It also ripped off Fright Night. Bits of dialogue taken from straight from Fright Night and scenes.

For a PG-13 thriller, it was good. There are plenty of other movies that deserve lawsuits over this one. CHAOS, anyone?

This makes my day.

Shia LaBeouf must give great head to get as much work out of Steven Spielberg as he has.

And yet, no one has sued the filmmakers of "Abominable" yet. That one also ripped off "Rear Window".

The film has been out for a while now. It's just an excuse to have a lawsuit.

Death Race should have been sued. I watched Roger Corman's version on its release date, which I plan to do for Poltergeist. Google poltergeist petition to sign the petition.

This is kind of dumb. Yeah. . . it took the concept from Rear Window, but so did Fright Night and The Burbs. And how about that new Sam Jackson movie "Lakeview Terrace"? It's like the same thing but with a cop being an ass instead of a killer. Hitchcock remade plenty of his own movies anyway, so he obviously wasn't opposed to the concept. I'm not saying Disturbia was better than rear window. . . but it WAS better than Fright Night. There are things far more deserving of a lawsuit in hollywood than this. Why wait till the movie has been out to do this? The people obviously don't care about any question of creativity, otherwise they would have tried to stop it sooner. And anywho, disturbia was good.

it's nice to see the movie industry getting sued for a change lol

While they're at it, how about suing all the movies that rip off Die Hard! Or hell, even Rambo!! Rocky!! The Exocist --- HALLOWEEN!

Hollywood thrives on plagiarism, they wouldnt have made a movie in the last 20 years without it.

hah I know. Lakeview Terrace has been made so many times before. almost everything PG-13 now basically sucks.

death race was sued, by the man who a script called joust. how about lawsuits for all the romero ripp off zombie flicks?

How did no one notice when it came out? I said that then.

Umm... I think Rob Zombie should be sued for House of 1k Corpses for being a blatant rip from Texas Chainsaw.

This is kind of stupid.

What's even MORE amazing is how someone said that Disturbia is better than FRIGHT NIGHT!!! What has this world come to??

I never really cared for Fright Night, but that doesn't mean the worlds coming to an end. I think that Fright Night. . . I've never cared all that much for cheese for cheeses sake(all though there are some exceptions), and Fright Night is all about the cheese.

What about one of the mimic movies? can't remember which one but that pretty much has the same concept but with a huge killer bug... haha. I liked disturbia too.. was fun to watch.

Never saw it,don't intend on seeing it.

Haven't seen it either but, if they successfully sue, there will be a whole lot more lawsuits, just look @ the tv trailers for Lakeview Terrace, can you say Unlawful Entry???

i really enjoyed disturbia. although ive never seen rear window. i dont see what the big deal is though really. every movie made today uses ideas that have been done before, this is just a ploy by the Sheldon Abend Revocable Trust to capitalize off others success. its bs.

good call G.I. Dan

You'd think they would've gotten the lawsuit started before the movie was released and made a good profit.

Let's not miss the important part of this story - how it might affect screenwriters and filmmakers if the lawsuit is successful. It's easy to come to B-D and trash Hollywood for being unoriginal; far easier than creating a wholly original story/movie after a century of films and thousands of years of narrative tradition. DISTURBIA is an awful lot like REAR WINDOW. It's also different enough that if the lawsuit succeeds, it could open the door for a flood of similar claims, which could result in a lot of movies not getting made in the future. As a writer, I'm all for copyright laws and the protection they provide, but where is the line between plagiarism and coincidental or respectful similarity? Could Bob Clark's estate sue John Carpenter for plagiarizing BLACK CHRISTMAS with HALLOWEEN? Could Carpenter in turn sue Sean Cunningham for a piece of the FRIDAY THE 13TH franchise, who might then want to sue the makers of MY BLOODY VALENTINE and countless others for copying his product? This lawsuit may be a legitimate claim, but it could also set a dangerous precedent, prompting studios to opt out of just about any project which might open them up to similar litigation due to superficial similarities to an existing work.

I think this is all a bit silly, and all very American. Rear Window is classic and has a lot of years ahead of it. I don't mind that Disturbia borrowed from it, the movie was good fun. Apart from that girl actually. She was so pointless. She didn't even jump in at the end and help out - blatantly only in it because she had fat tits.

Everyone should read jkrouskop's post, he is right on the head of this issue. If this potential lawsuit goes through, this could be a very damaging proposition for all of Hollywood.

correction drmodem...she had "phat" tits...no kidding...i think this is ridiculous in a way...what about those mockbusters or whatever they're called... and i totally agree with jkrouskop as well...

Mimic 3 was just as much a "rip off" as Disturbia...hell, the main character was even in a wheelchair! How much more of a rip can you get? Yet because they changed the human killer into an insect killer mimicking a human killer, it's somehow avoided the same lawsuit? I think the only problem here is that Disturbia made a ton of money, and like usual when that happens, the sue happies come calling.

This is a lawsuit that will never see its day in court. Just like dozens of others each year. No one wants to win this! The estate of the guy that wrote the Rear Window source material just wants to get paid. We wouldn't even be talking about this if Disturbia had tanked at the Box Office. That's why the suit comes up now and not 2 years ago when this flick was in development. Everyone knows it's Rear Window for teens. I'll bet given a few hours and run through the IMDB I could find you a half dozen or more films that jacked the same idea. We already cited Abominable up there. Same fucking movie...but this time with Bigfoot. Jkrouskop always knows what he's taking about. But don't fret the courts setting precedent on a case like this cause they'll never get the chance -- it'll get settled out of court or thrown out.

art has inspired art and stories have influenced more stories FOREVER since the begining of time and someone suing over this isn't any worse than some one using their story to influence their own because instead of doing more work and coming up with more stories to make money they just keep trying to make money off a story that was written long ago.

Disturbia and rear window are the same? Well i never! ;D This didn't take them long to work out did it? Nothing will really come of this, because if they really want to nit pick? then most of the films EVER made will be under scrutiny.

hahahah! awesome! there is some justice.

The movie is actually decent, but I always find it strange how this happens so long after the films come out. Even in this case, it seems longer than usual.

The movie is actually decent, but I always find it strange how this happens so long after the films come out. Even in this case, it seems longer than usual. So remember - don't copy others.

eh, disturbia sucked anyway

I doubt this case would set any precedent - there's already a ton of case law of this type. Just look at Harlan Ellison suing over The Terminator - settled out of court but he did get paid and had his name added to the credits. This will likely get settled out of court as well, to the writer's benefit. Although I doubt he'll want his name put in the credits of this joke of a movie. Rear Window is a million times better.

thats so stupid. the movie came out like 2 years ago.

Seriously, it took them long enough to realise this. I mean, i dont know if its straight out black and white plagerism, but i mean i said the second it came out that i was essentially Rear Window. Never the less, i do like disturbia, its just very similar.

Fuck yes!!! I am so glad to hear this since it is such a ripoff of Rear Window!

I thought this ripped off a Simpsons episode.....just kidding. Fright night is a classic, get right.

I'm sorry, but "Deadlover" are you smoking crack? Disturbia was NOT better then Fright Night!

I think you guys are missing the point. The film is not being brought to court because it ripped-off Rear Window. It is being brought to court because it did not obtain rights to the original short story. The issue is not remakes and rip-offs, the issue is the producers did not legally obtain the rights to make a pretty much carbon copy of a STORY not a MOVIE. But I do agree that the lawsuit is coming way to late, after the movie had made its money and not flopped.

Are they gonna sue Fright Night too? Its the same plot.

they can if they wish *hits his watch*isn't this like 2 years too late