Ranking Every Twist Ending in the Saw Series! 

Might be unpopular, but I like the way they revealed the twist in Jigsaw. Halloran noticing his lasers charred the roof above him, but Logan's didn't, followed by Logan rising up is actually kinda cool.

In my opinion, I think that the twist at the end of Saw 3D would’ve been better if Dr. Gordon wasn’t revealed at the beginning of the movie.

Fun Fact: Dr Gordon was actually supposed to return for Saw III. But, of course, he sued his own management firm for his 1% compensation from Saw. My thoughts are his return in Saw III would've led to numerous appearances in later films. So, because he didn't get paid such a small amount that the firm could've obviously afforded, we never got potential build up to Saw 7's twist.

Was so glad to hear your #2 spot was Saw because Saw 2’s ending is just sublime. “He’s in a safe place” Such a classic Jigsaw move to say exactly what he means but since everyone is so high strung they aren’t thinking about literal meanings.

The "corpse" sitting up at the end of the first Saw was one of the biggest WTF moments in horror movie history.

Love how he had to mentally calm himself down before saying the brazen bull

i kinda want a movie of lawerence through the years under john and like- give more of a back story other than the two minute montage that “explained” it lmao

The brilliance of Saw II is that it has three twists (the 2 storylines not taking place at the same time, the fact that the house is the same as in the first movie and Amanda's reveal) none of which are as impactul as that first movie's twist on their own, but when you combine them it's another level of blowing your mind

I will admit how obvious the twist in Spiral is for the exact reason you mentioned. I think the reason it didn't bother me as much is because unlike Hoffman and unlike Logan, we actually get a chance to be with the killer post twist for an extended period of time within the movie. It's not just an ending twist, it's a twist that leads to the end. I really dig that. They absolutely should've executed the twist better, but I appreciate that it wasn't the last thing we saw in this film

Saw 2 is definitely the strongest twists for me, and that kind of has me listing it as my favorite Saw movie at this point. My unpopular opinion is that Jigsaw getting up as the dead body in Saw is actually not great. Obviously it was surprising but it really doesn’t change the movie, if the movie ended with Adam listening to the tape and realizing the killer was still out there and the lights shut out with his screaming it would be every bit as impactful, the more I watch it the more I find Jigsaw posing as the corpse to be pretty silly.

I personally think Saw 3 is the most underrated movie of the entire series. I didn’t find it boring at all :)

I'm sitting here wondering what would happen if the Saw franchise got a "What If" spinoff, where everyone who got killed in the traps found a way out instead or solved the puzzles, and where the twists could've been something else for each movie, whereever that would be possible (example: Kramer survives the operation in 3, and isn't killed by Jeff, however, Jeff got a taste of what it was like, and becomes the new slow-ass motherfucking apprentice, giving his victims LOADS of time to figure their puzzles out)

I'm honestly just impressed how many different ways you've talked about the saw franchise without it getting boring or stale, so props👍

Also with spiral I knew he didn’t die because he was just killed. No test or chance to survive. Poorly executed. On the trap where they needed to work together I feel like the reveal was more for the players in the game not the audience

Best twist: Timothy in Saw 3.

I really liked Saw V when the walls started to close on Strahm

The twist from the first one is definitely the best.

I’d like to argue that the big twist of Spiral isn’t the WHO, but the WHY. Like, obviously we know who it is that’s behind all of the traps because they made it obvious as hell. But the fact that he wanted to do it because he was a witness as a kid and that was why he wanted to team up with Zeke was interesting to me.

To be fair, there was scenes from SAW 5 through 3D, they left hints about Lawrence's Involvement. And it was the best way to tie up all loose ends.

I think CZs World did a Horror History episode that makes Jigsaw fit into the timeline pretty well. It’s not completely cannon, but makes more sense than anything else people have theorized.

