Ju-on: The Curse (2000)

A heart thrilling movie with an interesting story, with a ghostly and intense atmosphere, the story in this movie makes it stick out even more. The ghastly sounds of the monster is creepy and the make up is admirably accomplished, the movie quality is not as we are used to in todays movie, however it gives an impression that its real life which adds an extra scary feeling. The composer got the soundtracks just right, perfectly appropriate for this movie, the director really wanted to creep out the audience with the cat sounds from an innocent little pale boy, and the make up on the victims who tend to move around, despite being such bad quality they figured out the camera angles to the very best points to show what need to be shown.

I think Ju-on- The Grudge (2002) was amazing, it one of movies that really scared the living daylights of me. I have seem Ju-on-The Curse once before, that was a while ago, i see 2002 remake few times. So I had to give this movie re-watchThis movie is short and it had some really good creepy tone throughout the whole movie and some very good chilling moments and i feel like this movie had bit more of story then 2002 remake, it had did so what of different plot, which I never really pick on my first watch. I did not find it scary as the 2002 version but in this movie that Kayako saeki coming down stairs seem to feel a lot more scary in this movie, then 2002 remake, it raise the hairs on the back of neck. The acting was great from most of cast there was one or two actors that could have done a better but they are still watchable. I going give this movie 5 out of 10 __________________

The script, screenplay. direction and acting is superb. The photography is very intelligently done and shows the REALISM OF DAY-TO-DAY life.Director Takashi Shimizu is in full control of the film at all times and takes on a voyage of sheer horror.Ju-on is a curse that kills all that it touches and keeps on spreading outwards. The only thing I can think of here is that it resembles the pattern of a virus, wanting to infect and kill all the cells. The horror shown in the film is very disturbing, and I don't want to give away the suspense of the film.Plot: the film follows the lives of the people connected to a house in Nerima, Tokyo where a gruesome murder of a housewife occurred. School teacher Shunsuke Kobayashi visits the home of his absent student, Saeki Toshio, where he discovers Toshio beaten and bruised. He waits for Toshio's parents to come. The movie also explores the fates of the next family to live in the house, the Murakami family, as well as two people who come into contact with them. Ju-on is an extension of the film Katasumi and 4444444444 (shown within television movie Gakkō no kaidan G). 4444444444 follows the death of Tsuyoshi, Kanna's older brother. Tsuyoshi comes to school to meet his girlfriend, Mizuho, and finds a mysterious ringing cell phone whose caller ID shows a strange number, 4444444444. (The number 4 in Japanese is a homophone of the Japanese character for "death.") The ghost of Toshio, Kayako's son and also one of the curse's fulfiller, appears and takes Tsuyoshi; his body is never found.Another sequel Ju-on 2, aka Ju-on: The Curse 2 was released in the same year. Following the success of the two direct-to-video films, and the international success of Hideo Nakata's Ring (1998), Kurosawa and Ring screenwriter Hiroshi Takahashi helped Shimizu develop Ju-on as a theatrical feature starring Megumi Okina and Takako Fuji. Titled Ju-on: The Grudge, this was released in 2003 to critical acclaim, and the US remake rights were purchased, with Shimizu himself attached to direct and Sarah Michelle Gellar starring. Later that year, a theatrical sequel, Ju-on: The Grudge 2, was released. In 2004, the US remake, The Grudge, was released. The U.S version has 2 more sequels Grudge 2 and 3.Verdict: just go out and BUY THE DVD's, and enjoy on your home theater. Collect all of them: 5 original Japanese films and the 3 U.S Versions.

This movie is the scariest one i have seen so far. I have seen it 3 times so far and it seems to be getting scarier which each time. The dark lights and the bright make-up remind me of old theater play acting. That's probably the reason why this movie seems so real: you seem to watch a stage play from the gallery rather than actually a movie from your couch. The steady involvement of the stairway up to the attic into the story is truly sophisticated and as a prop of the movie, should be at the same eye-level of Psycho's shower curtain. Ju-On gets along without protracting. Cuts, lights and scenery are perfect. All effects are simple thus again so real. Of course, Ju-On also has to be compared to it's worst rival "Ringu": I would say that Ringu has more of a plot with an enchanting ending and as well enjoys the status of being the first movie that used cursed dead children who are striving for being revealed their mysterious and ungrateful death. And although Ju-On lacks a plot and people who watch it end up with a lot of unanswered questions, the fact that makes this movie so irresistible, is that Ju-On is so absolutely scary! Definitely scarier than Ringu! As i said: the scariest so far!