Everything You Need To Know About The Ending Of Saw X

Horror movies come in all shapes and sizes, but there's nothing quite like the 'Saw' franchise. It's one of the goriest franchises in the genre and has seen plenty of people watch the movies from behind the couch, but there's something about them that just keeps people coming back for more.

The release of 'Saw X' at the end of September 2023 was no exception, with the tenth movie in the franchise seeing some of the worst traps come to life. Still, some have been left with some questions, leading to everything you need to know about the ending of ‘Saw X.’

Saw X sees us head back in time

Things immediately get a little trippy when it comes to 'Saw X' as we head back in time to a moment just weeks after the first 'Saw' movie takes place. Little did we know that John Kramer, aka Jigsaw (played by Tobin Bell), had traveled to Mexico for experimental cancer treatment. While he believed it worked, it's later revealed it was all a scam - and it's not long before Jigsaw tracks down everyone involved and teaches them a lesson they will never forget.

The movie sees the traps get off to an immediate start

By teaming up with Amanda Young (played by Shawnee Smith) and Mark Hoffman (played by Costas Mandylor) - with the latter only being revealed at the end of the movie - John Kramer locks up Valentina (played by Paulette Hernández), Mateo (played by Octavio Hinojosa), Gabriela (played by Reneta Vaca), and their ringleader Dr. Cecilia Pederson (played by Synnø Macody Lund) in the same room they faked his procedure. Although John uses a taxi driver called Diego (played by Joshua Okamoto) to round up the team, he is also in on the ruse and ends up in the first real trap. He survives after cutting explosives from his arms, but things don't go as well for Valentina or Mateo. After she cuts off her own leg and he performs brain surgery on himself, neither completes their task in time, and both lose their lives.

Things take a turn when Parker Sears arrives

Parker Sears (played by Steven Brand) was meant to be a terminally ill cancer patient who was cured by Cecilia and told John Kramer all about the miracle treatment. However, when he turns up at the warehouse and demands a refund from the doctor, Amanda isn't buying it. John Kramer doesn't seem to mind, though, and even lets Parker watch when Gabriela's trap of fighting her way out of a radiation machine starts. Even though Gabriela survives, it turns out Parker is in on the fake cancer treatment and demands John free Cecilia before he locks Amanda and Jigsaw in their own traps. To make matters worse, Cecilia snaps Gabriela's neck after she survives her trap and even locks a young boy named Carlos - who John helped earlier in the movie - in John's trap when he turns up to play with his ball.

Parker Sears only realizes what's happening when it's too late

It looks as though Parker and Cecilia are in the clear and about to grab the money and run when he starts to realize something. Cecilia locks John and Carlos into a single trap that needs two people to work. Who was meant to be in the trap with Cecilia before Parker arrived and had her freed? Although John assumed it was Amanda who would end up in the trap with him, the outcome was always the same. He knew that Parker was in on the scam, as Diego had already revealed as much, and they lured him there when John couldn't figure out how to track him down. Sadly for Parker, that realization comes just as the room locks, John's trap ends, and Parker and Cecilia realize they are trapped.

Cecilia Pederson is ultimately left with nowhere to go

As soon as the room locks, there is a countdown timer and a warning that it's filling with dangerous gas. There is a hole in the wall that's large enough for one of them to stick their head through to survive, and it's not long before Cecilia turns on Parker and ends his life to save herself. The issue? As the room fills with poisonous gas, Cecilia realizes that she still can't get out, with Carlos, Amanda, and John walking away with all the money.

Will there ever be a Saw 11?

As of yet, there's no knowing if a 'Saw 11' is on the cards. We know that John Kramer loses his life in 'Saw III,' and the after-credits scene merely wraps up some loose ends of the movie without hinting at another sequel. While there is still time between the first and second movies for another round of 'Saw' with John at the helm, producer Oren Koules told ComicBook.com they "tend not to get too far ahead of ourselves." So, who knows?

Everything you need to know about the ending of 'Saw X' might answer some questions, but it leaves one: is this really the end of Jigsaw's reign?