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
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
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
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
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.
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.
When going to the doctor's office for a checkup, Doctor Gordon told him he got colon cancer and an inoperable braintumor.
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.
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.
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.
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.