SAW – Reverse Bear Trap
The Reverse Bear Trap from SAW is the first of many to come from John Kramer’s rehabilitation workshop and is perhaps the best.
As with the horror genre and films that are particularly graphic, it is often the case what we don’t see is more chilling. As gore-filled as SAW is this is a trap where we only see a quick video demonstrating its destructiveness on a mannequin head.
Juxtapose this with Amanda ripping through a man’s stomach to retrieve the key that will eventually set her free.
The tone of the film is pretty much set from this point onwards and the morbid curiosity of what-if is perhaps why legions of fans continually returned to the franchise for its sequels.
