots of twists. What began as a simple indie flick made by a couple of budding Australian auteurs with a good idea has since become a 10-film-and-counting juggernaut that shows no signs of stopping. So if you’re looking to binge all the brutality this franchise has to offer, the good news is they’re all available to stream across several services right now. Here’s how to stream every installment with a subscription. (Note: If you’re planning to watch them in sequential order rather than by date of release, though, you’ll want to catch them in this order: Saw, Saw X, Saw II,...

A couple of days ago, we learned that Djimon Hounsou (A Quiet Place Part II and A Quiet Place: Day One) is set to star in The Monster, a horror thriller that Darren Lynn Bousman will be directing from a screenplay by Jonathan Bernstein and James Greer, the writers of Steven Soderbergh’s Unsane. Now, our friends at Bloody Disgusting have revealed that Lauren Lavera – who played heroine Sienna in Terrifier 2 and the recently released Terrifier 3 – is in talks to join Hounsou in the cast.

Details on the characters Hounsou and Lavera will be playing haven’t been revealed, but we do know that the story follows two millennials who make quick money by leasing incredible New York City apartments they don’t own to people who don’t know they are being scammed. The con works brilliantly until they run into an apartment owner with a dark...

Back in July, Djimon Hounsou signed on to star in a shark thriller called Beneath the Storm alongside Phoebe Dynevor (Bridgerton) and Whitney Peak (Hocus Pocus 2), with Tommy Wirkola (Violent Night) writing and directing for Sony Pictures and producers Adam McKay and Kevin Messick of HyperObject Industries. While we wait to hear more information about that project, Hounsou is already moving on to another interesting film, one called The Monster. Deadline reports that Darren Lynn Bousman will be directing the film from a screenplay by Jonathan Bernstein and James Greer, the writers of Steven Soderbergh’s Unsane.

The Monster is set to begin filming in Danbury, Connecticut in November. The story follows two millennials who make quick money by leasing incredible New York City apartments they don’t own to people who don’t know they are being scammed. The con works brilliantly until they run into an apartment...

Leigh Whannell's Wolf Man is coming to theaters in January. The movie will mark the second remake of a Universal Monsters classic with Whannell at the helm after the hit 2020 film The Invisible Man.

While at New York Comic Con, Whannell opened up about Wolf Man in an interview with Screen Rant. The filmmaker reflected on how Oscar-nominated Barbie star Ryan Gosling was originally attached to star when the project was first put into development in 2020 after the success of The Invisible Man. However, the production process was slowed down by the pandemic along with the Hollywood strikes of 2023, and by the time Wolf Man was officially greenlit, Gosling had departed the project to focus on other opportunities.

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Wolf Man director Leigh Whannell offers a candid glimpse into the difficulties of filmmaking, addressing how setbacks led to Ryan Gosling having to step away from the Universal Monsters reimaging. The Saw co-creator is set to modernize another classic monster's tale following his 2020 reimagining of The Invisible Man, with Christopher Abbott taking on the lead role. In Whannell's Wolf Man, a small family moves to rural Oregon where he inherits his childhood home, but a sudden late-night home invasion leaves father and husband Blake (Abbott) cursed to turn into a monster.

Recently, Whannell opened up to Screen Rant during New York Comic-Con about the movie's journey to the screen and the departure of one potential lead. After some reluctance, Whannell and his wife Corbett Tuck, who also co-wrote the movie, had initially developed the feature with Gosling attached, but a prolonged development lengthened by the Covid-19 pandemic and Hollywood strike...

The "sophomore slump" in art is such an assumed phenomenon that it feels almost unfairly like a prerequisite more than a common occurrence. Sure, many creatives often follow up groundbreaking debuts with efforts that don't quite reach the same level of quality and/or success, but there are far more whose follow-up album or film is just as good in its own unique way. In some cases, it takes time for these works to be fully appreciated, as the fog of hype and expectation can cloud one's judgment, of course. These factors are only heightened by the volume of opinions from audiences and critics who wish to participate in another trend that's commonly associated with follow-up films: people love to pile on what negativity they can, perhaps to prove that an artist isn't as good as they've been cracked up to be, or to humble them, or whatever psychology you'd...

