I am a huge fan of both predator movies and I actually think I lean more towards Predator 2 as my favorite since they did an outstanding job on the future urban feell in Predator 2. In the new reboot the Predator will be taking on otherworldly nasties according to comments that Robert Rodriquez made to LatinoReview He says quote;

“What I’d like to do with it is expand on ideas I dreamt up back in the original treatment, that had really expanded on the universe both the Predators and other species live in. We’d create new otherworldly characters while not taking away from the draw our main Predator has. I think another reason I called it Predators was to mark it as a project that should be taken seriously by a film-maker to make a worthy follow up to a classic, much in the way Cameron made Aliens a compelling work on its own, following Ridley Scott’s Alien.”

As I said when this project was announced I like the idea of more predator with a man like Robert Rodriguez at the helm. I do not want a remake but a reboot that takes us in a different direction will kick ass.

THE BROKEN SYNOPSIS:
The life of a successful radiologist spirals out of control when she sees the spitting image of herself driving down a London street. Attempting to discover the identity of her double, she stumbles into a terrifying mystery that involves her family and closest friends, leaving her with no one to trust.

SLAUGHTER SYNOPSIS:
Based on true events…. Looking to escape an abusive relationship, Faith moves in with Lola at her family’s farm. Every night the girls go out, the young sexy Lola brings home an older man. When Faith realizes Lola’s one night stands are disappearing, she fears Lola’s creepy family is killing more than just animals in the slaughter house.

PERKINS 14 SYNOPSIS:
Ten years ago, Officer Dwayne Hooper’s son was abducted, the final victim in a string of fourteen local disappearances. Now, Hooper’s suspicions have been aroused by a prison inmate who bears striking similarities to the purported kidnapper. Hooper finds evidence in the criminal’s apartment and seeks revenge – igniting a wave of carnage that engulfs the town.

THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT: REVELATION SYNOPSIS:
The latest entry in The Butterfly Effect franchise tells the story of Sam who possesses an extraordinary talent: the ability to travel through time. He can use his gift to help police solve cases, but he must never intervene with the past as it could alter the present in horrific ways. When a woman from Sam’s past begs him to help her find her sister’s killer, Sam breaks his own rule…and all Hell breaks loose.

FROM WITHIN SYNOPSIS:
A rash of suicides has devastated the small community of Grovetown, with fear and panic spreading among local residents. As those around 18 year-old Lindsay continue to die grisly deaths, she begins to distrust everyone…and suspects she will become the next victim.

DYING BREED SYNOPSIS:
On their quest to find a rare tiger, four adventurers in Tasmania enter an isolated township named Sarah, once a hideout for an infamous cannibal called “The Pieman.” The four hunters suddenly become the hunted as they discover that the township still upholds its cannibalistic heritage. And need fresh “stock” to breed.

AUTOPSY SYNOPSIS:
A group of recent college grads is taking a final vacation together when an accident leaves them hurt and stranded on a lonely Louisiana road. An ambulance arrives and takes them to mercy hospital, an eerie, half empty place that harbors a chilling secret: a doctor conducting inhuman experiments on its helpless patients.

VOICES SYNOPSIS:
After witnessing the violent murders of two family members, a young woman fears that she may be marked for death. With no one to trust and nowhere to flee, she races against time to uncover a deadly secret, in this heart-stopping thriller based on the best-selling comic book series.

John P. St. John  was a detective who worked for 43 years as a homicide detective from 1949 to 1993. During that time he got the nickname Jigsaw John because of a crime he solved where the victim was chopped up jigsaw style. The name stuck because he was able to solve so many cases just by piecing things together and using his obvious superior intelligence. He worked tons of the most gruesome and brutal crime cases and was able to solve a lot of them. Cases he worked on included the Black Dahlia, Harvey Glatman Case, The Night Stalker Richard Ramirez, The Hillside Stranglers the Southside Slayers and more!

Granted he was a Police Officer not a killer but his claim to fame was being highly intelligent and putting together the puzzle to solve crimes, not commit them. When he retired from the police force he died quite quickly of what… ? He died from complications of Pneumonia and Cancer. When did Jigsaw die? He also died of Cancer after he had decided his time had come to an end.

This is a very fascinating story and I can definitely see parts of it being the inspiration for SAW. Jigsaw shares the same name, both are involved in gruesome murders and both are very good at what they do, before they both die of cancer. The difference is the real Jigsaw solved them and the fictional Jigsaw did them. What do you think? Thanks to MisJigsaw for the heads up on this. I for one think it very well could have been the inspiration for the starting blocks of SAW!