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In the center of the plot of the movie “Saw” – brutal games of survival. Two men wake up in the basement and find themselves chained up. In the center of the room lies a corpse with a gun in his hand and a shot through the head.
The captives are trying to understand why they were caught and chained. They find and listen to the tape: the voice from it explains the rules of the game, forcing men to come in real horror.
These tests were arranged by John Kramer: a man dying of cancer and urging others to appreciate their lives.
Consider a list of trap films similar to Saw, a horror movie that came out in 2004 and quickly became a cult classic.
10 Trap Farm | 2007
A mysterious stranger decided to bring together several mathematicians so that they could figure out one very difficult puzzle. The name of the owner of the abandoned building is The Farm. He calls the people who are in his house the same as the mathematicians who are recognized as the most famous in history.
Guests of the Farm must spend two days within the four walls. All of a sudden, those same walls begin to move. To avoid a terrible death, mathematicians must solve the mystery as quickly as possible. Puzzle movie “West Farm” sure to appeal to people who like math and thrillers.
9. 5 unknown | 2005
Several men woke up in a warehouse. It is abandoned and tightly closed. Two captives are bruised and bruised, another is tied up, the other has a broken nose. One of the men is chained to a pipe and mortally wounded. All prisoners have amnesia.
There is a newspaper in the room, which came out the day before yesterday. On its front page there is a note that two wealthy businessmen have been kidnapped. The wife of one of the businessmen and the police are preparing a ransom to lure the kidnappers into a trap.
It is very likely that both victims and perpetrators are in the warehouse. It is impossible to know who is who. It may also turn out that the victims suffered the least, and the villains are chained and bound. Maybe someone else is involved.
Clue “5 unknowns” unknown until the very end, so the viewer is always in suspense and does not lose interest.
8. Pit | 2001
British students decided to have fun and chose a very unusual way for this. Four young people go to an abandoned military bunker. After a while, only one girl comes out of there, other students die. Dr. Horwood, a police psychologist, is trying to find out what has been going on in the bunker all these days.
Love is a feeling familiar to many. It is sung by poets, writers, artists, it is the most beautiful, bright and discussed. However, sometimes love takes forms that are not quite familiar to most people, it can turn into real madness.
Film “Pit” will delight those who are tired of the “vanilla” romance, sung in numerous films.
7. Nine on the list of the dead | 2010
In the center of the plot “Nine on the Dead List” – the survival of nine people who at first glance seem completely unrelated to each other. They were kidnapped by a masked gunman.
Each of the victims does not tell about his secret and very much does not want others to know about it. However, the kidnapper said that every ten minutes he would kill a person, and this would continue until it was clear how all the people present were connected to each other.
The victims are completely different: a mafioso laughing in the face of death, a policeman, a priest, and so on. The characters are not revealed immediately, but gradually, so it is impossible to understand what the matter is all the same until the very end.
6. Mindhunters | 2004
In film “Mindhunters” future FBI agents find themselves on a remote island. To get into the elite department, they need to pass a decisive test. The goal of these people is to become “mind hunters” who are engaged in compiling psychological portraits of dangerous criminals.
In their work, “hunters” use a variety of information and even evidence that at first glance may seem insignificant.
However, the test of future agents becomes too cruel: among them is a serial killer. He is simply remarkably versed in human weaknesses, complexes, and therefore is very dangerous.
5. Deadly maze | 2004
A mysterious sadist kidnapped nine people in broad daylight. They woke up in a locked house. The victims of the criminal must take part in a deadly game in which the main prize is life. The winner will also receive a very significant amount of money.
Fear and despair are quickly replaced by hatred and greed. Who is the owner of the house? Who will be the last to release their bestial essence? Who will make the first kill?
Will the bloody winner find out the answers to all these questions? Horror movie ending “Death Maze” is quite unexpected, even shocking.
4. Seven | 1995
William Somerset is an experienced detective who wants to retire as soon as possible and get away from people and city life.
A week before retirement, two problems fell on the veteran of the criminal investigation department: a murder committed with extreme cruelty, and a young partner. The detective quickly realizes that this crime is unlikely to be the only one. Soon his guess is confirmed by the news.
Somerset realized that the maniac was punishing people for the mortal sins they committed. He has to choose: entrust the case to a novice detective or immerse himself in it.
Film “Seven” has a philosophical connotation, it is very exciting, smart and stylish.
3. Leaving no trace | 2008
Jennifer Marsh is a special agent who fights crime on the Internet. It seemed that nothing could surprise her, but still she had to face a very strange case.
On the website Ubeisomnaya.com, online videos of brutal murders appear. The death of victims is the faster, the more visitors on the site. It becomes clear that the maniac-killer has declared war on the cybercrime department.
At first it seems that the perpetrator chooses his victims randomly, but then it turns out that everything is much more complicated. Detective thriller “leaving no trace” it was very tense and dark.
2. Cube 2: Hypercube | 2002
The mysterious cube was again filled with unfortunate victims. They came to their senses in creepy rooms, where all sorts of strange things happen with time and space. In this labyrinth stained with blood, one should not take rash actions, otherwise death will overtake very quickly.
If the first film was built on science, mathematical laws, then the second “Cube 2: Hypercube” can already be classified as science fiction. In the hypercube there are not only victims, but also their copies, which do not depend on each other. However, parallel realities can intersect.
1. Cube | 1997
For some reason, people who were not related to each other ended up in a strange cubic room. On all sides there are hatches that lead to other similar rooms. The rooms differ only in numerous deadly traps and colors.
To find a way out of this huge cube, the victims have to unite. They must solve a mathematical puzzle, but the closer to salvation, the more deaths.
This thriller can be called one of the most original. Many other directors took the idea of this film as a basis, but to create something better “Cuba” no one has succeeded.