I know this is an older video, but I did want to mention that technically there isn't much of a plot hole regarding Logan being Jigsaw's first apprentice or that game being the first he set up. Cecil's test was more of a preliminary test, not much of a real game, especially since the trap broke before it even accomplished anything, plus as far as we know it was never found out about either. As for Logan himself, there's a bit in the film where Halloran looks up his background and you can see that Logan was actually deployed in the Iraq war, then recovering from PTSD in a veteran's hospital, during the events of Saw 1 through Saw 3D. So while he was the first apprentice, he wasn't actually helping for very long before he left. Which would explain why no one knew him, no one spoke about him, and he never came up. That said you do have to pause the film and read to find this out, so it's really easy to miss. Another thing to note about Saw 3D is Technically in Saw 2 you do see the man who is putting the key behind the Venus Flytrap victim's eye limping. Due to this and the surgical precision of some of the traps that happen after the 1st movie, people have been predicting for a while that Gordon both survived and was helping Jigsaw. The reason many saw it coming the moment he showed up in the film is because we had been waiting for that reveal since Saw 2. It's something I imagine was originally planned to be revealed earlier, but due to the exact lawsuit you mentioned, Cary Elwes wasn't willing to reprise the role. So I see it more as a heavily unexplored plotline that almost got left on the bus, before they finally managed to get Cary Elwes back for Saw 3D.

Hey just wanted to say you look so much happier and healthier Pat! I hope everything’s still going well for you mate!

I’m glad that Saw 6 and Saw 2 were ranked high and praised :) Those are my two favorite Saw movies. Edit: Saw 6’s reveal twists of Amanda killing John’s son and Amanda’s letter were amazing I felt

In my opinion, the real twist in Spiral was how Zeke was supposed to save his father, as well as the whole Article 8 subplot, revealing why Zeke was referred to as a rat by his colleagues. Shenk's reveal as the killer felt like the beginning of the whole twist.

unpopular opinion- my favorite reveal was at the end of saw IV. it was the only one that caught me 100% off guard because i was fully invested in the story and it wasn’t spoiled for me. i was team eric and it pissed me of to know he could’ve survived since Hoffman was the jigsaw. i also really liked that the whole took place at the same time as saw III, it really showed John Kramer go out with a bang having to games happening at the same time.

The jigsaw twist doesn't make sense because John saved Logan because his trap was unfair, but then why didn't he save/retest Adam when the key went down the drain?

I mostly agree with you exept for Saw V. I would rank it at number 9. Now, I agree when you say it's a good twist but predictable, but for me, the problem lies elsewhere. There is no real plot twist regarding the main story. Strahm gets the confirmation that Hoffmann is the killer and he gets killed in the process. The main appeal with the twists in this franchise, to me at least, is their ability to change previous movies and the course of the next ones (not considering their qualities or lack of). The twist of a trap, no matter how good it is, is immediatlu forgotten in the next movie (knowing the family tree of Will Easton doesn't affect Saw 3D but Jill trying to Kill Hoffmann does). I don't really like Saw 4's twist, same for Jigsaw, but at least there is one PS: that was a longer comment than I expected XD

My personal rankings are always ruined by my preference of the soundtrack, rather than the twist itself, so this video was a nice reality check. Totally agree on number 1, I remember myself absolutely shocked when I first saw that.

I like Gordon's reveal in 3D simply because it helped to explain how Kramer managed a lot of tips that would've required some medical knowledge.

What a treat of a video at 2.17am. Cheers man, can't wait! Never stop with the Saw content, can never get enough

Jigsaw’s twist had the same surprise factor that the original saw had on me. I’m genuinely shocked Spiral wasn’t the worst in ur list

Jigsaw twist makes sense. Bassicly: John hosted a game during 2003 (most likely) in a barn owned by Jill tuck. There were 5 players, one of them was Logan, then.. you know, John saves him, makes him a follower... But then Logan leaves for the Military (This is the reason why we dont see him from Saw to Saw 3D). Then he comes back in 2016 (13 years after the OG Barn game), and fools the Police by hosting same game like John's.

Fully agree, Saw 2 is my personal favorite & has the best twist that I didn't see coming!

By the way, I saw this in Reddit, you can see in Saw 2, in Venus Fly Trap, you can see that the hooded man responsible for putting the key in his eyes, couldn't walk properly, just a simple clue and kind of liked it but still not impressed by the twist.

