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 "A middle-aged man, Aoyama, who lost his wife to an illness seven years prior, is urged by his 17-year-old son to begin dating women again. Aoyama's friend and colleague, a film producer, devises a plan to hold a mock-audition, in which young, beautiful women would audition for the 'part' of Aoyama's new wife, under the impression that they are auditioning for a new film. Aoyama is immediately enchanted by Asami Yamazaki. Aoyama's friend warns him about Asami, saying that he has a bad feeling about her; he couldn't reach any of the references on her résumé, and her job history is shaky. Aoyama is so enthralled by her, however, that he pursues the romance anyway." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audition_%28film%29 (HUGE spoilers, view at own risk) Fantastic, slowly-building psychological horror from Takashi Miike, a director that's perhaps best known for over-the-top unapologetic ultra-violence. While certainly not without its moments of extreme violence and grotesque images, the bulk of Audition is the build-up and the slow realization that things aren't quite right.
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I like In the Mouth of Madness, but something about it is just... off. While it can be almost unnerving at times and the acting is solid, it's never genuinely scary, and often kind of silly. The finale is amazing and definitely worth watching the whole thing, though. "Haunted by recent events and on the run, a man finds himself at a seemingly derelict radio station and like the station's only inhabitant must ask himself whether it is better to reign in hell than serve in heaven." A creepy-as-poo poo short film directed by the producer/director/editor of a TON of making-of/background documentaries for DVD releases. This guy's worked on DVD special features stuff for everything from The Fly to The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Don't think for a second that that stops him from making effective original psychological horror though, AM 1200 is still an incredibly tense and well-acted film. Unfortunately, it's kind of hard to find. Best (legal) place I know of is the official site: http://am1200.com/
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