End of the Road for Saw?
The last Saw movie, Saw 5, was the first in a while to not open in the top spot. But it lost out to the teen sensation High School Musical. Saw 6 meanwhile lost out to a horror movie, and this weekend saw the usually reliable Saw horror fest actually lose out to not only a horror movie, but a horror movie with an even smaller budget, Paranormal Activity. Like Hostel, Saw was part of the wave of torture porn movies that took over and displaced horror. Paranormal Activity, for all its viral vibe, is basically an old school ghost story. And it’s ironic to see a ghost story kick the hell out torture porn’s biggest product. Where Saw 5 pulled in 30 million in its opening weekend, Saw 6 pulled in less than half that with only 14 million. And while Lionsgate will still keep making money off the Saw movies, this may bring the day closer when the repulsive series heads direct to DVD. At last.
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