The Grudge

So horror then, last night I saw Ju On: The Grudge and it was pretty scary, Jo was scared at least. It employs a lot of the usual devices that make horror films scary. The 'she's behind you' moment, the bit where something or someone passes through the shot very quickly and the use of music and lighting to set the mood. It all kinda works, however it takes a while to be more than just a collection of people meeting The Grudge. Even when it settles down to a storyline it still didn't seem all that clear what was going on and the time structure seemed to go a bit weird toward the end. But worth a trip to the flicks if you like a good horror.

I've just read however that this film is a sequel, I knew there was a Ju On 2, but I had presumed that it followed this one. The sequence goes

Ju On (2000)
Ju On 2 (2000)
Ju On: The Grudge (2003)
Ju On: The Grudge 2 (2003)
The Grudge (2004)

All were made by Takashi Shimizu. The latter is set in America stars Sarah Michelle Gellar and is released in October.