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| Release Date: |
July 23, 2004 (Limited) |
| On DVD: |
November 9, 2004 |
| Genre: |
Foreign, Horror |
| Running Time: |
92 minutes |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for some disturbing images. |
| Director: |
Takashi Shimizu |
| Writer: |
Takashi Shimizu |
| Cast: |
Megumi Okina, Misaki Ito, Misa Uehara, Yui Ichikawa, Kanji Tsuda, Kayoko Shibata, Yukako Kukuri |
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 Read more
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Movie Review
Grade: B-
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. Read the full movie review
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User Comments & Reviews
Ju-O Sh@t, by His HiTechness
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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