Grudge

Pros: Interesting movie with some unique elements.
Cons: Some typical scare moments.

Ghosts and haunted houses have fascinated many people for years. They have been featured in many movies over the years. I have seen and enjoyed several of those movies. In some of the movies, there have been different explanations for why the ghosts ...

Pros: Buffy's in it
Cons: basically everything else

One of the things that makes me Happy in life is Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Unfortunately, now that the show and its spinoff Angel have ended, this means I must hunt down crappy movies and watch them simply to feed the Buffy addiction. One ...

Pros: some scary parts, intriguing story, holds some of its originality as a re-make
Cons: unclear explanations could leave some viewers alienated, a couple of phoned-in characters

Takashi Shimizu made his name in Japan, behind Ju-On and its sequel shortly there after. Obviously a smart businessman, he put himself behind the desk when the thought was that this could be a good translation to American cinema. Thus we have the ...

Pros: Still pretty spooky.
Cons: The audio is a letdown.

It's all but inevitable that a review of The Grudge--which is a remake of a popular Japanese horror film--is going to compare the film to the original. Unfortunately, since both films tend to shroud in mystery the real reason why these events are ...

Pros: Great direction, music, and effects
Cons: Abrupt, open ending

The Grudge opens with a haggard Bill Pullman standing on a balcony overlooking Tokyo, Japan. When his wife asks why he is up so early, he gives her a sad look and then does a flip over the rail, splattering himself into the pavement below. In the next ...

Pros: good suspense, creepy moments,startling effects.
Cons: very little plot structure; several loose ends

Theater-going takes a great deal of preparation for me; I need the coat with the hidden snack pockets on, and need to make sure that I don't make last year's mistake and walk past a dog on a leash outside the theater with a ham sandwich in my pocket. ...

Pros: Beautifully filmed, with new set and cast.You can understand most of the dialog
Cons: Just not as scary. Story “ adjusted “ for obtuse American audiences

I started this review a couple of days ago, with a whole different take on the movie, based on the fact that I had seen the Japanese version (or what I thought was the first Japanese version) first. Compared to that startling film, it will be hard to ...

Pros: effective mood elements; lots of spills and chills
Cons: confusing flashbacks, a story that builds to nothing

It's an old story made new. Things in the house are not quite right. There was a murder. Blood was spilled but never satisfied. Now, for all who move in, the ghosts of the past will haunt, and haunt away, with such fury you can forget about getting ...

Pros: An escape from everydayness.
Cons: Unique in many ways, but still a fairly familiar plot.

"The Grudge" is one of those slightly-above-average horror movies that makes you remember the old movies they used to run late on Friday Night TV in shows with names like "Shock Theater" and the like. Some of you remember those old movies like "Them", ...

Pros: Good chills, great atmosphere and music, hot chicks!
Cons: Not very much context with the plot, some unanswered questions leaves the audience hanging

Well, I usually don't like scary movies because I am a self-admitted wuss when it comes to this genre. I get scared by the most childish movie tricks a director can think of, but then again, I think it might just be my mind because I still haven't been ...

Pros: Genuinely creepy, and a faithful translation.
Cons: Choppy.  Translation from Japanese.

The Grudge (2004) Directed by Shimizu TakishiWhen someone dies in the grip of a powerful rage... a curse is born. The curse gathers in that place of death. Those who encounter it will be consumed by its fury.Back in 1994 the ...

Pros: Opening sequence; a few moments of suspense and scares
Cons: Sarah Michelle Gellar; cast in general; film comes across as hackneyed

Before the title cards go up on THE GRUDGE, a quote is offered. "When someone dies in the grip of a powerful rage," it reads with all the empty sinister portent of a stale fortune cookie from the crypto scripture of Freddy Krueger, "a curse is born." ...

Pros: Oh My God!
Cons: Little, but nothing too major

I had my share of scary experience with horror movies before, but none had ever scare me to a point where I slept with a night-light on. What? You think I'm kidding? I wish I was. Besides being scared sh*tless, I had never abused my bladder ...

Pros: disturbingly good images
Cons: zero story progression, too many ghost appearances - loses effect, weak acting

Whenever someone dies in a powerful grip of rage, a curse is left behind and haunts the area and whoever comes across it. So says "The Grudge," anyway, the latest American remake of a stylish substance-free Japanese horror film starring paper plate ...

Pros: The ooga-booga scenes can get you like the phone ringing in The Exorcist.
Cons: There wasn't enough talk of Japanese folk lore. Oh, well. Maybe I'm never satisfied.:-)

This movie reminds me of an AK47. No sooner is one bullet is fired than a hundred follow. It has so many ooga-booga scenes in it that you just can't sit still. It's about this house in Japan, maybe Tokyo, that was the scene of a grizzly murder three ...