Saw (Series) Deaths

The list consists the deaths occurred in the Saw franchise.

Saw (2004)[]

Name	Cause of death	Killer/Trap	Notes
Paul Leahy	Cut repeatedly/stomach cut open by razor wire/blood loss	Razor Wire Maze Trap	Flashback
Mark Rodriguez Wilson	Burned alive by candle	Flammable Jelly Trap	Flashback
Donald "Donnie" Greco	Stomach impaled 9 times/disemboweled with scalpel	Amanda Young	Flashback, key inside stomach for Reverse Bear Trap
Detective Steven Sing	Top of head blown off by 4 shotguns	Quadruple Shotgun Hallway Trap	Flashback, security trap
Zep Hindle	Leg impaled with scissors, head bludgeoned 7 times with toilet tank lid	Alison Gordon and Adam Stanheight

Saw II (2005)[]

Name	Cause of death	Killer/Trap	Notes
Michael Marks	Mask filled with nails closed on head	Venus Fly Trap
Two SWAT Officers	Electrocuted by cage	Electrified Staircase Trap
Gus Colyard	Shot through peephole/eye by .357 magnum	Magnum Eyehole Trap and Xavier Chavez	Accident, flashback
Obidiah "Obi" Tate	Burned alive in furnace	Furnace Trap	Flashback
Jonas Singer	Hit in back of head with nail-studded baseball bat	Xavier Chavez
Laura Hunter	Succumbs to nerve gas	Nerve Gas House Trap
Addison Corday	Wrists cut by razor blades/blood loss	Razor Box Trap
Xavier Chavez	Back of neck flayed with hunting knife, throat slashed with hacksaw	Himself and Daniel Matthews	Number was on back of neck for the combination safe, self-defense, flashback

Saw III (2006)[]

Name	Cause of death	Killer/Trap	Notes
Troy	Blown up in nail bomb explosion	Classroom Trap	Flashback, inescapable trap
Detective Allison Kerry	Ribcage torn out	Angel Trap	Inescapable trap
Dylan Denlon	Hit by car	Timothy Young	Accident, mentioned
Danica Scott	Frozen by being sprayed with freezing water	Freezer Room Trap
Adam Stanheight	Head bashed against toilet while being suffocated with plastic bag	Amanda Young	Flashback, mercy kill
Judge Halden	Shot in head by shotgun	Shotgun Box Trap and Jeffrey "Jeff" Denlon	Accident
Timothy Young	Legs/arms/head twisted	Rack Trap
Amanda Young	Shot in neck with handgun	Jeffrey "Jeff" Denlon
John "Jigsaw" Kramer	Throat slashed with power saw	Jeffrey "Jeff" Denlon
Doctor Lynn Denlon	Shot in back with handgun, head blown off by detonated shotgun shells	Amanda Young and Shotgun Collar Trap	Trap activated when John's heart rate monitor flatlined

Saw IV (2007)[]

Name	Cause of death	Killer/Trap	Notes
Trevor	Neck impaled with meat hook, head bludgeoned 6 times with hammer	Arthur "Art" Blank	Self-defense
Brenda	Scalped torn/pulled, thrown through mirror	Hair Trap and Lieutenant Daniel Rigg	Self-defense
Ivan Landsness	Eye gouged out by scythe, dismembered by chains	Bedroom Trap
Gideon John Kramer	Hit in stomach by door, miscarriage	Cecil Adams and Jill Tuck	Flashback, accident
Principal Rex	Impaled through major arteries by multiple rods/3 pulled out/blood loss	Spike Trap and Morgan
Police Photographer	Impaled to wall through cheek/out of back of head by rod	Spike Trap and Police Forensic	Accident
Cecil Adams	Face slit by 8 kitchen knives, fell into pile of razor wire/blood loss	Knife Chair Trap and John "Jigsaw" Kramer	Flashback
Detective Eric Matthews	Head crushed by 2 ice blocks	Ice Block Trap and Lieutenant Daniel Rigg	Accident
Jeffrey "Jeff" Denlon	Shot in chest/stomach with handgun	Special Agent Peter "Pete" Strahm	Self-defense, the events happened during Saw III
Arthur "Art" Blank	Shot in chest/head with handgun	Lieutenant Daniel Rigg	Rigg thought the tape was a gun
Lieutenant Daniel Rigg	Shot in stomach through door window with .357 magnum/blood loss (off-screen)	Detective Eric Matthews

