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Saw VI flops, Paranormal Activity reigns!

OK, you’re probably wondering why there’s a pic of The Blair Witch Project slapped on a post discussing the poor box office performance of Saw VI … Here goes:

Saw VI has been beaten to the no 1 slot in the US by low budget shaky-cam Blair Witch “rip-off” Paranormal Activity (I use the term “rip-off” loosely as horror purists swear that The Blair Witch stole the documentary film idea from the awful Cannibal Holocaust).

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Of Books and Blood

Clive Barker’s Book of Blood
(UK DVD release: 26/10/2009)

Paranormal researcher Mary Florescu’s investigations lead her to Simon McNeal, a college student who appears to be channelling messages from the dead. As their erotic relationship develops the line between the worlds of the living and the dead become blurred and finally collapse in a stunning and astonishing climax.

This, the frame for the Barker’s Books of Blood novels, is the seventh story to be adapted from the series, the others being:

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Video Nasties - the official UK list

The DPP (Director of Public Prosecutions) list of ‘video nasties’ was first made public in June 1983. The list was modified monthly as prosecutions failed or were dropped.

In total, 72 separate films appeared on the list at one time or another. Thirty-nine films were successfully prosecuted under the Obscene Publications Act but some of these films have been subsequently cut and approved by the BBFC. The remaining 35 were either not prosecuted or had unsuccessful prosecutions.

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Saw VI - Respect the Sequels

(and don’t play Numberwang)

I’ve always admired the Saw franchise for sticking to its guns and doing what it does best: killing people in a variety of gruesome ways using ingenious devices.

But one aspect that sticks in my mind is that every Saw movie has used the correct “rules” regarding the naming of the sequels. Saw II was actually Saw 2, then came SAW 3, 4 and 5 etc. None of this “The Final Destination” bullshit for what was, clearly, the fourth in the franchise!

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