If there’s one word to describe the Saw franchise, it would be ‘gory’. But it seems Saw X will take the grisly factor to a whole new level, and director Kevin Greutert has the perfect anecdote to prove it.
Speaking to NME, the filmmaker revealed that police showed up to film’s editor Steve Forn’s editing suite after reports by neighbours of someone being tortured to death. The latter was in the midst of piecing together a scene involving the “eye vacuum trap”, where a character must escape Jigsaw’s game or lose his eyesight. In true Saw fashion, there’s a lot of screaming — so much so that it’s impossible to be ignored.
“There was a knock at the door,” Greutert said. “We have the doorbell [camera] video of the police walking up, [Forn answering the door] and the police saying, ‘The neighbors [have been] calling and saying someone’s being tortured to death in here.’ And he was like, ‘Actually, I’m just working on a movie…You can come in and see it if you want?’”
Adding that the cops starting laughing, he continued, “They said, ‘We want to but, you know, you’re all right.’ It must have been a pretty realistic performance! It’s a pretty funny story…Plus Steve is such a mild mannered guy. I can only imagine the look on his face when he realised what was happening!”
Saw X marks Greutert’s third directing stint for the franchise, having started out as editor on the original movie. The film currently holds a 85 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes from 98 reviews, coming in as the entry with the best reviews in the series’ history. Tobin Bell is returning as Jigsaw in this latest outing, which is set between the events of Saw and Saw 2 (2005).
Saw X is now screening in theatres in the U.S., and will open in Singapore on 26 October. In the meantime, fans can check out our top picks of traps from the franchise.
Si Jia is a casual geek at heart – or as casual as someone with Sephiroth’s theme on her Spotify playlist can get. A fan of movies, games, and Japanese culture, Si Jia’s greatest weakness is the Steam Summer Sale. Or any Steam sale, really.
