I wasn’t a huge fan of the last Japanese horror remake, The Ring, nor really its original… nor even as-yet un-remade Japanese horror stuff like Audition. Like this movie, they all seem to me to be masquerading as being somehow more “artful” than the average slasher, whilst basically doing nothing different – the norm being, make it newer, make it more disgusting.

The Grudge, for it’s “I Am Art!” argument, has its timeline sort of pointlessly convoluted, but even when you put it together it still amounts to merely a series of bizarre killings. While it’s all better made and acted than the average horror, give me an 80s slasher anyday.

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