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06/24/06
Ju-On: The Grudge (2004)
56 %
Reviews Counted: 68 Fresh: 38 Rotten:30 Average Rating: 5.7/10
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The film grows more repetitive as it goes on, and as a result, the scares lessen.
Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins
Synopsis: A volunteer home care worker, Nishina Rika (Megumi Okina), enters the home of a bed-ridden patient and discovers a strange ghostly presence lurking behind a door sealed with duct tape. Her discovery unleashes a horrible evil which baffles police investigators, who find that a whole series... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Megumi Okina, Misaki Ito, Misa Euhara, Yui Ichikawa, Takako Fuji
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07/03/04
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As a film, it is at once too much a part of an overarching story and divided into too many episodes to be all of a piece. However, as a sustained collection of scare moments, it's a winner.
07/03/04
Top Critic
... a film that, perhaps better than any other ever made, conveys the disturbing sense of the uncanny -- of fear that goes beyond reason or explanation ...
07/04/08
With just a little bit of editing and some disorienting sound effects, Japanese director Takashi Shimizu can create more tension and jolts than most filmmakers can with oceans of blood.
02/18/07
There are too many characters and few of them are portrayed in a way that would allow audience to really care about their fate.
06/25/05
The immoderation extends to the acting, which is frequently histrionic. Both elicit laughs from the audience where there should be only the clickety-clack of nails bitten.
05/04/05
Ju-On features more matted black hair than you'd find in the locker room shower drain of an Italian soccer team -- but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
04/01/05
There is nearly enough atmosphere and general creepiness to make you forget that the film doesn't really add up to anything.
11/06/04
If you are new to horror that places atmosphere and psychological intensity over gore, Ju-On is a good place to start.
11/05/04
Those who are patient will find that this one is a creepier, more effective movie than its American clone.
10/29/04
What this version has that the remake lacks: a few more intriguing subplots and some Kabuki-like visual flourishes.
10/29/04
... succumbs to terminal stupid-itis, the very same ailment that's demolished plenty of other horror movies through the years.
10/25/04
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10/24/04
Exists in its unsettling ability to cloak the audience in a mood of chilling dread.
10/20/04
It's creepy, all right. It's just that how it goes about creeping you out is sometimes just plain cheesy.
10/15/04
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