Director : Kevin Greutert
Release Date : 23 October 2009
- VH1's reality show "Scream Queens" (2008) winner Tanedra Howard won a role for this film. She plays the role of Simone.
- The script that was given to the new cast members of the "Saw" franchise was named "Evolution III". This was done so the script wouldn't leak out. Evolution Pictures is the company that owns Twisted Pictures.
- Director's Cut was completed on June 6, 2009.
- The film was first locked on July 10, 2009. Due to the complex ending, the Producers and the studio took another week to perfectly calibrate the final 5 minutes. The film was then officially locked on July 21, 2009.
- The movie contains storylines that are fully explained in Saw (2009) (VG).
- Post production was completed on September 11, 2009.
- Less than a week before its premiere, the film was rated 'X' in Spain due to its "glorification of violence", therefore couldn't be shown in mainstream theaters, only in approved x-rated cinemas. Disney/Buena Vista then pulled the film from distribution, even though they already had a strong marketing campaign going on and over 300 copies of the film ready to be sent to theaters.
- Prior to the film's release, Costas Mandylor (Hoffman) didn't even know if his character lived or died in the ending due to shooting multiple endings.
- Had the lowest opening weekend of any "Saw" film in the US, only making US$14.1 million.
- In William Easton's office, there are several crystal landmark statues. One of them is the CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Every Saw installment except the first has been filmed in Toronto.
- In the early planning stages, one discarded story idea had Detective Hoffman taking on the mafia.
- The first "Saw" film to use digital timers on body-worn traps.
- Since the initial release of Saw (2004) on October 28 in 2004, every sequel since has been released the following year, one day previous to the release date of the year before it (e.g. Saw II (2005) was released on Oct 27th, 2005.)
- The Hollywood premiere took place at Mann's Chinese Theater on October 22, 2009.
- On November 5, 2009, Kevin Greutert, Marcus Dunstan, and Patrick Melton recorded a commentary track for the DVD. Earlier in the day, the producer's also recorded a commentary track.
- David A. Armstrong's last Saw film as Cinematographer.
- The first installment of the series in which Jigsaw appears in a pre-recorded video to deliver the rules of a game.
- First installment of the franchise where Billy the Puppet appears in person to deliver the rules of a game, rather than a warning or a congratulations message.
- The utilization of the Reverse Bear Trap makes this film the first installment to reuse a previously featured trap.
- The lowest earning "Saw" movie. All other "Saw" movies have earned over $100 million at the box office worldwide.
- Director Kevin Greutert mentioned in the DVD/Blu-Ray commentary track that the twitching and shivering Amanda (Shawnee Smith) does in her scenes with Cecil (Billy Otis) was real due to low temperatures and rain in Toronto at the time of filming. Shawnee couldn't stop shivering because she was so cold and they were shooting outdoors.
- Was said to be the last "Saw" movie for Kevin Greutert before he got placed in the director's chair for Saw VII (2010).
- The extended driving scene with Amanda (Shawnee Smith) and Cecil (Billy Otis) seen in the Unrated Director's Cut was supposed to have a track from Smith & Pyle, Shawnee's country-rock band, playing over the radio but it was unable to be included in the final cut.
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