“Catharine Deane is a psychotherapist who is part of a revolutionary new treatment which allows her mind to literally enter the mind of her patients. Her experience in this method takes an unexpected turn when an FBI agent comes to ask for a desperate favour. They had just tracked down a notorious serial killer, Carl Stargher, whose MO is to abduct women one at a time and place them in a secret area where they are kept for about 40 hours until they are slowly drowned. Unfortunately, the killer has fallen into an irreversible coma which means he cannot confess where he has taken his latest victim before she dies. Now, Catherine Deane must race against time to explore the twisted mind of the killer to get the information she needs, but Stargher’s damaged personality poses dangers that threaten to overwhelm her. Written by Kenneth Chisholm {kchishol@home.com}”

• Director: Tarsem Singh
• Release Date: 18 August 2000 (USA)
• Run Time: 107 min | Germany:109 min (director's cut)
• Country: USA , Germany
• Genre: Crime , Drama , Fantasy , Horror , Sci-Fi , Thriller
• MPAA: Rated R for bizarre violence and sexual images, nudity and language.

Tagline: This Summer… Enter The Mind Of A Killer

Trivia: Director Tarsem Singh asked Tara Subkoff during her interview if she could swim, to which she responded that she could and that she had been a lifeguard. It turned out that she could not go under water without holding her nose. Singh would have switched her role with Catherine Sutherland, but it was too late and there was not enough money or time to re-shoot.

Goofs: Revealing mistakes: Stargher’s victim moves too much to appear dead while floating in the cell. Her eyes can also be seen following Carl around the room.

“Blade finds himself alone surrounded by enemies, fighting an up hill battle with the vampire nation and now humans. He joins forces with a group of vampire hunters whom call themselves the Nightstalkers. The vampire nation awakens the king of vampires Dracula from his slumber with intentions of using his primitive blood to become day-walkers. On the other side is Blade and his team manifesting a virus that could wipe out the vampire race once and for all. In the end the two sides will collide and only one will come out victorious, a battle between the ultimate vampire whom never knew defeat, facing off against the greatest vampire slayer. Written by jay”

• Director: David S. Goyer
• Release Date: 8 December 2004 (USA)
• Run Time: 113 min | Germany:105 min (cut version) | USA:122 min (unrated DVD version)
• Country: USA
• Genre: Action , Comedy , Horror , Thriller
• MPAA: Rated R for strong pervasive violence and language, and some sexual content.

Tagline: Where it began so it shall end.

Trivia: Colin Farrell was offered the role of Hannibal King, but turned it down.

Goofs: Continuity: Early in the movie in the interrogation room, a side shot shows Asher with a cigarette in his mouth as he undoes Blade’s restraints. In the next shot, the cigarette disappears.

“A rare mutation has occurred within the vampire community. The Reaper. A vampire so consumed with an insatiable bloodlust that they prey on vampires as well as humans, transforming victims who are unlucky enough to survive into Reapers themselves. Now their quickly expanding population threatens the existence of vampires, and soon there won’t be enough humans in the world to satisfy their bloodlust. Blade, Whistler (Yes, he’s back) and an armory expert named Scud are curiously summoned by the Shadow Council. The council reluctantly admits that they are in a dire situation and they require Blade’s assistance. Blade then tenuously enters into an alliance with The Bloodpack, an elite team of vampires trained in all modes of combat to defeat the Reaper threat. Blade’s team and the Bloodpack are the only line of defense which can prevent the Reaper population from wiping out the vampire and human populations. Written by Sean Daly”

• Director: Guillermo del Toro
• Release Date: 22 March 2002 (USA)
• Run Time: 117 min | Finland:108 min
• Country: USA , Germany
• Genre: Action , Thriller , Horror
• MPAA: Rated R for strong pervasive violence, language, some drug use and sexual content.

Tagline: Know The Mark

Trivia: In the scene before while entering the vampire club with the Bloodpack, a large neon sign can be seen on top of a building that says in large red letters “Radoo”. In the history of Vlad the Impaler (who the legend of Dracula is largely based) history talks of his brother Radu. This name is also often associated with vampire movies as it is deeply ingrained in the Dracula story.