Saw V (2008)[]

Name	Cause of death	Killer/Trap	Notes
Seth Baxter	Hands crushed in vices, bisected by swinging pendulum blade	Pendulum Trap	Inescapable trap, revenge, flashback
Ashley Kazon	Pulled back/decapitated by razor blade collar	Keys of Life Trap
Angelina Acomb/Angelina Hoffman	Throat slit	Seth Baxter	Mentioned in article, prior to film
Charles Salomon	Hit in back with metal rod, blown up in nail bomb explosion	Luba Gibbs and 3 Points of Safety Trap
Luba Gibbs	Neck impaled with electric cable	Britany "Brit" Stevenson
Special Agent Peter "Pete" Strahm	Crushed by closing walls	Coffin Trap	Framed in Saw VI

Saw VI (2009)[]

Name	Cause of death	Killer/Trap	Notes
Eddie	Temples impaled by small drills	Pound of Flesh Trap
Harold Abbott	Heart disease	Natural Causes	Prior to film, mentioned, William denied of giving him health insurance
Hank	Ribcage crushed by vise	Oxygen Crusher Trap
Allen	Throat cut/hung in barbed-wire noose	Hanging Trap	William choose to save Addy
Debbie	Badly burned by steam, sharp metal pipe fired through throat/out of forehead	Steam Maze Trap
Aaron	Shot in chest by shotgun	Carousel Trap	William choose to save Emily and Shelby
Gena
David "Dave"
Josh
Agent Daniel "Dan" Erickson	Neck slashed with knife	Detective Lieutenant Mark Hoffman
Sachi	Shot 3 times in back with handgun	Special Agent Lindsey Perez	Accident:Mark used her as a human shield
Special Agent Lindsey Perez	Stomach impaled 5 times with knife	Detective Lieutenant Mark Hoffman
William "Will" Easton	Back impaled by multiple needles/injected with hydrofluoric acid/insides melted/split in half	Acid Room Trap and Brent Abbott	Revenge

Saw 3D (2010)[]

Name	Cause of death	Killer/Trap	Notes
Dina	Sliced in half by center saw wheel	Ryan, Brad, and Public Execution Trap	Revenge for her betrayal
Kara	Head crushed by tire	Car Trap	Inescapable trap
Dan	Arms/jaw ripped off by chains attached to car
Jake	Run over by car
Evan	Back ripped off, flung through windshield/lands into another car
Alexander "Alex"	Knocked into multiple lawnmower blades/shredded	Sidney and Blender Trap	Flashback
Catarina "Nina" Alexander	Neck impaled by 4 rods	Impalement Seat Trap
Suzanne "Suzy"	Eyes/mouth impaled by 3 rods	Impalement Wheel Trap
Cale McNamara	Pulled up by winch/hung in collar attached to chain	Deafening Mask Trap
Homeless Man	Shot 3 times in back with handgun	Officer Mark Hoffman	Flashback
Detective Matt Gibson	Shot in chest/stomach/arm by sentry gun	Sentry Gun Trap
Police Officer	Shot twice in chest/arm once by sentry gun
Police Officer	Shot repeatedly by sentry gun
Doctor Adam Heffner	Throat impaled with knife	Detective Lieutenant Mark Hoffman
Police Officer	Throat impaled with knife	Detective Lieutenant Mark Hoffman
Five SWAT Officers	Poisoned by gas	Gas Chamber Trap
Lawyer	Throat impaled with knife	Detective Lieutenant Mark Hoffman
Officer Palmer	Neck snapped
Police Officer	Throat impaled with knife
Detective Rogers	Shot in eye through interrogation window with handgun
Joyce Dagen	Burned alive in brazen bull	Brazen Bull Oven Trap
Jill Tuck	Head bashed against desk 3 times, mouth ripped open	Detective Lieutenant Mark Hoffman and Reverse Bear Trap	Revenge
Detective Lieutenant Mark Hoffman	Left chained to rot/starvation (off-screen)	Doctor Lawrence Gordon and Bathroom Trap	Hoffman's penalty, orders of John's behalf

