Rented this movie after seeing The Grudge (American remake) in the movies couple of weeks ago. While the American remake of Ju-On was extraordinary scary and so dark, this Japanese sequel let me down a little. I hadn't seen Ju-On (the first theatrical in Japanese), but friends told me that the original Japanese versions are always a tad harder edged than the American remakes. Well, not this one. The Grudge (with Sarah) made me scream and wanting to close my eyes every ten minutes. It was a new kind of horror, so I had to see more of this. But "Ju-On: The Grudge 2" is not as dark as the American remake. The atmosphere isn't as pressurizing and the camera viewpoints and the effects just aren't that great to scare the beezeejes out of you. Of course, it contains several freak moments, but in the end I was like: "Well, OK". Instead, the American The Grudge haunted me for weeks!
Review of Ju-On: The Grudge 2
