10 Awesome Characters Trapped In TERRIBLE Horror Movies
7. Agent Peter Strahm - Saw V
FBI agent Peter Strahm (Scott Patterson) was first introduced in the mediocre Saw IV, though had a significantly larger role in Saw V where he was effectively the protagonist.
Strahm instantly made a name for himself at the start of the sequel by using his smarts to escape one of Jigsaw aka Detective Hoffman's (Costas Mandylor) more devious, near-unwinnable traps.
After being captured by Jigsaw, Strahm wakes up with his head encased in a glass cube, which soon enough begins filling with water.
Rather than panic and submit to his fate, though, Strahm cleverly uses a pen to give himself an improvised tracheotomy and avoid drowning until he's rescued by his colleagues.
It immediately got the audience on Strahm's side and convincingly established him as a hero who just might have what it takes to bring Hoffman down once and for all.
Sadly Saw V is an otherwise woefully boring entry into the franchise, far more concerned with tedious flashbacks than doing anything particularly interesting in the present.
This culminates in the ultimate middle-finger to the audience when, at film's end, Strahm is caught in another of Jigsaw's traps, ultimately being crushed to death between two walls and then framed as Jigsaw.
Given that Strahm could've easily served as the franchise hero from this point on over the course of several sequels, it felt like a huge mistake to off him so abruptly.