Flickering Myth

Film & TV News, Reviews and Features

Good Movie, Bad Sequels: Franchises That Turned Bad | Flickering Myth Movie Chat

by

EJ and Allen discuss good movies that launched bad franchises… Sometimes a great movie could launch a great franchise. Sadly, the series mentioned in the below video all had promising starts but fizzled out into something less than stellar. On the latest Flickering Myth Movie Chat, hosts Allen Christian and EJ Moreno dive into some […]

Saw 10 already in development ahead of Spiral: From the Book of Saw

by

Despite the ninth instalment of the Saw franchise, titled Spiral: From the Book of Saw, not debuting until 14th May, it is being reported that Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures have already started development on the next instalment. In their latest issue, Production Weekly (via Bloody Disgusting) has listed SAW X as being in active development – which was […]

Chris Rock hunts the new Jigsaw killer in trailer for Spiral: From the Book of Saw

by

Chris Rock is looking to resurrect the Saw franchise with one of the original directors. Darren Lynn Bousman, director of Saw 2, Saw 3, and Saw 4, returns to the director’s chair in what promises to be another gory and wild murder mystery. In the new trailer for Spiral: From the Book of Saw, we […]

Spiral: From the Book of Saw cast announce that a new trailer is coming on Tuesday

by

Now that Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures have solved the puzzle of when to release Spiral: From the Book of Saw by announcing a May 14th release date, it appears that the timer on the marketing has begun counting down to zero with the cast posting teaser images ahead of a trailer for the Saw spinoff […]

Spiral: From the Book of Saw release date pushed forward one week

by

Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures have announced that they are pushing up the release date for Spiral: From the Book of Saw from May 21st 2021 to May 14th 2021. This isn’t the first time that the latest instalment in the long-running Saw franchise has shifted release dates as the film was originally scheduled for release on May 15th 2020, […]

Ranking The Ten Most Impactful Slasher Movie Franchises

by

EJ Moreno ranks the ten biggest slasher franchises… From Halloween to Hellraiser, slashers are a huge part of what makes horror so great. But who is the king of the kills? Which slasher franchise ranks as the best of the best? Below, our host EJ Moreno dives into the ten biggest slasher franchises of all […]

Spiral director says the movie feels more like Se7en than Saw

by

Saw is set to make its return this year with Spiral: From the Book of Saw, a new entry in the long-running horror franchise and based on an original concept by Chris Rock, who also leads the cast alongside Samuel L. Jackson. It’s certainly an unlikely but interesting direction for the series to go, and […]

Billy the Puppet and Leatherface join Call of Duty for Halloween event The Haunting of Verdansk

by

With Halloween fast approaching, Activision is ramping up the horror on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: Warzone this evening at 11pm PDT with the special Halloween event The Haunting of Verdansk, which features new modes, new weapons, a Trick or Treat reward system and two iconic movie villains from the Saw […]

Spiral: From the Book of Saw director discusses Chris Rock’s character

by

Revisiting the franchise that he called home years ago, director Darren Lynn Bousman’s return to the Saw universe is shaping up to be an epic experience. And he’s bringing along a new face to the horror franchise as Chris Rock makes his genre debut in the upcoming Spiral: From the Book of Saw. Rock plays […]