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movie review - Ju-on

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

This is the nasty original version of the recent American movie The Grudge. It's a much more confused version of the same story, with a plot that's pieced together in a manner that is often hard to follow. In fact, it was hard to figure out exactly who some of the characters were, until you work out clues from the sets (I won't get into it).

Whereas the U.S. version was a pretty straightforward shocker, this one was much more menacing. If you thought the advance of the ghost in the security camera in the U.S. version was terrifying, you don't want to see that scene in this one! (holy crap).

Not recommended.