There haven’t been many films coming out this year that I’ve wanted to see, but apparently, they were just saving the best for last.

Aliens-versus-Predator Requiem looks to be much better than the first AVP. If I got the right impression from the trailers, this one promises to be more in a horror style rather than the straight action format of the first one. Can’t wait!

And coming the weekend before Halloween, the fourth installment of the Saw movies. The Saw movies always manage to raise the stakes, and I can’t wait to see how they’ve done that with both Jigsaw and Amanda dead. Who’ll be the next Saw? And how much more elaborate the games?

There hasn’t been a good horror franchise since the ’80s. Thank you Saw movies for changing that. Jigsaw’s puppet certainly brings a modern and timely presence to the list of horror icons that included no less than Michael Myers, Freddy Kreuger, Jason, the Phantasm balls, Chucky, and the Hellraiser box.