Just finished watching Spiral. I feel it deserves a 7/10 rating IMO. Can’t wait to watch this video! :) subbed

Saw 2 is just a bigger and more crazy movie than saw. A bigger space (nerve gas house) a bigger plot (a strong cop and trap plot) and most of all a bigger twist (not only having 1, that the game was old footage, not only 2, that the Matthews child was actually safe but 3 that amanda was the next and new apprentice. All of that being said, the first saw movie twist is downright amazing. And the reveal gives me goosebumps everytime. Adam finding the tape on zepps body and then the amazing theme hello zepp plays. And when it gets to its climax, you see someone standing up. The man himself, the host of the game getting up and the absolute fear and confusion on not only adams face but the audience's face. Everything comes together in a minute and then the iconic game over with the door slam. Just perfect 🤌

To me, my favorite two saw twists are the original from 2004 and Spiral, both to me personally had the same feeling in the movie theater. Hearing that Zepp tune for the first time in years got me really hard from nostalgia and the feeling of anxiety and emotional tragedy just got me. John rising from the bathroom, Sam L Jackson being killed and William getting away with it just sets the cherry on top

glad you enjoyed the saw 2 twist, but I found it a bit predicable that she was in on it.. Mine in the first one, John getting up will never get old I always like watching reactions

Watching John rise up in SAW blew my younger self's mind the first time I watched it. SAW II was one of the first films where I suspected the twist from the beginning, and the payoff for being right felt just so good. Even though it was 'predictable' as you said, Jigsaw was the one that rekindled my love for these films. I suspected that the traps were 'happening in the past', but the shotgun had me on the edge of my seat, literally screaming at the tv, for her to put the damn thing down! It was glorious... and my brother got a good laugh out of me losing my mind. So happy memories with some of these twists 😊

Best: 7. There are strings on me (Spiral) 6. Amanda’s test (Saw III) 5. Not my game (Saw VI) 4. Key to freedom (Jigsaw) 3. He’s in a safe place (Saw II) 2. Same time as III (Saw IV) 1. The dead guy ain’t dead (Saw) Least: 5. Should have gotten in the coffin (Saw V) 4. The doctor is in (Saw 3D) 3. Logan the apprentice (Jigsaw) 2. A husband and wife (Saw III) 1. Schneck the copycat (Spiral)

Great Vid Keep up the good work 👍

What you said about spiral was the main why some fans didn’t like the it. It was just way too predictable and we know saw is great with surprises

As much as I love the original twist I think the twist of Saw 2 with Jigsaw literally telling Eric where his son was and Daniel was right next to him the whole time was handled a whole lot better in my opinion because all Eric had to do was something simple but ultamitly couldn't play be even the simplest of rules.

5:53 i kinda laughed out loud because of the absolute anguish in your voice in having to recall *sighs* the brazen bull.

I love your passion for this franchise! 😂

I'm gonna preface this by saying that Spiral was my first Saw movie unless you count Scary Movie, which...I don't. So I didn't know that dead meant on-screen death. I didn't know the formula. I think I made this argument before for Spiral. The twist isn't about William betraying him. The music doesn't start until Zeke needs to choose between taking down William or saving his dad, which is an uphill battle as we see. William's only goal was to kill Zeke's dad and rid the force of any corruption along the way. The puppet rigging only happened when the target was shot. It was a choice between having him bleed to death or shooting him on sight thinking he's the assailant. My biggest concern is what happened next. Where the fuck do you go after that? Imagine having to explain to the remainder of the police force that you shot the chief over a misunderstanding and that the man who created the trap that caused it was still at large. All the people closest to Zeke were gone and he had nothing to show for it. Because he took on a case that he just couldn't handle.

I remember theorizing with others about Dr Gordon when the movies were coming out. I wouldn’t be surprised if that was never the plan and they just stole the idea from the fans 😂

I love the saw series! And I thought spiral was a really good addition. I liked the traps and I like the reveal even though you could see it coming. I agree they should have showed his face but then it's just what the detective assumed happened but didn't actually. And in the flashback they could show what really happened. They made it so obvious that I assumed it was a red herring. But there were other reveals on top of that that I didn't see coming like the fact that he didn't have a family.

Technically, saw three had the twist that it was Amanda’s test, Jeff and Lynn were married, that John was Jeff’s last test, and that their daughter was taken too.

Great content!

I've been binging his videos for the past days and I just noticed that he has the Tlou Ellie tattoo.. I love that

Love your Saw content !!!

Finally, someone who loves Spiral as much as I do!

I absolutely agree with you on Spiral, it is a fantastic Saw movie but the twist was the most predictable throughout the franchise. It should've been a lot more shocking if they showed what Zeek thought happened then revealed that he is still alive. That would've been even more shocking. Again, Spiral is a great movie and does have some traps that made me wince, which hasn't happened in a while in a Saw movie.

I assumed that Saw one would be your choice for best Saw movie twist. I was really surprised to see Saw 2 as number one on your list.

