“Saw” Editor Andrew Coutts Teams With Terminator 3 Writer Tedi Sarafian for Indie Horror “Sighting”
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Toronto native Andrew Coutts, editor
for “Saw VI” and “Saw 3D: The Final Chapter,” brought his editorial
expertise to writer-director Tedi Sarafian’s 2012 horror film,
“Sighting,” which finished picture editing last month and is now in
audio post production and seeking distribution.
“What I brought to Sighting,” Coutts said, “was not only building the
feeling of dread and anticipation for the audience, but also ramping up
visually the bigger scare moments in the movie. The film is generally
more psychological and suspenseful, but I helped bring some editorial
intensity to the scarier beats of the story as well.”
The film stars Kristina Anapau (Black Swan), Brendan Fletcher (Freddy
vs. Jason), Alexis Cruz (Drag Me to Hell) and Ed Corbin (True Grit).
It’s about a ghost-hunting team that investigates King’s Ransom Winery
in California, home to a sinister history of recurring suicides.
Coutts edited the recently released Anchor Bay distributed sci-fi
thriller “The Day” directed by Douglas Aarniokoski. In 2007, Coutts
worked on the Lifetime Television movie “In God’s Country” which earned
a Directors Guild of Canada Team Award nomination.
During post-production for “Sighting,” Coutts worked alongside Sarafian,
previously known for writing “The Road Killers” starring Joseph
Gordon-Levitt and Josh Brolin, “Tank Girl” starring Malcolm McDowell,
Naomi Watts, Ice-T and Lori Petty, and “Terminator 3: Rise of the
Machines” starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Claire Danes and Nick Stahl.
“We worked very close together,” Coutts said of Sarafian, “making sure
the path I was taking the movie on was close to his vision and where he
wanted it to be.”
Coutts instituted in “Sighting” his signature “Saw” editorial style,
which innovated the horror film genre for its intense, sleek and
shocking visuals. It stands as the highest-grossing horror film
franchise in history.
“People are always looking to replicate that level of filmmaking
success,” Coutts said.
Earlier this year, Coutts edited the Aarniokoski directed “Nurse 3D” for
Lions Gate Entertainment.
Coutts next will be editing on the upcoming grizzly bear thriller “Red
Machine” which is directed by David Hackl and stars Piper Perabo, James
Marsden, Thomas Jane and Billy Bob Thornton.
“Red Machine” is slated for a 2013 release and will reunite Coutts and
Hackl, who last worked together in 2008 on the David Hackl directed
“Saw V”.
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