Tobin Bell became a horror icon from the moment John Kramer rose from the floor at the end of Saw, and the actor recently recalled his initial reaction to what he believed could be one of cinema's most unforgettable scenes. As it turned out, he was right, and not only did the 2004 low-budget movie deliver one of the greatest twists in film history, but went on to spawn a 10-movie-and-counting franchise.

While appearing at a special screening of the movie to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the birth of the sadistic but strangely morally guided Jigsaw killer, Bell recounted his initial reaction to reading the scripts incredible final moment, when the corpse that has been in plain sight all along turns out to the man orchestrating the horrifying deaths scattered throughout the film. Speaking at the screening during this years Beyond Fest, Bell explained:

"The moment at the end of the film,...

As audiences prepare for the 20th anniversary re-release of Saw, the cast and crew reunite for a special screening at this year's Beyond Fest.

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Saw, the film will hit theaters on Oct. 20 and Oct. 23. However, those in attendance at this year's Beyond Fest got a special early screening of the unrated 4k restoration of the film, and got to see members of the cast reunite for the occasion. Original stars Tobin Bell, Leigh Whannell, and Cary Elwes reunited for the event, posing for photographers as seen in the video posted by the official Saw account on X.

unchained. #Saw20th pic.twitter.com/tJnTpl3ciI Saw (@Saw) October 5, 2024

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The horror classic Saw is back to terrify audiences once again as it celebrates its 20th anniversary this October with a special Unrated re-release in theatres across the United States. Fans of the iconic film will have the opportunity to experience James Wan’s directorial debut as it was meant to be seen—dark, twisted, and full of suspense—when Saw: Unrated returns on October 20 and 23 through Fathom Events.

The anniversary celebration kicked off at Beyond Fest in Los Angeles, where original cast members and filmmakers reunited for a special black carpet event. Director James Wan, writer Leigh Whannell, producers Oren Koules and Mark Burg, and stars including Cary Elwes and Tobin Bell joined forces once again, with Billy the Puppet making an eerie appearance on the scene. The celebration included a special screening of the unrated version of the film at the Egyptian Theater, followed by an energetic Q...

Saw X appears to have reinvigorated the Saw franchise, so while we wait for Saw XI to come along, we here at Arrow in the Head have decided to take a look back at the previous films in the series to compile a list of the Best Saw Traps. There were many traps to choose from, but the idea here was to narrow it down to the best trap (or trap scene) from each individual movie. Check out our picks below, and let us know what your favorite traps were in the comments section.

Saw – Reverse Bear Trap

Of course this one had to make the list, since it’s the most popular trap in the entire franchise and the one most strongly remembered by the general audience. The reverse bear trap caught so much attention when it showed up in the first film, they brought it back in a couple of the sequels.

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Stretching the limits of sequels, even for a genre known for its copious amounts of follow-ups, Saw XI is officially on the way with plenty of terrifying news on the Saw sequel. 2023's Saw X was a return to what made the first Saw so well-received compared to its sequels, and it reinvigorated the tired franchise. The most recent Saw movie was a relatively grounded thriller focusing on John Kramer, something likely to continue in Saw XI.

Set between Saw and Saw 2, Saw X eschewed much of what made entries like Saw 3D so critically panned. It told John Kramers story, making him a sympathetic character once again instead of a trap-creating boogeyman who exists only as a name and reputation (as has been...

Tobin Bell has been a horror movie mainstay since 2004's Saw, when he had to lie on the dirty floor of a dilapidated bathroom, seemingly dead, only to be revealed as the true mastermind behind all of Jigsaw's twisted mind games. It's a role that has served him well and, on the verge of the 20th anniversary of the release of Saw, the actor has revealed that he will be returning for more games in next year's Saw XI.

