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The Grudge - 10/22/04 - PG-13 - 91m
Sarah Michelle Gellar - Kare Davis
Jason Behr - Doug
Ryo Ishibashi - Detective Nakagawa
Director: Takashi Shimizu
Screenplay by: Stephen Susco
Studio: Sony Pictures
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LYN
Nutshell: It’s about a grudge? Duh? Seriously, it’s about a house and the previous occupants, and any misfortunate that seem to cross its path by stepping past it’s threshold.
I have to admit I was drawn to this film by its similarities to “The Ring”. Not so much the story (because I didn’t know what it was going to be), but more by the cinematography. The overall creepiness of it, I mean just from the trailers I saw when those fingers come out of the back of ‘Sarah Michele Gellar’ head while she’s in the shower, it was enough to give you willies. 
And not to mention the fact that for a brief moment in time I used to be a ‘Paranormal Investigator’…yes it’s true, I was a ‘Ghost Hunter’, so I have a fondness for ghost stories. This is why I can say with all honesty the overall story was an interesting one, slow moving, but interesting just the same. But unfortunately that’s where it ends…
Something was lost in the suspense of the film though; the parts where the spirits appeared and were meant to startle or scare you, were almost expected or anticipated. Creepy as they may have been, if you know it’s coming, then it’s not truly scary…is it? It’s not like it’s the “Daaaaa-dunt, Daaaaa-dunt” from “Jaws” wasn’t scary, you knew it was coming, although you may not have known what it was going to happen, most importantly you certainly knew there wasn’t anything anyone could do to stop it. The Terror. Terror is what is missing from this film. It had all the makings, it just never came through. Sure if you want to go and just have someone say “Boo!” then by all means, but it lacks the key ingredient of any well made horror movie…terror. Not as if it has to stack up to any other horror movie I’ve ever seen, but if it wants to be remembered…
Lyn
