When it comes to gruesome horror movie ends, the Saw franchise may have the largest collection of grotesque and upsetting demises. Over the course of eight movies, people have met their end via every method a psychotic slayer could build into their "game".
Whether it's John Kramer, Detective Hoffman, or one of the other elusive assistants to Jigsaw, these are the worst death scenes in Saw - which means they're the best of the over 70 ends shown throughout the franchise.
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The Unwinnable Rib Spreader - 'Saw III'
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Saw III is full of unwinnable games with victims in horrifying traps in a vengeful plot enacted by one of Jigsaw's apprentices, Amanda Young. Viewers had gotten to know Detective Allison Kerry over the course of the first two movies, so it's a bit surprising and upsetting to see her placed in her own game - especially one so nasty.
Kerry is told that the key to her freedom is in the glass of acid in front of her, so not only is the game rigged, it's constructed to cause her the most pain possible. Her ultimate failure to free herself ends with the "Rib Spreader" cracking her wide open.
Is this disturbing? - 2
The Rack Trap - 'Saw III'
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The "Rack Trap" is one of the most painful-looking traps in the Saw franchise. It slowly rotates each limb, snapping the bone and twisting the muscles. There is no instant demise from the rack trap, with the man who accidentally killed the game player's son in a drunk driving incident having each limb twisted and snapped individually. Finally, and in horrifying pain, the victim's neck is snapped.
Is this disturbing? - 3
The Brazen Bull Furnace Trap - 'Saw VII'
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Saw VII follows Bobby Dagen as he attempts to win game after game set up for him by Detective Hoffman - one of Jigsaw's apprentices. Dagen had lied about surviving a Jigsaw game and was making money from the infamy. In one of the most savage traps in the movie, Dagen is forced to actually play the game he lied about surviving in order to save his wife, Joyce.
Joyce is chained to a platform while Dagen is presented with metal hooks attached to chains that he must insert into his chest muscles. He then has to use the chains to hoist himself into the air and connect two plugs to stop the oven from forming - and Joyce will be enclosed in an oven and incinerated if Dagen fails. He does, of course.
Is this disturbing? - 4
The Classroom Trap - 'Saw III'
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Jigsaw-apprentice Young constructs another unwinnable game for poor Troy in Saw III. The trap itself is invasive and painful enough on its own, involving metal rings hooked into Troy's body and attached to chains that he has to remove from himself before a nail bomb goes off.
In the end, he's only able to rip 10 of 11 rings from his body in the time given.
Is this disturbing? - 5
The Garage Trap - 'Saw VII'
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The "Garage Trap" is full of moments for viewers to wince and look away, as it involves Evan being shirtless and glued to the seat of a car. Evan is told that he has to lean forward, ripping the skin from his back, to pull a lever to stop the car from crushing Kara underneath, ripping body parts connected to the car from Dan's body, smashing through the garage door that has Jake chained to it, and ejecting Evan in a crash with another car in the junkyard where the game takes place.
Viewers see the whole scenario play out.
Is this disturbing? - 6
Hydrofluoric Acid Injection - 'Saw VI'
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Saw VI takes on the employees of an insurance company that denied treatment to John Kramer/Jigsaw for his cancer. The insurance company manager, William Easton, has to work his way through several games involving him choosing who survives based on arbitrary criteria - just as he did for people insured by his company.
After believing he has completed all of his tasks and will be set free, Easton comes face to face with the mother and son of a man that died due to insurance not covering the costs of his heart treatment. Faced with the choice of killing the man that killed his father, Brent pulls a lever and a bunch of needles slam into Easton's body, pumping hydrofluoric acid into it and causing him to painfully melt.
Is this disturbing?