Hello horror fans - and welcome back to the scariest channel on YouTube - Top 5 Scary
Videos - where we’ve got another showstopper in our brand new series, The Monster Files.
This time - we’re taking a turn into the Saw Franchise - a global phenomenon that ushered
in a new age of gore-centric horror.
Love them or hate them, there’s no doubt that Jigsaw and his terrifying box of horrors
paved the way for a new, grotesque generation of horror cinema.
What’s going on guys - as per usual, I’ll be horror host Jack Finch - as we dive back
into that blood soaked filing cabinet known as The Monster Files - and take a look at
the Top 5 Scariest - and Horrific Jigsaw Traps.
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Whether you love the Saw Franchise or despise them - there’s no denying that they’ve
left their mark on the world of horror cinema.
For a franchise that began with such a small budget, it’s 8 films have gone on to gross
over 975 million dollars at the worldwide box office - making it one of the highest
grossing horror franchises of all time.
And it revolves around one guy and his twisted propensity to administer pain via intricate
psychological torture - Jigsaw, AKA John Kramer - who believes that if his unfortunate victims
can survive - they’ll be better human beings altogether.
Yeah - I’m not entirely sure if he’s qualified to make such an assumption.
Well - let’s take a look at his best attempts.
Kicking off at Number 5 - 10 Pints of Blood - Saw 5.
So let’s just leave it at that.
The most insane Jigsaw trap in Saw 5 finds five strangers in a series of increasingly
difficult team-building exercises - who eventually are whittled down to just two - Britt and
Mallick, who are tasked with giving ten pints of blood to continue on through the house
of pain.
Now - this isn’t the juice and cookies kind of giving blood.
Of course, this is Jigsaw.
There’s ten pints of blood in the human body - so both Mallick and Brit have to commit
to sticking their hand into a table saw, in an excruciating display of human survival
- or, you know - kill each other.
The real kicker with this trap though - is that it was intended to be used by five people,
each giving two pints of blood each.
The real lesson in this maze of horrors, was that if they just would’ve worked together,
rather than compete - they would’ve all survived the painstaking process.
You know what they say about hindsight.
Coming in at Number 4 - The Oxygen Crusher - Saw 6
Perhaps the most severe anti-smoking promotion we’ve ever seen - and if I’m being honest,
this is probably one of the bleakest traps in the entire Saw franchise.
Mainly because of the primary victim - Hank, just a random janitor that Agent Hoffman’s
Jigsaw seemingly pulled off the street.
Hank didn’t do anything wrong - he never harmed anyone other than himself - and he
succumbs to this torture.
Poor guy.
Saw 6 revolves around William Easton - an insurance executive for Umbrella Health, the
company responsible for denying John Kramer, the original Jigsaw - with an experimental
cancer treatment.
Alongside poor Hank, William wakes up strapped to a vice-like machine linked up to an oxygen
mask strapped over the mens faces.
Every breath they take - and every move they make, causes a hydraulic vice to tighten on
their torso.
Of course, it’s revealed that poor Hank the Janitor has a terrible smoking habit - and
he evidently finds it difficult to hold his breath, ending up with the trap compressing
his sides so tightly that his chest cavity explodes.
This one is straight up murder - there’s no lesson to be learnt.
Next up at Number 3 - The Venus Flytrap - Saw 2.
In Saw 2 - which in all fairness was a great sequel to the original, and a bold step into
the intricate mind of Jigsaw - the film begins with Michael Marks - a police informant for
the series loose protagonist Detective Eric Matthews.
And well, - Michael’s wake up call isn’t very pleasant at all.
Imagine this - you wake up - disoriented, bleeding - with a massive metal spiked contraption
around your neck - and a strange, swollen feeling in your eye socket.
The next thing you know - there’s a weird puppet telling you that the only way to survive,
is to cut out the key to deactivate the trap.
Oh - where’s the key?
It’s burrowed beneath your eye socket.
Oh, and also, you’ve got 60 seconds to figure it out.
For a killer that had the intention of teaching his victims a lesson - the Venus Flytrap is
pretty much unteachable, and it’s one of the most brutal traps in the entire series.
Don’t get me wrong - it definitely stands besides the Reverse Bear Trap that’s so
synonymous with the series, but at least that thing had a few survivors.
The Venus Flytrap has a one hundred percent mortality rate, which is why it’s the leading
face-destroying trap to make this list.
Gnarly stuff.
absolute zero.
The Angel Trap was never intended to teach anyone a lesson - it’s sole purpose was
to kills it’s unwitting victim as painfully as possible, and this trap delivers that in
spades.
Have you ever heard of the blood eagle?
It was a method of torture, synonymous with Nordic warriors throughout the Viking period
of Scandinavia - reserved as the most public and excruciating display of death possible.
It’s method of torture was to sever the victims ribs from their spine, and then pull
their lungs through the gaps - creating a grotesque display of wings.
Yeah - that’s pretty much the idea with this trap, and although it’s probably borrowed
heavily from ancient methods of torture - it’s display is much more graphic in Saw 3.
Alison Kerry, one of the detectives hot on the tail of Jigsaw - wakes up in a contraption
of metal racking, which is also hooked to her ribs.
The means of her escape is a key kept in a beaker of highly corrosive acid, which even
though she painstakingly manages to grab - ultimately does nothing.
And yeah - you can kind of guess how it ends.
And finally - at our Number 1 spot - The Rack - Saw 3, again.
Because like we said previously - Saw 3 is pretty damn bleak.
Spoilers - but it’s down to Jigsaw’s apprentice, Amanda - yeah, that Amanda, the one in the
bear-trap mask - having gone a little haywire.
She’s waylayed the whole “LIVE OR DIE” thing that Jigsaw tried to drill into his
victims, and just settled for the DIE part.
of gore actually pays off.
This entire scene is counterbalanced with the protagonist, Jeff - staring down his son’s
killer who’s strapped to The Rack - and even though Jeff ultimately passes the puzzle,
it’s futile.
There’s no saving him - even after watching Timothy’s limbs get individually twisted
- there’s no stopping The Rack.
And it doesn’t stop - either, it just keeps twisting until there’s nothing left.
Uh - I think I need a hug.
Well - anyway folks - that’s unfortunately all we’ve got time for in today’s episode
of The Monster Files - cheers for sticking around all the way to the end.
If you’ve got any thoughts on this video, speak your mind in the comment section down
below.
It’s been a pleasure making this video for you all - there’ll be many more Monster
Files in the pipeline.
As always, I’ve been your host Jack Finch - you’ve been watching Top 5 Scary Videos
- and until next time, you take it easy.