Ju-On: The Grudge ★★★☆☆

This review contains spoilers.

Does a better job of recapturing the creeping dread of the original than The Curse 2 did and also executes on the concept of Kayako forcing her victims to relive her trauma and become like her much better. The strange beauty of Toyama seeing a vision of his daughter, and her of her father, across time is also and how it is a cursed blessing that leads to their deaths is also wonderful. I don’t think having a higher budget than its predecessors did the film much favours though, with the special effects being distracting and looking much worse than the simple makeup the ghosts have in most scenes.