There is something to theSawfranchise that ensures it will just never die.
It also provides a perfect opportunity to revisit and rank all the movies released to date in the series.
Trying to rank theSawfilms is a bit more difficult than you might imagine.
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Some of them have great characters, but terrible traps.
Sometimes the characters are boring, but the mythology is clever.
Almost every film has something interesting to offer, but almost none of them check all the boxes.
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And now without further ado, check out all tenSawmovies ranked below.
Its sole value is as a case study of how not to create a spin-off of a series.
-Chase Hutchinson
9.
On the game side of things,Saw 3Dgot meta.
If the game is bad, the apprentice mythology is worse.
It’s all about Detective “throat stab” Hoffman, who’s basically the Terminator at this point.
-Haleigh Foutch
From franchise sequels to Ozzie originals.
Instead,Jigsawdoes neither.
-Haleigh Foutch
7.
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-Haleigh Foutch
6.
For someSaw IIIis one of the best, if not the best, installment.
The film also suffers from a challenging lead protagonist who’s just not that easy to like.
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-Haleigh Foutch
5.
Outside the game, Detective Hoffman and Detective Strahm are locked in a deadly game of cat and mouse.
-Haleigh Foutch
4.
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Largely out of necessity, the entire thing is rather confined and pretty straightforward.
The key to this is having Bell take center stage once more.
You fully buy into every detail as Bell is just so believable after decades of playing this character.
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More than ever before, it cementsJigsaw as being one of the best horror villains ever.
-Chase Hutchinson
3.
Even with the petering mythology,Saw VIremains one of the most watchable and entertaining films in the franchise.
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-Haleigh Foutch
2.
Plus, that pit of needles trap is an all-timer.
-Haleigh Foutch
1.
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It’s also significantly different from the string ofblood-soaked “torture porn"sequels it inspired.
Lionsgate ditched their plans to release the film direct-to-video and a box office phenomenon was born.
Saw engaged a dark fantasy in the audience how much blood would you shed to stay alive?
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