Film at Eleven

Some time ago, I mentioned that Greg Arce was looking to build a case against the makers of Saw on the basis that it is largely lifted from his 2001 film Den.

Den played at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival - where lead actress, Dana J Ryan, picked up the Best Actress award - at the same time that Leigh Whannell and James Wan were in… Melbourne.

Coincidence? Arce thinks not and had highlighted no fewer than 17 thematic similarities between the two films. And, after two years of rebuilding his finances after being bankrupted by Den, the director is talking to his lawyers again - and they believe he has a very strong case.

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