Boris Arkadin is a horror film maker. His pregnant wife was brutally murdered by a Manson-like gang of hippy psychopaths during the 1960s. He becomes a virtual recluse - until years later he directs his own snuff inspired movies. He invites actors to take part in an audition at his country manor house - blurring the lines of what is real and what is fiction.
Direction
Rose's self-aware commentary on his own horror legacy.
Acting
Krabbé's unraveling auteur is genuinely unhinged.
Writing
Script collapses layers of fiction until you can't trust anything.
Director
Bernard Rose
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rose literally cast himself as a director character, making this an accidental autobiography about horror's guilt.
The 3.9 TMDB score is almost part of the joke—audiences hated being implicated as voyeurs.
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