10 Horror Movie Cliffhangers Nobody Cared About

10. Schenk Escapes - Spiral: From The Book Of Saw

The most recent Saw film concludes with the reveal that the new copycat version of Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) targeting loose canon cops is Detective William Schenk (Max Minghella), who rather predictably staged his death earlier in the movie.

In the final scene, Schenk's convoluted master plan finally plays out, with protagonist Detective Zeke Banks' (Chris Rock) corrupt cop father Marcus (Samuel L. Jackson) being fatally shot by a SWAT team who mistake him for a gunman.

During the chaos, Schenk makes his escape from the warehouse via elevator, all while Zeke helplessly watches and screams in frustration.

Clearly, the ending was intended to install Schenk as the new Jigsaw moving forward, with a sequel likely revolving around Zeke pursuing him while he continues to torture and kill crooked cops.

Yet even accepting that Spiral released during an especially bleak period of the pandemic, it was still largely rejected by critics and fans alike, who simply weren't interested in Schenk or, it seems, a Saw movie without the presence of Tobin Bell's John Kramer.

With both Spiral and its predecessor Jigsaw both failing to move the series on past Kramer, it's little surprise that the upcoming tenth film, Saw X, is a "midquel" set between the first two movies, in turn allowing Bell despite Kramer dying in Saw III.