Ju-On (2004) - Movie Details

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 discovery unleashes a horrible evil which baffles police investigators, who find that a whole series of people have gone missing from this particular house. Further investigation leads to Izutni Toyama (Misa Uehara), a former detective who handled the case of a man who...

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Few Japanese films make it to the United States, but one that has - Ju-on: The Grudge - is guaranteed to scare your socks off. While it doesn't make as much sense as Ringu, Japan's most well-known import (and the film that was redone in Hollywood as The Ring), it is a whole heck of a lot scarier. Full movie review »

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Anonymous says:

June 23, 2004

First I was impressed by the sharpness of the production and direction. I didn't expect much from this until I read a Japanese review about J-Horror coming to America in NewType last year. The movie was sincere in scaring the nightlights out of you. If you have a tight knit relationship with everything Japanese culture, films, and anime, you will be impressed with the films story plot and flow. Outstanding. J-Horror is the craze right now. Off to play some Silent Hill games.
His HiTechness

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Anonymous says:

June 5, 2004

Labaj zajabys shis filmas manau. Begu siustis jo. Tikiuosi bus labai baisu ji ziurint!!

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