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Saw franchise has scared audiences for almost two decades with nine films, including
Spiral: From the Book of Saw, that have trapped unwilling participants in life or death struggles. Stereotypically, this would label the franchise that James Wan and Leigh Whannell helped build a horror series, and to be fair, thereâs a good case for that image. However, thereâs another possibility thatâs been sitting on the table for quite some time, and itâs about time we acknowledge the possibility that the
Saw franchise is actually a soap opera in disguise.
You laugh now, but thereâs evidence that weâve collected to prove this as a fact. In a series as drenched in bloody hijinks as
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There s a brand new entry in the long-running
Saw franchise hitting theaters on Friday, and it s 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 it s one of the most important we ve had in the last year. My problem was that, until a month ago, I had never seen a
Saw movie. I d never watched any of them, so I decided to blow through the films as quickly as I could in anticipation of the new film. This was an awful idea I wish I d never had, and it was also completely brilliant.
Saw series that finds a detective (Chris Rock) caught in the web of someone who appears to be a Jigsaw copycat. The film is one of the most anticipated horror releases of the year, thanks in part to Rock s decision to tackle a project in the genre, but also thanks to the
Saw franchise s lengthy history of making us squirm in our seats through eight brutal films stretching all the way back to 2004.
So, before we experience
Spiral, it feels like a good idea to remind ourselves how we got here. It would be impossible to contain every twist, every trap, every demented game from the franchise in a single summation, but we re going to hit the major beats and the overall vibe of the series along the way. Let s dive into this little game, and of course be warned that there are
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Next week, the ninth entry in the
Saw franchise will open, with Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson starring in
Spiral: From the Book of Saw. Exactly how this new film will tie into the existing franchise from a storyline perspective isn t entirely clear, as much of that is being kept under wraps. However, it s a safe bet that whoever the ultimate villain of the movie turns out to be, it probably won t by Tobin Bell s John Kramer, the original Jigsaw. That means somebody else is either directly, or by homage, carrying on the work of Jigsaw by killing people in his particular style.