The killer of the "Saw" franchise may be dead, but his sadistic spirit lives on. Lionsgate's "Saw IV" led the weekend box office with $32.1 million, maintaining the horror franchise's position as a Halloween perennial, according to studio estimates Sunday.

By John Keenan, Omaha World-Herald, Neb. Oct. 28--"Saw III" could use a sharper edge. Sure, the series is still the most inventive and fun among the current crop of horror films.