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Not all horror, be it movie or otherwise, is created equal.  Some is good, some is bad, some is just plain ugly.  Horror is (many times, but not always) like a joke.  You build up, build up, build up…then boom! Punch-line!  You get a laugh or a scream, whatever the case may be.

Audition falls into the ‘joke-like’ category of horror.

I doubt there will be any laughter at this punch-line, however.

The movie has a simple premise: a man named Shigaharu Aoyama lives as a widow for seven years, raising his young son in the process.  He is a successful business man, and slipping towards middle age.  Lonely, he decides to find a wife.  His friend helps him out, by holding auditions for a movie the company is thinking about making.  The women are between 20 and 35, and all very talented individuals.  Of all of them, only Asami catches Aoyama’s eye.

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Grotesque.  Well, I can say at least two good things about this movie.  Three things actually. The title is not misleading at all.  You are told you will see something grotesque and it certainly delivers.  On more than one level actually but more on that later.  The second thing I can say is that it does something new or something at least that I’ve never seen before.  The third?  It’s short. A quick disclaimer: this movie is not for kids.  Gotta be eighteen or older to see this one: it’s very graphic, showing explicit scenes of sexuality and torture.  Viewer discretion is advised.

Grotesque is the “story” (I use the word loosely) of an unnamed doctor who gets his jollies by torturing folks, in this case a couple who  are out on their first date.  The movie begins promisingly enough.  A creepy dude in a van hops out and whacks our ...