This Halloween will see the end of the Saw franchise…at least in its current incarnation. After seven long years and seven films the final chapter, Saw VII, will be released in 3D. Recently, co-writer Patrick Melton mentioned, during an interview with Demon FM, that the franchise was coming to an end sooner than expected. Apparently, there was going to be a Saw set in outer space and another one where Jigsaw goes back to medieval times and tortures heretics.

Okay I made that up, but at one point the series did threaten to go on for ever and ever. Demon FM have sent me over a link to a phone interview with Saw actress Betsy Russell in which she confirms Melton’s news, but is remains open to the possibility that the series could continue at some future point. Russell said:

“This has been a really great ride and when they first started out they saw this has being a trilogy, then the audience responded and they decided to put out Saw every single year. They never stop working around the clock. The producers and writers want to take a break. But never say never in movieland.”

Discussing what the new one is shaping up to be, Russell is very excited and thinks it may be the ultimate torture porn film. Why not go out with a bang?

“The new one is looking unbelievable. I’ve seen a lot of the stuff played back in 3D, and it looks really, really cool.”

Is Russell toying with audiences like a cat with a mouse or like Jigsaw with one of his ridiculously over-elaborate traps? Maybe Saw will return…one day.