With the release of Saw X, the long-running horror franchise seems to be attempting to course-correct after the lackluster critical response to the spin-off film Spiral: From the Book of Saw. That movie was the first of the franchise to not feature John Kramer (Tobin Bell) or his apprentices carrying out the wicked game of mutilation and mayhem. Instead, it focused on a copycat killer. Now, though, Kramer and his most trusted ally--Amanda (Shawnee Smith)--are back, and if director Kevin Greutert and producers Mark Burg and Orek Koules have anything to say about it, it sounds like the original Jigsaw Killer won't be going anywhere.

"That's why we're back," Koules admitted. "These people wanted John Kramer alive."

He continued, "He is the heart and soul of Saw. He just is. And he makes the franchise. It'd be hard to ever do a movie without him."