In the midst of the J-horror craze of the early 2000s ignited by Hideo Nakata’s “Ringu” (1998) director Takashi Shimizu created another entry within his home country’s specific brand of horror with “Ju-On: The Grudge”. While many viewers regard this film as the first in the franchise, it is actually the third film in the series with the first two films being released for home video only. In the aftermath the film would receive the inevitable Hollywood treatment with Shimizu directing also the American version and start a franchise, which, including the recently released “The Grudge” by Nicolas Pesce consists of 13 movies along with video games, manga adaptations and movie novelizations.
However, if we go back to the origin of the franchise, which in this case is the first movie to be released in cinemas, we have to consider the status of “Ju-On” as J-horror as...
However, if we go back to the origin of the franchise, which in this case is the first movie to be released in cinemas, we have to consider the status of “Ju-On” as J-horror as...
- 1/6/2020
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
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