Nude Scenes from
Starship Troopers (1997)

As Saw VI hits theaters this weekend, let’s look back at the fright franchise's most screamingly sexy ladies.

In 2004, the original Saw heralded a new approach to terror that ushered in its own extreme movie genre, dubbed by those who disapprove to be “torture porn.”

Just as Saw indirectly begat Wolf Creek (2005), The Devil’s Rejects (2005), and Eli Roth’s Hostel (2005) and Hostel: Part II (2007), it also spawned sequels that have become an annual cinematic happening every Halloween weekend.

The follow-up roster thus far is Saw II (2005), Saw III (2006), Saw IV (2007), Saw V (2008) and, now, Saw VI (2009).

For all its spectacular violence, the Saw cycle has been surprisingly skingy, but it does not skimp on stocking the screen with sexbombs who have appeared nude elsewhere.

One caveat: ferociously sexy villainess Shawnee Smith, who’s appeared in every Saw movie so far, has still not done a nude scene. Why does she torture us so?

Until Shawnee strips, then, allow Mr. Skin to point you in the direction of the Saw sirens’ naked appearances.

1. JULIE BENZ
See Her in Saw(s): V

The Buzz: Fresh-faced, hard-bodied blonde Julie Benz is most familiar as Rita, the clueless mom married to a serial killer on Dexter. Julie’s breakout role came in Jawbreaker (1999), and she’s worked steadily (and aged beautifully) since then, notably returning to the big screen in Rambo (2008). In Saw V, Julie is forced to save herself by fatally neck stabbing a fellow victim of evil mastermind Jigsaw (Tobin Bell). Those things happen.

Jig Off: Darkdrive (1996)
(1:08) Julie brings rapid acceleration to this sci-fi tale of an auto-intensive future, flashing her headlights and even some back bumper as she rides a guy to glory in the sack.

It is a testament to Japanese director Takashi Miike’s influence around the world that American horror maven Eli Roth gave him a speaking cameo in Hostel (wearing his trademark sunglasses), despite the fact that he speaks no English.

A legend in the world of extreme cinema and a professed fan of Paul Verhoeven’s Starship Troopers, Takashi is known for filling his movies with graphic violence, perverse sex, and a nostalgia for childhood.

Some of Takashi’s best-known films are the ultra-violent Ichi The Killer, Audition, and Visitor Q.

But Mr. Skin’s favorite is his 1996 crime thriller Fudoh: The New Generation, with its kinky lesbian scene between a nude Miho Nomoto and equally undressed Marie Jinno.

In gratitude, Mr. Skin bows and says, “Happy Birthday, Takashi-san.”

The director of Showgirls, Basic Instinct, Starship Troopers, and other skin classics was born on this date in 1938.

On the brink of World War II and Nazi occupation, Amsterdam welcomed among its citizenry Paul Verhoeven.

The loopy little Dutch boy would grow up to become on of cinema's most erotically provocative masters, beginning with arthouse hits made in his homeland such as Spetters, Soldier of Orange, and The Fourth Man.

Once he crossed the sea to Hollywood, Verhoeven created the hyper-violent but thought-provoking and skin-ventive sci-epics Total Recall, Starship Troopers, and Hollow Man.

Still, he is best (and properly) revered for his two most towering contributions to world skinema—Basic Instinct and Showgirls.

Click below for an even more skin-tensive tribute to the man and his mammary-packed movies.

In the 1980s, big-screen comedies were gloriously ablaze with crude jokes, cartoonish sight gags, and, most importantly, naked starlets. Few subgenres proved more hospitable to the aforementioned elements than the sports comedy.