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* ''Saw The Game'':
** The Iron Maiden trap. Interestingly enough, it kills the victim very fast (being two big metal slabs with ''[[ChainsawGood SPINNING SAWBLADES]]'' inside), but that's not comforting at all- if you mess up on the puzzle 6 times (which is not too difficult, [[GameBreakingBug considering a glitch in the puzzle]]), the victim [[TheScream screams]] and the maiden slams together, [[CruelAndUnusualDeath grinding the victim to a pulp.]] [[SarcasmMode And it gets better-]] when you're 3 strikes away from failing, the maiden slams against the ground repeatedly. *SLAM SLAM SLAM SLAM*
** The Iron Maiden trap. Interestingly enough, it kills the victim very fast (being two big metal slabs with ''[[ChainsawGood SPINNING SAWBLADES]]'' inside), but that's not comforting at all- if you mess up on the puzzle 6 times (which is not too difficult, [[GameBreakingBug considering a glitch in the puzzle]]), the victim [[TheScream screams]] and the maiden slams together, [[CruelAndUnusualDeath grinding the victim to a pulp.]] [[SarcasmMode And it gets better-]] when you're 3 strikes away from failing, the maiden slams against the ground repeatedly. *SLAM SLAM SLAM SLAM*
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Split the individual works to their own pages.
* ''NightmareFuel/SawI''
* ''NightmareFuel/SawII''
* ''NightmareFuel/SawIII''
* ''NightmareFuel/SawIV''
* ''NightmareFuel/SawV''
* ''NightmareFuel/SawVI''
* ''NightmareFuel/Saw3D''
!!All movies
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* ''Saw'':
** The Razor Wire Maze. The cops on the scene noted that the wires cut so deep into the victim, that traces of ''stomach acid'' were found.
** Dr. Gordon sawing his foot off. What made that ''worse'' was that Gordon's head was rational enough to wrap his leg in his shirt to cut of circulation ''and'' to bite on the cloth to withstand the pain. However, he ''wasn't'' rational enough to heed about three characters' statements that the game was over and nothing could be done anymore.
** The ending, when Adam [[spoiler:thinks he's killed Jigsaw, only to find that the man he killed ''also'' has a cassette player. Then while he plays it, and that awful music starts up, the corpse that was in the bathroom during the movie gets up. The piece of brain on the side of his head falls off, revealing it to be fake. He turns, looks down at Adam]]...and we realize [[spoiler:we're looking at the real Jigsaw. ''He was in there with them the entire time''.]]
** The Flammable Jelly trap, as it's easily the most Sisyphean. You'd practically have to enter the combination twice over to get it from start to finish, all while being extra careful not to get the candle anywhere near your body or the wall.
* ''Saw II'':
** Amanda in the pit of needles. And yes, this is the above picture. That trap is probably the only nonlethal trap in the entire franchise, but it still gives people massive shivers. Probably because...well, ''[[AfraidOfNeedles it's a pit of fucking needles.]]'' With a time limit where the safe in the room containing an "antidote" would close permanently if she failed.
*** Granted, this scene was nominated in the Scream Awards for "best mutilation scene".
** The Glass Box Trap. Seriously, [[AndIMustScream watching helplessly as your weakened body presses the blades deeper and deeper]]. Her screams don't really help either.
** The Furnace. Obi goes into a machine with two antidotes for the nerve gas the characters have been exposed to. When he grabs one, the device closes and the inside gets on fire, revealing it's a furnace. The characters on the outside are trying to get him out, but it's not working and he starts burning. They go to the other door of the furnace when a hand pushes itself against the glass. They break the glass and Obi pops out, but his face is all bloody and he dies.
*** It gets worse when you see the gas valve inside the furnace. By this time, though, the flames are burning so hot that Obi can't bring himself to reach through and turn it off.
* ''Saw III'':
** Detective Matthews smashing his foot with the toilet tank lid to free himself, then snapping it backwards. And then walking through a hallway, causing it to break again. The sound effects don't help much.
** The Rack. A crucifix which slowly broke the victim's arms, legs, and neck, by rotating them 180 degrees. Nasty right? Well guess what? Your survival isn't up to you. You'll have to depend on someone else to save you, and they'll have to risk their life to do so. Did we mention that the machine activates immediately after the tape explaining the rules ends?
** The Classroom Trap. The sounds were so excruciatingly horrific when he tried to break free of the chains pierced in his body.
** Jigsaw's brain surgery. Regardless of whether you like the character or not, it's unbelievably nerve-wracking to watch a doctor cutting through someone's skull with a ''circular saw.'' He didn't even have any anesthetic!! Oh yeah, and they also used a ''[[ThisIsADrill drill]]'' on him, as if the saw wasn't creepy enough.
** The Ice Shower, in which the victim is hung [[FanDisservice naked]] in a walk-in freezer and sprayed with cold water, causing them to freeze to death. This was probably one of the more forgettable traps, however if you've ever taken a shower when the water starts too cold and you remember the trap, it does make one a little ''[[FridgeHorror uncomfortable.]]'' In context, this trap also seems ''[[DisproportionateRetribution harsher]]'' to the victim, [[spoiler:who was only there because she fled the crime scene of the death of Jeff's son, in which she was the only witness. Of course it was cowardly and a pretty jerky move, but did she really deserve to die]]?
* ''Saw IV'':
** The Knife Chair can be described as "Push your face into the knives to hit a button that can free you." The result? The victim escapes and charges at Jigsaw, who sidesteps and makes him fall into razor wire. [[spoiler:This actually gave Jigsaw the idea for the Razor Wire Maze in the first film.]]
** The Bedroom Trap. A guy is chained to a bed and forced to use two buttons, one for each hand, in order to stab himself in the [[EyeScream eyes.]] Though he succeeds with one eye, he fails with the other, and we get to see him torn limb from limb by the device. Sure, he was a [[AssholeVictim rapist arsehole]] who practically nobody felt sorry for, but it was still really squicky to watch. Possibly made worse by a video playing in the background, which shows him actually raping a girl. NightmareFuel indeed.
* ''Saw V'':
** The last of the would-be team traps can be a bit difficult to watch for anyone who particularly values their hands, especially due to how gratuitous it is with repeated cuts to the two last victims as they [[spoiler:force themselves to shove their hands further onto sawblades, gradually slicing their arms in half the long way - on top of that, in an effort to shed ''five pints of blood each'' and hope they survive]].
** What happens to Strahm. [[spoiler:TheWallsAreClosingIn, and there's nothing he can do about it. He tries to stop them with his arms, which gives us a lovely close-up of ''his arms collapsing like matchsticks''. And the worse part is that he brought it on himself by not listening to the full cassette...]]
* ''Saw VI'':
** The Scale Trap. It's one thing to cut pieces of oneself, but making it a ''life-or-death competition'' between two people?
** The Carousel Trap: [[spoiler:Six people are chained to a children's carousel redecorated with Jigsaw's motif of doom, and every time it stops, a spring-loaded shotgun fires a bullet, killing the person in front of it. Meanwhile, the person being tested can push two buttons to stop a bullet from being fired, but only ''twice''. And when they push the buttons, a screw comes straight down through their hand. And the whole time, the victims on the carousel are free to plead, scream, threaten, and cry as they realize that they haven't been deemed worthy to save by someone they viewed as a friend.]]
