JIGSAW (18)

WHO’S IN IT?

Mandela Van Peebles (We the Party), Laura Vandervoort (The Lookout), Brittany Allen (Dead Before Dawn), Clé Bennett (Barney’s Version), Callum Keith Rennie (Warcraft: The Beginning), Matt Passmore (Noir Drive), Paul Braunstein (The Tuxedo), Hannah Emily Anderson (Love Of My Life), Josiah Black (American Bad Boy), Tobin Bell (Saw)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Michael Spierig (Predestination) and Peter Spierig (Daybreakers), directors; Pete Goldfinger (Sorority Row) and Josh Stolberg (Good Luck Chuck), writers; Mark Burg (John Q), Gregg Hoffman (Dead Silence) and Oren Koules (The Tortured), producers; Charlie Clouser (Death Sentence), composer; Ben Nott (See No Evil), cinematographer; Kevin Greutert (The Strangers), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Ten years on from the death of serial killer John Kramer aka the Jigsaw Killer (Bell), a series of bodies begin turning up that all have the same patterns that Kramer used to leave on his victims. As the police investigate the possibility of a copycat killer, a new group of victims are chosen to complete Jigsaw’s nefarious and sadistic games if they are to survive, if at all…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The Saw franchise is back in time for Halloween, with new gory traps and sinister games in store for whoever this new protégé of the original Jigsaw Killer may be.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 27TH OCTOBER 2017

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