• Friday, October 26, 2007

• Country:

  USA

• Language:

  English

• Runtime:

  108 min

2007

Goofs

• Crew or equipment visible: In the interrogation room a camera and a crew member is reflected in the 2-way mirror. Between 50:44 and 50:45 during 8 picture frames (72998-73006).
• Continuity: When Rigg arrives at the shop, the clock shows 1:16. But, at a second look, it's 3:46
• Continuity: When Agent Strahm has his outrage, after he has called Agent Perez's mother, the first time he knocks down the papers the computer screen shows "normal use". When they show the knocking over again zoomed in the computer screen shows the windows welcome screen, then back to "normal use".
• Continuity: When the two FBI agents find the tape and the puppet in the school building, the tape recorder can be seen running before agent Perez actually pushes the "play"-button.
• Continuity: When Officer Rigg enters the hotel room with the box on the bed, there is a photo of his wife on top of it. On the back of the photo, the words "she needed you" are clearly displayed in red ink. However, as he opens the box, you can see the that the back of the photo now reads "she needs you" instead from the letters "eds" at the edge of his hand.
• Continuity: During the beginning autopsy scene, the person performing the autopsy puts his mask on upside down (the eye splash guard is at his neck). As soon as the camera jumps, the face guard is positioned correctly.
• Factual errors: When Rigg is watching the interrogation video of Jigsaw's ex-wife he is looking at several books and magazines about Jigsaw. The book he picks up is titled "Jigsaw: Is He The Murderer The Police Say He HIS?"
• Continuity: When Art goes to stop the guy from jumping off the block of ice the first time, you hear the sound of the gun cocking. In the next view we see the gun and the hammer is not cocked.
• Continuity: Ivan's pierced eye changes from his left to his right and back to his left in the scene where the FBI Officers discover his body.
• Continuity: When the scene with Perez on her way to the hospital ends, it shows Art sitting at the desk with the timer on 19.47. Later in that scene he walks back over to the desk and the timer is on 19.39 when about a minute of the scene had gone by.

Taglines

• Halloween blood drive
• This Halloween give 'til it hurts

Trivias

• Saw IV was given the greenlight before the third movie even opened. This was stated in Fangoria Magazine #257. "The synopsis, bare as it is, takes the third installment to a new budget level for Lionsgate's wildly successful franchise. Saw was made for approximately $1 million, Saw II cost $4 million and the figure for Saw III, according to producer Mark Burg , has risen to $10 million. Saw III was greenlighted the morning after Saw II opened to massive box-office returns, the producer confirms, "and when they ordered Saw III, they also ordered and greenlit Saw IV."
• Is the first movie in the SAW series not to be written by SAW Co-creator Leigh Whannell
• Though producers wanted Donnie Walberg to reprise his role, his schedule made him unavailable and his character was not included in the original script. However, after shooting began, his schedule freed up, and the script was re-written to include his character.

Awards

1. Empire Award
   Event: Empire Awards, UK
   Result: Won
   Category: Best Horror
   Recipient(s):