I was pretty stoked about seeing this movie after I was pleasantly creeped out by The Ring.
Unfortunately this movie is just so average as far as the plot goes, it just doesn't deliver. The story doesn't go beyond evil spirit that just wants to kill whatever crosses it's path. The origin of the spirits are revealed throughout the movie, but there is no great shock or twist to it. It is just straight forward. The devices used to try and scare the audience are taken straight out of horror movies 101 and offer nothing new.
The ending was extremely weak as well using a device that has been seen a thousand times in a thousand other horror movies. It didn't have that moment where something unexpected was revealed that made your skin crawl. That moment was great in the Ring when we thought everything was good and the danger over and found out it wasn't. There was no punch with this movie and it just wasn't scary except for the something jumps out of a closet and makes you jump type scare.
The acting was only average and the visuals were good but not great. There is a key scene that seems to borrow heavily from The Ring so even the visuals had a recycled feel to them. I expected so much more from this movie and it just ended up being re-hashed horror basics thrown into the setting of Japan.
If you haven't seen The Ring, watch that instead. If you want a romp through the horror basics and don't want to have to think, this is your movie.