During a chat with The Los Angeles Times to discuss the 20th anniversary of Saw and his legacy as John Kramer, a.k.a. Jigsaw, Bell revealed that he is returning for next year's Saw XI and that he will also be a main part of the film's plot. The actor pointed to the critical reception of Saw X, which received the franchise's best reviews to date, underlining his hope...

Bone Lake is dark, sexy, and captivating. It follows two couples that are accidentally double-booked at a vacation rental home and decide to spend the weekend together. It doesn't take long before manipulation, betrayal, and violence break out. With an incredible lead cast, this movie is one to keep an eye out for.

Nick Matthews is the cinematographer for Bone Lake, but this is not his first time working on a horror film. Not only did he collaborate with Bone Lake director, Mercedes Bryce Morgan, on Spoonful of Sugar, most notably, he was the director of photography for Saw X. Bone Lake premiered at Fantastic Fest 2024 and is actively seeking distribution.

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Exclusive: Saw II director Darren Lynn Bousman shares his thoughts on why Saw X was so well-received by fans and rejuvenated the franchise.

Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw II-iv, Spiral) has joined forces with one of Kansas City’s most bone-chilling haunted houses, Exiled: Trail of Terror, to bring a new level of fear to the city this Halloween, Bd has learned. Together, they are crafting a one-of-a-kind fusion of terror and immersive storytelling, giving people a living, breathing emotional experience.

The terror begins on Friday, September 13.

Read on for everything you need to know and watch the trailer below…

Bousman beckons you to step into a realm of fear this fall at Exiled: Crooked Rose Woods, an outdoor haunted house nestled in the sinister shadows of Bonner Springs, Kansas, just 25 minutes west of downtown Kansas City. “Those looking for traditional scares, be warned, this insidious event breathes, reacts, and transforms with your every interaction,” taunts Bousman.

“I was raised in Kansas City, and every Halloween, my father and I would venture into the West Bottoms.

Donnie Wahlberg had an interesting career as a boy band member and actor, starring in key roles like Blue Bloods. Wahlberg's net worth is around $25 million, largely from his long-running role in Blue Bloods and earnings from New Kids on the Block. Despite past troubles, such as facing arson charges, Wahlberg has built a successful acting and entrepreneurial career.

Donnie Wahlberg, the star of Blue Bloods, has had an unusual career but one that has earned him a significant net worth. A member of the large Wahlberg family and the eighth of nine children, Donnie Wahlberg had an interesting route to fame. Formerly best known as the lead of New Kids on the Block, Wahlberg performed with the boy band until 1994. When they broke up, he followed his younger brother Mark's footsteps into acting. His first notable role came in the 1996 Tupac Shakur Bullet, which led to a string of smaller roles.

This post contains spoilers for "Lost" season 3 and "Saw II."

With "Lost" streaming on Netflix in time to mark its 20th anniversary, a new generation of viewers have the chance to watch perhaps the greatest episode in TV history: the show's season 3 finale, "Through the Looking Glass." It's a jam-packed two-part installment, although it starts off a little weird with its constant recurring flashbacks around Jack Shephard (Matthew Fox). The show had given us so many Jack-centric episodes by this point that it felt sort of anti-climactic to center the finale on him too. It also seemed strange that Jack apparently had a sad alcoholic phase we'd never been privy to before. Still, after nearly 60 episodes straight of pre-island flashbacks, most viewers were happy to go along with this, especially since the on-island storylines were so compelling.

In the final scene, we see Jack meeting up with Kate, someone he...

Max has shared a curated list of films available to stream on the service in Summer 2024. Max is home to Warner Bros. Pictures films, classics and new favorites from A24, the Studio Ghibli library, and award-winning films spanning multiple genres.

The platform is showcasing its vast film library with curated summer watch lists of blockbusters, horror, family-friendly films, and more.

