Saw X (2023) filming locations

Perisur (Mexico City)

Ciudad de México, Mexico

Large shopping center in southern Mexico, opened in 1980 according to plans by architect Juan Sordo Madaleno.

The scene : When John Kramer lands in Mexico, the "airport" that welcomes him is actually the Perisur shopping mall, located south of the city.

Hacienda La Grande (Atenco)

Atenco, Mexico

The scene : The only large set outside the city, this hacienda ten minutes from Chiconcuac hosts the clinic where John Kramer comes to seek the experimental treatment meant to cure his cancer, and the patients' residence: the characters stroll through its gardens, and Kramer looks up towards a hill on the horizon.

Ciudad de México, Mexico

The scene : The production set up in an abandoned factory in the Atlampa neighborhood, almost at the border of the Cuauhtémoc and Azcapotzalco boroughs: it is in this former glass warehouse that all the deadly traps of the film were assembled.

Ciudad de México, Mexico

The park houses a monument in the shape of an open hand dedicated to President Lázaro Cárdenas, who welcomed Spanish exiles from the civil war to Mexico.

The scene : A scene takes place on the benches of Parque España, with the strange open hand of the monument to President Lázaro Cárdenas in the background.

Monument to Matlacoatl and Azcueitl (Azcapotzalco)

Ciudad de México, Mexico

The scene : During a taxi ride, the film features an Aztec statue of Tláloc: the production replaced one of the statues of this monument in Azcapotzalco with its own version of the rain god.

Ciudad de México, Mexico

The scene : Through the window of his taxi, John Kramer discovers the Monumento a la Revolución, one of the city's landmarks highlighted in the film.

Ciudad de México, Mexico

Centennial commemorative column of Mexico's independence, inaugurated on September 16, 1910, on the Paseo de la Reforma. Designed by architect Antonio Rivas Mercado, it is protected as an artistic monument.

The scene : Another view of the city from John Kramer's taxi: the column of the Angel of Independence, on the Paseo de la Reforma.

Ciudad de México, Mexico

The scene : Due to failing to obtain shots of the Popocatépetl, the production filmed the Cerro del Chiquihuite: it is this hill that John Kramer gazes at in the distance from the property where the patients stay.

Mexico, Mexico

The largest cathedral in Latin America, built between 1573 and 1813 on the northern side of the Zócalo.

The scene : The Metropolitan Cathedral is part of the historic center's settings where the crew set up their cameras during the filming.

Ciudad de México, Mexico

Built on the site of Moctezuma's palace and later the residence of the viceroys, the Palacio Nacional houses the presidential seat and the large frescoes by Diego Rivera depicting the history of Mexico.

The scene : The Palacio Nacional, which borders the Zócalo, is among the filming locations in the historic center.

Mexico, Mexico

Main square of Mexico City, one of the largest in the world, developed on the ceremonial center of Tenochtitlan.

The scene : The vast esplanade of the Zócalo, the heart of the capital, also served as a backdrop for the film.

Ciudad de México, Mexico

The scene : Part of the filming took place in Chapultepec Forest, the large park in the west of the city, although the exact section is not known.