Description: A group of high school girls discover the truth to an urban legend when one by one, each begins to die under mysterious circumstances after witnessing a black hooded figure. Who is the black hooded figure and will these girls be able to escape death?
Uncannily good This is not your average spooky little ghost girl affair. The film starts with the final chapter of ten and works its way back to the beginning. A small budget has actually heightened the terror in the film as everything looks and feels so real. The sets are lit only by the lights available in the room and the movie is shot on video. There are several fill your pants moments and a genuinely creepy feel to the whole movie. This is not an effects movie, this is spine tingling terror on film.
ju-rei even better than ju-on I thoroughly enjoyed "Ju-Rei: The Uncanny" by Koji Shiraishi. I found even creepier than "Ju-On" which this would be compared to by many. Seek out Shiraishi's other films: Noroi:The Curse, Dead Girl Walking, & Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman, which are also good Asian horrors.
An Uncanny Ghost Story While this movie may not be Ringu nor Ju On, it is still a serious ghost story and a very good one at that. As in the aforementioned, there's plenty of "creepy" without all of the "campy" that you find in so many Japanese horror films. The movie also features a unique backwards chronology that sets it apart from the others. If you've been disappointed with other Japanese horror efforts (I won't name names but you know the ones I mean), I sincerely recommend this movie. It is one of the best Japanese horror movies I have ever seen.
Limited, but still enjoyable This film is limited by a low budget, but I'd still give it a chance. It actually becomes more interesting with repeated viewings, and I enjoyed it. The more I've viewed it, the more I've appreciated it. The music is especially haunting, and very unique. It has a very droning, Gothic touch that makes the movie much more horrific.
The scenes that are purposefully drawn out are very interesting. There is a quiet menace behind some of the most innocuous images.
Some have commented that this movie is better than Ju-On, The Grudge, and any of the The Ring films. This is true. Ju-Rei has a quiet was of growing on you that is captivating, if one can call it that.
I would recommend this film to those who like slow-paced, brooding horror.
I really liked this I don't know if it was a rip off of the JU-ON movies or associated with it but this is a really good, dare I say it?, probably one of the best Japanese horror movies I have seen in a long time. Scarier than RINGU but right on par with JU-ON, this is one pitch perfect creep fest. If a movie can make me jump out of my seat not once, not twice but several times it a good one. Check this out if you liked JU-ON. It's very similar but different enough to stand on its own.
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