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

Warner Bros. Pictures’ Dune: Part Two, the groundbreaking sequel to Dune, is now available to stream on the platform along with recent hits like Wonka and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, which also has an American Sign Language (Asl) version of the film available to stream.

Viewers can also find summer favorites like Mamma Mia!, Meg 2: The Trench, A Night at the Roxbury, and Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

Dune: Part Two

Horror fans can look to Max for their summer scares and favorite films from franchises,...

Underway now through July 16, Severin Films‘ annual summer sale is the most ambitious in the company’s history. The Dario Argento’s Opera five-disc box set — which you can preview in an exclusive clip below — is the headliner, but there are nine more releases in addition to exclusive merchandise and big savings on past inventory.

Here’s everything you need to know about this year’s Severin Summer Sale…

Opera

In my eyes — held open with needles, of course — Opera is Argento’s last true masterpiece. While the Italian maestro attained fleeting moments of greatness later in his oeuvre, Opera is the last of his efforts that can hold its own alongside his earlier, career-defining work like Suspiria, Deep Red, Tenebrae, and The Bird with the Crystal Plumage.

Co-written by Argento and frequent collaborator Franco Ferrini, the giallo stars Cristina Marsillach as Betty, a young opera singer whose big break...

2017's Jigsaw has become a Netflix streaming hit. The movie was the platform's ninth most-watched movie in the United States in the week of July 1 through July 9. The Saw movies have enjoyed success in the past few years that seems to be rehabilitating the franchise after years of doldrums.

Jigsaw has become a streaming hit on Netflix. The 2017 horror movie was a legacy sequel and the eighth movie in the Saw franchise, coming seven years after the previous installment. It featured the return of Tobin Bell as the killer Jigsaw alongside a new cast of characters investigating a series of grisly murders. Despite grossing $104.2 million against a budget of $10 million, it failed to produce a direct sequel, as it was later followed by the 2021 spinoff Spiral: From the Book of Saw and the 2023 prequel Saw X.

Netflix has now calculated their Top 10 most-watched movies in the United States for the...

The Saw series declined after the fourth movie, losing its emotional horror focus and becoming more about vigilante justice. Early victims were mostly innocent, highlighting Jigsaw's flawed ideology of teaching life appreciation through torture. Later movies focused on more "deserving" victims, lessening the narrative power and original message of the franchise.

This article contains discussions of murder, drug addiction, self-harm, and suicide.

The first Saw movie is iconic and a horror classic, but fans and critics alike agree that the series largely took a turn after that. It especially started to suffer, however, by the fourth movie, the first not written by Leigh Whannel and James Wan. While the decision to kill off John Kramer, the original Jigsaw killer, is often debated as the reason for this decline (an especially compelling argument given Saw X's success), the real reason is larger than the death of one character.

While the...

Jigsaw's timeline twist revealed Kramer's first apprentice, creating confusion. Final Destination 5 did the timeline twist better, making it more impactful and with a purpose in the franchise. Saw II and Saw IV also played with timelines, but Jigsaw's twist was just to shock viewers.

As is tradition in the Saw saga, Jigsaw had a plot twist that led to another, one of them a timeline twist, and if you liked that one, this $157.9 million horror movie is a must-watch. The Saw saga seemed to have reached its end in 2010 with Saw 3D, also known as The Final Chapter, and though it gave a surprising but satisfying end to the franchise, it was brought back to life seven years later with Jigsaw. Directed by the Spierig Brothers, Jigsaw is set a decade after John Kramers (Tobin Bell) death.

Jigsaw sees the start of a new game with five new players,...

Jigsaw's plot and inventive death contraptions make it unique in the Saw franchise. The 2017 installment has a divided Rotten Tomatoes score, critiqued for a laughable plot and obvious twist ending. The film's twist relies on plot holes and reuses mechanics from previous installments, leaving fans hoping for improvements in future films.

