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The Phantom Menace

By Gregory Weinkauf
East Bay Express | September 14, 2004
The film is a little bit eerie, completely disjointed, and sporadically amusing — kind of like Lost in Translation, but with wanton slaughter. Do not expect more.
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Tags: Takashi Shimizu, Ju-on: The Grudge, and Yuya Ozeki, Daisuke Honda, frightening, Megumi Okina, social worker Rika, Takako Fuji

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