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Today, five will become one with the common goal of survival.
— Jigsaw introduces the prisoners to their game[src]

The Neck Tie Trap is a trap from the Saw franchise, appearing in Saw V.

Design and Function[]

This trap was the first one in a series of tests. It was located in an underground catacomb area at 1293 Sandburst Drive. On one side of the room, there were five small compartments, one for each victim, all separated from each other by grates. Mounted to the wall of each compartment was a large v-shaped razor blade. Each one of the victims had a leather collar around their necks. A long cable ran through all of them, so if one of the victims moved forward, the other ones would be pulled back. One end of the cable was attached to a metal pin sticking in a timer on the wall. Once it was pulled out by one of the victims moving forward, they had 60 seconds to remove their collars. After 60 seconds, the cable was pulled so tight that every victim who hadn't managed to free him or herself would be decapitated by the blades behind them. The keys to the collars were located in five cube-shaped glass boxes positioned on pedestals a few feet in front of the compartments. Unknown to the victims, every key was able to unlock all the collars. Therefore, only one was needed to free them all and a person who is being released first could break all the glass boxes to give the keys to the rest to free themselves. Additionally, there were homemade nail bombs in the room, which were connected to a second timer. These bombs would detonate after this 15-minutes-timer ran out and kill everyone who was still in the room at this point. (Saw V)

History[]

The Fatal Five's Trial[]

Hello and welcome. From birth, you've all been given the advantages of few others. Yet, through poor moral decisions, you've used these advantages to selfishly further only yourselves at the expense of others. Well, today this singular way of thinking will be put to the test. Today, five will become one with the common goal of survival. You are all connected. A cable runs through your collar devices. It can be pulled so tight that you will be decapitated on the mounted razors. The only way to remove the collar is with the keys from the glass boxes on the pedestals before you. However, if one of you moves to retrieve the key, the 60-second timer will begin for you all. In choosing how to react to the situation, your life-long instincts will tell you to do one thing, but I implore you to do the opposite. Let the games begin.
— The group is introduced to their first test[src]
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Ashley wakes up in the trap

The five victims of this game were Ashley Kazon, Charles Salomon, Luba Gibbs, Mallick Scott and Brit Stevenson, who were all in some way involved in a case of arson in which eight people were killed. The first one to wake up in the trap was Ashley. Despite being initially confused, she quickly realized the dangerousness of her situation when she saw a giant blade behind her. Seconds later, Luba woke up in the same situation. When Ashley told her not to move, Luba initially thought that it was her who had put her in this situation, which Ashley denied. The third prisoner, Mallick, immediately panicked and was convinced that Jigsaw had done this to them, stating that he had expected something like this to happen to him. However, Brit tried to calm him down and reminded him that Jigsaw was dead according to the news. Luba then pointed to a security camera filming them, stating that someone was watching them. Despite her initial doubts about their captivity being related to Jigsaw, Brit changed her opinion when she realized that they were observed to make sure that they were following the rules. Due to this, Mallick further panicked and desperately tried to remove his collar. He stopped however when the last prisoner, Charles, warned him that his head would "pop off like a dandelion" and pointed to the blades behind them as well as a timer on the wall, suspecting that it would start ticking down once the metal pin was pulled out, which was attached to a cable running through all of their collars. They were suddenly interrupted when a TV turned on in front of them. A mechanical ventriloquist puppet appeared on screen and introduced them to their game, telling them they had been chosen for using privileges given to them at birth in order to further themselves on the expense of others. Furthermore, the puppet told them that the cable running through their collars, which connected all of them, could be pulled so tight that they'd be decapitated on the mounted razors behind them. The only way to free themselves was by obtaining the keys from five glass boxes standing on pedestals before them. However, if one of them moved to get the key, the timer would be activated and decapitate everyone of them who wasn't able to remove the collar within 60 seconds. Finally, the puppet warned them not to follow their "life-long instincts" in this situation.

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The prisoners discuss their situation

When the tape ended and the TV turned off, a frightened Mallick concluded that one of them had to die. Luba however denied this, reminding him that they shouldn't follow their instincts and suggested that they shouldn't go after the keys, suspecting that their abductor was merely testing their endurance. Ashley and Mallick however immediately opposed this idea. Charles then noticed that there was a second timer, which was connected to two glass jars filled with nails. Initially, Brit doubted that the jars were of any relevance as the puppet didn't mention them. Ashley however immediately recognized them as homemade nail bombs. When Mallick asked her how she knew this, Charles answered that she was a fire inspector. Therefore, Ashley asked him how he knew her. Charles however refused to answer, even when Mallick started to yell at him and angrily demanded an answer. Once again, Brit calmed him down, saying that they should figure out their situation. Luba then tried to work out the connection between them and asked Brit what she had done to get in this situation. Brit however merely told her to tell her story first. Not wanting to talk about it, Luba changed the topic and talked about the puppet's mention of their advantages from birth and asked them if they were all for many. However, this only applied to her, Brit and Mallick, and not Ashley and Charles. Therefore, Mallick sarcastically mocked her, but Ashley intervened, stating that their advantages from birth don't necessarily have to be financial. Therefore, Mallick talked to Charles and confronted him with his knowledge of Ashley, thereby asking him if he knew anything about him and the others as well. When Charles didn't answer, Mallick got angry again, which caused an argument between them during which Charles called him a "tweaker", showing that he knew that Mallick was in fact a drug addict. He then grabbed Mallick's right arm, which was covered with burn scars, telling him that it was obvious how he "fucked up his charmed existence." When he asked him if he played with matches, Mallick angrily yelled at him and started to run for the key, despite Luba's protests. Charles however pulled on the cable, causing Mallick to topple and thereby starting the timer.

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Charles uses his jacket to get his key

Charles slowly made his way forward, forcing Mallick to crawl back as the cable running through their collars strangulated the other prisoners. Eventually, Charles managed to get the key from the first box. Afterwards, Brit tried to get to her key but was pulled back when Luba leaped forward. However, when she finally got her own key as well, Brit embraced her opportunity once more and moved forward. This way, she also successfully obtained her key. Finally, Mallick and Ashley fought for the next key and both tried to get to the boxes as soon as possible. However, when Mallick reached the box in front of him and smashed the glass, the key accidently fell to the floor. In order to get it, Mallick leaped over the pedestal. Therefore, Ashley was pulled back again and was sweeped from her feet. Finally, Mallick got the key. When she realized that the time was running out, Ashley desperately started to scream. Moments later, when the timer hit zero, all of her fellow prisoners successfully removed their collars while she was pulled back by the cable and was therefore decapitated by the blade behind her.

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Ashley's severed head

Following Ashley's death, her fellow prisoners were initially shocked, but eventually moved on to the next room when Charles reminded them of the bombs as the second timer was still ticking. Mallick however still sat one the ground and stared at Ashley's corpse. Meanwhile, Brit collected all the five keys. When she smashed the last glass box with Ashley's key, Mallick finally awoke form his rigidity and asked her what she was doing, to which she merely responded that she was "being smart". (Saw V)

Aftermath[]

Later that night, the catacombs were found by Special Agent Dan Erickson. Ashley's corpse was taken to the morgue for her autopsy by Dr. Adam Heffner, while the remains of the trap were taken to the evidence room. (Saw V, VI)

Trivia[]

  • In an earlier concept of the trap, the blades were described to be in the collars instead of being mounted on the wall.

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