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This list was originally published in 2017 and has been updated with subsequent films.
Were republishing in honor ofSaws 20th anniversary.
Happy birthday, Jigsaw yo dont make us play any games.
The answer: Sort of!
Like the sin hunters of the 80s, the franchises diabolical Jigsaw (a.k.a.
AsJigsawhits theaters, weve put together a ranking of all theSawmovies so far.
So lets play a game.
Were we previously aware of aBook of Saw?
Did John Kramer write it?
What interesting new blood to have joining theSaw-verse!
But its a shame there was so much excitement becauseSpiralturned out to be confoundingly boring.
The deaths are crazy to watch, as always.
For the crime of being a snooze,Spiralis bringing up the caboose for theSawtrain.
Its the kitchen-sink chapter.
The flashbacks are constant, filling in the ever-retconned backstory of John Kramer and his minions.
But there are limits to entertaining brutality, andIVcrosses them.
You dont get to do both.
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IValso piles on the twists.
You thought Donnie Wahlberg died inII?
You thought Amanda (Shawnee Smith) and John were the only ones on Team Jigsaw?
Hes got a cop in his pocket!
Remember when you saw Johns wife once in a flashback?
Shes now integral to the plot!
Its not thatIVis too intellectually dense to understand.
It just starts to feel like cheap tricks.
While eight is not a badSawmovie, its not very exciting, either.
The main game in the torture barn drags, with long gaps between rounds of punishment.
And the finale lacks the rapid rising action that gave each previous movie its race-to-the-big-finish feel.
The seventh sequel is not an unwelcome entry, but it does hang around the low-middle of the pack.
6.Saw X(2023)
Signature unit: The Bone-Marrow ScaleSawNo.
InX, Jack Kramer (Tobin Bell) returns to the decades-spanning series with more vengeance on his mind.
But what happens when you piss off John Kramer?
Jigsaw comes out to play his little game and teach some lessons.
Fuck around and find out what the inside of your skull looks like!
Billy rides again with his trike and silly hair.
A fewSawall-stars return to the fold (no spoilers!)
so you’re able to point at the screen and shout.
You were fun,Saw X, but thats a bad taste to leave people with.
There are extra points for emotional nuance, and that keepsIIIfrom drowning in an ocean of sameness.
On the downside, Dina Meyer diesin the rib separator, and she is missed.
A police detective who has taken over as the heir to Jigsaw is trying to outsmart the FBI.
And boy, do we hear alotabout the rules inSaw II.
moment, which also serves as the tip-off for how vast and interconnected theSawmythology will eventually become.
But its also the only torture franchise that aims to embed a morality tale into its core.
is still a perfect premise for a horror movie.
The elaborate devices constructed to inflict pain were innovative at the time.
The scenes in the parking garage and the dark apartment, lit only by camera flashes, remain chilling.
