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Saw V is a 2008 horror film directed by David Hackl, in his directorial debut, from a screenplay by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan. It is the fifth installment in the Saw film series and a sequel to 2007's Saw IV. The film stars Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Scott Patterson, Betsy Russell, Mark Rolston, Julie Benz, Carlo Rota, and Meagan Good.
Using a series of increasingly bizarre and grisly traps, Hoffman eliminates his enemies one by one to protect the Jigsaw legacy. Watch Saw V with a subscription on Peacock, Max, rent on...
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Seth Baxter, a convicted murderer who was prematurely released from prison due to a technicality, awakes in a trap and finds himself strapped to a table beneath a giant pendulum blade. He has 60 seconds to insert both of his hands into two vises next to him and press a button to activate the vises, crush his hands, and stop the swinging blade, whic...
Tobin Bell as Jigsaw/JohnCostas Mandylor as Mark HoffmanScott Patterson as Agent StrahmBetsy Russell as JillPatrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan, who had already written Saw IV, wrote the script of Saw V. David Hackl, the production designer of the previous three films, directed it. Mark Burg and Oren Koules returned to produce the movie, while Leigh Whannell and James Wan were again credited as executive producers. Gregg Hoffmanwas also listed as one of th...
Saw Vwas released in Australia on October 23, 2008, in North America and the United Kingdom on October 24, 2008, and in New Zealand on October 30, 2008. During an interview at the Scream Awards in 2008, David Hackl claimed that his Director's Cut of the film, released on January 20, 2009, would run approximately 14 minutes longer than the theatrica...
Saw V was a financial success despite receiving unfavorable reviews like its predecessors. On its opening weekend, the film grossed $30,053,954 in 3,060 theaters in the United States and Canada. It earned $56,746,769 in the United States and Canada throughout the next weeks and $113,864,059 worldwide. Saw V received a rating of 13% from Rotten Toma...
The soundtrack of Saw V was composed by Charlie Clouser, who had already been responsible for the soundtrack of the previous films. It was released on October 21, 2008, by Artists' Addiction Records.
When Strahm proceeds through the underground tunnels near the film's climax, he comes across a blood trail left by Eric Matthews after escaping from the bathroom in Saw III.The shotgun tied to Detective Hoffman after his abduction is the same shotgun seen in Saw III as part of Timothy Young's trap.It was initially conceived that Brit and Luba would somehow lose their shirts in the first room and go through the rest of the film in their bras. The idea was eventually abandoned out of the produ...The concept of Strahm being killed by two walls closing in on him came from director David Hackl's son.Saw V: Directed by David Hackl. With Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Scott Patterson, Betsy Russell. Following Jigsaw's grisly demise, Mark Hoffman is commended as a hero, but Agent Strahm is suspicious, and delves into Hoffman's past.
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- Horror, Thriller
- David Hackl
- 2008-10-24
Spiral: Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman. With Chris Rock, Max Minghella, Samuel L. Jackson, Marisol Nichols. In this new chapter from the Book of Saw, a detective and his partner investigate grisly murders that are eerily reminiscent of the past.
- (70K)
- Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Darren Lynn Bousman
- 2021-05-14
Saw V - Full Cast & Crew. Fifth entry in the slasher series finds serial killer Jigsaw dead and his sadistic successor continuing with his diabolical, torturing ways.
Discover the actors behind the characters in Saw V, including Detective Hoffman, the only one left carrying on the Jigsaw legacy. Learn more about the thrilling hunt to eliminate loose ends in this movie here.