Warning: This article contains spoilers about the 2017 Jigsaw movie and the Saw franchise.The franchise Saw has it all to please horror fans everywhere: a creepy puppet mascot, a twisted genius pulling the strings, and, of course, some of the most grizzly and inventive character deaths in the genre. But what makes it truly unique and successful is its indefinitely repeatable plot formula: one or several people stuck in a room must do something horrible to make it out alive or suffer a graphic death. And since Jigsaw, the mastermind, does not choose his victims by chance, they...

When searching for inspirational pieces of wisdom during unmotivated or unexciting periods, the Saw franchise hardly seems like a font of inspiration for that much-needed encouragement. A horror movie series that provides its gore-adoring fans with torturous traps and violent visuals aided by lots of blood does not seem all that inspiring. To think any inspirational quotes would come from its star of a serial killer, Jigsaw, may seem like quite a stretch. However, despite how sinister Saw's villain is in the franchise, John Kramer has said many insightful things during his time masquerading as the infamous Jigsaw.

Throughout the Saw saga, John Kramer orchestrates his games not out of masochism, but instead to motivate his victims to survive. His philosophy revolves around the idea that to help people, they need to be subjected to "tests" to prove whether they appreciate their lives and deserve to keep living them,...

Hell yeah! HBO and Max’s new releases for July include the two-episode debut of Harley Quinn spinoff series Kite Man: Hell Yeah! (July 18) that follows the titular villain and his girlfriend the Golden Glider as they take their relationship to the next logical step – opening a bar for supervillains together. Hilarious hijinks are bound to ensue as Gotham’s hottest new bar takes off.

Football fans will get to follow the New York Giants in this season of Hard Knocks: Offseason starting July 2. This non-scripted series will follow the team as they prepare for their highly anticipated 100th season.

Notable movie releases this month include Love Lies Bleeding (July 19), the Katy O’Brian and Kristen Stewart-starring feature about the love affair between a reclusive gym owner Lou (Stewart) and bodybuilder Jackie (O’Brian). Anyone wanting to rewatch the original Twister before its sequel premieres in theaters this month are in luck,...

“You always attack a movie scene as late as you possibly can. You always come into the scene at the last possible moment.” This bit of advice from the great screenwriter William Goldman has guided most moviemakers. The overwhelming majority of films begin with trouble already brewing and end before everything can be settled. But sometimes, a filmmaker takes the opposite approach. These visionaries begin as early as possible, even after the opening of a different movie. Thus, the prequel was born.

Seriously though, most prequels come less from the minds of creatives and more from studios trying to milk every dollar from their sweet, sweet IP. For that reason, audiences have rightly developed a general skepticism toward the concept. But every once in a while, a genuinely talented filmmaker finds value in telling the story before the story. They use the plot beats we already know to give their...

The Saw franchise is a blockbuster horror series though the first seven entries have been something of a mixed bag in terms of reviews from critics and audiences. Jigsaw, the 2017 reboot, struggled to capture the glory of previous Saw movies. The traps were less ingenious, and the movie moved away from the satirical nature of the original series, making it less playful. Spiral: From the Book of Saw, while lacking Tobin Bell's Jigsaw, attempted to evolve the franchise beyond a character that died six movies ago. It starts slow but goes full Saw eventually. The final twist was predictable, making it a good but not great movie.

The Saw movies rank as one of the most successful and influential horror franchises of the 21st century, although the Saw movies ranked greatly varies. Saw premiered in 2003, and the massive hit propelled filmmaker James Wan into the Hollywood mainstream. Two years...

Hulu has to be pretty pleased with its list of new releases for June 2024. That’s because it’s about to be the summer of The Bear once again.

The Bear season 3 premieres all of its episodes on June 27 on Hulu. This FX dramedy has proven to be one of the most successful shows of its era. Jeremy Allen White stars as Carmy Berzatto, a world-famous chef who returns home to Chicago to help his floundering family restaurant after the death of his brother. Season 2 saw The Original Beef of Chicagoland crew transform the spot into fine dining establishment The Bear. It ruled. So will season 3 probably.

