Let's start from the point that thing has very few to do with Suzuki's novel "S", and even less with "Rasen" which it's allegedly a continuation. No, we won't see Takayama, Asakawa, Takano or Dr. Ando.
Takanori, the real protagonist of "S", here's reduced not only to a sidekick, but also a whiny man-sel in distress. He only showed some guts in high school, when he helped Akane, who was bullied by her classmates. While being a teenager he behaved like a man, as an adult he started to behave like spoiled brat... He treats his fiancee like a maidservant (she's doing all the chores in the household, though she has a job too) offering free sexual services (he flakes on her when she asks him to legalize their relationship). In the book, he wasn't such an a**hole!!!
As for Akane herself, there was a wasted potential, concerning her ancestors. In similar way, the Bad Guy's story was twisted.
I'll omit all the details which the others listed... And I'll skip to the point: it's a ripoff from other horrors, not only Japanese:
It looks like a parody of the Ring series... It's "Scream: Sadako Edition"...
Takanori, the real protagonist of "S", here's reduced not only to a sidekick, but also a whiny man-sel in distress. He only showed some guts in high school, when he helped Akane, who was bullied by her classmates. While being a teenager he behaved like a man, as an adult he started to behave like spoiled brat... He treats his fiancee like a maidservant (she's doing all the chores in the household, though she has a job too) offering free sexual services (he flakes on her when she asks him to legalize their relationship). In the book, he wasn't such an a**hole!!!
As for Akane herself, there was a wasted potential, concerning her ancestors. In similar way, the Bad Guy's story was twisted.
I'll omit all the details which the others listed... And I'll skip to the point: it's a ripoff from other horrors, not only Japanese:
- Ju-On Grudge (both Japanese original and American remake, but especially remake - the scene with running woman and fading lights),
- One Missed Call,
- several zombie movies (yes, I'm pointing at the undead mutated grasshoppers)...
It looks like a parody of the Ring series... It's "Scream: Sadako Edition"...