8 Horror Movies Where Only One Person Dies
1. Audition
There's no way around it, Audition is one f***ed up film. A brilliant, terrifying film, but a f***ed up one nonetheless.
From the legendary Takashi Miike - itself based on a 1997 novel by Ryu Murakami - this 1999 movie manages to be a thing of beauty and gentle nuance for so much of its run time, which in turn makes the moments of wince-inducing torture all the more impactful and powerful.
Just thinking of certain Audition scenes brings a tear to the eye, let alone going back to rewatch the film. But even though it doesn't quite seem possible, Audition is a picture that only actually features the death of one person.
Sure, we see several limbs removed, several fingers severed, some poor sap forced to eat vomit, and there's an implication that one or more people may have been killed before the events of the movie, but the only person to actually be killed off in Audition is Eihi Shiina's Asami Yamazaki - the one and the same person who is responsible for the plentiful heinous acts seen throughout the film.
The demise of Asami comes when Shigehiko - the son of the man she's in the midst of torturing - kicks Asami down some stairs, which results in her breaking her neck.