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Review: Saw Unrated 4K Ultra Combo Pack

Lionsgate has just unleashed Saw: Unrated, the original Saw on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack, a first for the film that kick-started a major franchise and changed the genre itself. The film centers on a morally obsessed serial killer (Tobin Bell) who forces his victims to play twisted, horrific games of torture and survival. When two men wake up to find themselves chained in a bathroom, and a dead man on the floor, their game begins. Now, Lawrence (Cary Elwes) and Adam (Leigh Whannel) have to try and find a way to escape while a mysterious man has taken Lawrence’s family hostage. Not only will viewers see Saw in new clarity and richness, but the Combo Pack also features a ton of Special Features which includes interviews with James Wan and Leigh Whannell who created the franchise, cast members, producers, special effects artists, and much more. Fans also get a never before seen clips and pictures from behind the scenes.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 21, 2021
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Samuel L. Jackson Joins Chris Rock’s New ‘Saw Movie

Last month we reported that a new Saw installment was on its way from funnyman Chris Rock. After the news broke, a rumor surfaced that Samuel L. Jackson (Snakes on A Plane, Deep Blue Sea, every Marvel movie) will star alongside Rock. Today, Bloody-Disgusting confirmed that the rumors are indeed true. Now we can’t help but wonder if there will be m*therf*ckin’ snakes in a m*therf*ckin’ trap. Darren Lynn Bousman will return to direct. Bousman took the reins from franchise creators James Wan and Leigh Whannell who have and will continue to produce the films. Jigsaw screenwriters Pete Goldfinger and Josh Stolberg penned the script based on an idea by Rock. There is no word yet if Tobin Bell will return as Jigsaw.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 8, 2019
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Terrifying New Images From ‘Insidious: The Last Key’ Arrive

The first batch of images have arrived from Insidious: The Last Key. Featuring Both Lin Shaye as Elise and Hana Hayes as young Elise, the images look terrifying. This chapter we will see Dr. Elise Rainier, a parapsychologist looking into the haunting of her own family home. Shaye revealed a few details of the film to Daily Dead. You meet Elise at a very different point in her life. It takes place right after the end of Chapter 3, when she walks off with Specs and Tucker and they’re starting their company, Spectral Sightings, and they are now living at her home. They’re like her two sons, her two bad sons. So it starts out in a very jovial, happy place and then goes downhill from there. And downhill meaning uphill, though. It’s a fantastic story and it took me back into what made Elise who she is. You meet my family, my mother, my father—we go back to my

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 4, 2017
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Home Invasion Thriller ‘Keep Watching’ Having A Special One Night Screening

Play a game of “kill or be killed” with Sean Carter’s home invasion film Keep Watching which is getting a one-night special theatrical release on, Halloween, before its arrival on VOD and DVD, from Sony Screen Gems. In the film, “a family imprisoned by intruders is forced to play a terrifying game of “Kill, Or Be Killed”. As the night unfolds, the game’s mysterious rules become clear, and the family realizes their nightmare is being streamed live to riveted viewers all over the world, who are compelled to keep watching…not knowing if what they’re seeing is real, or staged.” Bella Thorne (The Babysitter) stars alongside The Walking Dead’s Chandler Riggs, Insidious’ Leigh Whannell, Natalie Martinez (Kingdom), and Ioan Gruffudd (The Fantastic Four). Penned by Joseph Dembner, Keep Watching was produced by Andrew Rona, Alex Heineman, Nicholas Chartier, and Craig J. Flores.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 14, 2017
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Insidious: Chapter 4 Won’t Arrive In 2017 After All – New Date Announced

Adam Robitel’s Insidious: Chapter 4 was set to be released on October 20, 2017, just in time for Halloween. Unfortunately, news has come that they film has been delayed. The new installment of the franchise will now arrive on January 5, 2018 instead. In Chapter 4 Lin Shaye reprises her role as Elise Rainer, a parapsychologist. The film will take us back to the Elise’s beginning and will pick up where Chapter 3 ended. Shaye revealed a few details of the film to Daily Dead. You meet Elise at a very different point in her life. It takes place right after the end of Chapter 3, when she walks off with Specs and Tucker and they’re starting their company, Spectral Sightings, and they are now living at her home. They’re like her two sons, her two bad sons. So it starts out in a very jovial, happy place and then goes downhill from there. And downhill meaning uphill, though. It’s

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 20, 2017
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Lead Role Cast In The Sci-fi Thriller Stem From The Creator Of Saw And Insidious

Logan Marshall-Green, best known for his role in Ridley Scott’s ‘Prometheus’ and 2016’s ‘The Invitation‘, has been cast in the lead role in the upcoming sci-fi thriller ‘Stem’, written and directed by Leigh Whannel. You should recognize Whannel’s name, he is the co-creator of the ‘Insidious’ and ‘Saw’ franchises. “The script is set in the near-future when technology controls nearly all aspects of life and centers on a technophobe (Marshall-Green) who sets out to avenge his wife’s murder and his own paralysis-causing injury with the help of an experimental computer chip implant called Stem.” THR reports that Blumhouse is producing in association with Goalpost Pictures Australia. Jason Blum, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, and Kylie du Fresne will also produce. The movie will begin filming in Whannel’s hometown of Melbourne, Australia this Spring. We will keep you posted as more cast members are announced.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 18, 2016

More from Leigh Whannel

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Review: Saw Unrated 4K Ultra Combo Pack

