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Simply Perfect

Nice effects though.

The acting in this movie is really good.

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

I watched this movie again after 10 years because I pretty well remember screaming in the theater when I watched this but the details of the movie are pretty vague(due to my memory being weak). But since the time I first watch it, Ju-on has always set the bar for horror movies and as a fan of such genre, I can very well say that Ju-on is the horror of all horrors. It belongs to that Hall of Fame of Horror movies because for me, it really captured the chills of the viewers. Whenever anyone asks me what is the scariest movie I have seen, I have always answered Ju-on..Now that I've watched it again, it still feels like the first time. It can give you that feeling of getting shocked, off guard. And that distinct sound of the kid(that monotone sound first heard in Yuki's part) really gives me the chills. It did 10 years ago, and today, it still does. That sound that only belongs to Ju-on, that sound that haunts you and adds to the already scary scenes of the movie. Add to that the faces of the ghosts that are just...scary as hell!!!!!!!!!!!! *speechless* *jaw drop* *nailbite* I won't be surprised if people actually cussed seeing the ghost's faces.Wow, for me, this is the scariest movie ever made. Ghost-scary that is, not disturbing-scary(they're different).

Let's start off by saying that this Japanese version to me is much more scarier than the Americanized version Grudge. although this is a hard movie to follow in spots and kinda will leave you a little lost,, like what happened in that scene,, and how the heck does it relate to the next scene,, luckily the DVD that i got came with English audio, now what i found really interesting in this movie is the use of cats.. nwo you say cats,, what does cats do,, cats aren't scary,, well there is this one scene where there is like 30 or 40 cats in a room , now i wouldn't wanna be stuck in a room with that many black cats at once,, and there is also another scene to me that is very scary.. there is a woman talking on the phone to her brother and she is waiting for him to say something,, and on the other end of the phone you hear a "meow" , now to me i think that that was classic horror., lots of people will say oh the American version was better,, maybe in spots,, but as a whole movie then i would say no.

...yeah the sh*t out of me and I'm not easily scared, i tell u that. I have watched horror movies all my life and haven't seen even a close this scary stuff what is in this movie, WAY TO GO Japanese. Japanese must have some gift to do horror because these people can shoot some damn scary sh*t. So if u scare very easily and see nightmares when u watch horror movies maybe u shouldn't watch this whole Ju-on movie saga, coz i'll promise u 100% that u will be scared when u watch any of the ''Ju-on saga''. My opinion is don't watch if u have weak heart!!! But if your seeking some scary Friday night entertaining, that'll keep you tight on the bench then this is your choice.

Big on atmosphere but woefully short on plot, Ju-on is typical of the breach that divides Asian and western expectations of the horror genre. The Japanese seem to be more intent on creating an arresting image that will stir a feeling of dread in the viewer, while western audiences demand more visceral fare which until recently they received in the form of stalk and slash franchises. With the current trend for Hollywood filmmakers to westernise successful Japanese horror pics we seem to be seeing a merging of two styles. Curiously this seems to be turning western audiences away from the type of Japanese films that have initiated the trend, judging from many of the comments on this page.The level of praise received by films such as Ringu seems baffling when considered with a western frame of mind that tends to see horror as cheap throwaway movie-making that should make us jump at shadows but should never try to make us think. The Asians seem to have an entirely different view of the genre. They like to create an aura, a feeling of dread, that might not have the viewer jumping with fright but which will have them thinking about what they've just seen for days afterwards. In short, they make horror films for adults and not for teenagers.Ju-on, already treated to a Hollywood makeover, is a prime example. The plot is almost non-existent, and comprises of a series of vignettes linked by that hoariest of old horror devices – a haunted house. A cuckolded husband once murdered his wife, young son and cat, and they now haunt the small house in which they were killed. Anyone who enters the house is eventually claimed by those who have fallen victim to its curse before them, and each vignette shows how they meet their fate. While such a storyline could quickly become dull because of its repetitious nature, this film manages to pack in enough unsettling images to overcome the fact that we pretty much know what is about to happen.The spectre of the small boy is particularly disturbing, whether glimpsed crouching beneath a restaurant table, or seen through the glass doors of a lift on each floor it passes. The fact that the potential victim it is stalking doesn't see his face peering in at every level makes the effect all the more disturbing. It is these touches – and not an excess of gore – which make for truly unsettling and memorable horror films. All that is needed now is a little more plot to complement the atmosphere