>>Audition is one of the great horror films of the last 10 years. It also may be Miike's best film.>>

Agree on both counts. It's certainly an anomaly in the Miike oeuvre.

>> The "slow burn" is not for all but if you like that structure (think Schrader or Peckinpah) then I think you will enjoy it.>>

Worked like gangbusters in TAXI DRIVER and STRAW DOGS. It's no less effective in AUDITION.