I haven't seen the remake, but I'm insulted they made one, even if it was directed by Walter Salles. This is creepy, atmospheric and a marvellous horror film
This was the first Takashi film I saw, and I immediately bought Audition and Visitor Q. Well, if you liked those two films, this is NOTHING like it. It's a thousand times better, for one thing
There's one bit in this film where sada jumps round a corner, and it's extremely inelegant and she looks very manly. I laughed quite hard, then when I went to bed that night I actually realised how bloody terrifying that one move was