** William's final test, in which the widow and son of one of his former clients have the chance to spare his life. [[spoiler:The son decides that William doesn't deserve to live and triggers a rack of needles to pump him full of acid, dissolving his body from the inside out.]]
* ''Saw 3D'' (a.k.a. ''Saw VII''):
** ''That goddamn [[EyeScream Impalement Wheel]]''. Imagine being strapped to a table that slowly raises you towards three sharp metal rods that will impale you through your eyes and mouth, utterly unable to do anything about it, except trusting in your friend to use a weight-lifting machine nearby long enough to stop the rotation, which will have spikes piercing his ribcage every time he does it. As a cherry on top [[spoiler: the friend fails, and the audience gets to ''see what happens when the trap kills its victim!'']] The 3D really makes it worse.
** [[spoiler:Jill's]] death, where we actually get to see the Reverse Bear Trap kill someone.
** The death of [[spoiler:Joyce]]. After [[spoiler:Bobby fails his final test]] we're treated to the sight of [[spoiler:her]] being cooked alive. The worse part is [[spoiler:not only was the trapped intentionally designed so that it would fail no matter what, but she ''never did anything remotely wrong''! She herself even encouraged people to live to the fullest, fully subscribing to John's philosophy. And she still suffered one of the most painful, arduous, and disturbing deaths in the whole franchise.]]
** The ending. [[spoiler:Dr. Gordon]] locks [[spoiler:Hoffman]] in the bathroom from the first movie, with [[spoiler:Gordon]] as Jigsaw and [[spoiler:Hoffman]] as Adam. True, [[spoiler:Hoffman]] had it coming, but ''damn''.
** The Razor Wire Maze. The cops on the scene noted that the wires cut so deep into the victim, that traces of ''stomach acid'' were found.
** Dr. Gordon sawing his foot off. What made that ''worse'' was that Gordon's head was rational enough to wrap his leg in his shirt to cut of circulation ''and'' to bite on the cloth to withstand the pain. However, he ''wasn't'' rational enough to heed about three characters' statements that the game was over and nothing could be done anymore.
** The ending, when Adam [[spoiler:thinks he's killed Jigsaw, only to find that the man he killed ''also'' has a cassette player. Then while he plays it, and that awful music starts up, the corpse that was in the bathroom during the movie gets up. The piece of brain on the side of his head falls off, revealing it to be fake. He turns, looks down at Adam]]...and we realize [[spoiler:we're looking at the real Jigsaw. ''He was in there with them the entire time''.]]
** The Flammable Jelly trap, as it's easily the most Sisyphean. You'd practically have to enter the combination twice over to get it from start to finish, all while being extra careful not to get the candle anywhere near your body or the wall.
* ''Saw II'':
** Amanda in the pit of needles. And yes, this is the above picture. That trap is probably the only nonlethal trap in the entire franchise, but it still gives people massive shivers. Probably because...well, ''[[AfraidOfNeedles it's a pit of fucking needles.]]'' With a time limit where the safe in the room containing an "antidote" would close permanently if she failed.
*** Granted, this scene was nominated in the Scream Awards for "best mutilation scene".
** The Glass Box Trap. Seriously, [[AndIMustScream watching helplessly as your weakened body presses the blades deeper and deeper]]. Her screams don't really help either.
** The Furnace. Obi goes into a machine with two antidotes for the nerve gas the characters have been exposed to. When he grabs one, the device closes and the inside gets on fire, revealing it's a furnace. The characters on the outside are trying to get him out, but it's not working and he starts burning. They go to the other door of the furnace when a hand pushes itself against the glass. They break the glass and Obi pops out, but his face is all bloody and he dies.
*** It gets worse when you see the gas valve inside the furnace. By this time, though, the flames are burning so hot that Obi can't bring himself to reach through and turn it off.
* ''Saw III'':
** Detective Matthews smashing his foot with the toilet tank lid to free himself, then snapping it backwards. And then walking through a hallway, causing it to break again. The sound effects don't help much.
** The Rack. A crucifix which slowly broke the victim's arms, legs, and neck, by rotating them 180 degrees. Nasty right? Well guess what? Your survival isn't up to you. You'll have to depend on someone else to save you, and they'll have to risk their life to do so. Did we mention that the machine activates immediately after the tape explaining the rules ends?
** The Classroom Trap. The sounds were so excruciatingly horrific when he tried to break free of the chains pierced in his body.
** Jigsaw's brain surgery. Regardless of whether you like the character or not, it's unbelievably nerve-wracking to watch a doctor cutting through someone's skull with a ''circular saw.'' He didn't even have any anesthetic!! Oh yeah, and they also used a ''[[ThisIsADrill drill]]'' on him, as if the saw wasn't creepy enough.
** The Ice Shower, in which the victim is hung [[FanDisservice naked]] in a walk-in freezer and sprayed with cold water, causing them to freeze to death. This was probably one of the more forgettable traps, however if you've ever taken a shower when the water starts too cold and you remember the trap, it does make one a little ''[[FridgeHorror uncomfortable.]]'' In context, this trap also seems ''[[DisproportionateRetribution harsher]]'' to the victim, [[spoiler:who was only there because she fled the crime scene of the death of Jeff's son, in which she was the only witness. Of course it was cowardly and a pretty jerky move, but did she really deserve to die]]?
* ''Saw IV'':
** The Knife Chair can be described as "Push your face into the knives to hit a button that can free you." The result? The victim escapes and charges at Jigsaw, who sidesteps and makes him fall into razor wire. [[spoiler:This actually gave Jigsaw the idea for the Razor Wire Maze in the first film.]]
** The Bedroom Trap. A guy is chained to a bed and forced to use two buttons, one for each hand, in order to stab himself in the [[EyeScream eyes.]] Though he succeeds with one eye, he fails with the other, and we get to see him torn limb from limb by the device. Sure, he was a [[AssholeVictim rapist arsehole]] who practically nobody felt sorry for, but it was still really squicky to watch. Possibly made worse by a video playing in the background, which shows him actually raping a girl. NightmareFuel indeed.
* ''Saw V'':
** The last of the would-be team traps can be a bit difficult to watch for anyone who particularly values their hands, especially due to how gratuitous it is with repeated cuts to the two last victims as they [[spoiler:force themselves to shove their hands further onto sawblades, gradually slicing their arms in half the long way - on top of that, in an effort to shed ''five pints of blood each'' and hope they survive]].
** What happens to Strahm. [[spoiler:TheWallsAreClosingIn, and there's nothing he can do about it. He tries to stop them with his arms, which gives us a lovely close-up of ''his arms collapsing like matchsticks''. And the worse part is that he brought it on himself by not listening to the full cassette...]]
* ''Saw VI'':
** The Scale Trap. It's one thing to cut pieces of oneself, but making it a ''life-or-death competition'' between two people?
