Top 10 Saw Victims That Actually Escaped
#10: Brenda “Saw IV” (2007)
Brenda found herself the target of Jigsaw by acting as a pimp and forcing young women into prostitution. Brenda served as part of Daniel Rigg’s test, and she was attached to a particularly nasty chair. Once the pig mask was pulled off her head, her scalp was slowly peeled away by her hair. After a bout of panicking, Daniel was successfully able to locate the combination for the lock and free Brenda from the contraption. And while Brenda later died from attacking Daniel, itself a part of Brenda’s test, she did survive the trap itself.
#9: Art Blank “Saw IV” (2007)
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Art Blank found himself in a particularly scary trap in “Saw IV.” He awoke with his mouth sewn shut alongside Trevor, who had his eyes sewn shut. The two were shackled together in a mausoleum, and the key for Art’s lock was found on Trevor’s neck. Art needed to communicate with Trevor, despite his unfortunate inability to speak. However, Trevor panicked and attacked Art, causing Art to defend himself by killing Trevor. This completed, Art was finally able to free himself using the key. He would later die, but his first test proved a success - minus the shredded mouth and gaping leg wound.
#8: Brad & Ryan “Saw 3D” (2010)
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Brad and Ryan were two men who were infatuated with Dina and committed crimes on her behalf. They were captured and subjected to a public trap in the Welthammer Store. The men were attached to contraptions holding circular saw blades, and Dina was suspended above them on a metal plate. Brad and Ryan were forced into a reverse tug-of-war, as one needed to push the circular saw into the other. If both failed, then Dina would die. Realizing that they were both played by Dina, a vengeful Brad and Ryan decided to sacrifice her life for their own.
#7: Mallick Scott & Brit Stevenson “Saw V” (2008)
Mallick and Brit were kidnapped and tortured for being involved in a deadly apartment fire that killed eight people. They found themselves tested numerous times throughout “Saw V,” with the last being particularly gruesome. Both Mallick and Brit were forced to shove their arms into spinning saw blades and fill a beaker with ten pints of blood. After the beaker was filled, the blades stopped and the trap released both Mallick and Brit, resulting in their survival and rescue at the hands of Dan Erickson. Mallick’s arm was saved despite being utterly mangled, and he later joined a self-help group of fellow Jigsaw survivors.
#6: Logan Nelson “Jigsaw” (2017)
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Logan Nelson served as a major part of John Kramer’s life by negligently mislabeling Kramer’s x-ray, which delayed his timely cancer diagnosis. Logan was placed in the Bucket Head trap on Tuck’s Pig Farm but woke up too late, thereby missing the essential clue of the trap. However, Kramer eventually saved Logan himself by stopping the trap and releasing him from the bucket. According to him, Logan shouldn’t have to die over an honest mistake. Logan proceeded to serve as Jigsaw’s partner and eventual successor, even working on the Reverse Beartrap that would eventually ensnare Amanda in the first movie.
#5: Peter Strahm “Saw V” (2008)
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Serving as the main protagonist of “Saw V,” Peter Strahm found himself in a trap involving a glass cube placed over his head. After attempting to force the cube open, it began to fill with water. This one serves as a horrible combination of claustrophobia and a fear of drowning, and we want absolutely no part of it! Unfortunately, Peter was not able to complete the test successfully. Fortunately, he was good at thinking on his feet and literally performed a tracheotomy on himself with a ballpoint pen. Talk about a resourceful dude! It allowed Peter to breathe underwater and gave him enough time to be saved by paramedics.
#4: Mark Hoffman “Saw VI” (2009)
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Mark Hoffman is a recurring character throughout the “Saw” franchise, having starred as the primary antagonist in “Saw 4” through “7.” Mark found himself in a modern version of the Reverse Beartrap in “Saw VI,” although Jill had no intention of allowing him to survive. As such, Mark was never provided a key for his escape. However, Mark is another resourceful character and managed to prevent the trap from springing by holding it between two metal bars. While the trap tore his cheek apart, he was able to remove his head from the contraption and quickly went into hiding an alive, if not entirely free, man.
#3: Eric Matthews “Saw III” (2006)
Eric Matthews is another recurring character, having served as a protagonist of “Saw 2” through “4.” At the end of “Saw II,” Eric is imprisoned in the same filthy bathroom in which Adam and Gordon were tested. He used the toilet tank that Adam used to bludgeon Zep to break his foot and release himself from the shackle. He was subsequently able to fight off Amanda and survive her murder attempt - all despite his mangled foot - and he was eventually found by Mark Hoffman and taken to a cell. He survived “Saw II” and “III,” but his luck ultimately ran out in “IV.”
#2: Amanda Young “Saw” (2004)
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Speaking of Amanda, she was one of the most prominent survivors of Jigsaw. Equipped with the famous Reverse Beartrap, Amanda was forced to dig the accompanying key out of Donnie Greco’s stomach. Greco was paralyzed, allowing Amanda to cut open his stomach and retrieve the swallowed key. She unlocked the device just before it sprang open. Horrified by what she had encountered and what she was forced to do, Amanda fled to the police and was subsequently questioned by Detective Tapp. Of course, Amanda would have a far bigger role to play in the movies to come...
#1: Dr. Lawrence Gordon “Saw” (2004)
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It all started with Lawrence Gordon and Adam Stanheight. Adam wasn’t as lucky, as he was shot by Gordon and eventually suffocated by Amanda. On the other hand, Gordon proved so desperate to save his family that he sawed his own foot off with the provided hacksaw. Even to this day, it’s arguably the franchise’s most famous scene, even though it’s incredibly tame by modern “Saw” standards. The now footless Gordon managed to crawl out of the room and cauterize his stump on a steaming pipe, giving him enough time to be rescued and treated by Jigsaw.
