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Wow! If you made it through our four previous traps, we hope you’ll brave this fifth and final episode because it’s our best trap yet! Here in Episode 069 of Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies, this constitutes our very earnest Part 5 of 5 episode of our in-depth SAW Franchise Review! During this show, some of the Horror Avengers bring you spoiler-filled Feature Reviews of Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021) and SAW X (2023). We are pleased to welcome special guest and NHM Official Contributor, Kagan “The Fruit Brute” Breitenbach, as well as the hosts of The Dudes of the Dead Podcast, Maniac Mike and Leatherface Lee! Join us for an unforgettable episode!
NOTE: Our “Saw X” review begins SPOILER-FREE, with just general, overall thoughts. Then we give a Spoiler Warning and go into a full-blown spoiler section.
You can find all our SAW Franchise episodes here. Live or die! Make your choice!
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Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies is an audio podcast. Our nine experienced Horror hosts review new Horror movies and deliver specialty Horror segments. Your hosts are Jay of the Dead, Dr. Shock, Gillman Joel, Mister Watson, Dr. Walking Dead, GregaMortis, Mackula, Ron Martin and Dave Zee! Due to the large number and busy schedule of its nine Horror hosts, Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies will be recorded in segments, piecemeal, at various times and recording sessions. Therefore, as you listen to our episodes, you will notice a variety of revolving door hosts and segments, all sewn together and reanimated like the powerful Monster of Dr. Frankenstein!
SHOW NOTES
– Introduction
- Welcome to Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies, Episode 069, Part 5 of 5
- Welcome to Official Contributor Kagan “The Fruit Brute” Breitenbach
- Joel makes it awkward with a Horror Avengers roll call
- The eventual 10th Horror Avenger
– Present for this review: Jay of the Dead, Gillman Joel, GregaMortis and guest: Kagan “The Fruite Brute” Breitenbach
[ 00:01:39 ] – SAW Franchise Review
Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021)
Jay of the Dead = 8 ( Buy it! )
GregaMortis = 4.5 ( Avoid )
Kagan Breitenbach = 5.5 ( Low-priority Rental )
Gillman Joel = 3 ( Avoid )
PREMISE QUESTION: Do the SAW movies 1 through 9, more or less, maintain a consistent quality and tone throughout the franchise?
- Jay of the Dead: Yes.
- GregaMortis: Yes, 1 through 8, but not 9.
- Kagan: Yes.
- Gillman Joel: Yes, 1 through 7, not 8 or 9, but still prefer Evil Dead franchise.
– Song excerpt: “Girl From the North Country” (Johnny Cash cover) performed by Tobin Bell
– Present for this review: Dr. Shock, Dave Zee (Jay of the Dead)
[ 00:57:22 ] – SAW Franchise Review
Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021) – Take 2
Dave Zee = 7 ( Buy it! )
Dr. Shock = 7 ( Rental )
PREMISE QUESTION: Do the SAW movies 1 through 9, more or less, maintain a consistent quality and tone throughout the franchise?
- Dr. Shock: Yes. Evil Dead and SAW franchises are “close.”
- Dave Zee: Yes.
[ 01:29:13 ] – Dr. Shock drops an absolute BOMB with a surprising question of his own? / Dave Zee and Jay of the Dead’s intervention
– Present for this review: Jay of the Dead, Gillman Joel, Ron Martin, Dave Zee and guests: Maniac Mike and Leatherface Lee
[ 01:36:31 ] – SAW Franchise Review
SAW X (2023)
Gillman Joel = 8 ( Buy it! )
Maniac Mike = 8.5 ( Theater / Buy it! )
Leatherface Lee = 8 ( Theater / High-priority Rental )
Jay of the Dead = 6.5 ( Theater / Buy it! )
Dave Zee = 8.5 ( Theater / Buy it! )
Ron Martin = 2 ( “Avoid at All Costs” / Worst of Franchise )
[ 01:57:33 ] – SPOILER SECTION
SAW X (2023) – SPOILERS!
**Hear the Dudes of the Dead Podcast review of SAW X here!
Wrap-Up / Outro:
Find more of Kagan’s work here:
– Website: KaganBreitenbach.com
– Bloody Cabaret – Visual Album
Find the Dudes of the Dead here:
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– On Spotify
– On YouTube
– And watch for Jay of the Dead’s upcoming guest appearance on their Season 4 finale episode, as they deep dive into the cold, clammy depths of one of Jay’s all-time favorites, “The Corpse of Anna Fritz”!
— Coming in October 2023 on JOTD’s NHM: Our 10 shows that comprise our Top 10 Horror Movies of 2022!
