Is the Jigsaw Killer still alive?

The first thing you should know before you see Jigsaw is that John Kramer died at the end of Saw III. That death was confirmed in Saw IV, which begins with a thorough autopsy of Kramer's body.
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Was the Jigsaw Killer real?

Jeffrey Howe (1960 – 8 March 2009) was a British businessman who was murdered by Stephen T Marshall. His dismembered body parts were scattered across Hertfordshire and Leicestershire, leading to him being known in the press as Jigsaw Man. Marshall became known as the Jigsaw Killer.
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Do you ever find out who Jigsaw is?

Only at the end of the film is it revealed that the Jigsaw Killer is a terminal cancer patient of Lawrence's named John Kramer, who spent the entire time posing as a corpse on the floor of the bathroom Adam and Lawrence were trapped in. Much of John's backstory was revealed in Saw II.
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What year was the Jigsaw Killer?

Jeffrey Howe identified

Police finally solved the jigsaw on April 23, 2009, announcing the identity of the victim of the Jigsaw Killing as Jeffrey Howe. Marshall and Bush were arrested.
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What's the story behind Jigsaw?

Yet before he became Jigsaw, John Kramer led a genuinely upright life. John Kramer, a civil engineer, was utterly dedicated to making cities better places to live. With his business partner, a lawyer named Art Blank, he started a foundation with the goal of creating affordable housing for working families.
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Who survived Jigsaw?

Amanda Young (Shawnee Smith) was the first known survivor of a Jigsaw trap, in her case the infamous reverse bear trap. To free herself, she had to kill a man and retrieve the key to the device on her face from inside his stomach.
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What is jigsaws famous line?

"I Want To Play A Game."

One of Jigsaw's most iconic lines, almost every trap he orchestrates is kicked off with this memorable phrase. While memorable, the terminology employed here is important; Jigsaw doesn't view his challenges as deathtraps.
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How old was Jigsaw when he died?

While Jigsaw appears as a corpse in the present at the beginning and end of Saw IV, a tape found in his stomach during his autopsy assures Lieutenant Mark Hoffman that his games have just begun. During the autopsy, it was revealed that Kramer was 52 at the time of his death.
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Is Saw a true story?

The Saw franchise's villain was inspired by a serial tickler

Wan revealed that he was inspired by a real-life criminal case he heard about when he was 17. The case apparently involved a serial offender who broke into people's houses to tickle their children's feet, which made an impact on the "Saw" filmmaker.
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Who is the pig in Saw?

Amanda Young or "The Pig" is one of 24 Killers currently featured in Dead by Daylight . She was introduced as the Killer of CHAPTER VII: The SAW™ Chapter, a Chapter DLC released on 23 January 2018. She originates from the 2004 Horror Movie franchise of the same name, SAW.
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How many kills does Jigsaw have?

Jigsaw's Victims

Jigsaw had a toll of 86 victims in total, 55 or 57 of whom have failed their tests while the other 22 were successful.
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What happened to jigsaws wife?

He finally knocks Jill out, straps her to a chair and places the original Reverse Bear Trap on her, without a key. She is later found dead by the police as shown on a news report. Her death would later be avenged by Dr.
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Is Michael Myers Based on a true story?

No, Michael Myers isn't real and there was never a serial killing that the character or Halloween movies were based on. Michael Myers was inspired by a young boy that John Carpenter met during a college trip.
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Who is the most famous serial killer of all time?

7 of History's Most Notorious Serial Killers
  • Jack the Ripper. We call him “Jack the Ripper,” but we don't really know who the person behind one of the older and most notorious murder sprees was. ...
  • Jeffrey Dahmer. ...
  • Harold Shipman. ...
  • John Wayne Gacy. ...
  • H.H. Holmes. ...
  • Pedro Lopez. ...
  • Ted Bundy.
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Is Jason is real?

You can relax! Jason Voorhees is not a real person, the fictional character was created by Victor Miller the writer responsible for 1980's Friday the 13th. While the character might have had some real-life inspiration there was no one individual responsible for the character or his distinct appearance in mannerisms.
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Is Jigsaw connected to Saw?

Saw Movies In Chronological Order. The actual test taking place in 2017's Jigsaw, which sees five people—each with a horrible secret—wake up in a deathtrap-filled barn, is actually one of the very first games orchestrated by John Kramer, taking place well before the events of Saw.
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How many Saw traps are there?

The Saw franchise contains 62 brutal traps. How do each of these highly creative and highly gory Jigsaw tests rank against one another?
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Is Chucky real?

Charles Lee "Chucky" Ray is a fictional character and the main antagonist of the Child's Play slasher film franchise. Chucky is portrayed as a vicious serial killer who, as he bleeds out from a gunshot wound, transfers his soul into a "Good Guy" doll and continuously tries to transfer to a human body.
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Who was Jigsaw's first victim?

The Jigsaw Killer

Jigsaw's first victim was Cecil, the drug addict who was responsible for the death of his child. Cecil (Billy Otis) shed a lot of blood surviving the trap built by Kramer, which he immediately proved it had taught him nothing by lunging at Kramer.
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Is Jigsaw the last Saw movie?

In 2010, franchise producer Mark Burg said that the seventh film, Saw 3D, would be the final installment. Lionsgate however expressed interest in continuing the franchise in 2012. An eighth film, Jigsaw, was eventually released in October 2017.
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Why does Jigsaw use a puppet?

It was used by John Kramer to communicate with his test subjects by delivering recorded messages, often appearing on a television screen or occasionally in person to describe the details of the traps and the means by which the test subjects could survive.
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What does jigsaw always say?

3 "Live Or Die, Make Your Choice." - Jigsaw (Multiple)
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Why is the movie called Saw?

The movie's title came from Leigh Whannell's journal entry. Thinking of what to call their horrific story idea wasn't a problem for Wan and Whannell. Whannell recalled that as soon as Wan pitched him the idea over the phone he had the idea for a fitting title to the story.
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Does jigsaw say I want to play a game?

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