Jigsaw (2017)[]

Name	Cause of death	Killer/Trap	Notes
Malcolm Neale
Christine Nelson
Asthmatic Woman
Carly
Mrs. Neale
Carly Look-a-Like
John's Nephew
Mitch
Edgar Munsen
Mitch Look-a-Like
Ryan's Two Friends
Driver
Anna's Baby
Matthew
Anna
Ryan
Detective Halloran

Trivia[]

John Kramer became Jigsaw due to the following events throughout the plot of each movie.
1. When his wife, Jill, was robbed at the clinic, Cecil Adams accidentally slammed a door against her stomach, causing her to miscarry their unborn son, Gideon.
2. When going to the doctor's office for a checkup, Doctor Gordon told him he got colon cancer and an inoperable brain tumor.
3. He visited Umbrella Health hoping to be treated through an experimental drug program, but the executive of the company, William Easton, denied him health coverage.
4. Utterly depressed, John attempted to commit suicide by driving off a cliff, but survived the crash. Clinging to his life, John discovered that only when he knew his death was impending did he really begin to value his life.
The death of his son, Gideon, causes John to become detached and angry, which ultimately led to his divorce with Jill.
The Jigsaw name was given to him by the media for his practice of cutting a puzzle piece shape of flesh from those who fail.
The puppet, Billy, hold a few meanings to the franchise.
- The puppet became the iconic symbol of the Jigsaw Killer.
- It was meant to be a present for their unborn child, Gideon.
While working for Jigsaw, Amanda suffered Borderline Personality Disorder and Stockholm Syndrome.
Some of the traps were inescapable even if the victim manages to complete it. They were created by Jigsaw's apprentices for their own personal reasons.
- Classroom & Angel Trap - Amanda felt that the victims wouldn't have learned anything from the test they were put through.
- Pendulum Trap - Hoffman wanted revenge against Seth for killing her sister, Angelina.
- The Car Trap - Hoffman rigged it to be inescapable as part of his plan to get to Jill at the police station.
When Mark destroyed his hideout and prepared to flee the city, he was attacked and sedated by three men wearing pig masks, the leader removed his mask, revealing himself as Doctor Lawrence Gordon.
- The writer's commentary revealed the other two are Brad and Ryan.
The fifth film is the only film which there is no "Game Over'" line.
Some of Jigsaw's victims were recruited as his apprentices. The name and reason of becoming his apprentice were in chronological order.
- Mark Hoffman - John kidnapped him for placing Seth in a inescapable trap to look like Jigsaw's handiwork and blackmails him into becoming his apprentice.
- Amanda Young - Amanda praises John for helping her see the light and proving John's methods really work.
- Lawrence Gordon - Gordon agrees to become Jigsaw's apprentice in secret as he proves to be his most valuable asset.
- Jill Tuck - Jill was carrying out Jigsaw's final request to test Hoffman when she showed the sixth envelope had Hoffman's photo.
- Brad and Ryan - Brad and Ryan helped Gordon capture Mark after he kills Jill while the three of them were wearing pig masks.
The origin of the pig mask were known to have been latex strap-on masks used at a Year of the Pig Chinese New Year festival.
In the flashback of the fourth film, Cecil Adams became Jigsaw's first victim.
In the beginning of the third film, Eric Matthews bashed his ankle with a toilet tank lid to slid his foot through the chains.
- In the flashback of the fourth film, Hoffman dragged Eric into a dark holding cell and kept him alive over six months, supplied with food and a brace for his broken ankle.
Some of the scenes in the films were accidents based on victim's actions on the traps.
- Xavier used the key to open the door which lead to Gus being shot.
- When Jeff unscrewed the key, the shotgun, attached to it, went off and shot Judge Halden in the head.
- Jeff was being tested due to Timothy driving under the influence of alcohol which lead to his son, Dylan, being run over.
- One of the police forensic's set off the device which send a metal rod flying and impaling a police photographer.
- Lieutenant Rigg couldn't let go of his obsession that resulted him going through the door and causing Detective Eric Matthews' death.
- When Agent Lindsey Perez attempted to shoot Mark, he used the lab technician, Sachi, as a human shield.
The events between the sixth and seventh films show that Jill sent a videotape to Doctor Gordon in which John instructed him to watch over Jill and act immediately on his behalf if anything happened to her.
- This happened when Mark killed her as he was sedated and chained in the bathroom as his penalty.
In the flashback of the third film, Amanda went back to the bathroom and suffocated Adam out of guilt; sparing him a slower death.
In the flashback of the sixth film, Cecil wasn't alone during the events of the robbery. It's revealed that Amanda convinced him to rob rob the clinic, and that the two were allegedly in a relationship at the time; making her indirectly responsible for Gideon's death.
- Also, Mark knew of her involvement in Jill's miscarriage and blackmailed her into killing Lynn in the letter he left her in the third film, by threatening to tell John.
Prior before the seventh film, there was a clue that Gordon was alive. In the opening of the second film, the video showed a hooded man walking with a limp.
In the seventh film, Doctor Gordon is revealed to be alive and helping John as his apprentice in secret.
- Placed the key behind Michael's eye in the second film.
- Suggested Lynn as a suitable test subject for her husband's, Jeff, test in the third film.
- Sewed Trevor's eyes and, presumably, Art's mouth shut in the fourth film.
- After John died and was replaced by Mark Hoffman, Lawrence wrote Hoffman an anonymous note, revealing that he knew who he was in the fifth film.
- Jill was aware of him, but was kept secret from both Amanda and Mark.
In each movie, the film focuses on the victim's tests on their survival.
- Zep has to monitor to make sure Lawrence kills Adam before 6AM or he'll kill Alison and Diana.
- After having his son kidnapped, Detective Matthews tries to convince Jigsaw to give up the whereabouts of the house he's in, along with saving him from the other victims that were framed by Eric for crimes they didn't commit.
- Jeff had to go through each trial of forgiveness that involved the people who were directly/indirectly responsible for the death of his son, Dylan.
- Lieutenant Rigg had to let go of his obsession of saving everyone after becoming obsessed with finding his friend and former co-worker, Eric Matthews.
- The five victims were all involved in a fire that resulted in the deaths of eight innocent people, and their actions or inactions were a result of avarice and self-serving needs.
- William turn down health coverage claims for the serious ill to make money for himself, along with other victims who had close ties to him and the health insurance company, mainly his subordinates.
- Bobby faked being in a Jigsaw trap and schemed it for money, along with the other victims who were involved, such as his two key staff members, closest friend, and wife.
In the seventh film, a news report shows that Joan survived Jigsaw's trap.
- She is the only one to survive an unknown trap and having a unknown reason to be tested.
- Joan's report was the main reason what initially inspired Bobby to fabricate his own test.
In the seventh film, three traps were based on the Three Wise Monkeys.
- Nina - Speak No Evil
- Suzy - See No Evil
- Cale - Hear No Evil
In the seventh film, survivors from the previous film, along with the victims in the film itself, appeared at Bobby's S.U.R.V.I.V.E Group.
- Simone Bethson
- Mallick Scott
- Brad
- Ryan
- Doctor Lawrence Gordon
- Sidney