FX is responsible for the other major TV release on Hulu this month. Clipped premieres on June 4 and is about the scandalous real life story of Donald Sterling, the awful owner of the basketball team the Los Angeles Clippers. Another intriguing TV option...

Jigsaw wants to play a game with the subscribers of Hulu. It has been revealed that the majority of titles from the Saw franchise are all coming to the streaming platform.

Per Hulu, the first seven installments of the horror movie series will all drop on Hulu on June 1, 2024. This gives fans a chance to binge-watch the original series of films of the franchise, which was meant to conclude with 2010's Saw: The Final Chapter. The franchise was launched two decades ago with 2004's Saw, and it has since been relaunched with a new installment of the series currently in the works.

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Darren Lynn Bousman has joined forces with one of Kansas City’s most bone-chilling haunted houses, Exiled: Trail of Terror, to bring a new level of fear to the city this Halloween, Bd has learned. Together, they are crafting a one-of-a-kind fusion of terror and immersive storytelling, giving people a living, breathing emotional experience.

Read on for everything you need to know and watch the announce trailer below…

Bousman beckons you to step into a realm of fear this fall at Exiled: Crooked Rose Woods, an outdoor haunted house nestled in the sinister shadows of Bonner Springs, Kansas, just 25 minutes west of downtown Kansas City. “Those looking for traditional scares, be warned, this insidious event breathes, reacts, and transforms with your every interaction,” taunts Bousman.

“I was raised in Kansas City, and every Halloween, my father and I would venture into the West Bottoms. It was there that my fascination...

Jigsaw's iconic quotes carry hidden meanings and reflect his twisted sense of fun in creating death-defying lessons for his victims. Saw franchise faced near-cancellation after negative reviews for Saw 3D but made a comeback with sequels featuring Tobin Bell's return. John Kramer's motivations in Saw movies stem from a near-death experience, driving him to make others appreciate life through brutal tests.

Nobody has better Saw quotes than the main character of the franchise, John Kramer/Jigsaw. Every statement he makes is either witty or has some sort of hidden meaning to it. After attempting suicide due to a terminal illness, the former engineer came to appreciate life even more, and he sought to impart that same death-defying lesson to those whom he believed did not value their lives. Thus began a gruesome chain of events that has thus far spanned 10 movies and nearly two decades. Saw 3D,...

JoBlo.com recently launched a new weekly documentary series called 80s Horror Memories, where each year of the 1980s has five episodes dedicated to it. Looking back at 1980, we discussed Maniac, Dressed to Kill, Alligator, Friday the 13th, The Shining, Prom Night, and The Fog. The second five episodes were a journey through 1981, covering The Funhouse, The Burning, Friday the 13th Part 2, My Bloody Valentine, Halloween II, The Evil Dead, The Howling, and An American Werewolf in London, as well as the careers of horror hosts Elvira and Joe Bob Briggs. The next five were, of course, all about movies that came out in 1982: Conan the Barbarian, The Thing, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, and Poltergeist, with an examination of the short-lived 3-D boom along the way.

For 1983, we talked about a trio of Stephen King adaptations, Jaws 3-D, Sleepaway Camp, the rise of TV horror anthologies, and Psycho II.

Amanda Young may have founded Elite Hunting in Hostel based on a detail in Hostel: Part II. Elite Hunting lacks Jigsaw's purpose but was a way for Amanda to profit from torture and death. If the theory is true, Amanda would become the most dangerous character in Saw, responsible for many deaths.

A brilliant theory connects Saw to another controversial horror franchise through one of its main characters, potentially creating a disturbing horror universe. The horror genre is packed with franchises from different subgenres, and among the most successful ones is the Saw franchise. The world of Jigsaw began in 2004 with James Wan’s Saw, which introduced viewers to John Kramer a.k.a. Jigsaw (Tobin Bell), who tests his victims’ will to live by subjecting them to deadly “games” and traps that inflict great physical pain, pushing them to do unimaginable things to survive.