Goofs: Revealing mistakes: As Blade is walking across the scaffolding towards the camera, you can see the Nomak stuntman in the lower left of the shot, standing ready to be launched onto the scaffolding.

“In a world where vampires walk the earth, Blade has a goal. His goal is to rid the world of all vampire evil. When Blade witnesses a vampire bite Dr. Karen Jenson, he fights away the beast and take Jenson back to his hideout. Here, alongside Abraham Whistler, Blade attempts to help heal Jenson. The vampire Quinn who was attacked by Blade, reports back to his master Deacon Frost, who is planning a huge surprise for the human population. Written by Film_Fan”

• Director: Stephen Norrington
• Release Date: 21 August 1998 (USA)
• Run Time: 120 min | Germany:110 min (cut version)
• Country: USA
• Genre: Action , Horror , Thriller
• MPAA: Rated R for strong, pervasive vampire violence and gore, language, and brief sexuality.

Tagline: The power of an immortal. The soul of a human. The heart of a hero.

Trivia: Director Cameo: [Stephen Norrington]During the chase with officer Krieger, the vampire on the side of the road biting the girl’s neck.

Goofs: Continuity: In the subway, Karen falls into the gap between the subway train and the walkway; the gap is wide enough for her to stand up and give Blade his sword. In all other shots, the gap between the train and the walkway is clearly three or four inches at most.

“When the motorcyclist Johnny Blaze finds that his father Barton Blaze has a terminal cancer, he accepts a pact with the Mephistopheles, giving his soul for the health of his beloved father. But the devil deceives him, and Barton dies in a motorcycle accident during an exhibition. Johnny leaves the carnival, his town, his friends and his girlfriend Roxanne. Years later Johnny Blaze becomes a famous motorcyclist, who risks his life in his shows, and he meets Roxanne again, now a TV reporter. However, Mephistopheles proposes Johnny to release his contract if he become the “Ghost Rider” and defeat his evil son Blackheart, who wants to possess one thousand evil souls and transform hell on earth. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil”

• Director: Mark Steven Johnson
• Release Date: 16 February 2007 (USA)
• Run Time: 114 min | 123 min (extended cut)
• Country: USA , Australia
• Genre: Action , Fantasy , Horror , Thriller
• MPAA: Rated PG-13 for horror violence and disturbing images.

Tagline: Long ago he made a deal to save someone he loved.

Trivia: Was sent to theaters under the name “Costly Pact”.

Goofs: Factual errors: Blaze’s “Touchdown Jump” is repeatedly referred to as a “300 foot jump”. As a “goalpost to goalpost” jump, it would have been 360 feet.

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• Director: David Hackl
• Release Date: 24 October 2008 (USA)
• Run Time: 92 min
• Country: USA , Canada
• Genre: Crime , Horror , Thriller
• MPAA: Rated R for sequences of grisly bloody violence and torture, language and brief nudity.

Tagline: You won't believe how it ends.

Trivia: The first film of the series in which Billy the Puppet does not appear in person (excluding flashbacks).

Goofs: Revealing mistakes: The scans of Hoffman’s sister’s murder that Strahm looks at. Both the murder story (photo of slit throat) and the one of Hoffman at the funeral are exactly the same (making the second one nonsensical).

“En route to visit their grandfather’s grave (which has apparently been ritualistically desecrated), five teenagers drive past a slaughterhouse, pick up (and quickly drop) a sinister hitch-hiker, eat some delicious home-cured meat at a roadside gas station, before ending up at the old family home… where they’re plunged into a never-ending nightmare as they meet a family of cannibals who more than make up in power tools what they lack in social skills… Written by Michael Brooke {michael@everyman.demon.co.uk}”

• Director: Tobe Hooper
• Release Date: 1 October 1974 (USA)
• Run Time: 83 min | Germany:75 min (new longer Version)
• Country: USA
• Genre: Horror , Thriller

Tagline: The idyllic summer's day that became a nightmare of fear and blood… [UK Video]

Trivia: Tobe Hooper used a stunt double for Sally’s leap through the window; all the same, Marilyn Burns actually hurt herself shooting the insert of her falling to the ground.

