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- Referencenod to comics or other movies
- Cameoa familiar face shows up
- Setupplanted now, pays off later
- Behind the scenesproduction trivia
- Behind the scenesThe directors came from a documentary
Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman had made the documentary Catfish. Shooting ran from June 6 to August 5, 2011, under the working title Sports Camp.
source ↗ - CameoChristopher Landon on script
Landon wrote the third film and also the second and fourth. Jason Blum, Oren Peli and Steven Schneider produced, with Akiva Goldsman as executive producer.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe series' biggest hit
It grossed over $205 million worldwide. Its first day in the US earned about $26 million, the best opening day of 2011 since the last Harry Potter.
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- Behind the scenesThe director left two weeks before shooting
Kevin Greutert, of Saw VI, was pulled by Lionsgate to direct Saw 3D. Tod Williams took over the film in March 2010.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesShooting began without a finished script
Three weeks in, the footage was called a disaster. Production stopped, a writers' room was assembled and Christopher Landon rewrote the story.
source ↗ - CameoKatie and Micah return
Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat reprise their roles from the first film. Sprague Grayden plays Kristi, Brian Boland plays Daniel and Molly Ephraim plays Ali.
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- Behind the scenesShot in seven days in a San Diego house
Oren Peli shot with a home video camera in a San Diego house over one week. The budget is listed between $15,000 and $450,000, depending on the source. The film grossed about $194 million.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesMost of it was improvised
There was no real script. The actors got an outline of each scene and improvised the dialogue, a technique also used on The Blair Witch Project. Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat were paid $500 each.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe theatrical ending was reshot
After DreamWorks and Paramount bought the film, the original ending was shown just once, at Screamfest 2007. The studio paid $200,000 for a new one. Steven Spielberg saw the DVD and struck the deal with Peli and Jason Blum.
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- Behind the scenesKinect and Skype enter the found footage
Joost and Schulman used tech the audience already owned. The Xbox Kinect camera and Skype are part of how the film is shot.
source ↗ - CameoThe Catfish directors return
Joost and Schulman return to direct. Katie Featherston is back as Katie, and Brady Allen plays Robbie.
source ↗ - SetupStay past the credits
A post-credits scene, shown only in theaters, gave the first tease of The Marked Ones.
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- Behind the scenesA cousin of the series, not a sequel
Christopher Landon wrote and directed. The film was described as a cousin of the series, aimed at Latino audiences, though most of the dialogue is in English.
source ↗ - ReferenceAli and the tapes are back
Molly Ephraim returns as Ali from the second film, and the box of tapes with Katie and Kristi's childhood shows up too.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe release slid to January
The film was set for October 25, 2013, but moved to January 3, 2014 after a longer, bigger production than planned.
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- Behind the scenesGregory Plotkin's directing debut
Plotkin had edited films two through five. The movie was sold as the series finale and made in 3D.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesTobi's effects came from ILM
Industrial Light & Magic made the 3D effects, especially the demon Tobi. The actors shot with Sony PMW-200 camcorders.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesMany dates and a streaming test
The film slid from October 25, 2013 to 2014, then March 2015 and finally October 23, 2015. Paramount tested releasing the digital version 17 days after the film dropped below 300 theaters.
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- Behind the scenesStraight to streaming
It premiered on Paramount+ on October 29, 2021. William Eubank directed, and the film was announced as a reboot of the series, not a continuation.
source ↗ - CameoLandon returns to write
Christopher Landon, who wrote films two, three and four and directed the fifth, wrote the script. Jason Blum and creator Oren Peli produced.
source ↗ - ReferenceFolk horror among the Amish
The plot draws on a myth about a Norwegian village, Beskytter, and the demon Asmodeus. The film is classed as folk horror in found footage.
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