** The Carousel Trap: [[spoiler:Six people are chained to a children's carousel redecorated with Jigsaw's motif of doom, and every time it stops, a spring-loaded shotgun fires a bullet, killing the person in front of it. Meanwhile, the person being tested can push two buttons to stop a bullet from being fired, but only ''twice''. And when they push the buttons, a screw comes straight down through their hand. And the whole time, the victims on the carousel are free to plead, scream, threaten, and cry as they realize that they haven't been deemed worthy to save by someone they viewed as a friend.]]
** William's final test, in which the widow and son of one of his former clients have the chance to spare his life. [[spoiler:The son decides that William doesn't deserve to live and triggers a rack of needles to pump him full of acid, dissolving his body from the inside out.]]
* ''Saw 3D'' (a.k.a. ''Saw VII''):
** ''That goddamn [[EyeScream Impalement Wheel]]''. Imagine being strapped to a table that slowly raises you towards three sharp metal rods that will impale you through your eyes and mouth, utterly unable to do anything about it, except trusting in your friend to use a weight-lifting machine nearby long enough to stop the rotation, which will have spikes piercing his ribcage every time he does it. As a cherry on top [[spoiler: the friend fails, and the audience gets to ''see what happens when the trap kills its victim!'']] The 3D really makes it worse.
** [[spoiler:Jill's]] death, where we actually get to see the Reverse Bear Trap kill someone.
** The death of [[spoiler:Joyce]]. After [[spoiler:Bobby fails his final test]] we're treated to the sight of [[spoiler:her]] being cooked alive. The worse part is [[spoiler:not only was the trapped intentionally designed so that it would fail no matter what, but she ''never did anything remotely wrong''! She herself even encouraged people to live to the fullest, fully subscribing to John's philosophy. And she still suffered one of the most painful, arduous, and disturbing deaths in the whole franchise.]]
** The ending. [[spoiler:Dr. Gordon]] locks [[spoiler:Hoffman]] in the bathroom from the first movie, with [[spoiler:Gordon]] as Jigsaw and [[spoiler:Hoffman]] as Adam. True, [[spoiler:Hoffman]] had it coming, but ''damn''.
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** The Razor Wire Maze. The cops on the scene noted that the wires cut so deep into the victim, that traces of ''stomach acid'' were found.
** Dr. Gordon sawing his foot off. What made that ''worse'' was that Gordon's head was rational enough to wrap his leg in his shirt to cut of circulation ''and'' to bite on the cloth to withstand the pain. However, he ''wasn't'' rational enough to heed about three characters' statements that the game was over and nothing could be done anymore.
** The ending, when Adam [[spoiler:thinks he's killed Jigsaw, only to find that the man he killed ''also'' has a cassette player. Then while he plays it, and that awful music starts up, the corpse that was in the bathroom during the movie gets up. The piece of brain on the side of his head falls off, revealing it to be fake. He turns, looks down at Adam]]...and we realize [[spoiler:we're looking at the real Jigsaw. ''He was in there with them the entire time''.]]
** The Flammable Jelly trap, as it's easily the most Sisyphean. You'd practically have to enter the combination twice over to get it from start to finish, all while being extra careful not to get the candle anywhere near your body or the wall.
* ''Saw II'':
** Amanda in the pit of needles. And yes, this is the above picture. That trap is probably the only nonlethal trap in the entire franchise, but it still gives people massive shivers. Probably because...well, ''[[AfraidOfNeedles it's a pit of fucking needles.]]'' With a time limit where the safe in the room containing an "antidote" would close permanently if she failed.
*** Granted, this scene was nominated in the Scream Awards for "best mutilation scene".
** The Glass Box Trap. Seriously, [[AndIMustScream watching helplessly as your weakened body presses the blades deeper and deeper]]. Her screams don't really help either.
** The Furnace. Obi goes into a machine with two antidotes for the nerve gas the characters have been exposed to. When he grabs one, the device closes and the inside gets on fire, revealing it's a furnace. The characters on the outside are trying to get him out, but it's not working and he starts burning. They go to the other door of the furnace when a hand pushes itself against the glass. They break the glass and Obi pops out, but his face is all bloody and he dies.
*** It gets worse when you see the gas valve inside the furnace. By this time, though, the flames are burning so hot that Obi can't bring himself to reach through and turn it off.
* ''Saw III'':
** Detective Matthews smashing his foot with the toilet tank lid to free himself, then snapping it backwards. And then walking through a hallway, causing it to break again. The sound effects don't help much.
** The Rack. A crucifix which slowly broke the victim's arms, legs, and neck, by rotating them 180 degrees. Nasty right? Well guess what? Your survival isn't up to you. You'll have to depend on someone else to save you, and they'll have to risk their life to do so. Did we mention that the machine activates immediately after the tape explaining the rules ends?
** The Classroom Trap. The sounds were so excruciatingly horrific when he tried to break free of the chains pierced in his body.
** Jigsaw's brain surgery. Regardless of whether you like the character or not, it's unbelievably nerve-wracking to watch a doctor cutting through someone's skull with a ''circular saw.'' He didn't even have any anesthetic!! Oh yeah, and they also used a ''[[ThisIsADrill drill]]'' on him, as if the saw wasn't creepy enough.
** The Ice Shower, in which the victim is hung [[FanDisservice naked]] in a walk-in freezer and sprayed with cold water, causing them to freeze to death. This was probably one of the more forgettable traps, however if you've ever taken a shower when the water starts too cold and you remember the trap, it does make one a little ''[[FridgeHorror uncomfortable.]]'' In context, this trap also seems ''[[DisproportionateRetribution harsher]]'' to the victim, [[spoiler:who was only there because she fled the crime scene of the death of Jeff's son, in which she was the only witness. Of course it was cowardly and a pretty jerky move, but did she really deserve to die]]?
* ''Saw IV'':
** The Knife Chair can be described as "Push your face into the knives to hit a button that can free you." The result? The victim escapes and charges at Jigsaw, who sidesteps and makes him fall into razor wire. [[spoiler:This actually gave Jigsaw the idea for the Razor Wire Maze in the first film.]]
** The Bedroom Trap. A guy is chained to a bed and forced to use two buttons, one for each hand, in order to stab himself in the [[EyeScream eyes.]] Though he succeeds with one eye, he fails with the other, and we get to see him torn limb from limb by the device. Sure, he was a [[AssholeVictim rapist arsehole]] who practically nobody felt sorry for, but it was still really squicky to watch. Possibly made worse by a video playing in the background, which shows him actually raping a girl. NightmareFuel indeed.
* ''Saw V'':
** The last of the would-be team traps can be a bit difficult to watch for anyone who particularly values their hands, especially due to how gratuitous it is with repeated cuts to the two last victims as they [[spoiler:force themselves to shove their hands further onto sawblades, gradually slicing their arms in half the long way - on top of that, in an effort to shed ''five pints of blood each'' and hope they survive]].
** What happens to Strahm. [[spoiler:TheWallsAreClosingIn, and there's nothing he can do about it. He tries to stop them with his arms, which gives us a lovely close-up of ''his arms collapsing like matchsticks''. And the worse part is that he brought it on himself by not listening to the full cassette...]]
* ''Saw VI'':
** The Scale Trap. It's one thing to cut pieces of oneself, but making it a ''life-or-death competition'' between two people?
