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Ju-On: The Grudge (2004)
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Reviews Counted:5
Fresh:3
Rotten:2
Average Rating:5.4/10
Consensus: The film grows more repetitive as it goes on, and as a result, the scares lessen.
Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
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... 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 of people have gone missing from this particular house. Further investigation leads to Izutni Toyama (Misa Uehara), a former detective who handled the case of a man who murdered his wife in the house, but whose son was never found. But when the angry "Ju-On" spirit of vengeance that has infected the house reaches beyond its boundaries to kill Toyama and his daughter, Rika realizes that the horror is spreading. Worse, unless something is done about it, she feels she may become the angry spirit's next victim! Vitagraph Films, the distribution arm of the American Cinematheque in Hollywood, has brought unique and distinctive cinematic visions to audiences nationwide since 1999. Theatrically releasing innovative and critically acclaimed films such as AUDITION, BUBBA HO-TEP and THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED has cemented Vitagraph’s reputation as a champion of cult cinema. For more information, please visit www.vitagraphfilms.com. Lions Gate Entertainment is the premier independent producer and distributor of motion pictures, television programming, home entertainment, family entertainment and video-on-demand content. Its prestigious and prolific library of 8000+ titles is one of the largest in the industry and the biggest in indie history. The Lions Gate brand name is synonymous with original, daring, quality entertainment in markets around the world. [More]
Starring: Megumi Okina, Misaki Ito, Misa Euhara, Yui Ichikawa
Starring: Megumi Okina, Misaki Ito, Misa Euhara, Yui Ichikawa, Takako Fuji, Yuya Ozeki
Director: Takashi Shimizu
Director: Takashi Shimizu
Composer: Shiro Sato
Studio: Vitagraph Films
Reviews for Ju-On: The Grudge
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.
Shimizu chooses cruel psychological suspense over gore and succeeds in spinning a minimal plot into a panorama of malice.
What follows is indeed scary. However, the film's repetitious, episodic structure seems to unnecessarily alleviate the building tension, making it a far less frightening film than it might have been.
The viewer isn't drawn into a sustained suspense, but is merely subjected to a series of more or less foreseeable shocks.
A wannabe scarefest that hides its lack of originality beneath a deliberately discombobulating structure.
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