There was a great channel on youtube back in the day called “Dr Gordon is Alive” and after every movie he pointed out 10-15 times per movie that Gordon was involved. They mention him in each film, someone had to have access to that many dirty needles for the needle pit , ect. It was the correct twist but the movie is so awful it overshadowed it. I think my Ranking on just endings alone 1- Saw 2- Saw 2 3- Saw 6 4 - Saw 3D/7 5- Saw 3 6- Jigsaw 7- Saw 4 8- Spiral 9- Saw 5

Definitely agree. It's pretty close between Saw and Saw 2, but 2's is slightly better

I really wished that they didn't 'kill' off Shank in Spiral... it gave everything away so early. If they had kept him hostage & 'skinned his arm' and sent it to Zeke as a threat or message, the twist would have had a lot more pay off. We probably would still have been suspicious of Shank and the situation but I definitely think they could have played it into character development for Zeke and his issues having and trusting a partner.

To this day i still feel final line in Jigsaw should have been so much better. "I speak for the dead. And the dead... says Game Over." At least then it coulda been a little more serviceable

Same as me, I really love Saw movies since I was a kid. It didn't scare me a lot just a few because it is a very interesting movie! ( especially the bad ones which make no sense or have no reason to do that). I love most of the Saw movies because they are my childhood movies. One thing that is big disappointing is the Spiral, the doll is a pig, not Billy the puppet T_T. Nice video and keep it up!

Leigh Whannell revealed in a recent podcast that in his original script for Saw 3, Dr. Gordon was supposed to keep John Kramer alive (in place of Lynn Denlon), and his wife is grieving over her missing and supposedly dead husband until she receives a package from Jigsaw telling her Dr. Gordon is alive and she'll have to play a game to find him.. but with the lawsuit Cary Elwes couldn't return but I wish we could've seen THAT because it logically makes more sense than Dr. Gordon becoming John's "greatest asset" and would be an amazing book end to the first 3 films.. despite how much I fanboyed over the end of Saw 7 in theaters Link to the podcast: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-EpMBPUFbUkQ.html

I honestly think Spiral is pretty good. It's very clumsy getting there, but I like that it doesnt have massive far reaching consequences requiring huge retcons. Its self contained like Saw and Saw 2. It was the first time in a while I actually said 'ohhh shit' when Samuel L Jackson starts getting raised up and framed for the cops to kill.

Can't wait for the updated video that includes the plot twist ending of Saw X

I actually agree with your list

Saw 2,1,6 are for sure up there for me on the list. 4,5, really enjoyed those as well. Saw 7… idk Spiral then Jigsaw 😭 I can’t decide 😅

good recap video.

I really like the Hoffman fight scene in the police station in Saw 6 I would say I don’t have a personal list yet of the favorite saw twists however, with the multiple sequels, and the fact that each sequel is relatively, kept at average level of construction compared to other series of movies all, the twist can all be enjoyed.

I agree with almost the entire list, but for me the original twist is the best one...and my honest reason for this is that, although the kid being in the safe surprised me, I believed Amanda was thrown back into the sequel for only one reason from the moment I heard she was in it: to be a part of his team going forward (it's how she spoke about him in the first one that gives it away for me)...just found this channel though and...subscribed ❤

Can't wait for the Halloween Kills review. I get to see a early viewing on the 14th :) Also can't believe Danny McBride wrote the story to the new films.... Like what

I think we all knew that Saw 1 and 2 would be the top 2 for this.

7:39 on a commentary the director or writer said Gordon does in the hallway so no one can convince me they planned it all along.

Saw 2 had a very underrated twist

I loved Spiral

I really disliked the twist in Jigsaw because it's literally overdone before, a lot of movies already did that, "before you, there was me." it's cool in some movies especially if they executed it well but it was already did in some of the Saw movies which really connects at some point but Jigsaw's twist just offer a lot more plothole for me.

In the case of Spiral, the reveal of the killer fell flat due to their obvious portrayal throughout the movie. It might have been more effective if they maintained the killer's overt appearance and even had Zeke suspect him (similar to Agent Perez suspecting Hoffman). The twist could have been enhanced by placing the supposed killer in a trap, leading the audience to think it's a mimic of Amanda in Saw 2 or Hoffman, only to discover that someone else entirely was behind the killings. This approach could have provided a more satisfying twist, in my view

I love the saw movies, the traps, the twists, John Kramer.

