The Jigsaw saga spans nearly two decades of mayhem, from torturous missteps to gore-filled twists.
(The series has also launched twovideogames, and even acruise.)
Read on for our list of the first 10Sawmovies, ranked from worst to best.
Shawnee Smith in ‘Saw’; Chris Rock in ‘Spiral: From the Book of Saw’; Jigsaw in ‘Saw X’.Credit:Lionsgate/courtesy Everett; Brooke Palmer/Lionsgate; Alexandro Bolaños Escamilla/Lionsgate
Saw Vcommits the only unforgivable sin a movie can commit: It’s dreadfully boring.
Declan Gallagher
Ick Factor:2/10 You’ve seen worse onMurder, She Wrote.
Where to watchSaw V: Peacock
9.Spiral: From the Book of Saw(2021)
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Scott Patterson in ‘Saw V’.Everett Collection
Rockstarring in aSawfilmand doing it in the style of48 Hrs.
(1982) is incredibly tantalizing.
Ick Factor:3/10 That clamped tongue is nasty, but copious CGI renders the effects weightless.
Chris Rock in ‘Spiral: From the Book of Saw’.Everett Collection
Ick Factor:5/10 Would a leg really dice that cleanly, even with piano wire?
The lighting here is solely fluorescent, allowing audiences to see every gorgeous detail.
Ick Factor:7.5/10 Credit is due for the payoff of the reverse bear trap after seven films.
Matthew Passmore in ‘Jigsaw’.Brooke Palmer/Lionsgate
Spoiler alert: It’s super gross!
The rest of the film is suitably bonkers enough to be breezy entertainment.
Ick Factor:5/10 Pretty squeamish, but noticeably restrained considering where the series would go.
Costas Mandylor in ‘Saw 3D’.Everett Collection
Wesley Stenzel
Ick Factor:9/10.
A trap victim sucking out her own bone marrow is somehownotthe grossest thing that happens in this one!
Its twists are well-parceled out, and there are a few moments of genuine fright.
Peter Outerbridge in ‘Saw VI’.Everett Collection
Ick Factor:3.5/10 Much worse on your mind than it is on your eyes.
Ick Factor:278/10 Truly off the charts.
Ick Factor:10/10 Anyone up for brain surgery and maggot-infested pig carcass soup?
Jigsaw in ‘Saw II’.Everett Collection
Where to watchSaw III: Peacock
Jigsaw in ‘Saw X’.Alexandro Bolaños Escamilla/Lionsgate
Shawnee Smith in ‘Saw’.Everett Collection
Lyriq Bent in ‘Saw IV’.Everett Collection
Angus Macfadyen in ‘Saw III’.Everett Collection
