Hi, Welcome to another edition of Anthony T's Take. This time around I explain why "Saw VI" is actually one of the best horror films of the year. And no, I'm not joking.

(Please note that it represents Anthony T's Opinion and not the opinion of Filmarcade.net.)

I do apologize about the language in the beginning, but I'm still shocked at how much I liked it.

Do you want to play a game? All year long, you’ve been letting your mind rot watching romantic comedies and World War II dramas. Jigsaw invites you to test your limits and earn your salvation by experiencing the ultimate horror movie experience, the SAW MOVIE MARATHON. This Thursday, October 22nd, movies theaters nationwide will be playing a marathon of the first five films of the most successful horror movie franchise of all time, leading up to midnight screenings of SAW VI. To buy your tickets now, go to www.fandango.com and/or www.movietickets.com

Here is a list of theaters where the SAW VI Marathon will be playing:

Carmike 10-Asheville - Asheville,NC
Carmike Market Fair - Fayetteville,NC
Carmike 18-Greensboro - Greensboro,NC
Carmike 14 Hickory - Hickory,NC
Carmike 16 - Jacksonville,NC
Carmike 15 - Raleigh Raleigh,NC
Carmike Cinema 14 - Columbia,SC
Carmike 14 - Dover,DE
Carmike 16 - Allentown,PA
Carmike Ohio Valley Mall 11 CinemasSt.- Clairsville,OH
Carmike Park Hills 7 Altoona,PA
Carmike 15 - Greensburg,PA
Carmike 6-Charlottesville - Charlottesville,VA
Carmike Midlothian 10 - Midlothian,VA
Carmike 10 - Roanoke,VA
Carmike Wynnsong 16 - Auburn,AL
Carmike 12 - Athens,GA
Carmike 15 - Columbus - Columbus GA
Carmike Wynnsong 11 - Savannah,GA
Carmike Governor's Square 10 - Clarksville,TN
Carmike Thoroughbred 20 - Franklin,TN
Carmike Johnson City 14 - Johnson City,TN
Carmike Wynnsong 16 - Murfreesboro,TN
Carmike 20 Edinburg - Edinburg,TX
Carmike 16 - El Paso,TX
Carmike 14 - Tyler - Tyler,TX
Carmike Sikes 10 - Wichita Falls,TX
Carmike 10 - Stillwater,OK
Carmike 12 - Kennewick,WA
Carmike Shiloh 14 - Billings,MT
Carmike 10 - Great Falls,MT
Carmike 10 - Missoula,MT
Cinemark Tinseltown 10 - Melrose Park,IL
Cinemark 16 at Seven Bridgesc -Woodridge,IL
Cinemark Tinseltown 19-Louisville - Louisville.,KY
Cinemark Tinseltown Movies 15 - Canton.OH
Cinemark 24 - Valley View (Cleveland),OH
Century 20 Jordan CreekWest - Des Moines,IA
Cinemark Tinseltown 16-Rochester - Rochester,NY
Cinemark Movies 16-Somerdale - Somerdale,NJ
Cinemark 20 - Moosic,PA
Robinson Township 16 - Robinson Township,PA
Cinemark 14 Chico,CA
Century 16 Greenback Lane - Citrus Heights,CA
Century 20 Daly City - Daly City,CA
Century 20 Oakridge - San Jose,CA
Century 25 @ Union LandingUnion City,CA
Century Park Lane 16 - Reno,NV
Cinemark 24 - West Jordan,UT
Theatres at the Mall of America - Bloomington,MN
Goodrich Portage 16 IMAX Theater - Portage,IN

With "Saw VI" a week away, Film Arcade has not one, not two, but three new videos on our youtube page at www.youtube.com/filmarcade. They includes the new trailer and a Tobin Bell Featurette. All videos are courtesy of Lionsgate.

Saw VI: Trailer:



Saw VI: Tobin Bell Featurette:



Saw VI: TV Spot:

Film Arcade has recieved yet another poster for Saw VI from Lionsgate, which hits theaters on October 23rd. This is best of them yet.

Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw's legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw's grand scheme is finally understood.

The film stars Tobin Bell, Betsy Russell, Shawnee Smith, Mark Rolston, and Peter Outerbridge

Saw VI Teaser Trailer:

If it's halloween, then it must be time for another Saw film. Lionsgate recently send up the lastest "Saw VI poster". Man, does this poster looks frightening.

