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Generally speaking, I like a little more plot with my 'Boo!' moments.
It's no more impressive than hiding in the dark and shouting 'Boo!' when someone walks into a room.
It's just not the kind of frightening that stays with you very long, unless of course someone decides to make the same movie . . . yet again.
It's enough to send you home with jiggly knees and a tummy ache.
Almost every single one of the American characters has maybe a third of the personality of the ghosts that haunt them, so you begin to think the grudge itself is less a curse than a perfectly reasonable eviction strategy.
As it turns out, there is such a thing as a horror film with too much mindless killing.
Grisly ghost story lacks plot; not for tweens.
[Blu Ray] Only the hi-def obsessed should double-dip for this one, DVD owners can still sit pretty.
Fans of the Japanese films should be satisfied at another chance to enjoy director Takashi Shimizu's style of horror.
...just cannibalizes itself, exploiting Japanese spirituality for a few Saturday-night shocks...
As a pure, light, PG-13 thrill machine, The Grudge is fairly successful. But it is not especially memorable.
Maybe I'll find myself satisfied when the long rumored director's cut of this comes out. Until then, I guess this will do.
The Grudge is...faux fun. It announces a new voice in the world of the wicked, while proving...that in the realm of the remake, Hollywood can't leave well enough alone.
Eschewing plot and a linear timeline for a stylish exercise in mood, Shimizu sets the scenes with long silences and chilling images.
Creepy movie about ghosts with an unfair advantage.
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