I just saw "The Grudge". And I was actually pleasantly surprised. It was a whole hell of a lot better than "The Ring", which was a plot full of holes for one thing.
I think the makers made the right choice in setting "The Grudge" in Japan, even though they were making it an American movie. And the atmosphere of the movie had the Asian horror feel to it as well.
My only issues with the movie were, 1) Sarah Michelle Gellar gets slighly Buffy-ish towards the end. (Maybe she can't help it, or maybe the filmmakers were pandering because of her success in that role.) But it's just at the end, and doesn't seem to ruin the movie. And 2) they do leave a bleeding obvious segue for a sequel. (I always think that's dorky.) But it's pretty hard not to have a horror movie with a really bad ending. Most horror movies have such shitted up endings it's unbelievable, but this movie isn't one of them.
I had recently seen "The Eye" on DVD, and I pretty much liked it.
But my all-time favourite Asian horror movie was "Horror Hotline Big Head Monster". My friend Leslie & I saw it a few years back at the Philadelphia film festival. It was amusing, and had some funny stuff, without sacraficing the startling scares and spooky atmosphere.
posted by Chloe | Saturday 06 November 2004 11:59 AM
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