Reverse Beartrap
From Saw Movies
One of the most infamous traps, to the extent that it was used on promotional posters for the first film.
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[edit] Films
[edit] Saw (Short)
Original Idea: The Reverse Bear Trap was used in the original Saw short film, attached to a character named David. The scenario played out the same as the later version, with David escaping from the contraption seconds before it went off.
[edit] Saw
This trap was used on a heroin addict named Amanda Young, whose wrists were bound with duct tape to armrests on a chair in a dark room with a heavy metal apparatus hooked into her upper and lower jaw. The Jigsaw Puppet appeared on the TV screen and revealed that Amanda had a short amount of time to get the trap off of her head before it would snap open like a reverse bear trap, which would rip her jaws wide open in the process. To emphasize the point, a demonstration was shown to Amanda, who watched as the device went off on a mannequin head, which exploded as the device opened. The puppet told her that the key that she needed to remove the device was in the stomach of the dead man lying across the room from her.
As the tape ended, Amanda was forced to wriggle her arms free from the duct tape, at which point she stood up, pulling and snapping a trigger wire that set off the one-minute timer on the back of the contraption on her head. She quickly raced over to her cell mate, whereupon she had to cut into his stomach and retrieve the key, although it was revealed that he was not actually dead as the tape had suggested, but in an opiate-induced state of paralysis, unable to feel pain. He began stirring and eventually woke up as Amanda cut into his stomach with a scalpel and retrieved the key. Amanda managed to remove the device just in time, grabbing it from her head and tossing it to the floor as it snapped open.
[edit] Saw III
The Reverse Bear Trap was later shown in Jigsaw's lair in the third movie, again on a mannequin head, where it was examined and set off by Lynn Denlon.
[edit] Saw VI
At the end of the sixth movie, as part of Jigsaw's final reqeust, Jill put Hoffman in the reverse beartrap with seemingly no means of escape; however he was able to get free from the chair by smashing his hand with the front of the trap, and by placing the reverse beartrap between two bars on a window, prevented it from opening up all the way, and was then able to remove it. He did not survive unscathed, however, as half of his lower jaw was mutilated.
[edit] Tapes
Tape: Hello, Amanda. You don't know me but I know you. I want to play a game. Here's what happens if you lose. The device you're wearing is hooked into your upper and lower jaws. When the timer at the back goes off, your mouth will be permanently ripped open. Think of it like a reverse bear trap. Here, I'll show you. There is only one key to open the device. It's in the stomach of your dead cellmate. Look around, Amanda; know that I'm not lying. Better hurry up. Live or die, make your choice.
Second Tape: Congratulations! You are still alive. Most people are so ungrateful to be alive, but not you, not anymore.
[edit] Appearances
- Canon (3 films, 1 game)
- Saw (First appearance)
- Saw: The Video Game
- Saw III
- Saw VI
