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Ju-on: The Grudgeis another Japanese example of how a low-key approach to horror can be more effective than a gore/special effects laden mega-budget movie.
Ok , when the DVDmenuis scary you know you ’d better arouse yourself for some serious creepiness , andJu - on : The Grudgedoesn’t disappoint .
The opening titles are very uncomplicated , with a quote say that " Ju - on is a oath of those who die in the adhesive friction of a powerful rage " . Now I have to admit that I was n’t sure if that intend it applies if you die at the hand of someone in a passion , or if you were in a rage when you die …
The film opens in black and white in what is likely a flashback scene indicating a violent murder has , or is in the process of taking place . The purpose of speech sound as a creep - inducing equipment is lay down right from the outset , as a African tea which is annoying the killer is grabbed , exact off - silver screen , and fuddled / crunchy auditory sensation now stick with . From here ( after a smutty screen shew only the name " Rika " in a corner ) , as do a number of Japanese repugnance motion-picture show that I ’ve see , the film cuts to a thoroughly mundane view at a social services spot where we get to play Rika . She is a shy volunteer at the business office and is talked into visit a node ’s dwelling house when the case worker is not usable .
She arrives to see the door unbolted , garbage and household item strewn completely about the house , and an old woman who seems to be catatonic . Rika proceeds to advert to the old woman and to clean up the household when she hears scratching and knock noise from on a higher floor . Now we ’ve all seen this sort of affair a hundred metre in repulsion moving picture , but there is something about the quiet mode it is done here that post gelidity up your acantha . A lack of overt suspense medicine , with either still or just a slight touch of sound lends a sensation of world that makes it seem more like this could be happening toyou .
Rika discover a six year old boy in a wardrobe that looks like he ’s been out of the sun too long , and when she goes down to ask the sometime char about it she sees something that terrifies her .
The police force finally get involved , and as the moving-picture show progesses we discover that there is a curse colligate to the menage which affects those who dwell there or are associated with said residents . We are insert to one distaff character after another , always precede by the aforementioned black screen with the character ’s name . By the third one you pretty much lose all Leslie Townes Hope of anyone whose name appear surviving the film , and from then on it ’s like watching a dealings intersection where youknowthere will be an accident soon .
A detective who was involve with the investigation of the original murder is contacted and he is extremely loath to get involve , perhaps knowing that there is more to the theater than meets the eye . His hesitancy is well justified as the details of the deaths become more and more clear and end up affecting him personally .
The film director ( Takashi Shimizu ) seems to have borrowed a just amount from the even creepierRinguin his function of opprobrious and ashen video reminder shots and the feel of the eventually take care germ of the multiple deaths . Ju - on : The Grudgeis not as in effect asRinguin that there was not really a sentiency of build tension … more like a number of item-by-item sketch than a cohesive whole carry you to a dreaded conclusion . However Shimizu ’s use of strait will give you the willies … before you see the dreaded scary thing you hear it , and it soundsterrible . Not roaring , snarl terrible , but moving around like it ’s bone are labor and things are sloshing around that should n’t be unspeakable .
When it was creepy , it wasverycreepy . Having the film take place in non - glamorous options with naturalistic light and worker that search like people you get together every day intensifies the apprehension . Most of the time you feel like you ’re look out a drama , not a horror flick , so when something happen it just hits you differently . The problem with many horror films is that they ’re almost self - witting : So very aware that they are a " Scary Movie " that they seem to take place in an alternate reality instead of here , with us , in our homes and workplace .
Now I need to check out Shimizu ’s American remaking of his own film , which is simply titledThe Grudgeand is reviewed here at Screen Rant as well .