** The Carousel Trap: [[spoiler:Six people are chained to a children's carousel redecorated with Jigsaw's motif of doom, and every time it stops, a spring-loaded shotgun fires a bullet, killing the person in front of it. Meanwhile, the person being tested can push two buttons to stop a bullet from being fired, but only ''twice''. And when they push the buttons, a screw comes straight down through their hand. And the whole time, the victims on the carousel are free to plead, scream, threaten, and cry as they realize that they haven't been deemed worthy to save by someone they viewed as a friend.]]
** William's final test, in which the widow and son of one of his former clients have the chance to spare his life. [[spoiler:The son decides that William doesn't deserve to live and triggers a rack of needles to pump him full of acid, dissolving his body from the inside out.]]
* ''Saw 3D'' (a.k.a. ''Saw VII''):
** ''That goddamn [[EyeScream Impalement Wheel]]''. Imagine being strapped to a table that slowly raises you towards three sharp metal rods that will impale you through your eyes and mouth, utterly unable to do anything about it, except trusting in your friend to use a weight-lifting machine nearby long enough to stop the rotation, which will have spikes piercing his ribcage every time he does it. As a cherry on top [[spoiler: the friend fails, and the audience gets to ''see what happens when the trap kills its victim!'']] The 3D really makes it worse.
** [[spoiler:Jill's]] death, where we actually get to see the Reverse Bear Trap kill someone.
** The death of [[spoiler:Joyce]]. After [[spoiler:Bobby fails his final test]] we're treated to the sight of [[spoiler:her]] being cooked alive. The worse part is [[spoiler:not only was the trapped intentionally designed so that it would fail no matter what, but she ''never did anything remotely wrong''! She herself even encouraged people to live to the fullest, fully subscribing to John's philosophy. And she still suffered one of the most painful, arduous, and disturbing deaths in the whole franchise.]]
** The ending. [[spoiler:Dr. Gordon]] locks [[spoiler:Hoffman]] in the bathroom from the first movie, with [[spoiler:Gordon]] as Jigsaw and [[spoiler:Hoffman]] as Adam. True, [[spoiler:Hoffman]] had it coming, but ''damn''.
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** The Ice Shower, in which the victim is hung [[FanDisservice naked]] in a walk-in freezer and sprayed with cold water, causing them to freeze to death. This was probably one of the more forgettable traps, however if you've ever taken a shower when the water starts too cold and you remember the trap, it does make one a little ''[[FridgeHorror uncomfortable.]]'' In context, this trap also seems ''[[DisproportionateRetribution harsher.]]'' to the victim [[spoiler:who was only there because she fled the crime scene of the death of Jeff's son, in which she was the only witness. Of course it was cowardly and a pretty jerky move, but did she really deserve to die]]?
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** The Ice Shower, in which the victim is hung [[FanDisservice naked]] in a walk-in freezer and sprayed with cold water, causing them to freeze to death. This was probably one of the more forgettable traps, however if you've ever taken a shower when the water starts too cold and you remember the trap, it does make one a little ''[[FridgeHorror uncomfortable.]]'' In context, this trap also seems ''[[DisproportionateRetribution harsher.]]'' harsher]]'' to the victim victim, [[spoiler:who was only there because she fled the crime scene of the death of Jeff's son, in which she was the only witness. Of course it was cowardly and a pretty jerky move, but did she really deserve to die]]?
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** The Bedroom Trap. A guy is chained to a bed and forced to use two buttons, one for each hand, in order to stab himself in the [[EyeScream eyes.]] Though he succeeds with one eye, he fails with the other, and we get to see him torn limb from limb by the device. Sure, he was a [[AssholeVictim rapist arsehole]] who practically nobody felt sorry for, but it was still really squicky to watch. Possibly made worse by a video playing in the background, which shows him actually raping a girl. NightmareFuel indeed.
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** The Iron Maiden trap. Interestingly enough, it kills the victim very fast (being two big metal slabs with ''[[ChainsawGood SPINNING SAWBLADES]]'' inside), but that's not comforting at all- if you mess up on the puzzle 6 times (which is not too difficult, [[GameBreakingBug considering a glitch in the puzzle]]), the victim [[TheScream screams]] and the maiden slams together, [[CruelAndUnusualDeath grinding the victim to a pulp.]] [[SarcasmMode And it gets better-]] when you're 3 strikes away from failing, [[NightmareFuel the maiden slams against the ground over...]] ''[[NightmareFuel and over...]]'' '' '''[[NightmareFuel and over...]]''' '' *SLAM SLAM SLAM SLAM*
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** The Iron Maiden trap. Interestingly enough, it kills the victim very fast (being two big metal slabs with ''[[ChainsawGood SPINNING SAWBLADES]]'' inside), but that's not comforting at all- if you mess up on the puzzle 6 times (which is not too difficult, [[GameBreakingBug considering a glitch in the puzzle]]), the victim [[TheScream screams]] and the maiden slams together, [[CruelAndUnusualDeath grinding the victim to a pulp.]] [[SarcasmMode And it gets better-]] when you're 3 strikes away from failing, [[NightmareFuel the maiden slams against the ground over...]] ''[[NightmareFuel and over...]]'' '' '''[[NightmareFuel and over...]]''' '' repeatedly. *SLAM SLAM SLAM SLAM*
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** The Flammable Jelly trap, as it's easily the most Sisyphean. You'd practically have to enter the combination twice over to get it from start to finish, all while being extra careful not to get the candle anywhere near your body or the wall.
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** The Rack. A crucifix which slowly broke the victim's arms, legs, and neck, by rotating them 180 degrees.
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** The Rack. A crucifix which slowly broke the victim's arms, legs, and neck, by rotating them 180 degrees. Nasty right? Well guess what? Your survival isn't up to you. You'll have to depend on someone else to save you, and they'll have to risk their life to do so. Did we mention that the machine activates immediately after the tape explaining the rules ends?
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** The Iron Maiden trap. Interestingly enough, it kills the victim very fast (being two big metal slabs with ''[[ChainsawGood SPINNING SAWBLADES]]'' inside), but that's not comforting at all- if you mess up on the puzzle 6 times (which is not too difficult, [[GameBreakingBug considering a glitch in the puzzle]]), the victim [[TheScream screams]] and the maiden slams together, [[CruelAndUnusualDeath grinding the victim to a pulp.]] [[SarcasmMode And it gets better-]] when you're 3 strikes away from failing, [[NightmareFuel the maiden slams against the ground over...]] ''[[NightmareFuel and over...]]'' '' '''[[NightmareFuel and over...]]''' '' [[HellIsThatNoise *SLAM SLAM SLAM SLAM*]]
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** The Iron Maiden trap. Interestingly enough, it kills the victim very fast (being two big metal slabs with ''[[ChainsawGood SPINNING SAWBLADES]]'' inside), but that's not comforting at all- if you mess up on the puzzle 6 times (which is not too difficult, [[GameBreakingBug considering a glitch in the puzzle]]), the victim [[TheScream screams]] and the maiden slams together, [[CruelAndUnusualDeath grinding the victim to a pulp.]] [[SarcasmMode And it gets better-]] when you're 3 strikes away from failing, [[NightmareFuel the maiden slams against the ground over...]] ''[[NightmareFuel and over...]]'' '' '''[[NightmareFuel and over...]]''' '' [[HellIsThatNoise *SLAM SLAM SLAM SLAM*]]SLAM*
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** The ending, when Adam [[spoiler:thinks he's killed Jigsaw, only to find that the man he killed ''also'' has a cassette player. Then while he plays it, and that awful music starts up, the corpse that was in the bathroom during the movie gets up. The piece of brain on the side of his head falls off, revealing it to be fake. He turns, looks down at Adam]]...and we realize [[spoiler:we're looking at the real Jigsaw. ''HE WAS IN THERE WITH THEM THE ENTIRE TIME''.]]
