Saw III: The Shotgun Collar

Doctor Lynn Denlon’s trap in Saw III is compelling because it is one of the best examples of Jigsaw manipulating people while still trying to maintain the plausible deniability of him having “never killed anyone.” The mechanism is locked around the doctor’s neck and wired into Jigsaw’s heart monitor. As the cancer patient is nearing the end of his life, he says he must see this final game through and he wants a doctor to ensure he does; otherwise, the mechanism will explode, killing Lynn instantly. The threat of the Shotgun Collar hangs over every scene Lynn is in. Jigsaw has multiple scares throughout Saw III, and even undergoes full-blown brain surgery while the operator has shotgun shells aimed at her throat. By the time it goes off in the film’s final scene, the audience feels the exact same dread Lynn does, having to leave the movie knowing she won her game, and this carnage was entirely avoidable.