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, part of the TV series '. The film was directed by Michael Karen and written by Stefan Barth.

Plot

During a cooking show, Tim Mälzer got repeated phone calls from a mysterious person, who asks for

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. After several calls Mälzer responds to the person, that threatened him to kill him, like he did it with the camera man. Mälzer looked for the camera man, but he had disappeared. Then the microwave rings and Mälzer opened it and found the camera man's head inside. After that a sentient Jigsaw puppet appeared, driving a small red car and asked again (enraged) for the popcorn. In the same time the four friends Nico, Janine, Acki and Martin driving through a forest.

Cast

*Alfonso Losa as Nico * Jennifer Ulrich as Janin *

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as Acki * Hendrik von Bültzingslöwen as Martin * Christian Tramitz as Harry *

Mike Krüger Michael Friedrich Wilhelm Krüger (born 14 December 1951) is a German comedian, singer and actor. Filmography * ''Piratensender Powerplay'' (1981) * '' Die Supernasen'' (1983) * ''Zwei Nasen tanken Super'' (1984) * '' Seitenstechen'' (1985) * ...

as Michael Meier *Ivonne Schönherr as Ficky *Anni Wendler as Paris *

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as Sidney *Holger C. Gotha as Vater von Sidney * Santiago Ziesmer as Jigsaw (voice)

Parodies

The movie contains many references and parodies of many known horror-thriller movies: *''

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'' - The main theme can be heard, when the four friends walking through the forest. * ''Friday the 13th'' *''

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'' * ''Dead End'' *''

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'' - The Jigsaw puppet. * ''The Ring'' * ''Ju-on'' *''

I Know What You Did Last Summer ''I Know What You Did Last Summer'' is a 1997 American slasher film directed by Jim Gillespie and written by Kevin Williamson. It stars Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, and Freddie Prinze Jr., with supporting ro ...

'' * ''Scream'' *''

28 Weeks Later ''28 Weeks Later'' is a 2007 post-apocalyptic horror film directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, who co-wrote the screenplay with Rowan Joffé, Enrique López Lavigne and Jesus Olmo. It serves as a standalone sequel to '' 28 Days Later'' (20 ...

'' *'' House of Wax'' - Letter animation at the beginning *''

The Evil Dead ''The Evil Dead'' is a 1981 American independent film, independent supernatural horror film written and directed by Sam Raimi (in his feature directorial debut). The film stars Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManincor, Betsy Baker ...

'' - Camera drives * ''Dawn of the Dead'' * ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' *''

Freddy vs. Jason ''Freddy vs. Jason'' is a 2003 American slasher film directed by Ronny Yu and written by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift. It is a crossover between ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' franchise and ''Friday the 13th'' franchise, being the eighth in ...

'' *''

From Dusk till Dawn ''From Dusk till Dawn'' is a 1996 American action horror film directed by Robert Rodriguez and written by Quentin Tarantino from a concept and story by Robert Kurtzman. Starring Harvey Keitel, George Clooney, Tarantino, Ernest Liu, and Juliet ...

'' *''

Donnie Darko ''Donnie Darko'' is a 2001 American Science fiction film, science fiction psychological thriller film written and directed by Richard Kelly (filmmaker), Richard Kelly in his List of directorial debuts, directorial debut, and produced by Flower ...

'' - The smoking lookalike Donnie Darko rabbit scene *''

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ''E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'' (or simply ''E.T.'') is a 1982 American science fiction film, science fiction film produced and directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Melissa Mathison. It tells the story of Elliott Taylor, Elliott, a boy w ...

'' - Jigsaw puppet flies with his red car in front of shining moon. * ''Harry Potter'' *'' Michael Jackson's Thriller'' - The dance routine of the zombies, with the music

References

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