The title is not properly translated, but it looks good as an independent movie

Kaela 2022-11-23 19:57:29

The film was originally filmed with the title The Organ Doner (organ donor), it can be said that it has nothing to do with Chainsaw Horror. In reality, Zeke, the protagonist of the film, is a loyal fan of the Saw series, so he paid out of his pocket and gave the story he had conceived to Lionsgate. The two parties hit it off, and later changed the title. The original English name of this film is "Spiral: From the Book of Saw", literally translated as "Vortex: From the Book of Saw Saw", and the main title of this movie is Vortex. The number 9 did not appear in the original name, which means that this is not the 9th part of the Chainsaw Horror series. I think this film should be translated into "The Maelstrom: The Frightening Story of Chainsaw". In Taiwan, the translation of this film is "Death Maelstrom: A New Game of Soul Saw"; in Hong Kong, China, the translation of this film is "Maelstrom". : A New Game of Fear Doudou." The translated names of these two regions put "vortex" on the main title without the number 9. Obviously better than the translated name of Chainsaw 9.

China Taiwan poster
Hong Kong, China poster

The current rating of this movie is very low, which has a lot to do with the translated title. Many unsuspecting viewers thought it was a sequel to Chainsaw. The result was disappointed, so they simply gave it a low score. If this "vortex" is an independent film, it still passes. I read a lot of short reviews, most of the reasons for giving low scores are under the banner of Chainsaw Horror Part Nine, but it has nothing to do with it, and the man behind the scenes did not inherit the idea of ​​jigsaw. But this movie hasn't reached the level of bad film, the final reversal is still very exciting, but it is still far from the previous seven. I personally think that the current rating of 5.2 is indeed low, at least it should be around 6 points. I hope that the Chinese translation of this movie can be changed to "The Maelstrom: The Terror of the Chainsaw". It is said that the second part of Maelstrom is also in preparation. I don't want the translation of "The Terror of the Chainsaw 10" to appear again.

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Spiral quotes

  • William Schenk: So, uh, how do you take your coffee in the morning?

    Det. Zeke Banks: Alone.

    William Schenk: Ok.

  • Det. Zeke Banks: Listen up. I know some of you guys think I'm a rat. Some of you think I'm a snitch. Some of you are mad I fucked your mother.