Saw X Trivia | 45 facts about the horror film

“Saw X” is the tenth installment in the Saw film franchise that is set between “Saw” and “Saw II”.

Let’s find out some more trivia and facts about the new horror film.

1. Saw X is a 2023 American horror film
2. It is the tenth installment in the Saw film series
3. The film serves as a direct sequel to Saw (2004)
4. It also serves as s prequel to Saw II (2005)
5. It is directed and edited by Kevin Greutert
6. It is written by Josh Stolberg and Peter Goldfinger
7. The film stars Tobin Bell and Shawnee Smith reprising their roles from the previous films
8. With Synnøve Macody Lund, Steven Brand, Renata Vaca, and Michael Beach
9. Set between the events of the first two films, John Kramer (Bell) travels to Mexico in hopes an experimental procedure may cure him
10. Before long, however, the operation is proven to be a hoax
11. Leading him to enact an elaborate and gruesome revenge on those responsible
12. A tenth installment was reported to be in development with Twisted Pictures in April 2021
13. With Stolberg and Goldfinger, writers for the previous two entries of the series confirmed the script was completed in December 2021
14. Filming took place from October 2022 to February 2023 in Mexico City
15. Saw X was theatrically released by Lionsgate on September 29, 2023
16. It received mostly positive reviews from critics
17. With most describing the film as the strongest entry since the first film
18. Critics also praises Bell’s performance
19. In April 2021, a tenth film installment to the Saw franchise, titled Saw X, was reported to be in development with Twisted Pictures
20. Josh Stolberg and Peter Goldfinger, writers for the previous two entries of the series, Jigsaw (2017) and Spiral (2021), confirmed the script was completed in December 2021
21. Producers Mark Burg and Oren Koules had planned the story of Saw X since 2018
22. But plans for the film were put on hold when Michael Burns, the Vice President of Lionsgate, met with Chris Rock in Brazil and approved his pitch for Spiral
23. That film’s box office under-performance led Burg and Koules to go back to the franchise’s roots for its tenth installment and make the story they had planned
24. In August 2022, Bloody Disgusting reported the film would be directed by Kevin Greutert
25. Greutert edited most of the previous installments, and directed Saw VI (2009) and Saw 3D (2010)
26. In October 2022, Tobin Bell was confirmed to reprise the role of John Kramer / Jigsaw
27. Greutert told Empire that Bell is featured in the film more than any other in the series0
28. Bell was also involved in the film’s script and post-production, coming up with extra dialogue that was incorporated into the story after shooting concluded
29. In December 2022, Synnøve Macody Lund, Steven Brand and Michael Beach joined the cast
30. Shawnee Smith reprises her role as Amanda Young
31. Renata Vaca, Paulette Hernandez, Joshua Okamoto and Octavio Hinojosa also joined the cast
32. In the United States and Canada, Saw X was released alongside The Creator, PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie, and the wide expansion of Dumb Money,
33. The film is projected to gross $15 to 18 million from 3,262 theaters in its opening weekend
34. It made $2 million from Thursday night previews
35. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 87% rating
36. Based on 83 critics’ reviews
37. With an average rating of 6.8/10
38. The website’s consensus reads: “Led by a franchise-best performance by Tobin Bell, Saw X reinvigorates the series with an installment that has a surprising amount of heart to go with all the gore”
39. It is the highest-rated installment of the series on the site
40. Topping the first film (50%)
41. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 61 out of 100
42. Based on 20 critics
43. Indicating “generally favorable” reviews.
44. Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of “B” on an A+ to F scale
45. While those polled by PostTrak gave it a 78% positive score