About Now Playing Podcast Presents: The Saw Retrospective Series
How many times can you say “game over” before it actually means something?
Now Playing Podcast locks itself in a room with the entire Saw franchise, from James Wan’s scrappy 2004 indie shocker to the increasingly elaborate sequels, spin-offs, and legacy continuations that kept Jigsaw’s work alive long after he was six feet under.
Twisted traps. Moral lectures. Soap-opera plotting disguised as torture porn. As the timeline bends over backward to connect every apprentice and every flashback, does the series get sharper with age or just more convoluted?
Join the Now Playing Podcast hosts as they follow every key, every tape recorder, and every reverse bear trap to decide which chapters are killer and which should have been left for dead.
Between the events of 'Saw' and 'Saw II', a sick and desperate John Kramer travels to Mexico for a risky and experimental medical procedure in hopes of a miracle cure for his cancer – only to discover the entire operation...
18 May 2021
Spiral: From the Book of Saw
Working in the shadow of an esteemed police veteran, brash Detective Ezekiel “Zeke” Banks and his rookie partner take charge of a grisly investigation into murders that are eerily reminiscent of the city’s gruesome past. Unwittingly entrapped in a deepening...
31 Oct 2017
Jigsaw
Dead bodies begin to turn up all over the city, each meeting their demise in a variety of grisly ways. All investigations begin to point the finger at deceased killer John Kramer.
31 Oct 2010
Saw 3D
As a deadly battle rages over Jigsaw's brutal legacy, a group of Jigsaw survivors gathers to seek the support of self-help guru and fellow survivor Bobby Dagen, a man whose own dark secrets unleash a new wave of terror.
11 Dec 2009
Saw VI
Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw's legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw's grand scheme is finally...
4 Dec 2009
Saw V
Detective Hoffman is seemingly the last person alive to carry on the Jigsaw legacy. But when his secret is threatened, he must go on the hunt to eliminate all the loose ends.
27 Nov 2009
Saw IV
Jigsaw and his apprentice Amanda are dead. Now, upon the news of Detective Kerry's murder, two seasoned FBI profilers, Agent Strahm and Agent Perez, arrive in the terrified community to assist the veteran Detective Hoffman in sifting through Jigsaw's latest...
20 Nov 2009
Saw III
Jigsaw has disappeared. Along with his new apprentice Amanda, the puppet-master behind the cruel, intricate games that have terrified a community and baffled police has once again eluded capture and vanished. While city detective scramble to locate him, Doctor Lynn...
13 Nov 2009
Saw II
When a new murder victim is discovered with all the signs of Jigsaw's hand, Detective Eric Matthews begins a full investigation and apprehends Jigsaw with little effort. But for Jigsaw, getting caught is just another part of his plan. Eight...
6 Nov 2009
Saw
Obsessed with teaching his victims the value of life, a deranged, sadistic serial killer abducts the morally wayward. Once captured, they must face impossible choices in a horrific game of survival. The victims must fight to win their lives back,...
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