Jigsaw may have a new face, but the new man behind the mask is just as determined to bleed you dry. Find out what 5 strangers have in common and don’t get crushed when you find out who dies next in Saw V.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of addiction, domestic violence, self-harm

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• Nerve Gas House reddit threads:

• • https://www.reddit.com/r/saw/comments/15ede1i/was_the_house_mallick_burnt_down_the_saw_ii_nerve/

  • https://www.reddit.com/r/horror/comments/j8fbmx/the_one_great_thing_about_saw_v_that_no_one_ever/

• Saw V IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1132626/trivia/

• Saw V Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saw_V

• Saw Wiki Recorded Messages: https://sawfilms.fandom.com/wiki/Recorded_Messages#History

We want to play a game…again. We’ve given you Sawtember…Jigsaw came early this year, and we’re kickin’ off Sawgust with 2007’s Saw IV.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussions of sexual violence, rape, domestic abuse, suicide

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• Saw IV IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0890870/trivia/
• Saw IV Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saw_IV
• Saw Wiki Recorded Messages: https://sawfilms.fandom.com/wiki/Recorded_Messages#History
• Ten Years Ago: Saw IV by Stevi Costa: https://tenyearsago.wordpress.com/2017/10/26/ten-years-ago-saw-iv

LET US IN NOWWW, AND IT CAN BE NIIIICE, LISTEN TO US COVER LONGLEGS (2024) NOT ONCE, NOT TWICE, BUT AS MANY TIMES AS YOU LIIIIIIKE.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussions of suicide, transphobia

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• Longlegs IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23468450/

• Longlegs Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longlegs

  @roomforscream. “Spoilers: There are a lot of references in Longlegs so here is a breakdown of the lore to help better understand the film.” TikTok. 12 July 2024. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPRETnun7/

We’re throwing it as far back as we’ve ever thrown it to visit the Bates Motel and find out what Jamie Lee Flirty’s mom was up to in 1960 with Hitchcock’s seminal film, Psycho.

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• Clover, Carol J. Men, Women, and Chainsaws. Princeton University Press: New Jersey, 1992. Print.

• Klein Martins, David. “‘We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes. Haven’t You?’: Psycho and the Postmodern Rise of Gender Queerness.” Aspeers : Emerging Voices in American Studies, vol. 10, 2017, pp. 39–53, https://doi.org/10.54465/aspeers.10-05.

• Psycho (1960) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054215/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv

• Psycho (1960) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho_(1960_film)

Ever wake up from a nap and feel like you entered a different time period? Grab some clippers to fix your wacky haircut and brush up on your driving lessons before sitting down to hear about what happened while you were sleeping in 2002’s 28 Days Later.

***CONTENT WARNING: discussion of sexual assault, drug use, suicide, 9/11

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• 28 Days Later Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28_Days_Later

• 28 Days Later IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0289043/?ref_=ttpl_ov

• Gellner, Sydney. “How '28 Days Later' Became an Accidental 9/11 Film.” https://collider.com/28-days-later-accidental-911-film/

• Kelly, Alan. “How '28 Days Later' Forever Changed Zombie Movies.” https://collider.com/28-days-later-zombie-movie/

Our favorite 4th of July slasher is back to have you hooked as we spin in more circles and find trouble in Paradise in 1998’s I Still Know What You Did Last Summer.

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• I Still Know What You Did Last Summer IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0130018/trivia/

• I Still Know What You Did Last Summer Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Still_Know_What_You_Did_Last_Su

• ISTWYDLS Reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/horror/comments/1bsj6mc/i_still_know_what_you_did_last_summer_why_didnt/

• JHL on IKWYDLS Legacy Sequel: https://www.cbr.com/i-know-what-you-did-last-summer-sequel-jennifer-love-hewitt/
  

The sun is setting on Take 2 June, so we’re descending back to hell (or…up in a spaceship?) to revisit the kinky, gooey, and reality-bending box in 2022’s Hellraiser.

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• Hellraiser (2022) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellraiser_(2022_film)
• Hellraiser (2022) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0887261/?ref_=tttrv_ov
• Smith, Nadine. “Beyond Pain and Pleasure, the New Hellraiser Challenges All Human Binaries.” https://www.them.us/story/hellraiser-2022-review-jamie-clayton-pinhead
• Shatto, Rachel. “Hellraiser Is Modern, Unabashedly Queer, And It Gets Its Hooks In You.”https://www.pride.com/gay-movies/hellraiser-is-modern-unabashedly-queer-and-it-gets-its-hooks-in-you#:~:text=The%20original%20film%20came%20out,who%20himself%20is%20LGBTQ%2B%20identified.

We’re taking Take 2 June lakeside to the hellscape that was 2009…or Camp Crystal Lake to revisit our infamous summertime slasher, Friday the 13th.

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• Friday the 13th (2009) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th_(2009_film)
• Friday the 13th (2009) IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0758746/
• White, Michael. “10 Years Without Jason, Can We Now Admit ‘Friday the 13th’ 2009 Was Damn Good?” Bloody-Disgusting.com. https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3540680/revisionist-history-looking-back-positively-ten-years-since-friday-13th/