10 Horror Movies Audiences Couldn't Handle

Lars von Trier is nothing if not a provocateur, and having spent a career attempting to make his audience have strong physical and emotional reactions, he truly succeeded with his most recent film, The House That Jack Built.

Jack (Matt Dillon) is a seemingly average guy who enjoys the little things and big things in equal measure: he likes hunting, driving, romance, and architecture. Unfortunately, he also enjoys killing indiscriminately. Across a 12-year period that takes him through the 1970s and '80s, Jack commits his crimes wantonly, sometimes with a plan and sometimes totally off the cuff, all while trying to build his ideal home on a hill. The kills are deeply disturbing, the visuals are grim, and this particular subject diverges far from your regular studies of the human condition.

Premiering The House That Jack Built at Cannes, von Trier got exactly what he wanted when it provoked widespread (and vocal) outrage and a mass walkout. And who can really blame the audience? The house that Jack builds out of bodies near the end of the film is, on its own, enough to put anyone off their popcorn - but to get there, we have to wade through untold mutilations of women and children, presented with no detail spared.