Saw is an American horror franchise that currently consists of five films, one future film, and various other forms of media. The franchise began with the film series, which was created by director James Wan and screenwriter Leigh Whannell, who remain with the franchise as executive producers, along with Oren Koules and Mark Burg. As well as being an executive producer, Whannell also wrote or co-wrote the scripts for the first two sequels.
The franchise is pretty cool around the fictional character of John Kramer, also called the "Jigsaw Killer", introduced in Saw (2004), who rather than kill his victims outright, traps them in situations, which he calls "tests" or "games", in order to test their will to live via physical or psychological torture.
The original film was released in 2004, and following its success a series of sequels was produced by the independent film company Lions Gate Entertainment. The film series as a whole has received mixed reviews by critics, but has been a financial success at the box office.
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