All eight Saw films exit Netflix on July 19, five months after the franchise landed on the platform in March. The library gap won’t last long: Wes Craven’s original Scream trilogy takes over the slot on July 24, leaving a five-day window with none of either franchise streaming.
Five days left, then Jigsaw packs up his puppet and heads out the door. Netflix is pulling all eight Saw movies on July 19, just four months after the franchise quietly landed on the platform back in March. Blink and you missed it, but there’s no mystery about what fills the gap: Wes Craven’s original Scream trilogy slashes its way onto Netflix on July 24, giving horror fans exactly five days without a single slasher to stream. Consider this your final warning to binge Jigsaw’s traps before Ghostface takes over, because we’ll have plenty more to say about Sidney Prescott’s return later this week.
Saw’s brief run on Netflix comes to an end
Horror fans have 5 days left. All 8 films in the Saw franchise, from the 2004 original through Jigsaw (2017), leave Netflix on July 19, 2026. The movies only landed on the platform on March 19 of this year, which gives the entire saga a run of just 4 months before Netflix pulls the plug.
Once they depart, John Kramer’s traps won’t have a streaming home at all. The films are not slated to appear on any other subscription service, though they remain available for digital purchase or rental on Prime Video and Apple TV.
A franchise in the middle of a reboot behind the scenes
Created by James Wan and Leigh Whannell, Saw built its reputation on survival games and the chilling presence of Tobin Bell as Jigsaw. The series recently changed hands: producer Jason Blum acquired the franchise from Twisted Pictures and confirmed that Wan is back in the creative process for the first time in two decades. “It’s really hard to make 10 movies in a franchise,” Blum said.
Scream steps in to fill the slasher void
Netflix isn’t leaving horror devotees empty-handed. Wes Craven’s original Scream trilogy arrives on the platform on July 24, 2026, exactly 5 days after Saw exits, per a Netflix press release issued June 24 and confirmed in the July lineup.
The 1996 original, written by Kevin Williamson, cost just $15 million and grossed $173 million worldwide, with Neve Campbell as Sidney Prescott alongside Courteney Cox, David Arquette and Drew Barrymore as the franchise’s unforgettable opening kill. Scream 2 (1997) remains the critical peak of the trilogy with an 83% Rotten Tomatoes score, ahead of the original’s 78%, while Scream 3 (2000) sits at a divisive 45%. Completists can also find all 7 Scream films on Paramount+, where the full franchise stays put even as the trilogy joins Netflix.
Five days to binge 8 movies
Watching the complete Saw saga before the deadline means roughly 14 hours of traps, twists and reverse bear traps, entirely doable across a weekend. For anyone revisiting Jigsaw’s moral experiments or meeting him for the first time, the clock runs out at midnight on July 19. We’ll have a full breakdown of the Scream trilogy’s arrival, and where each film ranks, in the days leading up to its July 24 debut.