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The grudge LIVES ON

Advantages: fun filled horror
Disadvantages: can't sleep at night

WOW! thats all i need to say about this movie! It is sooo scary and unlike most films this one is actually as good as its first part. Usually when a sequel is made directors change and sometimes the actors and crew are also replaced and so the movie suffers and the sequel i sno where near as good as the first. But this is not the case with the grudge! It is like one of those movies that you can't wait to see but after you have seen it you can not ...

carmonkey016 23.07.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Ju-On - The Grudge 2 (DVD)

Begrudgingly average

Advantages: Truly scary at times
Disadvantages: Too disjointed, poor special effects

I've been working my way through a selection of Korean and Japanese horror films recently and this is my latest acquisition. I'm not sure why I like Asian horror so much, but I do think that having to read subtitles adds to the atmosphere. I had high expectations of this film. I've heard a lot about it and read some excellent reviews. Unfortunately, it wasn't as good as I expected; there are certainly much better Asian horror films out there. Just ...
...not the American version based on the original. The story The centre of the story is a house, rather than a character. A young social worker is called to the house of an elderly lady, but soon finds out that something strange is going on - the house has been trashed, the old lady is clearly terrified to death and there is a strange child locked in a cupboard. It soon becomes clear that there is something evil about the house; when the police investigate, ...

sunmeilan 07.12.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Ju-On - The Grudge (DVD)

For "Ichi" fans only

Advantages: Unique
Disadvantages: Too short, may be too extreme for some tastes, but not extreme enough for others

A short animated prequel to Takashi Miike's 'Ichi The Killer' which provides a little bit of back story on the twisted, disturbed character of "Ichi". The film explores the origins of Ichi's perverse sexual excitement in graphic, extreme violence during his troubled teenage days of relentless bullying at school. It's dark and disturbing, but not as extreme as it's live action counterpart. It plays out like a 45 minute music video, with an almost ...
...To get the most out of this one you really need to see the original 'Ichi the Killer', otherwise you'll be a little lost at what this anime is trying to get across. The animation itself isn't very strong either and it all has a rushed type feel to it - probably in order to quickly cash in on the success of the movie which was released a few months before this was put into production. Worth a look if you're a fan of the 2001 movie, but it's nothing ...

Yobbey 25.04.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Ichi The Killer (Animated) (DVD)

Sick yet deep

Advantages: Great visuals, haunting story line and totally original
Disadvantages: Very very very gory

This film (based on the manga anime series) takes you to tokyo rife with Yakuza and killings. The boss Anjo disappears with 3 million Yen and the second in commmand Kakihara vows to find him. Kakihara is a machoist, enjoying every moment of each of his torture scenes where he plays god with peoples pain. His skewers penetrating cheeks, jaws, feet and many other parts of anatomy! He, after vowing to find Boss Anjo, is kicked out of the yakuza but ...
...story becomes mixed in with Ichi, a brainwashed killer, controlled by a retuired cop who has many problems, sexual need for death and killing. The story although appears to be a pure blood bath in fact is very clever, deep and truly disturbing. The characters have a definitve influence on the sway of the plot and both dialogue and acting is fantastic. The use of CGI however does not do the film justice. From buckets of very realistic blood poored ...

Bennyboy_r 31.10.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Ichi The Killer (DVD)

Ichi the Killer - fantastic film.

Advantages: Everything
Disadvantages: Lags a bit here and there

...overall. The characters are superb, Ichi wasn't toooo well suited, but the acting was very good in my opinion. Not for the faint-hearted I'm afraid, I hought it was worse that saw, very gory, very detailed. Torture, violence and rape. Loved the Japanese theme, you can get a taste of the culture too. In terms of photography and weird camera tricks ect. This is a good film also, wit lots of flashy bits, especially at the beginning. Absolutely great ...

JadeSapphire 06.06.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Ichi The Killer (Collector's Edition) (DVD)