10 Smartest Decisions Made In Horror Movie Sequels

The whole point of the traps that inhabit the Saw universe is to test the victim's will to live, to see how far they're able to go in order to keep themselves alive.

For one poor soul, this meant stabbing himself in the neck.

Saw V carries on the story of Agent Strahm, who was left to die at the end of the previous film. Strahm may have escaped that predicament, but he quickly finds himself in another; his head is encased in a box that is rapidly filling up with water.

Realising he wasn't going to evolve a set of gills in time, Strahm knows he needs to find another way to breathe. Using nothing but a pen, he performs an amateur tracheotomy on himself, which allows him to survive.

Sure, he's now got a massive hole in his throat, but Strahm didn't die, which is a pretty good trade-off.

Oh wait, never mind, he ends up getting smooshed to death in a trick room at the end of the film. Better luck next time.