Lionsgate has just unleashed Saw: Unrated, the original Saw on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack, a first for the film that kick-started a major franchise and changed the genre itself. The film centers on a morally obsessed serial killer (Tobin Bell) who forces his victims to play twisted, horrific games of torture and survival. When two men wake up to find themselves chained in a bathroom, and a dead man on the floor, their game begins. Now, Lawrence (Cary Elwes) and Adam (Leigh Whannel) have to try and find a way to escape while a mysterious man has taken Lawrence’s family hostage. Not only will viewers see Saw in new clarity and richness, but the Combo Pack also features a ton of Special Features which includes interviews with James Wan and Leigh Whannell who created the franchise, cast members, producers, special effects artists, and much more. Fans also get a never before seen clips and pictures from behind the scenes.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 21, 2021
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Samuel L. Jackson Joins Chris Rock’s New ‘Saw Movie

Last month we reported that a new Saw installment was on its way from funnyman Chris Rock. After the news broke, a rumor surfaced that Samuel L. Jackson (Snakes on A Plane, Deep Blue Sea, every Marvel movie) will star alongside Rock. Today, Bloody-Disgusting confirmed that the rumors are indeed true. Now we can’t help but wonder if there will be m*therf*ckin’ snakes in a m*therf*ckin’ trap. Darren Lynn Bousman will return to direct. Bousman took the reins from franchise creators James Wan and Leigh Whannell who have and will continue to produce the films. Jigsaw screenwriters Pete Goldfinger and Josh Stolberg penned the script based on an idea by Rock. There is no word yet if Tobin Bell will return as Jigsaw.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 8, 2019
Horror Fuel

Terrifying New Images From ‘Insidious: The Last Key’ Arrive

The first batch of images have arrived from Insidious: The Last Key. Featuring Both Lin Shaye as Elise and Hana Hayes as young Elise, the images look terrifying. This chapter we will see Dr. Elise Rainier, a parapsychologist looking into the haunting of her own family home. Shaye revealed a few details of the film to Daily Dead. You meet Elise at a very different point in her life. It takes place right after the end of Chapter 3, when she walks off with Specs and Tucker and they’re starting their company, Spectral Sightings, and they are now living at her home. They’re like her two sons, her two bad sons. So it starts out in a very jovial, happy place and then goes downhill from there. And downhill meaning uphill, though. It’s a fantastic story and it took me back into what made Elise who she is. You meet my family, my mother, my father—we go back to my

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 4, 2017
Horror Fuel

Home Invasion Thriller ‘Keep Watching’ Having A Special One Night Screening

Play a game of “kill or be killed” with Sean Carter’s home invasion film Keep Watching which is getting a one-night special theatrical release on, Halloween, before its arrival on VOD and DVD, from Sony Screen Gems. In the film, “a family imprisoned by intruders is forced to play a terrifying game of “Kill, Or Be Killed”. As the night unfolds, the game’s mysterious rules become clear, and the family realizes their nightmare is being streamed live to riveted viewers all over the world, who are compelled to keep watching…not knowing if what they’re seeing is real, or staged.” Bella Thorne (The Babysitter) stars alongside The Walking Dead’s Chandler Riggs, Insidious’ Leigh Whannell, Natalie Martinez (Kingdom), and Ioan Gruffudd (The Fantastic Four). Penned by Joseph Dembner, Keep Watching was produced by Andrew Rona, Alex Heineman, Nicholas Chartier, and Craig J. Flores.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 14, 2017
Horror Fuel

Insidious: Chapter 4 Won’t Arrive In 2017 After All – New Date Announced

Adam Robitel’s Insidious: Chapter 4 was set to be released on October 20, 2017, just in time for Halloween. Unfortunately, news has come that they film has been delayed. The new installment of the franchise will now arrive on January 5, 2018 instead. In Chapter 4 Lin Shaye reprises her role as Elise Rainer, a parapsychologist. The film will take us back to the Elise’s beginning and will pick up where Chapter 3 ended. Shaye revealed a few details of the film to Daily Dead. You meet Elise at a very different point in her life. It takes place right after the end of Chapter 3, when she walks off with Specs and Tucker and they’re starting their company, Spectral Sightings, and they are now living at her home. They’re like her two sons, her two bad sons. So it starts out in a very jovial, happy place and then goes downhill from there. And downhill meaning uphill, though. It’s

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 20, 2017
Horror Fuel

Lead Role Cast In The Sci-fi Thriller Stem From The Creator Of Saw And Insidious

Logan Marshall-Green, best known for his role in Ridley Scott’s ‘Prometheus’ and 2016’s ‘The Invitation‘, has been cast in the lead role in the upcoming sci-fi thriller ‘Stem’, written and directed by Leigh Whannel. You should recognize Whannel’s name, he is the co-creator of the ‘Insidious’ and ‘Saw’ franchises. “The script is set in the near-future when technology controls nearly all aspects of life and centers on a technophobe (Marshall-Green) who sets out to avenge his wife’s murder and his own paralysis-causing injury with the help of an experimental computer chip implant called Stem.” THR reports that Blumhouse is producing in association with Goalpost Pictures Australia. Jason Blum, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, and Kylie du Fresne will also produce. The movie will begin filming in Whannel’s hometown of Melbourne, Australia this Spring. We will keep you posted as more cast members are announced.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 18, 2016