'Audition'

Truly one of the more grisly films I've ever seen. Makes your skin crawl.

I'm not alone. In screenings in Ireland, filmgoers apparently were passing out. Feminists have complained that the film backs up every female stereotype known to man.

Of course, you could take that criticism and turn it around and make the film itself a criticism of those same stereotypes. Art, it's fantastic!

The creepiest aspect of Audition is that this poor man is being physically and emotionally tortured, but that we don't know why he's being tortured like he is. Was it because he was attempting to meet a wife under false pretenses? If so, wouldn't that mean that just about every person with a penis should have his feet lopped off with a wire?

There's other forces afoot. Bad things happening to good people even if its unfair is understandable if there's some sort of reason. Because there is no reason, it scares you even more. Randomness ain't cool.