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** The ending, when Adam [[spoiler:thinks he's killed Jigsaw, only to find that the man he killed ''also'' has a cassette player. Then while he plays it, and that awful music starts up, the corpse that was in the bathroom during the movie gets up. The piece of brain on the side of his head falls off, revealing it to be fake. He turns, looks down at Adam]]...and we realize [[spoiler:we're looking at the real Jigsaw. ''HE WAS IN THERE WITH THEM THE ENTIRE TIME''.''He was in there with them the entire time''.]]
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** Amanda in the pit of needles. And yes, this is the above picture. That trap is probably the only nonlethal trap in the entire franchise, but it still gives people massive shivers. Probably because...well, ''[[{{AfraidOfNeedles}} it's a pit of fucking needles.]]'' With a time limit where the safe in the room containing an "antidote" would close permanently if she failed.
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** Amanda in the pit of needles. And yes, this is the above picture. That trap is probably the only nonlethal trap in the entire franchise, but it still gives people massive shivers. Probably because...well, ''[[{{AfraidOfNeedles}} ''[[AfraidOfNeedles it's a pit of fucking needles.]]'' With a time limit where the safe in the room containing an "antidote" would close permanently if she failed.
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** The Ice Shower, in which the victim is hung [[FanDisservice naked]] in a walk-in freezer and sprayed with cold water, causing them to freeze to death. This was probably one of the more forgettable traps, however if you've ever taken a shower when the water starts too cold and you remember the trap, it does make one a little ''[[{{FridgeHorror}} uncomfortable.]]'' In context, this trap also seems ''[[{{DisproportionateRetribution}} harsher.]]'' to the victim [[spoiler:who was only there because she fled the crime scene of the death of Jeff's son, in which she was the only witness. Of course it was cowardly and a pretty jerky move, but did she really deserve to die]]?
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** The Ice Shower, in which the victim is hung [[FanDisservice naked]] in a walk-in freezer and sprayed with cold water, causing them to freeze to death. This was probably one of the more forgettable traps, however if you've ever taken a shower when the water starts too cold and you remember the trap, it does make one a little ''[[{{FridgeHorror}} ''[[FridgeHorror uncomfortable.]]'' In context, this trap also seems ''[[{{DisproportionateRetribution}} ''[[DisproportionateRetribution harsher.]]'' to the victim [[spoiler:who was only there because she fled the crime scene of the death of Jeff's son, in which she was the only witness. Of course it was cowardly and a pretty jerky move, but did she really deserve to die]]?
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** The Ice Shower, in which the victim is hung naked in a walk-in freezer and sprayed with cold water, causing them to freeze to death. This was probably one of the more forgettable traps, however if you've ever taken a shower when the water starts too cold and you remember the trap, it does make one a little ''[[{{FridgeHorror}} uncomfortable.]]'' In context, this trap also seems ''[[{{DisproportionateRetribution}} harsher.]]'' to the victim [[spoiler:who was only there because she fled the crime scene of the death of Jeff's son, in which she was the only witness. Of course it was cowardly and a pretty jerky move, but did she really deserve to die]]?
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** The Ice Shower, in which the victim is hung naked [[FanDisservice naked]] in a walk-in freezer and sprayed with cold water, causing them to freeze to death. This was probably one of the more forgettable traps, however if you've ever taken a shower when the water starts too cold and you remember the trap, it does make one a little ''[[{{FridgeHorror}} uncomfortable.]]'' In context, this trap also seems ''[[{{DisproportionateRetribution}} harsher.]]'' to the victim [[spoiler:who was only there because she fled the crime scene of the death of Jeff's son, in which she was the only witness. Of course it was cowardly and a pretty jerky move, but did she really deserve to die]]?
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** What happens to Strahm. [[spoiler:TheWallsAreClosingIn, and there's nothing he can do about it. He tries to stop them with his arms, which gives us a lovely close-up of ''his arms collapsing like matchsticks''. And the worse part is that he brought it on himself by not listening to the full cassette...]]
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** The Furnace. Obi goes into a machine with two antidotes for the nerve gas the characters have been exposed to. When he grabs one, the device closes and the inside gets on fire, revealing it's a goddamn furnace. The characters on the outside are trying to get him out, but it's not working and he starts burning. They go to the other door of the furnace when a hand pushes itself against the glass. They break the glass and Obi pops out, but his face is all bloody and he dies.
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** The Furnace. Obi goes into a machine with two antidotes for the nerve gas the characters have been exposed to. When he grabs one, the device closes and the inside gets on fire, revealing it's a goddamn furnace. The characters on the outside are trying to get him out, but it's not working and he starts burning. They go to the other door of the furnace when a hand pushes itself against the glass. They break the glass and Obi pops out, but his face is all bloody and he dies.
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** The Glass Box Trap. Seriously, watching helplessly as your weakened body presses the blades deeper and deeper. Her screams don't really help either.
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** The Glass Box Trap. Seriously, [[AndIMustScream watching helplessly as your weakened body presses the blades deeper and deeper.deeper]]. Her screams don't really help either.
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** Amanda in the pit of needles. And yes, this is the above picture. That trap is probably the only nonlethal trap in the entire franchise, but it still gives people massive shivers. Probably because...well, ''[[{{AfraidOfNeedles}} it's a pit of fucking needles.]]'' With a time limit where the pit closes ''permanently'' if she failed.
*** The pit didn't close if time ran out, the safe containing the antidote locked permanently and couldn't be used if it wasn't opened in time.
*** The pit didn't close if time ran out, the safe containing the antidote locked permanently and couldn't be used if it wasn't opened in time.
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** Amanda in the pit of needles. And yes, this is the above picture. That trap is probably the only nonlethal trap in the entire franchise, but it still gives people massive shivers. Probably because...well, ''[[{{AfraidOfNeedles}} it's a pit of fucking needles.]]'' With a time limit where the pit closes ''permanently'' if she failed.
*** The pit didn't close if time ran out, thesafe in the room containing the antidote locked an "antidote" would close permanently and couldn't be used if it wasn't opened in time. she failed.