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Links for musician Frederick Ingram:
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Frederick Ingram’s new album Initial Exposure (includes “Voltairine,” the theme music for Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies)
Frederick Ingram’s YouTube Music Channel
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YouTube Music Video: “Voltairine” by Frederick Ingram (the theme music for Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies)
Interview: Hear Fred Ingram on Jay’s Songwriting Podcast
Frederick Ingram’s Fish Bowl (Funky Margarita Mix)
Links for musician Nate Johnivan:
Spotify Playlist
Quarantine Dream iii
Links for Dave Zee:
On Apple Podcasts: Exploding Heads Horror Movie Podcast
On Facebook: Exploding Heads Horror Movie Podcast
Patreon: Exploding Heads Horror Movie Podcast
On YouTube: Exploding Heads
Exploding Heads on Twitter: @HeadsHorror
With Watson: The Wat-Zee Party Horror Show
Wat-Zee Twitter: @WatZeeParty
Links for Ron Martin:
Horror franchise podcast: The Resurrection of Zombie 7
Ron’s book: Discover Salem: Your Guide to the Witch City
Witches: Salem 1692 Podcast
Ron’s blog: I Hate Stuff.net
Zombie 7 on Twitter: @ResZombie7
Links and Contact Info for Count Mackula:
Email Mackula here: HauntingYourHeadphones@gmail.com
Filmography Page: Mack Robins on IMDb
Mack’s short film: Unseen
Mackula’s YouTube Channel
Mack’s Other Podcast: Considering the Cinema.com – The episodes that feature Mack!
On Twitter: @RobinsMack
On Instagram: @RobinsMack
Links and Contact Info for GregaMortis:
Podcast: Land of the Creeps
Instagram: LotC
Facebook: Greg Morgan
Twitter: GregaMortis
LotC Group Page
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YouTube: Greg Morgan
Greg’s Instagram: GregaMortis
Email: GregaMortis666@gmail.com
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Links for Dr. Walking Dead Kyle Bishop:
Email Dr. Bishop here: bishopk@suu.edu
Dr. Walking Dead’s Bio Page
Book: American Zombie Gothic
Book: How Zombies Conquered Popular Culture
— Kyle’s Amazon Author Profile
— Doc of the Dead zombie culture documentary
— Kyle’s re-animated Twitter: @DrWalkingDead
– Learn more about Dr. Walking Dead
– Faculty Friday: Meet Dr. Kyle Bishop, English
– TEDx SUU Talk on YouTube: Why Zombies Matter
– YouTube: Zombies: An idea worth spreading about how ideas spread
– YouTube: 50+ Shades of Gothic: Zombies, Bodies and Boundaries
– YouTube: Why zombie culture is so popular?
Links for Mister Watson:
Podcast: Horror Movie Weekly
Twitter: @WatZeeParty
Podcast: The Wat-Zee Party Horror Show
Facebook: The Wat-Zee Party Horror Show / Horror Corridor
Links for Gillman Joel:
Retro Movie Geek Podcast
Terror on the Tube
Werewolf The TV Series, The Podcast
Forgotten Flix
The Booth at the End Podcast
Gillman Joel’s short film: “Shadows of the Dead”
Links for Dr. Shock:
The DVD Infatuation Podcast (monthly)
Land of the Creeps horror podcast
The Illustrated Fan
Horror Movie Podcast
Film blog: DVD Infatuation.com
On Twitter: @DVDinfatuation
On Facebook: DVDinfatuation
Land of the Creeps Facebook: LotC Facebook Group
On Instagram: @dbjb6972
On Letterboxd: @dcoshockhmp
YouTube: Dr. Shock’s Channel
Links for Jay of the Dead:
Horror Movie Weekly.com
Considering the Cinema.com
Movie Podcast Weekly.com
HMW Twitter: @horror_weekly
CTC Twitter: @ConsiderCinema
Thank you for listening to Jay of the Dead’s New Horror Movies, The Gold Standard of Horror Movie Podcasts.
Also, just heard the twilight reference. That was hilarious! And I love the twilight movies! Dr. Shock I would gladly accept the twilight movies off your hands, I own the first on 4k but only have dvd format of the others. I would rate the whole series pretty highly, obviously not a horror series though.
Sorry a bit of my comment got messed up. Hatchet is my favorite series and reading I, Survivor, a faux autobiography, the one he was promoting in the movie, was great.
I am looking forward to Saw X. I agree that that this franchise is top tier. After rating the first I, survivor and it’s great.
Series rankings
1. Hatchet 9*
2. Friday the 13th 7.7*
3. Saw 7.4*
4. Halloween 7.1*
I tried rewatching NOES, but lost interest after 3. I do not like any of the original Evil Dead movies, especially 2&Army. The 2013 is by far my favorite and Rises was good.
Loved listening to this Saw franchise review because it gave me motivation to give 5-7 another chance and really enjoyed it this time around which lead me to finally watching Jigsaw.
Thank you
Scream series 7.5*
Good show with really interesting takes on the last two Saw movies. One thing that struck me was Ron bringing up his take on Scream 6, what episode was that? I felt like I missed that one.
Hi Carl,
I think this one got stuck in production hell and hasn’t seen the light of day yet. This was recorded right in the middle of when Jay was going through his health issues earlier this year. In case in never sees the light of day, let me just tell you that I began my rant with 6 horror avengers present and when I was done, I was the only one left — including Jay, who just let the recording go. Maybe I should take the hint! Ha!!