90s horror dubbed a 'stomach-turning masterpiece' that caused people to faint is getting a US remake
Topics: Horror, News, Film and TV, Japan
Niamh Shackleton
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Topics: Horror, News, Film and TV, Japan
A movie that was so gory the director was branded as 'sick' is getting a remake.
Classic horrors are forever being remade; a recent example being Nosferatu.
Back in 2022, Lily-Rose Depp and Bill Skarsgård were announced to be heading the film, with Nicholas Hoult and Willem Dafoe going on to join the cast as well.
The original movie was released in 1922, and was so gruesome and outlandish that it was banned in Sweden for being too scary. It wasn't until 50 years later that the ban was lifted.
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The star-studded adaption was release in theaters on Christmas Day and has been well received by fans.
It has an 85 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes; which doesn't quite beat the original 100-year-old film's impressive 97 percent score.
In light of horror remakes like Nosferatu being quite successful, it's been announced that a 1999 Japanese horror is being made into a English-language version.
Titled Audition, the well-loved horror is about a middle-aged widower who recruits a film producer friend to stage a fake audition to help him find a new partner. But the woman he ends up dating isn't quite who he thought she was.
The movie is based on a 1997 book by Ryu Murakami of the same name.
Upon its initial release over 20 years ago, there were reports that people were fainting at the theatre when watching the movie.
It was also said that people were having to leave early because the film was so gory, The Independent reported.
Allegedly at the Rotterdam film festival in 2000, an audience member told director Takashi Miike that he was 'sick'.
Despite some people not having the stomaches for the film, it's still hailed as a classic to this day.
On Rotten Tomatoes – where Audition boasts an 83 percent score – someone described it as a 'stomach-turning masterpiece'.
Another reviewer penned: "The film is a brutal examination of social isolation and malaise, and the gulf that often exists between men and women."
And now it's been revealed that Audition is getting a remake.
Earlier this week, Deadline reported that Mario Kassar Productions, Focus Features and Hyde Park Entertainment were 'nearing a deal' to do another movie adaption of Murakami's novel.
The new take is being penned and directed by Christian Tafdrup, best known for directing 2022 Danish movie Speak No Evil, which was remade for English audiences last year with James McAvoy as the lead.
Tafdrup is also known for Parents and A Horrible Woman – both of which were nominated for several Danish film awards.