A sequel, entitled Saw II, was released in 2005.Īdam, a photographer, awakens in a bathtub in a large dilapidated bathroom, chained at the ankle to a pipe. The film was theatrically re-released by Lionsgate on Octoto celebrate its tenth anniversary. Compared to its low budget, Saw performed very well at the box office, grossing more than $100 million worldwide and becoming, at the time, one of the most profitable horror films since Scream (1996). Although critical response to the film was divided, the film has gained a cult following since its release. Saw was first screened on January 19, 2004, before released in North America on Octoby Lionsgate. The film was given a small budget of $1.2 million and shot for 18 days. This proved successful in 2003 as producers from Evolution Entertainment were immediately attached and also formed a horror genre production label Twisted Pictures. In order to help attract producers they shot a low-budgetshort film of the same name from a scene out of the script. The screenplay was written in 2001, but after failed attempts to get the script produced in Wan and Whannell's home country of Australia, they were urged to travel to Los Angeles. The screenplay was written by Whannell, who co-created the story with Wan in their screenwriting debuts respectively. In it, Elwes and Whannell portray two men who awake to find themselves chained in a large dilapidated bathroom, with one being ordered to kill the other or his family will die. It is the first installment in the Saw franchise.
Saw is a 2004 American psychological horror-thriller film directed by James Wan in his directorial debut, and starring Cary Elwes, Danny Glover, Monica Potter, Michael Emerson, Ken Leung, Tobin Bell and Leigh Whannell.
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