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I saw this in a small theater for my 21st birthday (yeah, instead of drinking I was watching a horror movie) when it had it's limited release in the states. Me and my friends couldn't stop cringing and grabbing onto each other. Never before has a movie made me feel so genuinely uncomfortable to be in my own skin.
Rather than relying on cheap jumps and loud music for scares, this film uses eerie sounds, disturbing imagery and a chilling atmosphere to make you pee your pants. If this movie doesn't make you want to hide under the covers, then no movie will.
A great example on why most Japansese Ghost stories are much better than the American ones. The atmosphere in this film is almost like a disease. You can't shake it off just like that.
A true classic in Japanese horror,Ju-On is a very creepy and dark ghost story.It's about a man who goes crazy and kills his wife and son and sets their vengeful spirits to work,killing anyone who enters the house where they died.I personally love this movie if for nothig other than it's shere creepiness,The way the mother crawls around and croaks because her throat was crushed is very well done,and all the scenes in which she "gets" people are very original and well shot.The idea that a curse can follow you anywhere is a very unsettling idea.The only rpoblem I have with this movie is the lack of closure and somewhat convaluted ending.Other than that,this movie has some of my favorite jump moments of all time[when the girl is in her room watching the news and the reporters face distorts and starts groaning,then she looks under her covers only to see the mother staring at her,then gets pulled under into...nothing.Awesome!]and I would recommend to anyone who enjoys a good scary ghost story...Just don't make the mistake of watching any of the american versions of this film,they are terrible!
Dude, this is the best movie ever. I dont remember if it is this one that I saw, or ju-on 2( if anyone could let me know that would be great), but it was soo funny. There was this part where a man was with this little boy in the house and the dead girl is coming down the stars all bloody, and then the boy is like meowing into the phone. I was cracking up. There was another part where a man is in an alley and a garbage bag is moving towards him and there is someone in it. It was a long time ago i dont really remember, but it was so funny.
This is one of my favorite horror movies. No movie has ever scared me as this one has.
This is one of those you have to focus on. Unlike a straight shot with one story, it is broken up into mini-stories of each character's involvement with the supernatural element and how those stories intertwine. Also, one must read the prologue (It's in Japanese, but there is a dubbed track for people who won't like this movie.) to fully get what is going on.
The best thing about this movie is that the viewer is left on his or her own mind throughout the film. The movie leaves the audience to put the pieces together. Sorry, people, not everything is handed to you, so if you lack imagination or blew the experience watching the U.S. version (the Grudge) first, you probably will not enjoy this movie.
Ju-On has some of the most brilliant uses of scary imagery ever put to film. The visual style is done with such simplicity (very little CGI) that it makes one wonder how much we're missing with so much dependence on computers, lately.
In summation, Ju-On provides its scares from wonder. It just shows you what happens and leaves you in the unknown as to what is happening and why it's happening. The storytelling leaves you feeling exactly as the characters in the movie are... terrified of the unknown. Combine that with creepy (There is no better definition for the word) imagery and you have what most horror movies should strive to be.
I jumped when the kid was under the table but that was it. This movie was a chore to finish and VERY predictable. The horror wasn't glamorous but they still could have worked with it better. The Strangers was predictable and low budget but pulled of horror with a dark flair. This film totally blew and chance of inspiring fear when careless mistakes like showing a close-up of the dead boy to reveal his eye make-up looks like just that, make-up. Who helped this little ghost put on his eye liner? Was it his dead mother who for no reason at all makes a weird noise? And the worst thing of all, WHY ARE THEY ABLE TO SEE THE GHOSTS WHEN THEY PUT THEIR HANDS OVER THEIR FACE?! WTF?! At least 13 Ghosts had glasses. I will admit the scene where the old man is playing peek-a-boo nothing only to show it was the ghost for a split second in the reflection of the doorway, was excellent. Despite some aspects of this movie being good, it still sucked. Glitter on a turd.
