10 More Horror Movie Characters Who Were Seconds Away From Surviving

10. William - Saw VI

By design, there are a lot of characters who were only seconds away from surviving in the Saw franchise. Of all the characters on this list, these are the only ones who have a literal timer counting down to their demise.

None have come quite so close to victory only to have it snatched away from them than William in Saw VI though. This dodgy health insurance exec is forced into a series of tests where he decides who lives and who dies out of his colleagues - a process that causes him untold levels of trauma.

Eventually he gets through his task, only to be treated to one final game. However this time the tables are turned, and it's his fate that's being decided by Pamela and Brent, a grieving mother and son.

The twist is, William previously denied Pamela's husband and Brent's father the health insurance he needed to cure an ailment that eventually killed him, and Jigsaw has now given them the ability to enact revenge should they wish. For a moment it looks like mercy might prevail, until Brent pulls the lever and sentences William to death via acid.