brandon cronenbergs new horror infinity pool starring mia goth and alexander skarsgrd premiered at sundance 2023 and first reactions described the film as perverse violent white lotus for sickos and more as it turns out though festival attendees watched a slightly different version than the one cinema goers will get when its released in the us on january 27in theaters an rrated cut of the freaky flick will be shown as opposed to the nc17 one offered up at sundance explaining why they had to tone it down for general audiences cronenberg candidly told collider nc17 was an attempt to rebrand the x rating but they didnt do it successfully and it came with all this stigma you cant actually market a film if its an nc17 rating so specifically in the us that means that you cant really have a theatrical release of any size the writerdirector whose filmmaker father david cronenberg helmed titles such as scanners videodrome and the fly continued but i knew that going into it and its not a problem everywhere and usually theres a plan to release the full filmin the same interview cronenberg assured that the edited version isnt hugely different and those who prefer their genre movies on the more extreme side need not worry about the versioning he went on i think film is on some level a very pragmatic art form theres a lot that you have to deal with theres a whole industry and so you just do everything you can creatively to satisfy yourself but then you understand that theyre just aspects of the industry that you have to deal with and that kind of comes with the terrainalso starring cleopatra coleman jalil lespert thomas kretschmann and amanda brugel infinity pool sees james an author and his wealthy wife em find themselves at the center of a bloody hedonistic nightmare after striking up a friendship with a beguiling young woman on vacation following a tragic accident the pair are faced with a choice be executed or if theyre rich enough to pay for it a front row seat to their own deaths insteadit releases in us theaters on january 27 and uk cinemas on march 24 while we wait check out our list of the most exciting upcoming movies coming our way throughout 2023 and beyond