Have you been thinking that your stay-at-home quarantine could use a little jazzing up with some screaming and elaborate death traps? Good news, scary person: SYFY has announced the “Saw and Disorder” marathon, a straight-through binge of theSawmovies that will end with the network premiere ofJigsaw. The marathon kicks off on Sunday, April 26. Here’s the full schedule:
SAW II8:30-10:30AM ET/PT
SAW III10:30AM-12:30PM ET/PT
SAW IV1-3PM ET/PT
SAW V3-5PM ET/PT
SAW VI5-7PM ET/PT
SAW 3D7-9PM ET/PT
JIGSAW9-11PM ET/PT
The franchise—which kicked off withJames Wan’s 2004 original,tragicallynot included on this line-up—revolves around John Kramer (Tobin Bell), a.k.a the Jigsaw Killer, a brilliant psychopath who traps his victims in deadly, complex puzzles to teach them the value of life. Once you’ve had your face in a bear trap, you’ll probably never take your family for granted, and all that.Jigsaw, directed byMichaelandPeter Spierig, was a finale of sorts for the series, but a spinoff,Spiral: From the Book of SawstarringChris Rock, is scheduled to hit theaters later this year.
So, up for theSawrewatch? (Or the first-time watch, although network TV isn’t how I’d recommend that endeavor.) The lack of the first movie is a real big bummer here, as it’s far and away the best entry in the series. But as I pointed out in Collider’s list of thebest franchises to marathon during quarantine, theSawsequels are afantasticturn-your-brain-off distraction. Are they all “good” movies that make “sense”? Good lord, no. But boy, do theyescalate, packing enough absurd twists, turns, fake-outs, and false flashbacks into seven movies to feel like a roller-coaster.
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