My Grading System

A+ = Masterpiece (I hold back on this one.) / A = Great. / A- = Really Good. / B+ = Good. / B = Decent (Serviceable). / B- = Flawed but okay (For those times there's something redeeming about the work). / C+ = Not very good (Skip it). C = Bad. / C- = Awful. / F = Complete Disaster (I hold back on this one too).

Note on Spoilers: I will try to avoid ruining a story by going into too much detail. But if I wish to include some revealing points to my analysis I will try to remember to add a separate spoiler paragraph.

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Ju-On: The Grudge (2003)

While I don't understand the curse of this story, I don't think its necessary and maybe that's why this is such a scary film.  Takashi Shimizu directs what starts out as a haunted house film but quickly becomes more.  A social worker visits a house where an old woman is staying with her son and family.  But when she gets there she stumbles upon the tormented ghost of a woman and her son who set out to kill anyone who sees them, no matter where they are.  The haunting is passed from victim to victim and plays out over a few years.  Later remade by the same director as the American film, The Grudge, I recommend just watching the original which is scarier.  I wish I had. Grade: A-.
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