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Mystery Solved…Saw VI Detailed on Blu-ray

Jigsaw’s terrifying reign on the Blu-ray format continues on January 26^th.  We last left off not knowing the exact goodies Jigsaw had in store for us on the Blu-ray release, but I am happy to report that is not the case anymore.  Check out the full press release below from Lionsgate as they give us an all-access look into the special features we can expect to find on the Saw VI Blu-ray release.  If you need a little refresher on the movie itself…I know it’s been a whole three months since its theatrical release…you can always feel free to brush up on your Saw 101 coursework here.  It appears that the Unrated Blu-ray version will give us an extra minute of blood curdling fun, so here’s looking forward to the 26^th (everyone raises their glasses).

The next bone chilling installment of the most popular horror film franchise in history comes to DVD and Blu-ray Disc this January with the release of SAW VI.  The film will be available in three different versions – an R-rated Theatrical Full Screen Edition, an Unrated Director’s cut Widescreen Edition and an Unrated Director’s cut Blu-ray Disc.  All three versions are a “2-Movie Set” that includes the first original SAW feature film so viewers can see “where it all began.”  All three versions also contain fabulously frightening bonus materials including three featurettes that take a look at Jigsaw, the traps and an exclusive look at the Halloween Horror Nights SAW Maze plus music videos.  In addition, the unrated DVD and Blu-ray Disc feature two audio commentaries with the executive producers and the screenwriters of the film. 

The SAW film series has managed to ratchet up tension and invention with each successive film, while jangling millions of nerves worldwide.  Surpassing Freddie and Jason, the SAW series is now the most profitable horror franchise, both theatrically and on DVD, in movie history, taking in over $500 million in worldwide box office and sales exceeding 23 million units on DVD.  In the sixth installment, 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.

BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES

• Audio Commentary  with Producer Mark Burg and Executive Producers Peter Block and Jason Constantine
• Audio Commentary with Director Kevin Greutert and Screenwriters Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan
• “Jigsaw Revealed” featurette
• “The Traps of SAW VI” featurette
• “A Killer Maze: Making SAW GAME OVER” featurette
• Music videos from the bands Mushroomhead, Memphis May Fire, Hatebreed and Suicide Silence
• Original theatrical trailer
• Lionsgate Live^™ * (requires profile 2.0 player)
• BD-Touch and Metamenu  Remote^™ enabled

 

CAST                                                 

Tobin Bell

Costas Mandylor

Betsy Russell

Mark Rolston

Peter Outerbridge

Shawnee Smith

 

PROGRAM INFORMATION

Year of Production: 2009

Title Copyright: © MMIX Lions Gate Films Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Type: Theatrical Release

Rating: R for sequences of grisly bloody violence and torture, and language

             Unrated

Genre: Horror

Closed Captioned: Blu-ray: English SDH

Subtitles: English and Spanish

Format: Unrated Director’s Cut Blu-Ray Disc:  1080P High Definition Widescreen 16×9 (1.78:1)

Feature Running Time: Unrated DVD and Blu–ray Disc:  132 minutes

Blu-ray Audio Status:  7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio 

 

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