20 Greatest Horror Villains Of The 2020s (So Far)

Saw X pulled off an impressive narrative sleight of hand by transitioning the Jigsaw Killer John Kramer (Tobin Bell) into something of an anti-hero role by having him face off against an antagonist who was even more vile and sadistic than himself.

And that person is Dr. Cecilia Pederson (Synnøve Macody Lund), a con artist who scams terminally ill cancer patients out of their life savings in exchange for an experimental, apparently miraculous treatment.

Flaky though Kramer's own "moral code" is, at least the guy isn't taking advantage of the most vulnerable people in society - there are no lessons to be taught here, merely a Hall of Fame-tier sociopath robbing dying folk of their money.

Fans were certainly excited to see Cecilia get a well-earned demise at Kramer's hands, then, and so were surely disappointed that she actually survived the events of the movie, even if her precise fate remains firmly up in the air.

We can only hope that the recently greenlit Saw 11 will pick this thread back up and give Cecilia the miserable end she so obviously deserves.