Saw X

Saw X
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Kevin Greutert
Written by	Peter Goldfinger Josh Stolberg
Produced by	Oren Koules Mark Burg
Starring	Tobin Bell Shawnee Smith Synnøve Macody Lund Steven Brand Renata Vaca Michael Beach
Cinematography	Nick Matthews
Edited by	Kevin Greutert
Music by	Charlie Clouser
Production companies	Twisted Pictures Media Capital Technologies[1]
Distributed by	Lionsgate
Release date	September 29, 2023 (2023-09-29)
Running time	118 minutes[2]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$13 million[3]
Box office	$111.8 million[4][5]

Saw X is a 2023 American horror film directed and edited by Kevin Greutert and written by Peter Goldfinger and Josh Stolberg. The film is the tenth installment in the Saw film series, serving as both a direct sequel to Saw (2004) and a prequel to Saw II (2005). It stars Tobin Bell and Shawnee Smith who reprise their roles from the previous films, alongside Synnøve Macody Lund, Steven Brand, Renata Vaca, and Michael Beach. The film sees John Kramer (Bell) travelling to Mexico in hopes that an experimental procedure may cure his terminal cancer. John later discovers that the operation is a scam, prompting him to kidnap those responsible and subject them to his trademark death traps as retribution.

A tenth installment was reported to be in development with Twisted Pictures in April 2021, when Stolberg and Goldfinger, writers for the previous two entries of the series, announced that they had completed the script in December 2021. Greutert, who had directed two other installments of the series and edited six, was also confirmed as the film's director. Filming took place from October 2022 to February 2023 in Mexico City.

Saw X was theatrically released by Lionsgate Films on September 29, 2023. It grossed $111 million worldwide and received generally positive reviews from critics, making it the best-reviewed Saw film. A sequel, Saw XI, is scheduled for release in September 2025.