‘Shocking’ and ‘gruesome’ horror that caused fainting and walkouts to get US remake
‘Shocking’ and ‘gruesome’ horror that caused fainting and walkouts to get US remake
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‘Audition’ is considered one of the greatest horror movies ever made. The new film will adapt the Ryū Murakami novel that inspired the Japanese original. Audition follows a middle-aged widow who stages auditions for a fake film project in order to find a partner – only for the woman he picks to reveal a serious dark side. During a pre-release screening at the Rotterdam film festival, audience members walked out the cinema, reportedly telling Miike, “You’re sick!” (according to The Guardian and Sight & Sound).
The Mirror, meanwhile, reported that two people passed out in the screening during the film’s run in Dublin, with more than 20 people leaving the cinema before the end. Despite the controversies, the film is nonetheless considered a modern horror classic, and helped launch Miike’s career in the West. “But the films primarily exported to the west, and responsible for his reputation here, are those of a more exploitative, nihilistic flavour. No wonder Quentin Tarantino declared him ‘the godfather of ultra-violent, get-under-your-skin movies’.”.
Miike himself has claimed to be unsurprised by the violent film’s popularity among western audiences. "I have no idea what goes on in the minds of people in the west and I don't pretend to know what their tastes are,” he said, “and I don't want to start thinking about that. “It's nice that they liked my movie, but I'm not going to start deliberately worrying about why or what I can do to make it happen again.".
