AltWeeklies Wire
Unscary Movie
You may as well play the trailer over and over again for about 95 minutes and save your bucks.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
10-20-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Takashi Shimizu, The Grudge 2
Grudge Matchnew
Japanese director Shimizu may be the only director in history to have helmed a pair of Hollywood remakes of his two biggest hit films and managed to screw up both of them.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-20-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Takashi Shimizu, The Grudge 2
Unlocking the Underworldnew
Marebito's hero takes a vampire home -- which isn't the best idea.
Tags: Takashi Shimizu, Marebito
Perplexing But Not Terrifyingnew
Although long on style and concept, this film lacks the primal urgency of Shimizu’s 2003 J-horror blockbuster Ju-on.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
01-19-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Takashi Shimizu, Marebito
House of Strainnew
The Grudge tries in vain to combine American and Japanese horror genre sensibilities, with clunky, derivative, disappointing results.
Jackson Free Press |
Paul Dearing |
10-29-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Takashi Shimizu, The Grudge
Buffy's Tokyo Adventurenew
The Grudge remake shows signs of Hollywood meddling, but it's still a wonderfully terrifying effort.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
10-28-2004 |
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Haunted House Rejects Its Newest Occupantsnew
An American version of a Japanese haunted-house film follows the same tack as its predecessor, but is strangely neutered by its infusion of blond American actresses.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-22-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Takashi Shimizu, The Grudge
Ju-on Marks Turning Point for Japanese Horrornew
Technically, this is Shimizu's third theatrical feature in a franchise begun with a made-for-TV film called Ju-on: The Curse. That might explain Shimizu's fiendish resistance to lay out the film's supernatural rules. The audience stays as off-balance as the characters.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
09-15-2004 |
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Tags: Takashi Shimizu, Ju-on: The Grudge
The Phantom Menacenew
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.
East Bay Express |
Gregory Weinkauf |
09-14-2004 |
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A Bump in the Night, Japanese-Stylenew
Fear of what's lurking just out of sight is at the heart of this horror film.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
09-10-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Takashi Shimizu, Ju-on: The Grudge
