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Ju-on
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AN EERIE TALE OF A FAMILY WHO IS BRUTALLY KILLED IN THEIR OWN HOME, LEAVING BEHIND AN EVIL SPIRIT LURKING IN THE SHADOWS. WHEN AN UNKNOWING HOMECARE WORKER ENTERS, THE SPIRIT IS AWAKENED & A TERRIFYING CHAIN OF EVENTS BEGINS, PASSING THROUGH ALL THOSE WHO STEP FOOT IN THIS DARK HOUSE. US REMAKE, "GRUDGE"
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Following in the footsteps of The Ring cycle, the Ju-On series of horror films has taken Japan by the throat. According to this movie, the title refers to a curse placed upon a house where violence occurred. Sure enough, we see a string of unhappy encounters in a seemingly ordinary home, where ghosts have settled in the aftermath of murder. Director Takashi Shimizu (who also directed the Hollywood remake, The Grudge) constructs the picture out of separate fragments, not told in chronological order; the haunted house is the main character, not any one of the unsuspecting human characters. Cult mavens might suggest that Shimizu uses devices and images that have already worked well in films by Hideo Nakata and Kiyoshi Kurosawa--the Japanese horror film does have its conventions. But none of that matters if you're watching this movie alone at home on a dark night. Click, click, click.... --Robert Horton
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- Aspect Ratio : 1.85:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : R (Restricted)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 3.54 Ounces
- Item model number : 16680
- Director : Takashi Shimizu
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Subtitled
- Run time : 1 hour and 32 minutes
- Release date : November 9, 2004
- Actors : Megumi Okina, Misaki Itô, Misa Uehara, Yui Ichikawa, Kanji Tsuda
- Subtitles: : English, Spanish
- Producers : Hiroki Numata, Kunio Kawakami, Takashige Ichise, Yoshinori Kumazawa
- Language : Unqualified
- Studio : Lionsgate
- ASIN : B00005JNJR
- Writers : Takashi Shimizu
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
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- #85 in Foreign Films (Movies & TV)
- #646 in Horror (Movies & TV)
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Overall, I highly recommend Ju-On: The Grudge. It's an iconic film for a reason, and delivers some genuinely frightening moments.
This film has creepy and disturbing imagery, some blood and violence. No sex or nudity.
To be a bit more specific with it, Kayako (aka the Woman Ghost) is portrayed much more sympathetically in Ju-On than she is in the Grudge, and in the American remake she is far scarier (it sounds silly written down, but the Japanese Kayako has hair you could see from outer space), although I must admit that in the last climactic scene, the image of the Japanese Kayako was plastered in my mind far more than the American one.
As horror, it worked pretty well, although, well, in the director's commentary for the deleted scenes he says he removed certain scenes because they were "laughable", that is they were too cheesy, or going too far to be taken seriously, and quite a few scenes still had that going (the very last scene, for example features a woman, not Rika (the main character) as far as I can tell and not Kayako (the ghost) lying dead in a garbage bag. Who is this woman? I still can't figure it out. But, it zooms in on her very slowly, making the parting bit predictable to the point of laughability (to use the director's words).
Overall, if you like J-Horror, *really* liked the Grudge, or are a fan of low budget horror movies, I'd strongly recommend this. Otherwise, you may find it confusing, boring, or just plain old hard to watch. As with Anime, I'd strongly recommend having some concept of the Japanese language and a bit of knowledge of the culture, otherwise parts of it will make no sense at all. Avoid the dubbing, it's painful!
This was my first step into Japanese horror, and I sincerely doubt that it will be my last.
Worth buying for my collection 😎
By Evelyn M. Gonser on June 5, 2021
Worth buying for my collection 😎