*** The pit didn't close if time ran out, the
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** The Iron Maiden trap. Interestingly it kills the victim very fast(Being two big metal slabs with fucking SPINNING SAWBLADES inside) but its such a bloody and violent death...Also if you mess up on the puzzle(Not hard because of a glitch) 6 times the victim [[TheScream screams]] and the maiden slams together. Oh yeah just to add to the tension [[HellIsThatNoise when your 3 strikes away from failing to save her]] [[NightmareFuel the maiden slams against the ground over...and over...and over *SLAM SLAM SLAM SLAM*]]
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** The Iron Maiden trap. Interestingly enough, it kills the victim very fast(Being fast (being two big metal slabs with fucking ''[[ChainsawGood SPINNING SAWBLADES inside) SAWBLADES]]'' inside), but its such a bloody and violent death...Also that's not comforting at all- if you mess up on the puzzle(Not hard because of a glitch) puzzle 6 times (which is not too difficult, [[GameBreakingBug considering a glitch in the puzzle]]), the victim [[TheScream screams]] and the maiden slams together. Oh yeah just to add to together, [[CruelAndUnusualDeath grinding the tension [[HellIsThatNoise victim to a pulp.]] [[SarcasmMode And it gets better-]] when your you're 3 strikes away from failing to save her]] failing, [[NightmareFuel the maiden slams against the ground over...]] ''[[NightmareFuel and over...]]'' '' '''[[NightmareFuel and over over...]]''' '' [[HellIsThatNoise *SLAM SLAM SLAM SLAM*]]
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** The death of [[spoiler:Joyce]]. After [[spoiler:Bobby fails his final test]] we're treated to the sight of [[spoiler:her]] burning to death. The worse part is [[spoiler:not only was the trapped intentionally designed so that it would fail no matter what, but she ''never did anything remotely wrong''! She herself even encouraged people to live to the fullest, fully subscribing to John's philosophy. And she still suffered one of the most painful, arduous, and disturbing deaths in the whole franchise.]]
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** The death of [[spoiler:Joyce]]. After [[spoiler:Bobby fails his final test]] we're treated to the sight of [[spoiler:her]] burning to death.being cooked alive. The worse part is [[spoiler:not only was the trapped intentionally designed so that it would fail no matter what, but she ''never did anything remotely wrong''! She herself even encouraged people to live to the fullest, fully subscribing to John's philosophy. And she still suffered one of the most painful, arduous, and disturbing deaths in the whole franchise.]]
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** The Iron Maiden trap. Interestingly it kills the victim very fast(Being two big metal slabs with fucking SPINNING SAWBLADES inside) but its such a bloody and violent daeth...Also if you mess up on the puzzle(Not hard because of a glitch) 6 times the victim [[TheScream screams]] and the maiden slams together. Oh yeah just to add to the tension [[HellIsThatNoise when your 3 strikes away from failing to save her]] [[NightmareFuel the maiden slams against the ground over...and over...and over *SLAM SLAM SLAM SLAM*]]
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** The Iron Maiden trap. Interestingly it kills the victim very fast(Being two big metal slabs with fucking SPINNING SAWBLADES inside) but its such a bloody and violent daeth...death...Also if you mess up on the puzzle(Not hard because of a glitch) 6 times the victim [[TheScream screams]] and the maiden slams together. Oh yeah just to add to the tension [[HellIsThatNoise when your 3 strikes away from failing to save her]] [[NightmareFuel the maiden slams against the ground over...and over...and over *SLAM SLAM SLAM SLAM*]]
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** The Carousel Trap: [[spoiler:Six people are chained to a children's carousel redecorated with Jigsaw's motif of doom, and every time it stops, a spring-loaded shotgun fires a bullet, killing the person in front of it. Meanwhile, the person being tested can push two buttons to stop a bullet from being fired, but only ''twice''. And when they push the buttons, a screw comes straight down through their hand.]]
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** The Carousel Trap: [[spoiler:Six people are chained to a children's carousel redecorated with Jigsaw's motif of doom, and every time it stops, a spring-loaded shotgun fires a bullet, killing the person in front of it. Meanwhile, the person being tested can push two buttons to stop a bullet from being fired, but only ''twice''. And when they push the buttons, a screw comes straight down through their hand. And the whole time, the victims on the carousel are free to plead, scream, threaten, and cry as they realize that they haven't been deemed worthy to save by someone they viewed as a friend.]]
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*** Granted, this scene was nominated in the Scream Awards for "best mutilation scene".
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*** The pit didn't close if time ran out, the safe containing the antidote locked permanently and couldn't be used if it wasn't opened in time.
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** The death of [[spoiler:Joyce]]. After [[spoiler:Bobby fails his final test]] we're treated to the sight of [[spoiler:her]] burning to death. The worse part is [[spoiler:not only was the trapped intentionally designed so that it would fail no matter what, but she ''never did anything remotely wrong''! She herself even encouraged people to live to the fullest, fully subscribing to John's philosophy. And she still suffered one of the most painful, arduous, and disturbing deaths in the whole franchise.]]
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** The Furnace. A guy goes into a machine with two antidotes for the nerve gas the characters have been exposed to. When he grabs one, the device closes and the inside gets on fire, revealing it's a goddamn furnace. The characters on the outside are trying to get him out, but it's not working and the guy starts burning. They go to the other door of the furnace when a hand pushes itself against the glass. They break the glass and the guy pops out, but his face is all bloody and he dies.
*** It gets worse when you see the gas valve inside the furnace. By this time, though, the flames are burning so hot that Obi (the victim) can't bring himself to reach through and turn it off.
*** It gets worse when you see the gas valve inside the furnace. By this time, though, the flames are burning so hot that Obi (the victim) can't bring himself to reach through and turn it off.
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** The Furnace. A guy Obi goes into a machine with two antidotes for the nerve gas the characters have been exposed to. When he grabs one, the device closes and the inside gets on fire, revealing it's a goddamn furnace. The characters on the outside are trying to get him out, but it's not working and the guy he starts burning. They go to the other door of the furnace when a hand pushes itself against the glass. They break the glass and the guy Obi pops out, but his face is all bloody and he dies.
*** It gets worse when you see the gas valve inside the furnace. By this time, though, the flames are burning so hot that Obi(the victim) can't bring himself to reach through and turn it off.
*** It gets worse when you see the gas valve inside the furnace. By this time, though, the flames are burning so hot that Obi
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** Jigsaw's brain surgery. Regardless of whether you like the character or not, it's unbelievably nerve-wracking to watch a doctor cutting through someone's skull with a ''circular saw.''
*** He didn't even have any anesthetic!! Oh yeah, and they also used a ''[[ThisIsADrill drill]]'' on him, as if the saw wasn't creepy enough.
*** He didn't even have any anesthetic!! Oh yeah, and they also used a ''[[ThisIsADrill drill]]'' on him, as if the saw wasn't creepy enough.
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** Jigsaw's brain surgery. Regardless of whether you like the character or not, it's unbelievably nerve-wracking to watch a doctor cutting through someone's skull with a ''circular saw.''
***'' He didn't even have any anesthetic!! Oh yeah, and they also used a ''[[ThisIsADrill drill]]'' on him, as if the saw wasn't creepy enough.
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** The Glass Coffin.
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** The Garage Trap.
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** The teeth scene.
