thehomicidal
I'm a massive fan of the Ju-On series as well as the American Grudge series.I watched The Grudge: Old Lady in White in the dark, alone at about 2AM. What a brilliant idea that was. The film is only an hour long and thus grabs your attention early on and doesn't let go.The Good -Completely different universe to any of the other Grudge/Ju-On films which is a refreshing change as in my opinion, Kayako was beginning to get a bit overused.-A good mixture of subtle build-ups and in-your-face scares. I literally punched my laptop in one scene.-Doesn't try to be anything other than an intense and scary film.The Bad -Only an hour.
DICK STEEL
I suppose it makes logical sense for the distributors here to combine both Ju-on: White Ghost and Black Ghost stories in 1 screening. After all, each is only 1 hour long, and narratively are somehow intertwined together quite loosely, with their production marking 10 years since Ju-on's cinematic premiere. Helmed by two different directors, we're given two direct-to-video productions, each with its own flavour and separate storyline dealing with the Ju-On Grudge curse, and frankly, with its limited production budget and consistent elements, For those unfamiliar with the Ju-on mythos (like me), fret not, as the films are self- contained, so prior in-depth knowledge is not required to enjoy what's essentially one of the longer enduring J-horror franchises out there, which has been remade by Hollywood as always. For both tales, the story lines were done in non-linear fashion, which is supposed to make you work at piecing together its chronology, with an increased challenge in White Ghost being two separate timelines you have to make mental notes of.Then there's the episodic cliffhanger that trails off each segment. On its own, the episodes within White Ghost and Black Ghost can be extremely short stories of their own, since each contains its own dedicated shock-scare moments, though White Ghost seemed to enjoy making it look so cheesy with its atmospheric jump scares, sudden appearances and the likes, and I admit it did get to me, especially with that old ugly woman with a penchant for holding onto a basketball (yes, all will be explained in due course) seem to have a fetish for charging towards her victim / screen.Personally, between the two, I'd prefer White Ghost to Black Ghost, mainly because of the storyline which was more engaging and kept within its limits, save for a tangent in White Ghost for AV star Mihiro to appear in a needless scene that had most of her screen time being butchered for a screening here (no, my friend who has met her before, says there's nothing sexy about that segment, more of a violent treatment which was rather tame that the censors frowned upon). For Black Ghost, it went off into the hokeyness of a Japanese medium of sorts, probably to show off some snazzy looking CG-ed belly, and a tale that's less engaging.For what it's worth, these stories did enough to pique my interest in the original Ju-on mythos, and I just might pick them up on DVD just to see how those got executed. For starters though, I have to get used to how "The Grudge" can be used as a plot device for ghouls to get created / passed on, as I felt White Ghost had it quite nailed down, and Black Ghost didn't exactly do a great job on that concept.
dschmeding
Now that i what I call a cash off. This movie seems to be one of three released in 2009 under the Ju-On Name. It takes some of the basic ideas from the original Ju-on... the child ghost, the long black hair, the screeching scream sound and the house. But the whole way this one is made is pure trash and reminds me of that ridiculous "Tales of Terror" clip show movie. Its edited in sequences which simply fade to black, the visuals are uninteresting like in a DV-Production and the effects are laughable. Like in "Tales of terror" they go for some cheap shock in the end of each sequence. In this case its a ghost granny with a basketball... yes, really. The scene in the toiled has to be seen to believed because its so bad you have to laugh. Nothing special here... even the movie is just an hour long I was bored. Stay away!
atinder
Just saw this movie and the bad thing about this is that it only hour one long.it not got anything to do with Ju-on-The Grudges movies! This is brand new Grudge story, it dose have the same feel to movie just like other but not great like the other two movies but still really really good, I really liked this movie it is creepy and it had some great creepy moment and one and two shocking moments too, I Can't believe it just less then hour, it was so good wanted to see again.If you liked the other Ju-on movies, give this watch, it only 58min long 8/10
