![]() ![]() Saw II showed us Jigsaw's disdain for bad cops. Believe it or not, this is (sort of) the last film where Jigsaw is alive in the present. But who is the test actually for? How is everything connected? A grieving father (Angus Macfadyen) is put through a terrible crucible while a doctor (Bahar Soomekh) is forced to keep Jigsaw alive long enough to complete his masterpiece. Jigsaw, about to succumb to terminal cancer, runs (what seems like) one last game. Things get undeniably brutal in Saw III as "torture porn" starts to become a label for this subgenre of horror. Once again the clock is ticking and SAW II, a worthy sequel, drops two different big swerves at the end - tricks that would become series hallmarks. Acting as a cruel dungeon master, Jigsaw runs a "game" with multiple participants, each he wants to teach a valuable lesson, including the son of an abusive homicide detective (Donnie Wahlberg). Saw II greatly expanded the wicked world of Saw, giving trap-setter Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) a face and voice, along with motivations and convictions. Naturally, there's a killer twist at the end, the first of many shocking reveals these movies would unleash. ![]() It's largely set in one room and acts like a menacing, lethal escape room as a dirtbag doctor (Cary Elwes) and a sleazy photographer (writer Leigh Whannell) are forced to violently save their own lives by playing a mysterious game set in place by an unseen madman. Saw, the first entry of this mega-horror franchise, is actually unlike all the other Saw movies. Where to Watch: Starz, DirecTV, or rentable on most platforms. The Saw Movies in (Present Time) Chronological Order 1. Saw X (not the official title) arrives September 29, 2023. Then four years later for in-universe spinoff, Spiral: From the Book of Saw. Then it wasn't until 2017 that we got the eighth movie, Jigsaw. Created by James Wan ( The Conjuring series, Insidious franchise) and Leigh Whannell (Insidious franchise, The Invisible Man), Saw struck gold back in 2004 and we got a Saw movie every year after that - usually an October tradition - through 2010. There are nine total movies set within the Saw universe. How to watch in flashback chronological order.How to watch in present time chronological order.We've got the Saw movies listed out just plainly and then, for those wanting to piece together the timeline of the flashbacks, we have those moments listed in chronological order too. Filled with twists and flashbacks, and no official "prequels" the Saw saga is only half a straight road, the rest being an avalanche of retcons and revisions involving time trickery and secret "hiding in plain sight" Jigsaw apprentices that have been in on the schemes, yes, since before the first movie. Which makes it a bit of a challenge to list these films out chronologically. ![]()
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