everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Brilliant and touching

It's one of the most original films you'll likely see all year, which, depending on your threshold for certifiably crazy storylines, could be a rewarding experience or one that frustrates you.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

A must watch if you are looking for some adrenaline rush.

I remember myself watching Ju-on: The Grudge for the first time exactly ten years ago and feeling like "o...k...". I think it is the one that introduced me to the J-horror genre. And I really do think that if Japanese take advantage of their urban legends and traditional beliefs can easily be the masters of horror.Ju-on is actually the definition of what we call "a proper horror movie". Disturbing and terrifying, Ju-on is waiting for us viewers to lower our guards and strike unexpectedly. Although the movie is a ghost/haunting story, it is not a cliché type of ghost story (we actually have to deal with what Japanese people call "onryō", a vengeful spirit). It is gory to the core, depressing and unpleasant. The plot is successful and not disappointing at all.The sound is something that we should definitely praise, 'cause it does not let you down from the very first minute and really adds up to the movie (thank you Kayako...).On the other hand, now that I watched it for the second time after all these years, I have to say that sometimes I felt like the movie all in all was sometimes a little slow and repetitive. Although the plot was quite original, you may find yourself thinking that the director could have done better at some points.All things considered, I think that every horror lover should watch Ju-on: The Grudge.

Following a series of strange deaths, a group of detectives learn they are linked to those who entered a house with a cursed history and race to stop the deaths from continuing.Overall this one was highly impressive at times and got some good points out of it. The biggest factor for this one is mainly from the scares, which are prevalent throughout here as it works through several impressive elements. As is usual for the Asian ghost genre, the majority of that comes from the quite creepy and definitely scary ghost popping up whenever you least expect it in areas that are quite shocking to see it come from, definitely giving this one a feeling of dread and terror that very few actually manage to accomplish at all yet this is utterly masterful at. There's moments within this one that are all about extreme jump-scares as the ghost appears long before actually interacting with the victim which sets off the scares quite well so scenes of the lone girl in the apartment being tormented by the ghostly doppelgangers of her friends, the showing of the brother and his wife who succumb to the curse and the reporter in the hotel room are all outstanding sequences that work very well because of where the ghost finally pops up and how creepy it is seeing this. When it decides to backtrack and focus more on the suspense of the slowly-approach ghost just utterly terrifying the victims, like the ambush on the security guard at her workplace, the first scenes showing her caring for the grandmother amid the ghost-boy and cat as well as the police detectives in the house during the crime scenes and finally the true meaning of the curse at the end where the hand-trick all-throughout the film finally gets explained, generates some rather creepy moments from time-to-time which causes this to definitely be worthy of its stellar reputation. There's also the generally demented ghostly-look for them throughout here, which is just unnervingly chilling and creepy that serves this one quite well. Unfortunately, it's also slightly problematic as there's a small-but-noticeable flaw here. The only real issue is that the film is plagued by a plot that's far too disjointed to make any sense as we constantly zip around to view the dozen or so different stories that are told within, making it nearly impossible to keep track of who's-who here and what time period we're in since this doesn't go chronologically with that either, and then because we learn so late in the film what's actually going on, it's far too late to really care. When it sticks to the ghosts, it's great stuff all around and is certainly highly enjoyable.Rated R: Violence, Language and themes of child abuse and violence.

Very well made horror and if it is influenced by, The Ring, it has much innovation of its own. I loved the use of sound and at times just these noises were scary in themselves. Also I loved the inclusion of the edge of something scurrying out of frame or a reverse zoom revealing a little something to surprise us. The ghosts were exceedingly well done. Their stilted movement was excellent and the reliance of white for skin colour and piercing eyes most effective. The film could be difficult to follow because we go back and forward in time as it would seem do the ghosts, but one tends to be swept along by the obvious emotion in the air and the sheer creepiness of the goings on. No graphic violence other than what are virtually stills establishing the raison d'etre for the whole film, but still very scary.