10 Movies Audiences Couldn't Handle
8. Reservoir Dogs
Quentin Tarantino is a legend of the cinematic industry, one of the most recognisable directors of his generation, and has a style that simply can't be replicated. However, though he is revered for his work now, that wasn't always the case.
Audiences going into a Tarantino movie now will know to expect blood, violence, and coarse language, but when Reservoir Dogs was first released in 1992, these things were shocking to the point that people left the screenings.
The scene that caused more walkouts than any other was reportedly when Mr. Blonde (Michael Madsen) tortured Marvin Nash (Kirk Baltz), cutting his ear off (albeit off-screen) and covering him in gasoline. Incredibly, among the people who found this imagery too much to take was the iconic director of horror and gore-fests, Wes Craven.
The Hollywood legend walked out of the film's screening at Sitges Film Festival, something that is equally as shocking as it is impressive. Clearly, the aim of the scene was to be as unnerving as possible, since Mr. Blonde was a psychopath who was to be feared as much by the audience as the characters in the movie, and if it got too much for people watching, then perhaps this vindicated Tarantino's work.