Watched immediately after the feature film. Fun little idea with a cute central joke. I prefer the dynamic between Lucy and Amy in this than the the feature film, but what works for a quick gag in a short is not the same as what works for an hour and a half-long rom-com.

I really didn’t need to watch this.

This short manages to achieve the ideal form of the Hollywood Grudge movies: Not a single Japanese person in sight 😌

I prefer this one a little bit to In a Corner if only for the weirdness of the cat noises thing, which the Ju-On series just decided to run with forever afterwards. Like In a Corner it’s undercut a bit by a funny final shot.

A prototype for Ju-On that doesn’t really land for me. Kind of highlights how thin the series is in general and how much it relies on building that atmosphere that this short doesn’t have time to build up or execute well. There is also something strangely comical about the fade to black at the end as Hisayo grips her obviously inadequate weapon. Also why are they wearing their school uniforms just to call in to check on the rabbits when they’re on summer holidays.

Genuinely one of my favourite films in the series, certainly my favourite of the American ones. It has a simple premise but manages to squeeze a good bit out of it in its short runtime.

I really enjoy it imagining social consequences of the tape spreading which is something that most sequels in this series lack. The way it becomes this underground subculture onto itself, these kids trying to understand what they are experiencing but not having a clue how to investigate or interrogate it, sharing stories and recording videos of themselves, how how nasty that turns.