In Episode 8 of Scream Creeps, the crew—Jeremy, Josh, and Aaron—shift gears from The Conjuring Universe to tackle the "Top 35 Scariest Movies According to Science" list. First up is the #35 entry, Takashi Miike's 1999 cult classic Audition. While legends like Quentin Tarantino and Rob Zombie praise it as a masterpiece, the Scream Creeps hosts have a very different take.
The group universally pans the film for its excruciatingly slow pace, noting that the "horror" doesn't kick in until the final 15 minutes of the nearly two-hour runtime. They discuss the infamous "kiri-kiri-kiri" torture scene involving acupuncture needles and wire saws, but argue that the payoff wasn't worth the boredom. The conversation gets heated as they debate whether the protagonist was hallucinating the entire time, question the logic of drinking someone's vomit (allegedly real, according to trivia), and wonder why this movie is ranked on a "scariest movies" list at all.
Key Highlights
[01:13] New Series: The hosts introduce their new format, reviewing the "Top 35 Scariest Movies According to Science," starting with #35, Audition.
[04:21] The Slow Burn: A major complaint from all hosts is that the movie feels like a drama for the first hour and 40 minutes, with the horror elements only appearing at the very end.
[05:50] The Bag Scene: The crew discusses the gross-out moment involving a mutilated man in a bag eating vomit, which they found more disgusting than scary.
[15:43] Torture Porn?: A debate on whether the movie qualifies as "torture porn." Josh argues it barely qualifies compared to films like Saw or Hostel because the torture scene is relatively short.
[27:04] Hallucination Theory: The group theorizes that the main character might have been hallucinating the entire ending after being drugged, or perhaps he was the man in the bag all along.
[32:00] Creepo-Meter Ratings: The scores are brutal. Jeremy gives it a 0, Josh a 1, and Aaron a 3, agreeing that while it had shock value, it failed to be genuinely creepy or scary.
