Leigh Whannell, Paul Moder, Katrina Mathers

David, an orderly at a hospital, tells his horrific story of being kidnapped and forced to play a vile game of survival. This short film made by the same filmmakers is a sample of what would become th...( read more  read more... )e 2004 feature length movie, Saw.

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Unrated, 10 min.

Directed by: James Wan

Release Date: October 13, 2003

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  • July 3, 2008
    Saw in 10 minutes, good flick, follow up by "Saw".
  • May 2, 2008
    Ok these movies are sick to me but some what addicting.
  • October 4, 2007
    Very well done short
  • March 14, 2007
    I loved this movie! Nothing wrongt with it - blood, horror, mystery.
  • December 5, 2006
    This is a short that inspired the awful SAW series. I wish that it was never released.
  • November 16, 2009
    I saw the feature length movie? That was awesome, 5 stars- short film i haven't however..
  • October 18, 2009
    hmmm....it sound iight
  • October 2, 2009
    filme de estreia da série MARAVILHOSO IMPERDIVEL INTRIGANTE!
  • September 30, 2009
    Better than the Hollywood ones. This one was Australian and it wasn't violent. :D
  • September 12, 2009
    Sounds better then the feature film.

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  • DrLeatherface
    May 18, 2009
    This was a short that James Wan and Leigh Whannell made in 2003 to send around studios along with a copy of the script, to see if they could get funding to make the feture length Saw(2004).
  • sportboy
    February 22, 2008
    This looks like another great film.
  • chrismid259
    May 7, 2007
    Saw (2003) was by the same director as Saw (2004) therefore the 2004 movie counts as being inspired by the 2003 short.
  • Keaven
    April 9, 2007
    So how is a short film released in 2003 inspired by a film released in 2004?
  • Tonkster
    April 8, 2007
    This one, the one in 2003, was a short film, the 2004 Saw was the feature film inspired by Saw (2003).
  • bcool93
    February 20, 2007
    wats the difference between this one and the in 2004???, unless the one in 2004 was saw 2., cause i thought the first came out in 2004.

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