10, for the 10 dollar bill, otherwise known as a “sawbuck”. Saw has been a staple of the horror movie genre since 2004, when the first of 719 Saw films was released.

While the originality of Saw might have worn out years ago, the fact remains: people pay to see these movies, so they’ll keep coming out (6 is supposed to be the final one, but I highly doubt it. Why kill the cash cow?).

Saw championed the creation (really the rebirth) of a genre of horror some refer to as “torture porn“. Movies about people getting off on killing. I just enjoy the brutal death scenes. Doesn’t give me a boner though.

Tags: days until halloween, halloween countdown, jigsaw, saw, torture porn

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