Saw

Movie • 2004 • Crime  

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Does the dog die?
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funnylittleman
There are no dogs in this movie.
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Abandonment
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spencerinjection
SPOILER

A character leaves and promises to bring help. It is left ambiguous what happens after. (What happens after is revealed in other movies in the series)
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Lawrence is shown leaving his home to go to work, it's also implied that he was not a very attentive father due to his busy career.
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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Is someone stalked?
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Westley
It's worth noting that one of the characters is revealed to have been following the other, and taking pictures of him without the latter's knowing.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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cheezedoodlezz1020
maybe? i'm unsure of what exactly people are referring to. i think it's more a victim of a corrupt system being pushed to his limit
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Day
There is a lot of lying and general confusion about what is going on in the film, as well as characters hiding who they are and what their intentions are, but no gaslighting.
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Is a child abused?
956 supporters
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LucienTaylor1
A child is held hostage at gunpoint and is most definitely severely traumatized.
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Addiction
Is there addiction?
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Lyoko2516
Amanda is said to be a drug addict (heroin), and her "dead cell mate" is her drug dealer.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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alonelylion
Amanda reveals that she is a recovering drug addict, though she is never shown using on screen. There are, however, visible track marks on her arms.
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Animal
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Anonymous
no but real pig uterus is used in the reverse beartrap scene - they just bought it from a chinese food place apparently so no worse than a movie buying a real steak for an actor to eat
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Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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saw2004
Antagonist wears what may be a real pig mask, but no animal death is shown on-screen.
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Are animals abused?
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ValentinaVi
The antagonist uses a real pig mask.
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Is an animal sad?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
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Are there snakes?
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Are there sharks?
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Are there bugs?
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
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Is someone drugged?
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-Someone is drugged with opioid so they can’t feel pain while they get cut open

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Is there pedophilia?
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rainbowlinoleum
Briefly mentioned when a police officer alludes to recently arresting a child-molesting dentist.
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1
the main character wakes up in a filled-up bathtub in the very first scene. he is not held under, but he thrashes around as he gets out.
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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Is someone restrained?
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skillwithaquill24
The protagonists are chained to a wall by their ankles.
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skillwithaquill24
A man uses a stethoscope to listen to a captive woman’s heartbeat. It clearly gratifies him to hear her fear, but it’s not explicitly sexual gratification.
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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Bodily Harm
Are any hands damaged?
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Are there dislocations?
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Unhinged.but.handsome
Does a throat being slashed count?
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No however there is a scene where a body is shown after a shotgun fires from above, you cannot see his head in the shots.
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is there body horror?
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msegirls
i wouldn’t consider anything in this movie to be “body horror”. maybe in the later movies.
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Is someone choked?
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Yes
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phobophobias
the second victim was burned alive, shown when during flashbacks after lawrence starts talking about how he was suspected to be jigsaw
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Is there amputation?
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MollySansom
Foot amputation nearer the end
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Is someone buried alive?
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skillwithaquill24
A man severs his entire foot just above the ankle, mostly off-screen. There’s no specific injury to his Achilles’ tendon.
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Is there a hanging?
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Breakflp
there is *almost* a hanging
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petezaparti
Adam wakes up under water and gasps for air at the very beginning but he doesn't asphyxiate.
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squahs
the amputation of a foot is shown
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film opens with Adam coming into consciousness, and many deaths are both shown or implied
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mickmakayla
A character cuts off his foot, breaking the bone
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Are any teeth damaged?
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rubyfire77
a woman is trapped in an apparatus that will rip her jaw open but she escapes
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
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Anonymous
The Jigsaw Killer's modus operandi is to kidnap people he sees as not appreciating life and places them in ironic traps.
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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nyancatspunksibling
…Who put no?
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Is someone stabbed?
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movietime05
detective tapp is seen getting his throat cut in a flashback scene
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alonelylion
Two characters are electrocuted and survive, however, their shaking may be reminiscent of a seizure to some viewers
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stinkcheesegirl
adam has an anxiety attack, and he is shown struggling to breathe
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movietime05
adam smashes zepp’s head but mostly off screen
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Children
Is a minor sexualized?
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Is an infant abducted?
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No, but a child presumably aged 7-9 years old is held hostage
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Does a kid die?
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stinkcheesegirl
no, but she is held hostage. she does not get physically harmed but is extremely distressed
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Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
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Death
Does a non-human character die?
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Does someone die?
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Yes
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3
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petezaparti
A character sacrifices one of his legs for his family by sawing it off but his fate isn't revealed until the sequel
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8
3
Adam is abandoned in the bathroom, but this particular film doesn't show audiences whether or not he survived.
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Disability
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Unhinged.but.handsome
I don't think so? Cancer isn't a disability. It's a terminal illness (obviously not in all cases, but it is in John's case). And I don't think there were any characters with any disabilities in the movie
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Is the r-slur used?
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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2Shaggy2Furious
a man is depicted having been drugged into an opiate overdose
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Family
Is someone kidnapped?
171 supporters
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AdhesiveMadMan
Multiple people kidnapped and put in life-threatening situations.
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Does a parent die?
326 supporters
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alonelylion
SPOILERS








