SAW V

Faith Barlow

Raquel Aguilar
Tara Biberstein





2. SAW V is the fifth horror/thriller movie in the series. It is mostly advertised by its predecessors and its own ongoing shock value. The producers obviously did their homework when choosing a release date so close to halloween. This is sure to boost sales in that many people will probably chose to see a scary movie over any other genre when going to the movies around this time. Both the official trailer and one of the official posters have the same instance of horror highlighting the audience's attention. That of a man whose head is in a street lantern, with the man still alive. The other poster is that of John Kramer played by the actor Tobin Bell, with a mask of himself. After the first four saw movies, the actor Tobin Bell has received the notoriety of being highlighted on one of the official movie posters as "the star that sells the show." The promotion continues with such clips from the movie as: SAW V: movie clip


After four movies, it is no longer Darren Lynn Bousman that will be directing this thrill, but David Hackl, the production designer of SAWs II, III, and IV and second-unit director for III and IV. As the series gets more and more widespread its audience becomes not merely interested in the horror, shock, and thrill, but the notoriety itself becomes reason enough to become a part of the following.



4. The website for Saw V is pretty interesting. The website offers viewers information about the movie including a synopsis and cast bios. It also contains videos, a photo gallery and many downloads. The website also offers links to more information about the four previous saw films. It breaks the films down into categories, and illustrates the gory details of how the victims is the film were killed. Though gruesome, the layout is truly high-tech and graphically dazzling. The style is flashy and keeps the viewer interested in each aspect of the website.

5. We found may other websites devoted to this new film including:

http://www.jigsawslair.com/

http://www.officialsawnews.com/

http://saw5.com/agegate.html

6. As a group we visited a few websites includingsurfthechannel.com and watchtvsitcoms.com but where unsccessful in finding any pirated versions of Saw V. However it is extremly easy to find pirated versions of the other four Saw films.