Movie Title: The Grudge 2
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/10)
Year: 2006
The Grudge 2 official site: http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/thegrudge2/
I didn’t want to scare everyone else with the scary pale little kid with the bright red number 2 at the eyes as the main image of this review. Thus, I montage it with the scary house which is said to be cursed. Yes, although I find the poster sorta cliché and overly used, I must say it still freaks me out.
Before I went to the cinema to watch it, I remember one of my friend told me to not watch it. I of course ask them why, and it turns out.. the reason is “Don’t go see it lar, it’s the same as Ju On.” I was totally shocked :o. I replied, “Of course it is the same as Ju On. It’s an adaptation of Ju On. Just that it’s now in English”.
As many have known, horror just wasn’t my thing. People who goes watch horror with me know that. No, I don’t make noises. I dun go hugging the person next to me. I don’t scream. So yes, you may wonder what I do… I scratch the chair, I drink lots of water each time some scary scene is happening, I have lots of hand gesture.
Yes, back to such horror movie… I didn’t watch the first part of The Grudge (back then, I dun have kaki to watch horror movies with). It’s weird, I saw Ju On (Japanese version) part one… missed the sequel. I missed The Grudge but watched The Grudge 2. Yes, so now I have the best of both world.
Okay… the story spins of with three school girls Allison (Arielle Kebbel), Trish (Jennifer Beals) and Miyuki (Misako Uno) dared each other to go in to the cursed house. Allison was the not so popular girl in the school. She decided to go in because she wants to have friends in the school. Trish and Miyuki then tells story about the house to Allison. They then tricked Allison to walk in to this room with this door that links to the attic where the previous owner brutally killed his wife.
Everything went terribly wrong since then. Ever since then, the three girls starts to see weird things. Yes, they kept seeing Kayako (Takako Fuji) and Toshio (Ohga Tanaka). It’s not a good thing seeing them, cause they are ghost and yes, that means someone is going to die or vanish from the surface of earth.
To link to the previous movie, Karen Davis (Sarah Michelle Gellar) was locked up in the hospital for setting the house on fire. When the house is set on fire, her boyfriend was killed as well. Aubrey Davis (Amber Tamblyn) was sent over to Tokyo by her mother to bring Karen back. At the hospital, she met Eason (Edison Chen) who apparently was the reporter who pulled Karen out of the burning house.
Karen thought she could find the solution to stop every. But before she manages to do anything, she died. From naked eyes, she seems to have committed suicide, but actually… *skipped*. Aubrey is set to find out the truth together with Eason as Eason starts to feel uneasy.
He notices that he have been watched and all. On the other side of the story, Miyuki disappeared while Trish was going through hell. Allison return back to USA and guess what she has brought back~
Aubrey tries to find ways to stop Kayako. She is more determine when Eason was dead. She sets out alone to look for Kayako’s mother, only to lead her to death.
The movie is very much like the Japanese version one. I think it was sorta scary for me. The big eyes with thick black eyeliners does the job. Not to mention the pale and bluish skin tone. It’s true, at times… we really don’t need blood to do the scary job. But I couldn’t help laughing each time I saw the going in to the house. I must say, the Japanese version one is by far more scary. Ermm… yes I would say this have much more effect and all.. but I don’t know the original one nailed it more for me.
Each time they open the burnt house.. the door knobs. Pay serious attention to it… the door was so badly burnt. It was black like charcoal but the door knobs were so bright and looks so brand new. Not even a single dirt on it. It was amazing! It was funny.