Come on Tobin, POLICE ACADEMY had the good grace to stop at 7!
Saw franchise player Tobin Bell has told Bloody Disgusting that there will be an eighth and perhaps even a ninth movie in the Jigsaw Killer saga after Saw VI hits cinemas next October. Not much of an announcement, granted, but Im mystified by it and maybe someone out there in cyberspace can clue me up. 
You see, my first assignment after being inducted into the OWF team back in March was Saw-related. The mission: travel to Thorpe Park and interview one of the producers behind the franchise, who was in England to open a Saw ride at Britains third largest theme park. The whole thing eventually came to nothing, but the night before I had rushed off to my video club to rent the five existing films in the hope that it would help me to come up with some worthwhile questions. I was mildly entertained by the first film, originally released in 2004. It managed to create a spooky atmosphere and had a decent twist at the end. The second movie had little novel to add and was barely passable. After Saw III I simply gave up. Tedious and predictable would be a friendly way of describing the experience. Now, I have no doubt what motivates the likes of Bell and Burg when they dream of bringing forth Saw IX. People gotta eat. What stumps me is that this kind of drivel continues to draw enough of an audience to keep the franchise going. Who are these people? And why do they keep coming back for more scenes of humans being tortured in increasingly convoluted ways? Is this franchise anything other than pornography for sadists?