A car crash victim inexplicably finds himself aroused by car accidents and becomes involved with an underground subculture of like-minded souls.
Direction
Cronenberg's clinical gaze turns flesh into chrome.
Cinematography
Wet asphalt and metal gleam like skin.
Score
Howard Shore's drifting dread never lets you relax.
Director
David Cronenberg
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film's Cannes premiere caused walkouts and a special jury prize 'for originality, daring and audacity' — essentially 'we don't know what this is but we can't look away.'
Cronenberg filmed actual crash test dummies being destroyed and found the footage so disturbing he almost cut it — then realized that discomfort was the entire point.
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