The only officially confirmed deaths in the first film are Paul, Michael, Zep, Detective Tapp, and Detective Sing. While Lawrence's fate at the end of the first film is ambiguous, later films confirm that he did survive, albeit separated from his wife and daughter.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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0
Lawrence, his wife and daughter are threatened with death, but they live.
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Does someone cheat?
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RealRickRage
Lawrence meets with a young woman that briefly exchanged longing glances in a hotel room. It is implied they are going to have an affair. There is confirmation from Lawrence later however, that contradicts this directly. He specifically says he did not go through with it.
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Fear
Is someone possessed?
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Are there razors?
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razor wire maze trap
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Are there jumpscares?
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Yes
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iwrtbksnttrgds
Yes, but only one
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funnylittleman
No shower scene, but it should be noted that the majority of the film takes place in a bathroom, and Adam wakes up in a bathtub.
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Are there clowns?
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alonelylion
While there are no actual clowns, it is worth noting that the killer's puppet, Billy, is painted slightly like a clown.
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Are there mannequins?
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cheezedoodlezz1020
there's a scene in an "abandoned mannequin factory"

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Is trypophobic content shown?
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Are there ghosts?
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Gross
Is there farting?
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Does someone spit?
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cherry
i don't think so, but they're kept in a very unsanitary bathroom and at one point someone reaches into a messy toilet- this may bother some
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Does someone vomit?
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alonelylion
After seeing a dead body, Adam retches as if he is about to vomit but does not actually vomit, at least not on screen
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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42
Is someone eaten?
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Is there on-screen pooping?
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Is there audio gore?
387 supporters
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0
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catherineisa
Sounds of people's injury throughout the movie (Spoilers/ Lawrence cutting off his own foot and screaming./The gun trap that kills detective Sing/the barbed wire trap/ etc)
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Large-scale Violence
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24
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hehehehe
Saw 1 canonically takes place on September 10th 2001….. I’m not even joking
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Law Enforcement
Is there incarceration?
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Is there copaganda?
238 supporters
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cherry
cops are portrayed rather neutrally
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LGBTQ+
Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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14
Yes
0
No
7
Is an LGBT+ person outed?
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3
Is there bisexual cheating?
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Are there transphobic slurs?
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14
Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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Medical
Yes
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2
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Anonymous
John, AKA Jigsaw has cancer.
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Yes
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Ratboy
They’re mentioned but there are no on-screen injections
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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skillwithaquill24
A flashback scene of Dr. Gordon in a patient’s hospital room & teaching a group of medical interns.
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Is there menstruation?
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Yes
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Anonymous
It is not electric therapy, but Adam gets electrocuted from the chain he has attached to his feet.
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Mental Health
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skillwithaquill24
No, but a character’s previous suicide attempt is flippantly referred to as “seeking attention” in one scene.
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Does someone self harm?
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1,213 supporters
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777_Viceroy
there is one character that had been taken by jigsaw because of his past of self harm, and is briefly shown in a cage full of razor wire. the imagery can be fairly triggering if you're sensitive to it but no direct self harm is shown in this instance. There are other scenes where the characters hurt themselves in order to free themselves from traps, but it is in order to save themselves and not in the purposeful self harm type of way
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hehehehe
I agree with what Breakflip said but this doesn’t apply to Saw 1. She is only shown as a victim in this movie.
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Is autism misrepresented?
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a character named Amanda struggles with drug addiction.
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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No, but it is implied that Adam is quite poor and sometimes cannot afford food.
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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8
Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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Is there misophonia?
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No
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thegoodwitch
not shown on screen, but a character is said to have attempted suicide by slitting his wrists but survived. jigsaw punishes him for this and talks about him very rudely, which could be very triggering if suicide is a sensitive topic for you
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2
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LizaKolganova
Adam constantly panicking through the film, but in the end, when he is in huge physical pain and psychological trauma, he's crying and breathes so heavily, it's unnerving, scary and pretty hard to watch
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Is there ABA therapy?
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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2
Is there body dysphoria?
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16
Is there body dysmorphia?
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4
No
65
Yes
79
No
5
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catherineisa
Nearly the whole movie takes place in one room and the two main characters are chained to the wall.
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Anonymous
Attempted suicide is mentioned (rudely) onscreen and character is punished for attempting it.
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Yes
9
No
19
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Dreamdust1600