- Tara Abbott
- Addy
- Emily
In each movie, each victim has been tested because Jigsaw wanted to teach them to value their lives.
- Paul Leahy - Suicidal.
- Mark Wilson - Faking illness.
- Donnie Greco - Drug dealer and selling drugs to Amanda.
- Zep Hindle - Enviously hating and badmouthing people behind their backs instead of attempting to improve his own life.
- Adam Stanheight - Voyeurism and constantly spied on people, including Lawrence Gordon.
- Lawrence Gordon - Being cold, uncaring, and unfaithful to his wife.
- Amanda Young - Drug addiction to heroin (Saw). To see if she willed for the subjects to live (Saw III).
- Michael Marks - Being an informant and helping with corruption.
- Gus Colyard - Embezzlement.
- Obi Tate - Arsonist.
- Jonas Singer - Gang affiliated.
- Laura Hunter - Repetitive larceny {kleptomania}.
- Addison Corday - Prostitution.
- Xavier Chavez - Drug dealer.
- Daniel Matthews - Part of Eric's test.
- Eric Matthews - Police brutality and corruption, framed several people for crimes they didn't commit, and failed relationship with son.
- Troy - Spending most of his life behind bars despite his well privileged background and upbringing.
- Allison Kerry - Overly enjoyed working in situations involving death, which made her appear to be "dead on the inside".
- Jeff Denlon - Wanting revenge and refusing to let go of grief to progress through life.
- Danica Scott - Witnessed the death of Jeff's son but didn't help.
- Judge Halden - Lightly sentenced Timothy Young for reckless manslaughter for 6 months.
- Timothy Young - Killed Jeff's son in a hit and run.
- Lynn Denlon - Cheating on her husband and neglecting her daughter.
- Trevor - Alcoholism.
- Art Blank - Defending people for crimes they were guilty of.
- Daniel Rigg - Obsessed with saving everyone after not letting go after his partner's disappearance.
- Brenda - Distributing underage women for sex and prostitution in favor of money.
- Ivan Landsness - Violent rapist, killing several women, and keeping photos of them.
- Rex - Abusing his wife and daughter.
- Morgan - Refusing to testify against her husband, and allowing him to abuse her and her daughter.
- Cecil Adams - Petty thief and drug addict, responsible for the loss of John's son, Gideon.
- Seth Baxter - Killing the younger sister of Mark Hoffman.
- Mallick Scott - Paid off with drugs to burn down an inhabited building that killed eight people inside.
- Brit Stevenson - Orchestrated a plan to burn down an occupied building.
- Ashley Kazon - Filed a false fire report on the burning building.
- Charles Salomon - Covering up the story of the burning building.
- Luba Gibbs - Taking bribes and pushing past building permits on the building that was burned down.
- Peter Strahm - Knew of Mark Hoffman's identity and failing to follow instructions.
- Simone Bethson and Eddie - Predatory lender.
- William Easton - Denying health insurance for the seriously ill to make more money for himself.
- Hank - Heavy smoker despite health problems.
- Allen - Assisted William as his file clerk.
- Addy - Assisted William as his secretary.
- Debbie - Defending William Easton.
- Aaron, Gena, Dave, Josh, Emily and Shelby - Finding errors so the seriously ill won't get insurance.
- Pamela Jenkins - Sensationalizing Jigsaw and twisting the facts for her own benefits.
- Tara and Brent Abbott - To decide whether William Easton should live or die.
- Brad and Ryan - Committing crimes in name of manipulative woman.
- Dina - Cheating on her boyfriends and manipulating them into committing crimes.
- Evan, Jake, Kara and Dan - Racism.
- Alex - Abusing his girlfriend.
- Sidney - Allowed her boyfriend to abuse her.
- Bobby Dagen - Falsely stating he was in a Jigsaw trap and subsequently profiting from that lie.
- Nina Alexander, Suzanne, and Cale McNamara - Knew of Bobby's lies.
- Joyce Dagen - Part of Bobby's test.
- Mark Hoffman - Lacked sympathy for test subjects.