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Basic Instinct ends on a shot engineered to keep people arguing, and the argument has run for more than thirty years. The most-cited physical evidence isn't in that shot at all — it's in the first three minutes, and it only shows up if you stop the tape.

Ari Aster's folk horror unfolds almost entirely in daylight and barely uses a jump scare, which is why viewers can't agree on whether it's frightening. What the BBFC actually flagged, how opening-weekend crowds graded it, and which of the two cuts to watch.

Stitched from Frankenstein DNA, the horror-comedy hit screens with a first-of-its-kind rating, a precedent-breaker that has everyone talking.

Banned, butchered, but impossible to kill, these taboo-busting shockers stared down the censors and carved their way from scandal to cornerstone of the horror canon.

Paul Giamatti opens up about the most difficult audition of his career, reflecting on a moment that tested his confidence before he went on to star in acclaimed films.