William Schenk

The Saw series is something you either love or hate, and those who loved it were ecstatic when they found out a new movie was coming. Spiral promised a fresh plot, a different setting and, best of all, a brand new villain. But in the end, fans got a borderline average flick with a reveal so obvious it felt like a joke. During the film, you watch as Detective Zeke Banks (Chris Rock) and Detective William Schenk (Max Minghella) try to solve the mystery of a new killer who uses Jigsaw-like traps. Unfortunately, the killer was very clearly Schenk. The first clue came from Saw’s infamous love of twist endings, with surprise villains permeating the franchise. In Spiral, Schenk was the only character close enough to the protagonist to feel like a valid option. The movie tried to throw you off the scent by "killing him off", but his fake-out death didn't feature a trap. Why would someone die in a Saw film off-screen when they could produce some good old-fashioned gore? Additionally, he talked about his family a lot, yet you never actually got to see them? Why would that be, is it because they didn't exist? Oh yeah, probably! To make matters worse, those are only a few reasons why this twist was obvious, as there were somehow even more.