Actor Tobin Bell (1942)

Saw X (2023), an American horror film, is directed and edited by Kevin Greutert. The screenplay was written by Peter Goldfinger and Josh Stolberg. This movie is the tenth in the Saw film series, a direct sequel to Saw (2004) and a prequel to Saw II (2005). After being diagnosed with advanced brain cancer, John Kramer seeks out alternative treatments. He meets Henry Kessler at a cancer support group and learns of an experimental Norwegian treatment from Dr. Finn Pederson’s team. Desperate for a cure, ...

Jigsaw (2017) is an American horror film, directed by the Spierig Brothers and written by Josh Stolberg and Peter Goldfinger. It’s the eighth installment in the Saw film series. Detectives Brad Halloran and Keith Hunt are after Edgar Munsen, who insists on starting a ‘game’ to save his life. He activates a remote trigger, gets shot, and falls to the ground. Five people wake up in a barn with buckets over their heads and chains around their necks. A recorded message from John Kramer instructs them to ...

In the American horror film Saw 3D (2010), directed by Kevin Greutert and written by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan, Dr. Lawrence Gordon has already survived his test. Five years later, a new game takes place in a public square where two men, Brad and Ryan, are bound to opposite sides of a worktable with buzzsaws while their shared lover Dina is suspended above a third saw. The men have sixty seconds to save Dina by pushing the saws into each other. However, they soon realize that Dina had manipulated them into ...

Saw VI (2009) is a horror film directed by Kevin Greutert and written by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan. As with its predecessors, the movie begins with a woman (portrayed by Tanedra Howard, winner of the reality show ‘Scream Queens’) waking up in a dimly lit room with a deadly trap on her head. This particular trap involves a headset with two bolts positioned at her temples, designed to penetrate her brain if triggered. In a separate area of the room, an overweight man also regains consciousness with the ...

The horror film Saw V (2008), directed by David Hackl in his directorial debut, features a screenplay written by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan. The story follows convicted killer Seth Baxter, who awakens chained to a table beneath a pendulum blade. Despite being told he can release himself, the blade still cuts him in half as someone watches through a hole in the wall. Meanwhile, FBI agent Peter Strahm manages to escape from the room where Detective Hoffman had locked him up. However, he is then attacked by a figure ...

Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman, Saw IV (2007) is a horror film with a screenplay by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan, and a story by Melton, Dunstan, and Thomas Fenton. During a routine autopsy of the notorious Jigsaw Killer, John Kramer, an unexpected discovery is made: a wax-coated microcassette hidden in his stomach. Lieutenant Mark Hoffman is then summoned to listen to the ...

Saw III (2006), a horror film by director Darren Lynn Bousman, features a screenplay by Leigh Whannell and a story written by Whannell and James Wan. In the movie, Detective Eric Matthews breaks his foot with a toilet lid to escape after being imprisoned in a bathroom. Six months later, Officer Rigg’s SWAT team discovers another Jigsaw game, where victim Troy had to rip chains from his body to escape a bomb. Upon closer inspection, it is revealed that Jigsaw broke his ...

Saw II (2005) is a horror movie helmed by director Darren Lynn Bousman and penned by Leigh Whannell and Bousman himself. After waking up in a room with a death mask locking his neck, police informant Michael is given instructions by Billy the Puppet on a nearby screen. Failing to retrieve the key from his eye in time, he meets his demise as the mask closes around his head. At the crime scene, Detective Kerry discovers a message for her ex-partner Detective Eric Matthews. The two team up with Officer Rigg and lead a SWAT ...

Saw (2004) is an American horror film directed by James Wan, in his feature directorial debut, and written by Leigh Whannell from a story by Wan and Whannell. Adam, a photographer, wakes up in a rundown bathtub with one of his ankles chained to a pipe. Nearby is oncologist Dr. Lawrence Gordon, and next to him lies the body of an apparent suicide victim with a revolver and a microcassette recorder. Each man discovers a tape in their pockets, and Adam grabs the recorder. His ...

In Saw 0.5 (2003), a disoriented young hospital worker named David finds himself being interrogated by a nameless, unsympathetic police officer. He appears disheveled, with blood smears on his shirt and face, as he recounts being knocked unconscious after finishing his shift at the hospital. When he came to, he was in a large room with a chair and a rusty metal device attached to his head. A television to his left played a video featuring a terrifying puppet that informed David that the device was a “reverse bear trap” with the only key located in the stomach of his deceased cellmate. After freeing himself from his ...

The American Western movie, The Quick and the Dead (1995), was directed by Sam Raimi. It takes place in Redemption, a town in the Old West, where the notorious outlaw-turned-mayor John Herod reigns supreme. He has declared a single-elimination shooting tournament with specific rules: any contestant can challenge another, no challenges can be declined, each player must fight once daily, and a match ends when one person yields or dies. The Lady, a skilled gunslinger, enters the competition solely for the large cash prize. While sign-ups are underway, Herod’s henchmen appear with Cort, an ex-member of their gang ...

Sydney Pollack directed The Firm (1993), an American legal thriller. Mitch McDeere, a top Harvard Law School graduate, is offered a lucrative position by boutique law firm Bendini, Lambert & Locke in Memphis, Tennessee. He and his wife Abby relocate there as he prepares for the Tennessee bar exam. Mitch receives guidance from senior partner Avery Tolar on the firm’s strict values of loyalty, confidentiality, and high fees. Despite the enticing perks such as a new house, a Mercedes-Benz, and paid-off student loans, Abby resents the firm’s interference in employees’ personal lives. Despite working long hours, Mitch passes the bar exam but this ...