10 Slasher Horror Movie Characters Who Were Seconds Away From Surviving
4. Agent Strahm - Saw V
Throughout the Saw franchise, Jigsaw places people in deadly traps and tells them what to do to survive. Because his victims think Jigsaw is deliberately misleading them, they usually don't listen. But there is one simple rule if you find yourself in one of Jigsaw's games - If you follow his instructions to the letter, you will live to see another day.
Sadly, Agent Strahm learned the hard way what happens to people who refuse to listen. In the conclusion of Saw V, Strahm enters a room that contains a casket filled with broken glass and a tape recorder. By playing the tape, he's informed by the killer that he must enter the box to survive. When Agent Hoffman appears a moment later, Strahm shoves him inside the coffin.
To Strahm's horror, he realises Jigsaw was telling the truth. When the coffin lid shuts, it triggers a mechanism that causes the walls to close in and crush Strahm. This mechanism also causes the coffin to slide out of the room, proving Strahm would've been safe if he obeyed Jigsaw. Sadly, Strahm's defiance forced him to meet a grisly end.