Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.

Nessieldwi Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Allison Davies The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

adonis98-743-186503 In Japan, when the volunteer social assistant Rika Nishina is assigned to visit a family, she is cursed and chased by two revengeful fiends: Kayako, a woman brutally murdered by her husband and her son Toshio. Each person that lives in or visits the haunted house is murdered or disappears. I don't know what is worse the fact that this movie was pretty dumb and stupid or the fact that the main ghost was pretty retarded and especially how they basically get haunted by the stupid ghost and don't get me start on how awkward this movie is. (0/10) (F)

CinemaClown Cryptic, puzzling & refusing to unfurl its mystery, Ju-On: The Grudge is an eerie yet utterly baffling horror that presents itself as an enigma, is told in non-chronological order, and keeps its audience clueless from beginning to end. Nothing more than a collection of six interrelated episodes, it isn't scary but only shocking in bits n pieces.The story of Ju-On: The Grudge revolves around a curse that was born in a house in Tokyo when a husband killed his entire family in a jealous rage after he suspected his wife of having an affair. The plot takes place over a number of years and follows people who, after visiting the cursed location, are marked & pursued by a vengeful spirit.Written & directed by Takashi Shimizu, the movie covers the origin of the curse during its opening moments and follows it up with six segments, each focusing on a character who comes in contact with the curse and inadvertently spreads it to other people & places. The segments are presented in random order but it all links up in the end.The house where the curse was born is revisited various times & by various characters throughout the movie but it ultimately becomes repetitive with no logical explanation in sight. The ending does provide some insight into what the curse is all about but there is still no answer to what the viewers are supposed to take from it or what exactly is the director's intent.On an overall scale, Ju-On: The Grudge makes efficient use of its available resources, maintains a fine grip on the genre elements, is unwilling to hand its viewers the key to solve its puzzle, and sustains its suspenseful ambiance till the very end. Those looking for a typical horror flick are bound to be disappointed but just like every film ever made, Ju-On: The Grudge will find its share of admirers.

daworldismine this movie is a horror masterpiece, id seen the two American grudge movies first, and they impressed me, but somebody told me that the original was even scarier i had to check it out. the first time i tried to watch it on my own i turned it off after ten minutes because i was that freaked out, and i didn't even really see anything. but the movie has a very haunting and creepy atmosphere that grabs you, even though i had seen the remakes first, it took nothing away from this horror masterpiece. there are a couple of cgi shots here, but for the most part, the scares are very classic, and some moments in this, are scarily haunting, and stick with you. bottom line is you want a brilliant, scary horror movie, this is for you, i highly recommend

christopher-underwood Very well made horror and if it is influenced by, The Ring, it has much innovation of its own. I loved the use of sound and at times just these noises were scary in themselves. Also I loved the inclusion of the edge of something scurrying out of frame or a reverse zoom revealing a little something to surprise us. The ghosts were exceedingly well done. Their stilted movement was excellent and the reliance of white for skin colour and piercing eyes most effective. The film could be difficult to follow because we go back and forward in time as it would seem do the ghosts, but one tends to be swept along by the obvious emotion in the air and the sheer creepiness of the goings on. No graphic violence other than what are virtually stills establishing the raison d'etre for the whole film, but still very scary.