Yûrei Yanagi, Chiaki Kuriyama, Hitomi Miwa

Jealous of his wifes love for another man, a teacher from her high school, a man brutally kills his wife and young son. Searching for the son who has missed a lot of school, the teacher enters their h...( read more  read more... )ouse, only to find the dead ghost of his mother, and consequently has a heart attack and becomes a ghost himself. The story goes on to tell of the new tenants of the house and what they experience, and an investigation by two police officers into why so many people are dissapearing.

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Directed by: Takashi Shimizu

Release Date: February 11, 2000

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  • October 6, 2008
    One of the scariest films ever made. Not captured as well in the American remakes.
  • November 21, 2009
    Creepy, but definitely not scary. (I find Toshio whether in normal/ghost form pretty cute)
  • November 4, 2009
    Scared the hell outta me, man. One of the best.
  • November 2, 2009
    scary and dark. Japanese really know how to make a horror movie. The atmosphere is really intense and the make up is just excellent
  • October 10, 2009
    This was a pleasant surprise. After seeing "Ju-on: The Grudge" which was a little dissapointing in my opinion, my expectation for this earlier "direct-to- video" film was low. The low-budget is noticeable with both the colours and the use of many static camera shots. But mostly t...( read more)his actually makes the movie scarier as it seems more authentic and more home-made like. Speaking of scary, this movie was a lot more thrilling than most of the higher budget asian horrors I've seen. I was also surprised that although this movie is made before the asian horror movie wave burst out (thus expecting the scares to have been copied), most of the scares still stand strong and are unique and effective.
  • September 15, 2009
    It was a movie that was both neat and stupid. It had a good concept in the way it viewed each person's life and what happened to them. Also I like the way the movie was show in a more realistic view instead of using a Hollywood style of cinematography. In saying this, it also was...( read more)n't done on a handcam like Rec or Cloverfield, so it's hard to describe, unless you've seen it, but its a cool unique style. Story was ok, but what what brought it down for me was the stupid ending as well as the fact that you really didn't care about most of the characters, with the exception of the teacher who scenes were my defenant parts in the film along with Chiaki Kuriyami's scene, but other wise they were ok or stupid. Overall it's an ok movie, but if the ending some how happens to be a cool or smart connection into "Ju-on 2", you can defently expect this rating to go up since the ending was my least favorite aspect. Don't know if it's better than the american version either, but considering that it's only 14A in Canada, I'm guessing they didn't have the balls and made a weak remake. It's generally the way it is when a japanese horror flick is remade in America, the original is always the best.

    UPDATE: I just saw the remake and it has Ted Raimi in it. Plus it's a good movie that's a little better than this one.
  • June 18, 2009
    LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS MOVIE!
  • April 2, 2009
    Kick Ass,Oringals always are.
  • March 5, 2009
    has a unique story, and quite entertaining as well as scary, though confusing...
  • February 20, 2009
    The US version is scary so I bet the original will give me nightmares.

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  • BugZRabbit
    January 29, 2009
    Alot of people don't know there are 4 Ju-on movies (6 if you include the USA remakes - which will soon have another sequel 'The Grudge 3')

    So to make things a bit clearer, here is the order they go in:

    Ju-On (Otherwise known as 'Ju-On: The Curse')
    Ju-On 2 (Otherwise known as 'Ju-On: The Curse 2') - which flixster doesn't list
    Ju-On: The Grudge
    Ju-On: The Grudge 2

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