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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.
Theatrical Release:Jul 23, 2004 Limited
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
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Reviews for Ju-On: The Grudge
... 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
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12/27/07
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
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06/24/06
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
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
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02/13/05
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
Top CriticThose 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
Top CriticIt's much harder on you than mere fright: It's... creepy.
10/15/04
Top CriticShimizu is obviously impatient with dull exposition and wants us to get straight to the good scary stuff.
10/08/04
Top CriticShimizu 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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