10 Horror Movies Audiences Couldn't Handle

10. Crimes of the Future (2022)

David Cronenberg's much-hailed return to body horror (after over two decades away!), Crimes of the Future nabbed the title from one of the director's dubious early works and got Cronenberg's hitherto non-body horror star Viggo Mortensen onboard for a look into a disturbing yet pain-free future world where mutation is the norm and plastic is king.

Viggo Mortensen stars as Saul Tenser, a performance artist who crowds throng to see him operated on in real time. His partner Caprice is a specialist at tattooing and surgically removing Saul’s new and wonderful organs for paying audiences, and their celebrity appears to keep them safe from the revolution brewing outside their studio.   

Now, that does sound like a lot. But nothing you can’t handle, right?

Well, when the film gets into its final 20 minutes, which includes the public autopsy of a child, some audiences couldn’t stay put. Viewers found this section hard to stomach, and people walked out of screenings. One critic even reported seeing a man on the verge of a panic attack. But, really, anyone who’s seen Naked Lunch should have gone in prepared.