<Tr> <Th> Language </Th> <Td> English </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $1.8 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Boxing Helena is a 1993 American mystery thriller film with horror elements directed by Jennifer Lynch, and starring Sherilyn Fenn, Julian Sands, and Bill Paxton . The plot follows a surgeon whose growing obsession with a woman leads him to amputate her limbs and hold her captive in his home after she suffers a car accident . </P> <P> The film garnered notoriety prior to its release after protracted legal battles with Madonna and Kim Basinger, both of whom backed out of the leading role of Helena . It debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in January 1993, where it received critical praise . After receiving an NC - 17 rating by the MPAA, the film was given an R - rating on appeal and released in the United States in September 1993, but received critical backlash and was a financial failure . </P>

Movie where guy cuts off girl's arms and legs