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Ju-on: The Grudge

2002 · 92 min

A slow, creeping dread that lingers in the air, with sudden shocks and a pervasive sense of inescapable doom.

Tagline: When a grudge from the dead passes to the living, who is safe?
Overview: When a social worker is sent to check on a traumatized elderly woman whose family have moved in at the site of a notorious murder case, she unwittingly unleashes a cycle of terror that transmits via its victims.
How it feels: Eerie, dark, bleak and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Death, revenge, isolation, fate
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: death
revenge
isolation
fate
trauma
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex none