Shimizu is obviously impatient with dull exposition and wants us to get straight to the good scary stuff.
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10/08/04
Ju-On: The Grudge (2004)
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Reviews Counted:68
Fresh:38
Rotten:30
Average Rating:5.8/10
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... [More]
Starring: Megumi Okina, Misaki Ito, Misa Euhara, Yui Ichikawa
Director: Takashi Shimizu
Reviews for Ju-On: The Grudge
Shimizu seems to suggest that being confronted by the undeniable reality of the supernatural would obliterate not just our judgment but the very foundation of our lives...
10/08/04
Turns into a joke -- a parody of its effective first few scenes.
10/01/04
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09/24/04
Top CriticJu-on has the ability to shoot chills up, down and, well, sideways across a viewer's spine.
09/23/04
Watching this is as likely to set the hairs on the back of your neck dancing the dead-girl shuffle as much as any film in recent memory.
09/19/04
Even if you have no idea what the devil is going on in Ju-on, it holds up as a finely crafted little freakout movie.
09/17/04
While the film wouldn't go on my list of horror classics -- the acting is often stagey, the effects are cheesy, and one particular groaning floorboard sound effect is drastically overused -- it is an intriguing addition to the field.
09/16/04
Preys on your imagination, toying with your darkest feelings, and, in the process, it gets under your skin.
09/16/04
I wasn't scared of this movie because I was too annoyed to be scared.
09/12/04
Ridiculous. Unbelievable. Unintentionally funny. It might as well be a parody of a horror film.
09/10/04
The fragmented tale is a tangled mess, and the actors have no characterizations to play, apart from shrieking cowardice.
09/10/04
Never really lives up to its reputation.
09/09/04
Creepy, and if you like your horror eerie but not sopped in blood, Ju-On fits the bill. It is also 15 minutes too long.
09/03/04
Lifeless, lumbering, and mindless--good for a monster, not so good for a monster movie.
09/03/04
[Ju-on: the Grudge does what a horror movie is supposed to do – scare you!
08/30/04
Unless the viewer has the patience and time for multiple viewings, "Ju-On: The Grudge" appears to dispense with sense, but it never lets up on the chills
08/29/04
The shocks are inventive and frequently unnerving ... and the script's too intricate for the contradictions to be anything but deliberate.
08/20/04
Director Shimizu fiills his spook quotient in unexpected, everyday situations.
08/15/04
A slightly muddled but still powerful ghost story.
08/13/04
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