Review of Ju-on: The Grudge (2002) by Kyle W — 28 Jul 2013
The story continues with the mysterious and vengeful spirit who marks and pursues anybody that dares to enter the house in which it resides While the movie has it basic scares, it's very little of those and focuses more like a science-fiction fantasy drama rather than the classic crazy horror thriller the movie should be like along with its predecessor.
The movie also has little dialogue which I guess it was trying to be silent and was just creating build-up but this just makes it boring as you're just stretching the movie for too long and making the thrills of the film boring.
The first half focuses too much on the storyline and the second half focuses too much on scares. The effort put into Ju-On: The Curse is missing and this film is an incredibly weak and bland horror film which gives me an idea why the Hollywood remake flopped so badly and became a major disaster; because they didn't have the chance to shine from material that started off well and then just got worse and worse.
Ju-On: The Grudge gets a 6.5/10.
This review of Ju-on: The Grudge (2002) was written by Kyle W on 28 Jul 2013.
Ju-on: The Grudge has generally received positive reviews.
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