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20 years ago, Saw made an indelible impact on the horror genre. Not only did it usher in the so-called “torture porn” subgenre that would become synonymous with the aughts, but it also launched the career of filmmaker James Wan, who has firmly cemented his place among the masters of horror with follow-ups like The Conjuring and Insidious.

In the two decades since, the lucrative franchise has spawned nine sequels — 2005’s Saw II, 2006’s Saw III, 2007’s Saw IV, 2008’s Saw V, 2009’s Saw VI, 2010’s Saw: The Final Chapter, 2017’s Jigsaw, 2021’s Spiral: From the Book of Saw, and 2023’s Saw X — with a worldwide box office total of over $1 billion.

Despite being often maligned by detractors for its mindless sadism, fans are just as much invested in the series’ soap opera-esque melodrama as the innovative death traps. Formulaic though the general plots may be, the non-linear storyline is deceptively...

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There have been shocking horror movie twists that have completely taken audiences by surprise and brutal acts of violence that have repulsed them. Then, certain scenes are so unnerving that they leave a lasting trauma on those who watch them. It's not enough to simply be gross, as that is an easy, and often cheap, cinematic trick.

Some filmmakers have managed to tap into the raw nerve of morality to craft scenes that offend down to the core. Not all shocking scenes are the same and context matters. The most unsettling movie scenes have just the right amount of wrong and can't be unseen, no matter how much the viewer may want to forget.

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JoBlo.com recently launched a new weekly documentary series called 80s Horror Memories, where each year of the 1980s has five episodes dedicated to it. Looking back at 1980, we discussed Maniac, Dressed to Kill, Alligator, Friday the 13th, The Shining, Prom Night, and The Fog. The second five episodes were a journey through 1981, covering The Funhouse, The Burning, Friday the 13th Part 2, My Bloody Valentine, Halloween II, The Evil Dead, The Howling, and An American Werewolf in London, as well as the careers of horror hosts Elvira and Joe Bob Briggs. The next five were, of course, all about movies that came out in 1982: Conan the Barbarian, The Thing, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, and Poltergeist, with an examination of the short-lived 3-D boom along the way. For 1983, we talked about a trio of Stephen King adaptations, Jaws 3-D, Sleepaway Camp, the rise of TV horror anthologies, and...

Director Kevin Greutert, who directed Saw X and other previous sequels, is reportedly returning to helm the confirmed Saw 11. Greutert's return could be good news for the upcoming sequel as Saw X is the best-received installment in the franchise since the original. The departure of Saw X writers Josh Stolberg and Pete Goldfinger is potentially worrying, however.

Saw 11 has now found its director, according to a new report, and it's a franchise veteran. After the success of the first film in 2004, the Saw franchise has gone on to become one of the longest-running horror properties, following Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) as he punishes different victims using elaborate torture traps. The tenth installment in the franchise was released last year, becoming a critical and commercial success, and Lionsgate officially confirmed in December that an eleventh film is on the way.

As Saw 11's release date inches ever closer, Bloody Disgusting now reports...

Saw is bringing back a previous director for the long-running horror franchise's upcoming eleventh installment.

According to Bloody Disgusting, Kevin Greutert, who directed Saw VI (2009), Saw: The Final Chapter (2010) and Saw X (2023), will return to direct the upcoming Saw XI. He also edited Saw I through V and Jigsaw. His other horror directorial efforts include Jessabelle (2014), Visions (2015) and Jackals (2017). Bloody Disgusting also hinted at more Saw XI information being released in the coming days or weeks.

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Saw 11 was officially announced by Lionsgate on Dec. 11 in an Instagram post confirming that "the game continues" on Sept. 27, 2024. The eleventh installment in the long-running horror franchise is being fast-tracked by Lionsgate following the massive...

