
We don’t learn what it said until Saw VI. We don’t learn who wrote this letter until Saw IV. In Saw III, we see a character read a letter and burst into tears, shortly before flying into a homicidal rage.How tightly-plotted could these films possibly be?” Well, here are some examples: The only way you make movies that quickly is if you’re letting the interns write them for college credit. Secondly, you’re probably thinking, “C’mon Matt, they’ve pumped out a Saw sequel every Halloween for the past seven years. If you’re a Saw virgin who ignored my warning and kept reading, first of all, don’t try that stuff with Jigsaw. Since I’ve found the series enormously entertaining, I advise anyone who’s not fully up to speed to bookmark this page and come back when you’re Sawed up.) [Note: Saw spoilers follow in great quantities. But for the fans, it’s the twisted PLOTLINES that has us counting the days until Halloween. The people who know the Saw movies only from the advertisements assume their appeal is the twisted traps. And through it all, there’s the killer’s teasing insistence that he’s building to SOMETHING that each death is another piece in a master plan. We flash backwards and forwards, revisiting the events of past films from multiple angles. (I recently watched all six in less than two months, and I still found myself heading to the IMDB message boards to figure out what was going on.) Seemingly minor characters return in later films, suddenly thrust into the spotlight. It’s not an exaggeration to say you stand no chance of understanding the later films without having seen the earlier ones, preferably only days before. Twisted.īut think about the other meaning of the word “twisted”: as in, “full of twists.” This is far and away the most plot-heavy, convoluted horror film series ever. In less than ten seconds, this animation encapsulates the series’s infamous modus operandi: horrible pain is inflicted with low-tech tools, and we’re forced to watch.
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Then the metal spike is rotated, tightening the wire and gouging deep scars in the poor letters.

Before each film, the words “Twisted Pictures” are ensnared by coils of nasty-looking barbed wire.

To understand the Saw series, all you have to do is look at the production company’s logo. Updated: I added a new section to the end of this article, after the release of Saw 3D.
