Ju-on: The Curse (2000 Video)
9/10
The Scariest Movie/Video Ever
24 June 2003
Out of all the very good Asian horror movies recently: The Eye, The Ring, Dark Water, Phone, I consider this to be the scariest yet. The suspense build-up is excellent, the dark and creepy feeling, and as a bonus, thought provoking scenes that one has to tie together to get the complete story.

The movie is about a haunted house and how residents living in it are eventually affected. The whole story is presented in a series of loosely connected segments.

The first segment is about a social worker's visit to a child's house because the child did not show up at school earlier.

The second segment is about a home teacher's terror encountered in her student's house. The student also has a brother who has a gf recently.

The third segment is about the brother's gf's visit to the school. Very creepy.

The fourth segment is much shorter but it relies on the build up from the third segment. Saying anything will destroy this scene so I will not reveal much detail

The fifth segment is a continuation of the first segment. Some shocking revelations.

The final segment is about the real-estate agent trying to sell the haunted house...

Though the video is only 70 minutes long, the director has done a wonderful job in putting so much together on such a low budget

A 9/10.
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