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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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10/24/04
Just like your average American horror franchise, Ju-On repeats the same handful of motifs over and over again, then appears to collapse into incoherence.
07/23/04
The fragmented tale is a tangled mess, and the actors have no characterizations to play, apart from shrieking cowardice.
09/10/04
Top Critic... succumbs to terminal stupid-itis, the very same ailment that's demolished plenty of other horror movies through the years.
10/25/04
It has a high creepiness quotient with a few good scares, but not much of a story.
08/13/04
Horror fans will hold a grudge against writer/director Takashi Shimizu for conjuring some of the most frightening wraiths in cinematic history, only to dull their terror with repetition and a convoluted plot.
07/23/04
The viewer isn't drawn into a sustained suspense, but is merely subjected to a series of more or less foreseeable shocks.
07/22/04
Top CriticA wannabe scarefest that hides its lack of originality beneath a deliberately discombobulating structure.
07/07/04
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
One could say Shimizu begrudges historical perspective in favor of pandering to a hip audience’s short-attention spans.
05/31/04
A nearly bloodless and scare-free exercise in futility, jumping from scene to scene with very little continuity and even less comprehension of the concept of true fear.
07/21/04
A series of scare scenes that seem arbitrary even by the lax standards of the genre. If you like a little logic to go with your cinematic chills, you'd better look elsewhere.
07/22/04
Never really lives up to its reputation.
09/09/04
Top CriticIts shapelessness and the cultural differences in acting style will keep this version filed under 'cult oddity.'
07/23/04
Top CriticLet's put an end to the whole creepy scraggly-haired little girl looking through the tops of her eyes and making groaning sounds thing. This has to stop now.
07/29/04
Takashi Shimizu sets up a scare moment, and then repeats for 90 minutes.
08/12/04
Turns into a joke -- a parody of its effective first few scenes.
10/01/04
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