The Saw 10-Film Collection 20th Anniversary Edition will be released on March 5, 2024, to commemorate the franchise's 20th anniversary. Saw X, the latest installment, brings back Tobin Bell as John Kramer and explores the untold chapter of his most personal game. Saw XI is now in development and slated for release on September 27, 2024.

To commemorate the 20th anniversary of Jigsaw’s games, all ten Saw movies are coming to Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital on March 5, 2024. Coming courtesy of Lionsgate, the Saw 10-Film Collection 20th Anniversary Edition brings the horror saga together for the first time following the release of Saw X, which finds Tobin Bell returning to the franchise to enact another terrifying game on a new group of victims. After the critical success of Saw X and the franchise grossing over $1 billion, this collection’s release is perfectly timed to the 20th anniversary of the first film releasing in theaters.

JoBlo.com recently launched a new weekly documentary series called 80s Horror Memories, where each year of the 1980s has five episodes dedicated to it. Looking back at 1980, we discussed Maniac, Dressed to Kill, Alligator, Friday the 13th, The Shining, Prom Night, and The Fog. The second five episodes were a journey through 1981, covering The Funhouse, The Burning, Friday the 13th Part 2, My Bloody Valentine, Halloween II, The Evil Dead, The Howling, and An American Werewolf in London, as well as the careers of horror hosts Elvira and Joe Bob Briggs. The next five were, of course, all about movies that came out in 1982: Conan the Barbarian, The Thing, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, and Poltergeist, with an examination of the short-lived 3-D boom along the way. For 1983, we talked about a trio of Stephen King adaptations, Jaws 3-D, Sleepaway Camp, the rise of TV horror anthologies, and...

Saw 11 needs longer runtimes to allow for more content, better pacing, and character development. The return of escape room style traps could bring nostalgia and add a modern twist to the franchise. Saw 11 should focus more on John Kramer and his complex character, providing further development and backstory.

Saw 11 is hitting theaters in the fall, and there are a number of things audiences and franchise fans hope to see in the sequel. The first Saw movie was released back in 2004, meaning that Saw 11 will be on screens during the franchise's 20-year anniversary. The introduction of the chaos of John "Jigsaw" Kramer's (Tobin Bell) mind completely redefined the horror genre as a whole, and there's no doubt that Saw 11 will continue to do so.

With so many films in the franchise, there is the concern that Saw 11 may not be to the same standard as some of its predecessors. While there...

The release of Saw 11 one month before the franchise's 20th anniversary misses a big opportunity to celebrate. Releasing Saw 11 on the anniversary date or the Friday before would be a better timed release for the franchise.

Saw 11 already has a release date, but it ignores a perfect one with which it could have celebrated a big franchise milestone. The Saw franchise is far from over and will continue to expand with an eleventh movie, known for now simply as Saw 11. After the disappointment of Jigsaw in 2017 and the 2021 spinoff movie Spiral, the Saw franchise went back to John Kramer (Tobin Bell) in Saw X. To reunite with Kramer, Saw X is both a sequel and a prequel, set between the events of Saw and Saw II, and it set up a sequel that is also expected to serve as a prequel to one of the previous movies.

Saw X followed...

Saw X left Cecilia's fate uncertain, raising questions about whether she is alive or dead. If Cecilia is alive in Saw XI, she may seek revenge on John Kramer, making her a relentless antagonist. If Cecilia is dead, it could reveal that Amanda was the trap designer, setting up her downfall in Saw III.

The Saw franchise will continue to expand with a new movie, and it can solve the biggest character fate uncertainty left by Saw X. The Saw saga kicked off in 2003 with the short film now known as Saw 0.5, which was developed into Saw in 2004, directed by James Wan. Saw introduced viewers to John “Jigsaw” Kramer (Tobin Bell), a serial killer who trapped his victims in deadly traps designed by him in order to “test” their will to survive and teach them a moral lesson. Jigsaw’s “games” continued after his death thanks to his apprentices,...