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** The Iron Maiden trap. Interestingly it kills the victim very fast(Being two big metal slabs with fucking SPINNING SAWBLADES inside) but its such a bloody and violent daeth...Also if you mess up on the puzzle(Not hard because of a glitch) 6 times the victim [[TheScream screams]] and the maiden slams together. Oh yeah just to add to the tension [[HellIsThatNoise when your 3 strikes away from failing to save her]] [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel the maiden slams against the ground over...and over...and over *SLAM SLAM SLAM SLAM*]]
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** The Iron Maiden trap. Interestingly it kills the victim very fast(Being two big metal slabs with fucking SPINNING SAWBLADES inside) but its such a bloody and violent daeth...Also if you mess up on the puzzle(Not hard because of a glitch) 6 times the victim [[TheScream screams]] and the maiden slams together. Oh yeah just to add to the tension [[HellIsThatNoise when your 3 strikes away from failing to save her]] [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel [[NightmareFuel the maiden slams against the ground over...and over...and over *SLAM SLAM SLAM SLAM*]]
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** What, no mention of the ending? [[spoiler:Dr. Gordon]] locks [[spoiler:Hoffman]] in the bathroom from the first movie, with [[spoiler:Gordon]] as Jigsaw and [[spoiler:Hoffman]] as Adam. True, [[spoiler:Hoffman]] had it coming, but ''damn''.
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** What, no mention of the ending? The ending. [[spoiler:Dr. Gordon]] locks [[spoiler:Hoffman]] in the bathroom from the first movie, with [[spoiler:Gordon]] as Jigsaw and [[spoiler:Hoffman]] as Adam. True, [[spoiler:Hoffman]] had it coming, but ''damn''.
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[[caption-width:296:And this is one of the '''''less''''' dangerous traps.]]
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* Really, the concept of the movies. A man is killing people who don't appreciate their lives enough. Now, if you happen to have done any of the things that got characters in the films killed, and then are foolish enough to watch the movies, good luck sleeping. You'll be checking your closets for girls in pig masks for weeks.
* ''Saw'':
** The Razor Wire Maze. The cops on the scene noted that the wires cut so deep into the victim, that traces of ''stomach acid'' were found.
** Dr. Gordon sawing his foot off. What made that ''worse'' was that Gordon's head was rational enough to wrap his leg in his shirt to cut of circulation ''and'' to bite on the cloth to withstand the pain. However, he ''wasn't'' rational enough to heed about three characters' statements that the game was over and nothing could be done anymore.
** The ending, when Adam [[spoiler:thinks he's killed Jigsaw, only to find that the man he killed ''also'' has a cassette player. Then while he plays it, and that awful music starts up, the corpse that was in the bathroom during the movie gets up. The piece of brain on the side of his head falls off, revealing it to be fake. He turns, looks down at Adam]]...and we realize [[spoiler:we're looking at the real Jigsaw. ''HE WAS IN THERE WITH THEM THE ENTIRE TIME''.]]
* ''Saw II'':
** Amanda in the pit of needles. And yes, this is the above picture. That trap is probably the only nonlethal trap in the entire franchise, but it still gives people massive shivers. Probably because...well, ''[[{{AfraidOfNeedles}} it's a pit of fucking needles.]]'' With a time limit where the pit closes ''permanently'' if she failed.
** The Glass Box Trap. Seriously, watching helplessly as your weakened body presses the blades deeper and deeper. Her screams don't really help either.
** The Furnace. A guy goes into a machine with two antidotes for the nerve gas the characters have been exposed to. When he grabs one, the device closes and the inside gets on fire, revealing it's a goddamn furnace. The characters on the outside are trying to get him out, but it's not working and the guy starts burning. They go to the other door of the furnace when a hand pushes itself against the glass. They break the glass and the guy pops out, but his face is all bloody and he dies.
*** It gets worse when you see the gas valve inside the furnace. By this time, though, the flames are burning so hot that Obi (the victim) can't bring himself to reach through and turn it off.
* ''Saw III'':
** Detective Matthews smashing his foot with the toilet tank lid to free himself, then snapping it backwards. And then walking through a hallway, causing it to break again. The sound effects don't help much.
** The Rack. A crucifix which slowly broke the victim's arms, legs, and neck, by rotating them 180 degrees.
** The Classroom Trap. The sounds were so excruciatingly horrific when he tried to break free of the chains pierced in his body.
** Jigsaw's brain surgery. Regardless of whether you like the character or not, it's unbelievably nerve-wracking to watch a doctor cutting through someone's skull with a ''circular saw.''
*** He didn't even have any anesthetic!! Oh yeah, and they also used a ''[[ThisIsADrill drill]]'' on him, as if the saw wasn't creepy enough.
** The Ice Shower, in which the victim is hung naked in a walk-in freezer and sprayed with cold water, causing them to freeze to death. This was probably one of the more forgettable traps, however if you've ever taken a shower when the water starts too cold and you remember the trap, it does make one a little ''[[{{FridgeHorror}} uncomfortable.]]'' In context, this trap also seems ''[[{{DisproportionateRetribution}} harsher.]]'' to the victim [[spoiler:who was only there because she fled the crime scene of the death of Jeff's son, in which she was the only witness. Of course it was cowardly and a pretty jerky move, but did she really deserve to die]]?
* ''Saw IV'':
** The Knife Chair can be described as "Push your face into the knives to hit a button that can free you." The result? The victim escapes and charges at Jigsaw, who sidesteps and makes him fall into razor wire. [[spoiler:This actually gave Jigsaw the idea for the Razor Wire Maze in the first film.]]
** Jigsaw's autopsy.
* ''Saw V'':
** The Glass Coffin.
** The last of the would-be team traps can be a bit difficult to watch for anyone who particularly values their hands, especially due to how gratuitous it is with repeated cuts to the two last victims as they [[spoiler:force themselves to shove their hands further onto sawblades, gradually slicing their arms in half the long way - on top of that, in an effort to shed ''five pints of blood each'' and hope they survive]].
* ''Saw VI'':
** The Scale Trap. It's one thing to cut pieces of oneself, but making it a ''life-or-death competition'' between two people?
** The Carousel Trap: [[spoiler:Six people are chained to a children's carousel redecorated with Jigsaw's motif of doom, and every time it stops, a spring-loaded shotgun fires a bullet, killing the person in front of it. Meanwhile, the person being tested can push two buttons to stop a bullet from being fired, but only ''twice''. And when they push the buttons, a screw comes straight down through their hand.]]
** William's final test, in which the widow and son of one of his former clients have the chance to spare his life. [[spoiler:The son decides that William doesn't deserve to live and triggers a rack of needles to pump him full of acid, dissolving his body from the inside out.]]
* ''Saw 3D'' (a.k.a. ''Saw VII''):
** The Garage Trap.
** ''That goddamn [[EyeScream Impalement Wheel]]''. Imagine being strapped to a table that slowly raises you towards three sharp metal rods that will impale you through your eyes and mouth, utterly unable to do anything about it, except trusting in your friend to use a weight-lifting machine nearby long enough to stop the rotation, which will have spikes piercing his ribcage every time he does it. As a cherry on top [[spoiler: the friend fails, and the audience gets to ''see what happens when the trap kills its victim!'']] The 3D really makes it worse.
** The teeth scene.
** [[spoiler:Jill's]] death, where we actually get to see the Reverse Bear Trap kill someone.
** What, no mention of the ending? [[spoiler:Dr. Gordon]] locks [[spoiler:Hoffman]] in the bathroom from the first movie, with [[spoiler:Gordon]] as Jigsaw and [[spoiler:Hoffman]] as Adam. True, [[spoiler:Hoffman]] had it coming, but ''damn''.
