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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
Saw spin-off stars Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson in the lead roles and is directed by
Saw II-IV director Darren Lynn Bousman in his return to helming the horror series. While it exists in the
Saw universe, it’s very much its own thing and provides a fresh experience.
ComingSoon Editor-in-Chief Tyler Treese spoke with
Spiral director Darren Lynn Bousman about his love of interactive theater, why he doesn’t want to do just another
Saw movie, and what it was like working with legends like Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson.
Tyler Treese: Spiral is this really great mix of genres. You’ve got the Saw-type horror and the mystery going on, but the first half is very much almost a buddy cop movie. What led to that blend of genre there?
Spiral, the ninth entry in the
Saw franchise (Image Courtesy of Lionsgate)
Darren Lynn Bousman, director of
Spiral, has one promise about the the infamous body-mangling, limb-wrecking, jaw-splitting traps of the
Saw movies. They work the way we say they work.
He s not kidding. Case in point: The Rack from
Saw III. That s the one where the man is in there, and his arms are outstretched, and it begins to twist, said Bousman. As is the way of
Saw and its very practical effects, the mechanism really worked. It s hooked to gears and a motor, and it turns one degree a second until it would completely snap your limbs. So we always have to go through a safety protocol. The stunt guy gets in the trap, and immediately he s going Safety! Safety! and we had to stop it, because it was turning his arms and his neck the same way we say it turns.