10 Deeply Depressing Origin Stories Of Horror Villains
2. Jigsaw
Diagnosed with terminal cancer, John Kramer dedicates the rest of his life to punishing those who do not respect or appreciate their own, designing a series of sick but intricate games which will give their players a new lease on life... if they survive.
To get to this point, Kramer has had a rough time of it, facing incompetent, disinterested doctors, the death of his unborn child and a split with his wife. What better recourse against the world but to turn sanctimonious dick with a fetish for death traps?
Still, one can't help but feel for Kramer at first, especially as subsequent sequels double-down on the misery, making his life increasingly worse with each flashback. It's little wonder he kept coming back, even after death, to harp on about it.