10 Great Horror Movies You'll Only Watch Once

One of the most influential horror movies produced by Japan, Audition is a psychological thriller of the highest order, taking a relatively simple premise and some shocking violence to explore the idea of loneliness and mourning. 

Directed by the great Takashi Miike, the film follows a widower who sets up an "audition" for a new romantic partner, which leads him to cross paths with the enthralling Asami, a woman with whom he becomes inescapably drawn to. 

So far, so creepy, but Miike doesn't waste any time in taking the film's slow burn tension and suddenly throwing audiences into a bloody nightmare, revealing every twisted detail of Asami's past with imagery few will be able to stomach. There's vomit, severed body parts, and torture galore, and that's just the tip of the iceberg. 

Bleak to the nth degree and ending with an image destined to stay with you for nights on end, Audition is a violent, awful tragedy that gives its characters no chance of escape. You will not be meeting again, that's for sure.