When the lights dim in a movie theatre and the projector begins to click and whir the light and sounds of the motion picture become the gateway to a multisensory experience. Moving beyond the oftdiscussed perceptual elements of vision and hearing The Multisensory Film Experience analyses temperature pain and balance in order to argue that it is the experience of film thats inherently multisensory not the medium. Luis Rocha Antunes here explores the work of wellloved filmmakers Erik Jensen Gus Van Sant and KiDuk Kim to offer new insights into how viewers experience films and understand their stories. This is an original contribution to an emerging field of research and will become essential reading for film scholars.