{"id":212575,"date":"2025-10-20T06:39:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T06:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/212575\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T06:39:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T06:39:12","slug":"sci-fi-fans-have-days-left-to-stream-a-controversial-movie-that-caused-audiences-to-walk-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/212575\/","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Fi Fans Have Days Left To Stream A Controversial Movie That Caused Audiences To Walk Out"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019re a fan of body horror, avant-garde art, and Kristen Stewart looming over men, we are so glad to tell you that you still have a few days left to stream a film that has been interestingly described<\/a> as \u201cMortensen\u2026 doing an impression of Rutger Hauer as Roy Batty in \u201cBlade Runner\u201d (1982) with a healthy mix of Nosferatu.\u201d It\u2019s also been lovingly referred to as \u201ccringe-inducing gore<\/a>,\u201d as well as \u201cnostalgic\u201d and \u201cplayful,\u201d while also sitting at a pretty impressive 86% on the Rotten Tomatoes tomatometer. But did we mention that you only have a few days left to watch it\u2014it\u2019s leaving Hulu<\/a> on October 30th (right before Halloween, Hulu? Really?)<\/p>\n

Crimes of the Future, which debuted at Cannes in 2022, is provocative to say the least. It\u2019s Cronenberg, so it\u2019s impossible to think it might be anything else (especially as it stars Viggo Mortensen, Lea Seydoux, and Kristin Stewart\u2014all seasoned connoisseurs of weird). Set in a distant future, humans begin adapting to their now more synthetic environment, giving way to never-before-seen mutations. Celebrity artist Saul Tenser (Mortensen) and Caprice (Seydoux) begin showing off these strange transformations in a series of increasingly strange performance art pieces, while Investigator Timlin (Stewart) from the National Organ Registry tracks them in an attempt to figure out what\u2019s really going on. If it sounds like a fever dream, that\u2019s because it feels like one.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Crimes Of The Future Had People Leaving The Theater<\/p>\n

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When asked about people\u2019s reaction to the film at Cannes, Cronenberg had this to say: \u201cThere are some very strong scenes. I mean, I\u2019m sure that we will have walkouts within the first five minutes of the movie. I\u2019m sure of that.\u201d And there certainly were walkouts, though the film ended with a six-minute-long standing ovation despite what initial viewers had told Cronenberg about their feelings on the final moments of the film. \u201cSome people who have seen the film have said that they think the last 20 minutes will be very hard on people, and that there\u2019ll be a lot of walkouts. Some guy said that he almost had a panic attack,\u201d he elaborated.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cronenberg is no stranger to strong reactions to his work. His film Crash, based on the novel by J G Ballard, is lauded as notorious for its focus on people who are sexually aroused by car accidents, and had audience members storming out of the theater during\u2014though it did win a special jury prize at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, which brought about plenty more scandal for the seasoned director.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What are your thoughts on Crimes Of The Future? Let us know in the comments, and don\u2019t forget to check out the ComicBook forums<\/a> to see what other fans are saying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you\u2019re a fan of body horror, avant-garde art, and Kristen Stewart looming over men, we are so…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212576,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[91509,50173,96,2839,1092,15786,3842,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-212575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-crimes-of-the-future","tag-david-cronenberg","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-regular-news","tag-sci-fi","tag-streaming","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}