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Ju-on: The Curse

Original title: Ju-on
  • Video
  • 20002000
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 1h 10m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
8.3K
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Ju-on: The Curse (2000)
HorrorMystery
A teacher visits the house of one of his students after the boy goes missing, only to have a horrifying excuse for his absence from school.A teacher visits the house of one of his students after the boy goes missing, only to have a horrifying excuse for his absence from school.A teacher visits the house of one of his students after the boy goes missing, only to have a horrifying excuse for his absence from school.
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
8.3K
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    • Takashi Shimizu
    • Takashi Shimizu
  • Stars
    • Yûrei Yanagi
    • Yue
    • Ryôta Koyama
    • Takashi Shimizu
    • Takashi Shimizu
  • Stars
    • Yûrei Yanagi
    • Yue
    • Ryôta Koyama
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 62User reviews
    • 33Critic reviews
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    Makoto Ashikawa in Ju-on: The Curse (2000)
    Makoto Ashikawa and Yûko Daike in Ju-on: The Curse (2000)
    Makoto Ashikawa and Yûko Daike in Ju-on: The Curse (2000)
    Yûko Daike in Ju-on: The Curse (2000)
    Yûko Daike in Ju-on: The Curse (2000)
    Yûko Daike in Ju-on: The Curse (2000)
    Takako Fuji in Ju-on: The Curse (2000)
    Takako Fuji in Ju-on: The Curse (2000)
    Ju-on: The Curse (2000)
    Yumi Yoshiyuki in Ju-on: The Curse (2000)
    Ju-on: The Curse (2000)
    Yûrei Yanagi and Ryôta Koyama in Ju-on: The Curse (2000)

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    Yûrei Yanagi
    • Shunsuke Kobayashi (segment "Toshio")
    Yue
    • Manami Kobayashi (segment "Toshio")
    Ryôta Koyama
    • Toshio Saeki (segment "Toshio")
    Hitomi Miwa
    • Yuki (segment "Yuki")
    Asumi Miwa
    • Kanna Murakami (segment "Yuki")
    Yumi Yoshiyuki
    • Noriko Murakami (segment "Yuki")
    Kazushi Andô
    • Tsuyoshi Murakami (segment "Yuki")
    Chiaki Kuriyama
    Chiaki Kuriyama
    • Mizuho Tamura (segment "Mizuho")
    Yoriko Dôguchi
    Yoriko Dôguchi
    • Nakamura (segment "Mizuho")
    Jun'ichi Kiuchi
    • Tezuka (segment "Mizuho")
    Denden
    Denden
    • Yoshikawa (segment "Kanna")
    Tarô Suwa
    Tarô Suwa
    • Kamio (segment "Kanna")
    Reita Serizawa
    • Iizuka (segment "Kanna")
    Shirô Namiki
    • Kansatsui (segment "Kanna")
    Takako Fuji
    Takako Fuji
    • Kayako Saeki (segment "Kayako")
    Takashi Matsuyama
    • Takeo Saeki (segment "Kayako")
    Yûko Daike
    Yûko Daike
    • Kyôko Suzuki (segment "Kyôko")
    Makoto Ashikawa
    • Tatsuya Suzuki (segment "Kyôko")
      • Takashi Shimizu
      • Takashi Shimizu
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      The strange vocal sounds were performed by director Takashi Shimizu.
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    8/10
    The first of the series is still the most effective
    Although the first two movies of the Ju-on series were super low-budget direct-to-video affairs, I find this first one holds its own next to -- and is in many ways still creepier than -- the 2002 theatrical box office smash.

    This movie establishes the curse that stems from the murder of a young woman, Kayako, and her son, Toshio, by Kayako's jealous husband. The movie jumps around in time, playing scenes out of sequence in a way that is more interesting dramatically than if it had all been drawn out chronologically.

    Takashi Shimizu relies upon generating an eerie mood, a nonstop aura of unease that permeates each scene, to creep audiences out, rather than by throwing gore and special effects at you in the way American horror films usually do. (In fact, the one CGI effects shot in this movie is its cheesiest; they just haven't got the budget to pull it off.) By the time we finally see Kayako crawling down the stairs, we've been put so ill at ease by one inexplicable, disturbing event after another that the first sight of her is bloodcurdling.

    In all, Ju-on is a swell example of how to generate chills with next to no money but boundless imagination and talent.

    8/10
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      • February 11, 2000 (Japan)
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      • Toei Video Company
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    • 1 hour 10 minutes
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