<![CDATA[io9: saw]]> http://tags.lifehacker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: saw]]> http://io9.com/tag/saw http://io9.com/tag/saw <![CDATA[American Audiences Are Guaranteed To Get Their Asses Kicked]]> Ultra-violent uber-superhero quasi-parody Kick-Ass will, indeed, be coming to a theater near you next year, now that the movie has been picked up by Lionsgate for US release. Hope they're prepared for the moral outrage headed their way...

The studio is no stranger to controversy, having been responsible for the Saw series, but we're interested to see if mainstream audiences are really going to be prepared for what they'll get in Matthew Vaughan's adaptation of Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.'s Marvel comic, which has been praised for its realism and criticized for potential racism and it's c-word-using ten-year old girl assassin.

Variety describes the deal between Vaughan's Marv Films and Brad Pitt's Plan B - which co-produced and financed the production - and the studio as "big," and noted that Lionsgate plans to offer the movie on wide release next year.

Lionsgate grabs 'Kick-Ass' [Variety]

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<![CDATA[The Most Offensive Reality TV Show You're Not Watching]]>
VH1's Scream Queens reality TV show is the most insulting piece of pop culture ever, with heaps of crazy piled on top. A group of unknown actresses gather and compete for a (supposedly) coveted role in Saw 6. The whole thing is judged by Slither director James Gunn, acting coach John Homa and Saw actress Shawnee Smith. What does it say about aspiring horror actresses that these women start out crazy and wind up racist? Watch some of the worst moments of this can't-look-away trainwreck, and judge for yourself.

The craziness goes through the entire season, it's pretty amazing. This week the girls did the grind all over Michael Rooker as a vampire, giving old man Rook a happy vampire lap dance and making me very uncomfortable. But it was worth it just to see the look on their faces when he walked out — they had no CLUE who this man was.

Another classic Scream Queen moment besides the constant bitching and moaning is when they all worked together to create a campy horror trailer in which the brown haired girl gets naked in front of that guy from Gilmore Girls (who also happens to be Gunn's brother) and talks like a man when she says "vagina."

If you're not watching this show, you're missing out. It's terrible, horrible trash, but it's amazing to realize that a group of guys that throw buckets of blood on people for a living look tame next to these women. I have no idea how these girls haven't been run out of town with the stuff that comes out of their lips.

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