French horror film Titane has been making waves around the globe.
And Australian audiences were not ready for the gory thriller, with dozens walking out and falling ill at the premiere at the Sydney Film Festival on Thursday.
The film tells the tale of a woman called Alexia, a dancer at car shows who has a titanium plate in her head following a car accident.
Walk out: French horror film Titane (pictured) has been making waves around the globe. And Australian audiences were not ready for the gory thriller, with dozens walking out and falling ill at the premiere at the Sydney Film Festival on Thursday
Fixated on on vehicles, the murderous heroine has sex with a car, becomes pregnant and gives birth to the resulting monster.
The flick might have won Palme d'Or - the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival - but it has turned the stomachs of many who watch it.
According to audience members attending a screening at the Sydney Film Festival, scores left the cinema, unable to cope with what they were seeing, while as many as 20 fainted.
Wild: The film tells the tale of a woman called Alexia, a dancer at car shows who has a titanium plate in her head following a car accident. Fixated on on vehicles, the murderous heroine has sex with a car, becomes pregnant and gives birth to the resulting monster
'15 people walked out of Titane at #SydFilmFest tonight. Missed a great, but strange, movie!' on person Tweeted.
Another wrote: 'A friend fainted during TITANE last night and told me that 20 other people did as well - now that's cinema baby!'
Someone else reported: 'Multiple walkouts during Titane, they definitely did not prepare for that lol'.
One more said: '13 people fainted at the Sydney premiere of Titane'.
Exodus: According to audience members attending a screening at the Sydney Film Festival, scores left the cinema, unable to cope with what they were seeing, while as many as 20 fainted
Another added: 'All I have to say is that I will never be able to see Herbie the same way and I couldn't finish the movie. Had to leave because my friend almost fainted.'
A writer for Pedestrian TV Tweeted: 'At least 13 people fainted, others walked out, during the Aussie premiere of Titane in Sydney last night. As one attendee said: 'The