"Saw VI" hits theaters on October 23rd.

Film Arcade.net recently received posters for the Saw VI Blood Drive.

Every year, Lionsgate gets the blood pumping for its new SAW film with the SAW “Give ‘Til It Hurts” blood drive, benefiting the Red Cross. As part of that tradition, the studio produces an ad campaign starring the SAW nurse, a sexy sister of dubious mercy who wants your blood.

This year’s ad campaign was created by Ignition Print and was photographed by Co-President of Marketing Tim Palen....and it's the wildest yet with the SAW nurse sporting a uniform you won’t see at just any old doctor’s office. That’s because it’s designed by the downtown NY fashion darlings The Blonds, the corset kings who have outfitted the likes of Beyoncé, Katy Perry and Rihanna.

For more information on Saw VI, you can visit the offical website at : http://www.saw6film.com/

The Collector
Year: 2009
Director: Marcus Dunstan
Studio: Freestyle Releasing
Stars: Josh Stewart, Michael Reilly Burke, Andrea Roth
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 88 Mins.
Official Website: http://www.thecollector-movie.com/




2009 will be known in horror genre, as the year of the independent horror film. There have been some great films like “I Sell the Dead”, “Martyrs”, “Laid To Rest”, “The Burrowers”, and “Rec”. Now, you can add “The Collector” to the list.

The film is about, an ex-con, who is working as a handyman for a jewelry broker and his family. Unknown to the family, he’s planning to rob them into order to repay his ex-wife debt. His robbery is going to plan, until he hears screams in the house. Unfortunately, there’s also another person, who has also laid claim to the house. That person carries around with him an old trunk and wears a mask. As the ex-con tries to leave the house, he finds out that the masked man has set up booby traps around the house that makes it impossible for him to escape. Now he faced with a dilemma, escape and flee the scene or try to save the family and stop this demented madman, known as “The Collector”.

Going into “The Collector, I had two question going into this film. Is this the film that redeems Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton, for the mess that was known as “Saw V”, and can a writer actually direct a descent film, considering it’s becoming the latest trend. The answer to both questions is yes.

This film is an intense and frightening film, from start to finish. Marcus Dunstan really has an eye for direction and the horror genre, in general. His direction here felt some odf David Fincher’s earlier films, with the graphic imagery, the intense tone and the Nine Inch Nails like soundtrack. Dunstan also does a very good job not making this film feel like a “Saw” film, even though this could have been easily been one. The reason for that, Dunstan doesn’t try to redo “Saw” all over again, as he allows his villain to be creepy in the way that he moves, like Michael Myers in the original Halloween. By doing that, it makes you fear the villain. The death scenes were directed very well, as it was more elaborate and quick. It makes the scenes intense and shocking. Dunstan also does a good job directing his actors. The acting here was pretty intense. The reason for that is way the way he makes the performances fit the tone of the film. It was one of those films, where I couldn’t take my eyes off the screen, until the end. That’s how an intense movie works.

The screenplay much better than the “Saw V” script, which Dunstan co-wrote with his writing partner Patrick Melton. The Collector is their latest screenplay and it’s better project that showcases their talents, as writers. One of the things that they did right here was to make the tone of the story, intense as possible. That was one of the things that were lacking in “Saw V” The reason for that is the characters were more likeable here. That was a big difference. The writers do a good job spending the first twenty minutes giving backstory to these characters. It really helped me get into the story, considering the start of the film was intense and could have gone another and disastrous direction. Instead, by giving background to these characters, it made me invested in everything that went on. It also adds a level of interest to the story. They also did a very good job in not making the villain of the film come off, as a Jigsaw clone. They did that, by not giving the villain any dialogue and making him very mysterious to the point that you want to know more about his character, if a sequel ever happens. The villain was truly terrifying, as he had that Michael Myers feel to him. That’s how a horror monster can be scary.

This film definitely Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton’s best screenplay to date. “The Collector” is defiantly a horror film that you should seek out, if you truly love an intense and horrifying film that will leave you scared.

Review Rating: Five Stars

Film Arcade recently received the teaser poster and trailer for one of the most anticipated horror films of 2009. "Saw VI"

Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw's legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw's grand scheme is finally understood.

"Saw VI" stars Tobin Bell, Betsy Russell, Shawnee Smith, Mark Rolston, and Peter Outerbridge.

The film hits theaters, October 23rd.