The Saw horror movie franchise has been named the Most Successful Horror Movie Series by the Guinness World Records.
One of the film’s producers, Mark Burg, said he was “still in shock” at the news.
“The fact that we beat out Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween and Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a testament to our cast, crew and our partners at Lionsgate,” he added.
The Saw franchise consists of six movies, each one having come out consecutively every Halloween since 2004. The seventh, and final, installment is due to be released on October 29 and will be featured in 3D.
Collectively, the Saw films have made $US733 million at the worldwide box-office and sold more than 30 million DVDs, according to distributors Lionsgate.
In the films, victims try to escape elaborate traps set by the Jigsaw Killer, who puts them in situations where they must go through psychological torture in order to survive and escape with a better appreciation for life.
Burg said it was during the production of Saw 2 that the producers decided to “etch out” one long story spanning seven films. Therefore, after the seventh movie, called Saw 3D, there will be no other movies, including spin-offs or prequels.
“We are done; this is it,” he said.
“We don’t want to be that boxer who fought one too many fights.”
Burg said the seventh chapter was always “anticipated” by fans as the final one.
“In every Saw movie, we left questions open and in this movie we answer every question the audience has ever had,” Burg said, adding that even new viewers will be able to follow and “get caught up to speed.”
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