Fans may love the realism in the new Saw X horror film. But try living next door to the editing bay.
Saw X’s director Kevin Greutert reveals in a new NME interview that the police knocked on the door during the film’s post-production in Hollywood. Apparently, the neighbors summoned help because they believed someone was in danger next door.
Steve Forn, the first assistant editor, was working at the office on the film’s vacuum trap sequence.
“There was a knock at the door,” Greutert recalled. “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.”
The matter was quickly resolved.
“And he [Forn] was like, ‘Actually, I’m just working on a movie… You can come in and see it if you want?’ The cops started laughing! 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 realized what was happening!”
Saw X began its theatrical run on September 29