* ''Saw The Game'':
** The Iron Maiden trap. Interestingly it kills the victim very fast(Being two big metal slabs with fucking SPINNING SAWBLADES inside) but its such a bloody and violent daeth...Also if you mess up on the puzzle(Not hard because of a glitch) 6 times the victim [[TheScream screams]] and the maiden slams together. Oh yeah just to add to the tension [[HellIsThatNoise when your 3 strikes away from failing to save her]] [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel the maiden slams against the ground over...and over...and over *SLAM SLAM SLAM SLAM*]]
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[[caption-width:296:And this is one of the '''''less''''' dangerous traps.]]
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* Really, the concept of the movies. A man is killing people who don't appreciate their lives enough. Now, if you happen to have done any of the things that got characters in the films killed, and then are foolish enough to watch the movies, good luck sleeping. You'll be checking your closets for girls in pig masks for weeks.
* ''Saw'':
** The Razor Wire Maze. The cops on the scene noted that the wires cut so deep into the victim, that traces of ''stomach acid'' were found.
** Dr. Gordon sawing his foot off. What made that ''worse'' was that Gordon's head was rational enough to wrap his leg in his shirt to cut of circulation ''and'' to bite on the cloth to withstand the pain. However, he ''wasn't'' rational enough to heed about three characters' statements that the game was over and nothing could be done anymore.
** The ending, when Adam [[spoiler:thinks he's killed Jigsaw, only to find that the man he killed ''also'' has a cassette player. Then while he plays it, and that awful music starts up, the corpse that was in the bathroom during the movie gets up. The piece of brain on the side of his head falls off, revealing it to be fake. He turns, looks down at Adam]]...and we realize [[spoiler:we're looking at the real Jigsaw. ''HE WAS IN THERE WITH THEM THE ENTIRE TIME''.]]
* ''Saw II'':
** Amanda in the pit of needles. And yes, this is the above picture. That trap is probably the only nonlethal trap in the entire franchise, but it still gives people massive shivers. Probably because...well, ''[[{{AfraidOfNeedles}} it's a pit of fucking needles.]]'' With a time limit where the pit closes ''permanently'' if she failed.
** The Glass Box Trap. Seriously, watching helplessly as your weakened body presses the blades deeper and deeper. Her screams don't really help either.
** The Furnace. A guy goes into a machine with two antidotes for the nerve gas the characters have been exposed to. When he grabs one, the device closes and the inside gets on fire, revealing it's a goddamn furnace. The characters on the outside are trying to get him out, but it's not working and the guy starts burning. They go to the other door of the furnace when a hand pushes itself against the glass. They break the glass and the guy pops out, but his face is all bloody and he dies.
*** It gets worse when you see the gas valve inside the furnace. By this time, though, the flames are burning so hot that Obi (the victim) can't bring himself to reach through and turn it off.
* ''Saw III'':
** Detective Matthews smashing his foot with the toilet tank lid to free himself, then snapping it backwards. And then walking through a hallway, causing it to break again. The sound effects don't help much.
** The Rack. A crucifix which slowly broke the victim's arms, legs, and neck, by rotating them 180 degrees.
** The Classroom Trap. The sounds were so excruciatingly horrific when he tried to break free of the chains pierced in his body.
** Jigsaw's brain surgery. Regardless of whether you like the character or not, it's unbelievably nerve-wracking to watch a doctor cutting through someone's skull with a ''circular saw.''
*** He didn't even have any anesthetic!! Oh yeah, and they also used a ''[[ThisIsADrill drill]]'' on him, as if the saw wasn't creepy enough.
** The Ice Shower, in which the victim is hung naked in a walk-in freezer and sprayed with cold water, causing them to freeze to death. This was probably one of the more forgettable traps, however if you've ever taken a shower when the water starts too cold and you remember the trap, it does make one a little ''[[{{FridgeHorror}} uncomfortable.]]'' In context, this trap also seems ''[[{{DisproportionateRetribution}} harsher.]]'' to the victim [[spoiler:who was only there because she fled the crime scene of the death of Jeff's son, in which she was the only witness. Of course it was cowardly and a pretty jerky move, but did she really deserve to die]]?
* ''Saw IV'':
** The Knife Chair can be described as "Push your face into the knives to hit a button that can free you." The result? The victim escapes and charges at Jigsaw, who sidesteps and makes him fall into razor wire. [[spoiler:This actually gave Jigsaw the idea for the Razor Wire Maze in the first film.]]
** Jigsaw's autopsy.
* ''Saw V'':
** The Glass Coffin.
** The last of the would-be team traps can be a bit difficult to watch for anyone who particularly values their hands, especially due to how gratuitous it is with repeated cuts to the two last victims as they [[spoiler:force themselves to shove their hands further onto sawblades, gradually slicing their arms in half the long way - on top of that, in an effort to shed ''five pints of blood each'' and hope they survive]].
* ''Saw VI'':
** The Scale Trap. It's one thing to cut pieces of oneself, but making it a ''life-or-death competition'' between two people?
** The Carousel Trap: [[spoiler:Six people are chained to a children's carousel redecorated with Jigsaw's motif of doom, and every time it stops, a spring-loaded shotgun fires a bullet, killing the person in front of it. Meanwhile, the person being tested can push two buttons to stop a bullet from being fired, but only ''twice''. And when they push the buttons, a screw comes straight down through their hand.]]
** William's final test, in which the widow and son of one of his former clients have the chance to spare his life. [[spoiler:The son decides that William doesn't deserve to live and triggers a rack of needles to pump him full of acid, dissolving his body from the inside out.]]
* ''Saw 3D'' (a.k.a. ''Saw VII''):
** The Garage Trap.
** ''That goddamn [[EyeScream Impalement Wheel]]''. Imagine being strapped to a table that slowly raises you towards three sharp metal rods that will impale you through your eyes and mouth, utterly unable to do anything about it, except trusting in your friend to use a weight-lifting machine nearby long enough to stop the rotation, which will have spikes piercing his ribcage every time he does it. As a cherry on top [[spoiler: the friend fails, and the audience gets to ''see what happens when the trap kills its victim!'']] The 3D really makes it worse.
** The teeth scene.
** [[spoiler:Jill's]] death, where we actually get to see the Reverse Bear Trap kill someone.
** What, no mention of the ending? [[spoiler:Dr. Gordon]] locks [[spoiler:Hoffman]] in the bathroom from the first movie, with [[spoiler:Gordon]] as Jigsaw and [[spoiler:Hoffman]] as Adam. True, [[spoiler:Hoffman]] had it coming, but ''damn''.
* ''Saw The Game'':
** The Iron Maiden trap. Interestingly it kills the victim very fast(Being two big metal slabs with fucking SPINNING SAWBLADES inside) but its such a bloody and violent daeth...Also if you mess up on the puzzle(Not hard because of a glitch) 6 times the victim [[TheScream screams]] and the maiden slams together. Oh yeah just to add to the tension [[HellIsThatNoise when your 3 strikes away from failing to save her]] [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel the maiden slams against the ground over...and over...and over *SLAM SLAM SLAM SLAM*]]
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