Ahhhh new upload :) I thoroughly enjoy your insight & opinions on the best movies - no I’m not ass kissing :P being honest :)

There’s one twist that sort of got looked over from Saw 6 in this video that I feel is important because it impacts how we viewed the ending to Saw 3: the letter Amanda received, which is revealed was written by Hoffman. The note saying that he knows that Amanda was indirectly responsible for the death of John and Jill’s unborn child (she was with Cecil that night and told him to break in the clinic to steal drugs) and tells her to either kill Dr. Denlon or he’ll tell John. That sort of changes things with Saw 3. Maybe Amanda DID change and was only forced to shoot Lynn under duress?

Sometimes I wish these movies had “choose your own story” alternate endings. Like what if Eric just listened to Jigsaw and received his son.

Holy shit! You have Ellie’s tattoo!!! I want it too

I think the reveals in the first 2 films are some of the best cinematic twists in film history.

The pain in his eyes when he mentioned Jeff from Saw III.

Adam is still alive and I can prove it. In the directors cut of saw we see John telling Amanda to put the shackle on his left leg which she does and we see throughout the movie. The corpse we see in saw 2 and 3d that is supposed to be adam has the shackle on his right leg. And you may be thinking that amanda still suffocated him with the plastic wrap, but she only did it for about 36 seconds which if you were only suffocated for that long you could survive. Also, in every movie after saw 1, we see that pictures of the victim have become very important, and who could have been taking those pictures, adam. So I think Adam is working as an apprentice for jigsaw and we might see that come true in saw x

Dr. Gordon was behind the scenes. He was the one who put the key behind the guys eye in saw 2

Saw 4 and Saw 3D had really good twists for me but I am a sucker for nostalgia

The impact of the twist in saw 1 is still the biggest for me in the saw series. Probably because it is the first movie. I'm not sure but the other twists did not disappoint me. I love the SAW franchise. Wanna see more. Hope Spiral sequel is good. The twists and traps are definitely the best part of the saw franchise. It might actually be the only good parts of SAW and was able to have a franchise. And John Kramer of course. One of the best villains in horror movie history

Bro I went insane at the end of saw V

Jigsaw is the third best saw movie, prove me wrong

Saw 3D ending mabye was not very much prepared for...But it can make sense as Jigsaw kept him hidden from Amanda and Hoffman because he was losing faith in those two to carry on the work

I dont see how ANY twist in the franchise is better than the original SAW i think its one of the best twist EVER and Amanda Young is my fav character but Saw 1 is chef kiss 👌🏾 10/10 .. Saw 2 is #2

Dr gordon being an apprentice of jigsaw was obvious but it wasnt the saw 3d that had fans clued in on and thats saw 2. The key part was in a video we see a hooded figure surgically remove a guys eye put the key behind it and put the eye back indicating the figure had experience in the med field, then if u watch closely the hooded figure was limping which kind of gave it away

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I thought the Saw 6 ending/ twist was a banger. After William had to choose who lives and dies with his associates as a result of his corrupt company, he suddenly becomes the victim of that same choice. Saw 6 is one of my favorite movies from the whole series.

I’d argue that for Saw IV, Hoffman being the new apprentice is just a plot point, not a twist. The actual twist is the fact that it’s at the same time as Saw III like you said so I think I deserved to get a higher rank cuz that twist was brilliant.

Jigsaw was the first movie of Saw franchise i ever watched

I feel like Jigsaw (2017) would've worked better if it went the prequel route at seeing a young John Kramer in his early days when he was younger and alive where we seeing his uprising to becoming the Jigsaw Killer through out the franchise.

For me the main thing about the game in Jigsaw being the "First" game is that only John really knew about Cecil, and it might have also been the first GROUP game. As for the cops not finding it, that's just a plot hole. That being said, I actually thought Jigsaw was better than Spiral as a movie, and in your rankings I would have traded their places. Something about Spiral just made me feel like it was lesser to the other SAW films as a SAW film. Partly because as someone who's great at picking twists in horror movies, I didn't pick that one!

As far as Gordon not being teased, I think we can see in the Venus fly trap tape, the surgeon in the video seems to have a limp. So I think it was still meant to be him

A fellow spiral enjoyer!

In SAW 5 when strahm is investigating the tunnels theirs a trail of blood from lawrence gordon