Movies
Did You Spot Leigh Whannell’s ‘Saw’ Easter Eggs in ‘Upgrade’ and ‘The Invisible Man’?
Before Leigh Whannell became one of the most exciting filmmakers in horror, he was the co-mastermind behind two major franchises: Lionsgate’s Saw and Universal’s Insidious.
While longtime collaborator James Wan would direct the first two Insidious films, Whannell would take over for Insidious: Chapter 3 before writing and directing both Upgrade and this year’s The Invisible Man.
Wan, who also directed the first Saw, tipped his hat to his franchise when he slipped Billy the puppet into Dead Silence before sneaking a drawing of the iconic puppet into the first Insidious.
Billy also popped up in Wan’s Death Sentence.
Whannell would continue this tradition in Upgrade as well as The Invisible Man, as proven by reddit user MJZuurman who shared two screencaps from the aforementioned genre films in which Billy has been graffitied onto a wall and a fence. Did you spot these?!
Billy appearing in Upgrade
Filming is underway on The Invisible Man director Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man for Universal and Blumhouse, which will be howling its way into theaters on January 17, 2025.
Deadline reports that Matilda Firth (Disenchanted) is the latest actor to sign on, joining Christopher Abbott (Poor Things), Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel), and Sam Jaeger.
The project will mark Whannell’s second monster movie and fourth directing collaboration with Blumhouse Productions (The Invisible Man, Upgrade, Insidious: Chapter 3).
Wolf Man stars Christopher Abbott as a man whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator.
Writers include Whannell & Corbett Tuck as well as Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo.
Jason Blum is producing the film. Ryan Gosling, Ken Kao, Bea Sequeira, Mel Turner and Whannell are executive producers. Wolf Man is a Blumhouse and Motel Movies production.
In the wake of the failed Dark Universe, Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man has been the only real success story for the Universal Monsters brand, which has been struggling with recent box office flops including the comedic Renfield and period horror movie The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Giving him the keys to the castle once more seems like a wise idea, to say the least.
4 New Horror Movies Releasing This Week Including ‘Late Night with the Devil’ at Home
Looking for New Episodes of “Chucky” on Peacock? Here’s What Changed
‘Ready or Not’: Radio Silence Filmmakers Tease the “Absolute Banger” of a Sequel That’s Taking Shape
‘Terrifier 3’: Filming Has Wrapped on Damien Leone’s Christmas Slasher Sequel!
‘Halloween: Illustrated’ Review: Original Novelization of John Carpenter’s Classic Gets an Upgrade
You must be logged in to post a comment.