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2002

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A normal everyday house is haunted by events from the past when a woman and child were murdered here. Now, everyone who sets foot in the place becomes marked and those who have been tainted begin to die. Read more

Starring	Megumi Okina, Misaki Ito, Misa Uehara, Yui Ichikawa
Director	Takashi Shimizu
Genres	Horror, World Cinema

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Starring	Megumi Okina, Misaki Ito, Misa Uehara, Yui Ichikawa
Director	Takashi Shimizu
Studio	ENTERTAINMENT ONE
Original title	Ju-on
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 32 mins LOVEFiLM Instant: 1 hr 28 mins
Certificate	DVD LOVEFiLM Instant
Collections	100 Horror Films
Genres	Horror, World Cinema
Language	DVD: Japanese LOVEFiLM Instant: Japanese
Dubbed	English
Hearing-impaired	English
Subtitles	DVD: English LOVEFiLM Instant: English
Released	Production year: 2002 On LOVEFiLM Instant: LOVEFiLM Instant: 30 Sep 2011 To Rent: DVD: 22 Oct 2007
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- "...Ju-On is one of the most frightening films I've ever seen. Shimizu crafted some of the most unique onscreen scares in his Japanese version. He was relentless in his delivery, leaving you no time to catch your breath..."
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- - Sam Raimi
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 13:00
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  Scary...
  
  This is the film that Sam Raimi desribed as one of the scariest movies he's ever seen, and I have to agree with him-this film freaked me out. I'm a fan... read more »
  
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  - 14 Oct 2004 at 18:47
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  Top class horror!
  
  Takashi Shimizu knows how to click all the right buttons in this dark forboding pychological horror. There are certain scenes that give those night terror type ... read more »
  
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- - AvantAklu
  - 6 reviews
  - 27 May 2012 at 23:02
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  Confusing and not very scary.
  
  Anybody like me who is in to their horrors - do yourself a favour and give this a miss unless very bored on a rainy day.
  
  I had such high hopes what ... read more »
  
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- - SirLancelot
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  - 16 May 2012 at 15:48
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  house bears it
  
  Famous original, but many of its imitations have seemed better to me. It's better than any american remakes and sequels. Plot is somewhat obscure so it is ... read more »
  
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Grudging success in US box office
- 25 Oct 2004
American cinemagoers have surprised critics again, by shooting horror remake The Grudge to the top of the charts. The film, a low-budget remake of the Japanese film Ju-On: The Grudge, was expected to have a moderate opening but instead stormed to the number one spot taking $40 million (£21.7 million) in its first three days. "If we would have done 20 [million dollars], we would have been ecstatic," said Rory Bruer, president of domestic distribution at Columbia Pictures. In the... Read more
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