Wan recently explained that returning to the franchise has given him a rare reset creatively. Speaking with Letterboxd, he said:“For me to finally come back to it, I feel I have probably the freshest outlook. Over the years, Wan went on to launch entirely new horror juggernauts, including The Conjuring and Insidious, while Saw kept evolving without him. Wan wants to respect longtime fans while shaking things up enough to make Saw matter again for people who didn’t grow up with it. “I want to honor what people have come to love about the franchise, whilst trying to do something fresh and new that we haven’t seen before,” he said.