The heroine is strapped to a chair. She's told to talk by the villain. If she doesn't, the henchman standing beside her will start cutting her fingers off. One by one. If she's not talking by then, he'll move onto other areas. One of the many forms of Cold-Blooded Torture or the Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique. See also Fingore and Kneecapping, which this tends to include. Examples of Mutilation Interrogation include: