10 Horror Movie Sequels That Deserve A Second Chance

The first Saw was the most profitable genre film of 2004, with its low-budget grotesqueness and shocking reveals landing big with audiences amidst spawning myriad successors, spoofs, and imitators.

Naturally, Saw's numerous continuations dove deeper into “torture porn” gratuitousness as they fleshed out the franchise’s increasingly convoluted storyline. Expectedly, the law of diminishing returns was in full effect with 2008’s insipid Saw V, and sadly, that led to 2009’s Saw VI being met with similarly poor reception and markedly worse box office numbers.

That’s really a shame, though, because Saw VI has something serious to say beneath its sadistic surface.

In a nutshell, protagonist William Easton is forced to endure Jigsaw’s typically merciless games because of his moral corruption. You see, he’s a health insurance executive who’s denied countless clients’ coverage as quickly and coldly as possible. Ultimately, he’s forced to kill several colleagues (via enjoyably cruel traps) who’ve also been involved in such heinous decisions before being murdered by the wife and son of a man who died after William rejected his claim.

There’s poetic justice in what happens to William and his colleagues, and overall, Saw VI’s indictment of the American health care system is well worth contemplating.