Originally released as a motion picture: Saw, 2004; Saw II, 2005; Saw III, 2006; Saw IV, 2007; Saw V, 2008; Saw VI, 2009; Saw : the final chapter, 2010.

Saw: produced by Gregg Hoffman, Oren Koules, Mark Burg ; story by James Wan and Leigh Whannell ; written by Leigh Whannell ; directed by James Wan ; director of photography, David A. Armstrong ; editor, Kevin Greutert ; music, Charlie Clouser ; costume designer, Jennifer Soulages ; production designer, Julie Berghoff.

Saw II: produced by Mark Burg, Gregg Hoffman, Oren Koules ; written by Darren Lynn Bousman, Leigh Whannell ; directed by Darren Lynn Bousman ; director of photography, David A. Armstrong ; editor, Kevin Greutert ; music, Charlie Clouser ; costume designer, Alex Kavanagh ; production designer, David Hackl ; visual effects supervisor, Bret Culp ; special effects supervisor, Tim Good.

Saw III: produced by Gregg Hoffman, Oren Koules, Mark Burg ; directed by Darren Lynn Bousman ; story by Leigh Whannell and James Wan ; screenplay by Leigh Whannell ; director of photography, David A. Armstrong ; editor, Kevin Greutert ; music by Charlie Clouser.

Saw IV: produced by Mark Burg, Gregg Hoffman, Oren Koules ; story by Patrick Melton & Marcus Dunstan and Thomas Fenton ; screenplay by Patrick Melton & Marcus Dunstan ; directed by Darren Lynn Bousman ; director of photography, David A. Armstrong ; editor, Kevin Greutert ; music, Charlie Clouser ; costume designer, Alex Kavanagh ; production designer, David Hackl ; visual effects supervisor, Jon Campfens.

Saw V: produced by Gregg Hoffman, Mark Burg, Oren Koules ; screenplay by Patrick Melton & Marcus Dunstan ; directed by David Hackl ; directors of photography, David A. Armstrong, Matthew CooperKay ; editor, Kevin Greutert ; music, Charlie Clouser.

Saw VI: produced by Gregg Hoffman, Oren Koules, Mark Burg ; screenplay, Patrick Melton, Marcus Dunstan ; directed by Kevin Greutert ; music, Charlie Clouser.

Saw : the final chapter: produced by Gregg Hoffman, Oren Koules, Mark Burg ; written by Patrick Melton & Marcus Dunstan ; directed by Kevin Greutert.

Saw: Cary Elwes, Danny Glover, Monica Potter, Michael Emerson, Ken Leung, Tobin Bell, Makenzie Vega, Shawnee Smith, Dina Meyer, Benito Martinez, Leigh Whannell.

Saw II: Donnie Wahlberg, Shawnee Smith, Tobin Bell, Franky G, Glenn Plummer, Dina Meyer, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Beverley Mitchell, Erik Knudsen, Lyriq Bent.

Saw III: Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Angus Macfadyen, Bahar Soomekh, Dina Meyer, Costas Mandylor.

Saw IV: Tobin Bell, Scott Patterson, Betsy Russell, Costas Mandylor, Lyriq Bent, Justin Louis, Athena Karkanis, Simon Reynolds, Donnie Wahlberg, Angus Macfadyen, Shawnee Smith.

Saw V: Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Scott Patterson, Betsy Russell, Julie Benz, Meagan Good, Mark Rolston, Carlo Rota, Greg Bryk, Laura Gordon, Joris Jarsky, Mike Butters.

Saw VI: Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Mark Rolston, Betsy Russell, Shawnee Smith, Peter Outerbridge, Athena Karkanis, Samantha Lemole, Tanedra Howard.

Saw : the final chapter: Betsy Russell, Cary Elwes, Costas Mandylor, Tobin Bell, Sean Patrick Flanery, Chad Donella.

Saw: Obsessed with teaching his victims the value of life, a deranged, sadistic serial killer is abducting morally wayward people and forcing them to play horrifric games for their own survival. Faced with impossible choices, each victim must struggle to win back his or her life, or else die trying.

MPAA: Unrated.

DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation, enhanced for widescreen TVs; Dolby digital 5.1 surround EX, Dolby digital 2.0 stereo. surround, DTS-ES 6.1 surround.

In English with optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film, 2005: Audience Award, Best Film.