Overview
- The nationwide release will be the first public unveiling of Macon Blair’s full unrated cut after initial festival and Comic-Con screenings used an R-rated edit.
- An NSFW image leaked on Reddit shows Toxie fully revealing his “Monster Dong” and weaponizing radioactive urine in a graphic escape sequence.
- Several theater chains and independent exhibitors have expressed reluctance to book the uncut version, citing worries about audience backlash and reputational risk.
- Tom Owen, Bloody Disgusting’s VP of Network Strategy, points to the box-office success of other boundary-pushing horror movies and emphasizes preserving Blair’s creative vision.
- Cineverse secured North American distribution rights earlier in 2025 with the goal of a wide unrated theatrical launch after the project had been shelved as potentially “unreleasable.”