Goofs: Continuity: The position of the hitch-hiker, in relation to the lorry, as it hits him, changes between shots. Also, the hitch-hiker is an obvious dummy as he is hit; you can see the fake limb attachment on his arm.

“Jigsaw and his apprentice Amanda are dead. Now, upon the news of Detective Kerry’s murder, two seasoned FBI profilers, Agent Strahm and Agent Perez, arrive in the terrified community to assist the veteran Detective Hoffman in sifting through Jigsaw’s latest grisly remains and piecing together the puzzle. However, when SWAT Commander Rigg is abducted and thrust into a game, the last officer untouched by Jigsaw has but ninety minutes to overcome a series of demented traps and save an old friend or face the deadly consequences. Written by Lionsgate”

• Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
• Release Date: 26 October 2007 (USA)
• Run Time: 92 min
• Country: USA , Canada
• Genre: Crime , Horror , Thriller
• MPAA: Rated R for sequences of grisly bloody violence and torture throughout, and for language.

Tagline: It's a Trap

Trivia: Saw IV (2007) was given the greenlight before the third movie even opened. This was stated in Fangoria Magazine #257: “The synopsis, bare as it is, takes the third installment to a new budget level for Lionsgate’s wildly successful franchise. Saw was made for approximately $1 million, Saw II cost $4 million and the figure for Saw III, according to producer Mark Burg , has risen to $10 million. Saw III was greenlighted the morning after Saw II opened to massive box-office returns, the producer confirms, “and when they ordered Saw III, they also ordered and greenlit Saw IV.”

Goofs: Continuity: In the beginning of the movie, during the autopsy, John’s skull is seen having the minor rectangular piece removed. This, however, is not possible, as Lynn from Saw III removed the piece as part of his brain surgery.

“Jeff is an anguished man, who grieves and misses his young son that was killed by a driver in a car accident. He has become obsessed for revenge against the man and reckless with his wife and daughter. When Dr. Lynn Denlon, who has troubles with her marriage, is abducted by the deranged Jigsaw’s apprentice Amanda, she is brought to a gruesome warehouse to keep John Kramer alive in spite of having a terminal brain tumor. Amanda puts a necklace gadget full of explosives around Dr. Lynn’s neck connected to John Kramer’s life support system, and tells her that if he dies the device will explode. Meanwhile, Jeff is submitted to a sick game of forgiveness with surprising dark consequences. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil”

• Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
• Release Date: 27 October 2006 (USA)
• Run Time: 113 min | 121 min (Director's Cut) | Canada:107 min (original release)
• Country: USA , Canada
• Genre: Crime , Horror , Thriller
• MPAA: Rated R for strong grisly violence and gore, sequences of terror and torture, nudity and language.

Tagline: Sometimes Rules Are Meant To Be Broken…

Trivia: According to producer ‘Daniel J. Heffner (I)’, the film was sent to the MPAA ratings board 7 times before obtaining the “R” rating, receiving the “NC-17″ rating every previous time.

Goofs: Continuity: Near the end of the movie, when Amanda’s holding Lynn at gunpoint and threatening to kill her, the hand in which she’s holding the gun changes with different shot angles.

“When detective Eric Matthews is called to a crime scene of a victim of Jigsaw, he finds a lead to the place where he is hidden. Once there, he realizes that Jigsaw trapped his son Daniel Matthews with three women and four men in a shelter, and they are inhaling a lethal nerve gas. If they do not use an antidote within two hours, they will die. Eric follows with increasing desperation the death of each member of the group in monitors, while trying to convince Jigsaw to release his son. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil”

• Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
• Release Date: 28 October 2005 (USA)
• Run Time: 93 min
• Country: USA , Canada
• Genre: Horror , Thriller
• MPAA: Rated R for grisly violence and gore, terror, language and drug content.

Tagline: We Dare You Again…

Trivia: When Danny takes out the syringes from Amanda’s arm, the crew used a fake animatronic arm.

Goofs: Audio/visual unsynchronized: In the needle room, when Addison screams and says “Stop this shit!”, her lips are saying “Fuck this shit!”