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Saw – The Ride is a Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter roller coaster located at Thorpe Park in the United Kingdom. Designed by Merlin Studios and manufactured by Gerstlauer, the roller coaster opened to the public on 14 March 2009. The ride is themed to the Saw film franchise and features several references to the franchise. It features an enclosed dark section and 'beyond-vertical' drop of 100º, the steepest roller coaster drop in the world at its opening.HistoryThorpe Park announced plans for a new roller coaster on 14 October 2008. Thorpe park created a dedicated website for the new ride, hyperbolically claiming it would be "the scariest ride in the world". The official press release detailing the park's fourth major roller coaster confirmed a development partnership with Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures, and it claimed Saw would feature "the steepest freefall drop in the world". The press release also revealed that "the world’s first ever horror movie-themed rollercoaster" would be marketed under the slogan "Face your Fears".During construction, the codename "Project Dylan" was used to keep the movie tie-in secret. The name 'Dylan' in fact came from the project director's cat, with no actual relevance to the ride. The design team with Merlin Studios included contributions and track layout consultancy from British designer John Wardley. A large section of the Canada Creek Railway had to be rebuilt, affecting a small section of the Samurai line queue. Competition winners and annual pass holders were allowed to attend a preview event, before it opened to the public on Saturday 14 March 2009 a year later. Saw – Alive, a live-action horror maze, was opened at the park in 2010 to complement the ride. It caught fire in April 2011, but was repaired over the course of a month.