“Saw X” Editor Had Police Called on Him After Neighbors Thought They Heard People 'Being Tortured to Death'

'Saw X' director Kevin Greutert said the responding officers "started laughing" when they realized the misunderstanding

The Saw X film editor's painstaking work raised alarm bells.

Saw X director Kevin Greutert told NME that editor Steve Forn had the police show up at his doorstep after neighbors heard screaming from the footage he was working with in post-production.

The scene, which featured a character attempting to escape a gruesome "eye vacuum trap," featured a lot of loud screaming and other sound effects.

“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.’ "

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Greutert said Forn quickly assured the police that all was well. "He 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 alright.' It must have been a pretty realistic performance!” the director joked.

He added, “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.”

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Saw X, the 10th film in the horror franchise, debuted in theaters Friday. The story picks up between the events of the first and second films and features the return of John Kramer (Tobin Bell) and Amanda (Shawnee Smith).

In an interview with PEOPLE, Gruetert addressed the eye vacuum trap featured in the scene that Forn was working on, as he spoke about how he and his team aren't afraid to push the envelope when it comes to the franchise's signature gore.

"Rarely is something too extreme for Saw," said Greutert, who has directed three of the films and edited seven of them, including the 2004 original.

However, producer Oren Koules added they've "shelved some" pretty hardcore concepts in the past.

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"[But] we've been dealing with the MPA for 20 years, so we kind of know a little bit where our borders are, where we can push and where we can't," he said. "We try to do the best we can."

Echoing what happened to Forn, Koules said the movie's creative team no longer holds its brainstorming sessions in public places because the content of their discussions tended to alarm eavesdroppers.

"We used to do it in a restaurant, but it doesn't work as much anymore because people freak out sitting around us," he explained.

"We'll sit there and go, 'So if we cut somebody's ear off, how much blood do you think comes out? And if you rip out somebody's tongue, can they still live? I know they can't talk but...' And you see people kind of looking at you overhearing, eavesdropping," added producer Mark Burg. "So we moved it to Oren's living room."

Saw X is in theaters now.

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