The Saw movie franchise has become a Halloween tradition and now they have made things so scary police have issued warnings about a viral marketing campaign for the movie. A SAW V site, which has since been pulled from the movie site, would allow you to send someone a phone call or create a voicemail using the voice of Jigsaw – this went by Saw V Varitalk. The site would call a number between the hours of 9-5 EST as to avoid middle of the night calls. The system worked by entering your the name you were calling and your name. The following message would be said when the phone was answered:
“Hello, (your name). Do you want to play a game? You think it’s over but the games have just begun. I’m here with your friend, (your friend’s name). My work will continue in a way you never saw coming. You won’t believe how it ends. Let the game begin.”
Now I tried this out the other day and thought it was pretty cool and used it to call some friends that are fans of the movie – they got a good laugh, but sending this to your 80 year old grandmother might not be the best idea. I guess police warning can~t hurt a horror film though.
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aw man wish this was still on here
The fact that police are regulating this site to be taken down in my opinion is not bullshit. What is bull is the fact that the advertising campaign for this movie thought this would make a good idea. I have had friends and girlfriends who actually have had crazy people call them on their cell phones and it’s not fun when you think someone is watching you or after you. I’m glad to see the site got what it deserved!
I think it’s cruel. And Hello… It’s called harrassment! If anyone else called you with that same message… Yeah. I seriously doubt that you would hesitate on calling the cops.
it was kinda a good idea. my dad sent it to me, and i got SO scared after hearing the first little bit, not realizing it was a promotion for the movie, that i ran out of the house, and called my dad, once i heard “GOT YAH” i flipped out. i was tempted to call the police..
that is a load of crap. what ever happened to your right to free speech. it is a gimich and people should just let it go. Why are the Police waisting there time when there are real crimes going on out there.
hahhaha…this prank call was jokes. I did it to a couple of friends last week and they freaked! I got the call and knew it was a prank. Some of my friends didnt know who it was though….just thought it was a scary dude. Too bad that they took off.
I heard about it too late as well…..that just irritates me. I cannot believe people complained to the police about this!!! Instead of pulling it, they should have just told them to suck it up!
Cops are Assholes
that sucks man! i would have loved to send it to my husband who is a BIG fan!!
It was a great idea, I unfortunately heard about it too late, so I wasn’t able to send it to my husband.
It’s rediculous that authorities are reacting this way…it’s just a movie for goodness sake!
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