It does not show the symptoms of ptsd but I'm certain that anyone who survives the traps will suffer from ptsd
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Noxious
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thegoodwitch
yes, but not excessively. 2 uses of f***k, 1 use of b***h and a few uses of s**t
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Yes
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Adam and Lawrence are both electrocuted in the bathroom, it is a minor jumpscare but it is sudden. There is a sudden cut away to a car chase between Zep and Detective Tapp. The editing of the film in general is very fast paced so occasionally there are sudden loud noises (slamming, yelling, etc)
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Is there shakey cam?
272 supporters
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alonelylion
While not intense, most of the film was shot on a handheld camera and is intentionally a bit unstable.
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Does a baby cry?
120 supporters
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1
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cherry
a child cries, but they are not an infant.
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Is there screaming?
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0
Are there underwater scenes?
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funnylittleman
Much of the editing style involves frantic flashing and spinning.
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Paranoia
1
Adam stalks and takes photographs of Lawrence in exchange for money from a former police detective, who believes Lawrence is the Jigsaw killer.
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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27
Pregnancy
Are there abortions?
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72
Is a baby stillborn?
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26
Are there babies or unborn children?
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Is there childbirth?
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75
Does someone miscarry?
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75
Does a pregnant person die?
257 supporters
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70
Prejudice
Is there hate speech?
417 supporters
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Yes
3
No
67
Yes
0
No
56
Is there aphobia?
139 supporters
Yes
1
No
17
6
hehehehe
Who voted yes LMAO
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Are there n-words?
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60
Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Yes
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14
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thegoodwitch
it plays into some racial stereotypes. the only Black character is quick to become aggressive, and an East Asian woman is portrayed as hypersexual, she is a med student and very flirty with a married doctor who she later has an affair with
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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59
Are there fat jokes?
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65
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huviks
Jigsaw doesn't have a very high view of people he believes are weak, even when that weakness is rooted in mental illness or addiction, etc.
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72
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thegoodwitch
there is only one Black character in this movie. he does die, but not first
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Yes
17
No
62
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alonelylion
Screenwriter Leigh Whannell and director James Wan have confirmed that the two male main characters' relationship has a romantic angle. However, their fates at the end of the first movie are ambiguous. From the sequels we learn that one definitely survived while the other was probably killed, however, neither of these is made clear in the film.
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Race
Is there blackface?
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14
Relationships
Yes
3
No
20
1
While their ages are never stated, Lawrence has an affair with a med student and it is implied that she is younger than him (but she is a consenting adult).
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
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Sex
Is someone sexually objectified?
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21
Does someone lose their virginity?
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14
Yes
1
No
68
11
Westley
Only referenced.
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Are there nude scenes?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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737 supporters
Yes
1
No
71
1
Unhinged.but.handsome
Who voted "yes"?
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Is there bestiality?
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17
Is there BDSM?
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8
Sexism
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thegoodwitch
multiple male characters cry and none of them are ridiculed for it. however, there is a male character who is confirmed to have mental health issues and is tortured for attempting suicide
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Sickness
Does someone have a stroke?
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0
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22
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msegirls
jigsaw has terminal cancer, not a chronic illness
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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0
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18
Yes
15
No
0
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bricker
The antagonist's terminal illness is a key aspect of his characterization
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Social
Is someone homeless?
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25
Are there fat suits?
118 supporters
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Yes
0
No
17
Are there anti-abortion themes?
99 supporters
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0
No
13
Is existentialism debated?
19 supporters
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Yes
1
No
9
Spoiler
Yes
92
No
3
4
funnylittleman
The film ends with one character being left for dead while the other limps away, bleeding out.
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Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
71 supporters
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0
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80
Are there end credit scenes?
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1
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9
Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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68
Does a car honk or tires screech?
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23
Is someone hit by a car?
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3
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63
Does a plane crash?
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71
Violence
Is there a nuclear explosion?
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71
Is there blood/gore?
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tial
Although this is by far, the least bloody and gorey of all the Saw movies, there’s still plenty of blood in it.
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Does someone drown?
272 supporters
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LucienTaylor1
At the very beginning, a main character wakes up in a full bathtub by inhaling a small amount of water.
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Is there gun violence?
232 supporters
Yes
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stinkcheesegirl
one of the main characters is shot in the shoulder area, there is also a very graphic scene of a character being shot in the head
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