ju-on: the grudge

"when someone dies in the grip of a powerful rage, a curse is born. The curse gathers in that place of death. Those who encounter it will be consumed by its fury.."

omg.. freaky innit? well, the reason to why i suddenly brought up ju-on was cos i just watched the english remake of it - the grudge starring sarah michelle gellar, bill pullman and gang. in case any of u haven't watched ju-on yet, and are contemplating watching the grudge instead.. i'd recommend watching the original 1st. i guarantee it'd scare the shit outta you (well, at least i was scared witless..). just to illustrate exactly how freaked i was with ju-on, i think i watched it almost a year ago and i still have not gathered enough courage to watch the 2nd part (yep, there's ju-on 2 already).

so anyway why then did i bother to watch 'the grudge' yesterday? simply put, i dont read movie sypnoses before choosing movies. *Sigh* wat can i say? lesson learnt. when the movie started, i was like "hmm.. this scene looks familiar." suddenly it hit me, holy crap! this is ju-0n! and u know wat the worst part is? i've always knew that "ju-on" meant "the grudge" in japanese, it just didn't occur to me at that time. stress stress stress stress..

however, i have to say that watching a horror flick that u already know wats coming up next doesnt make it so scary.. hehe. and plus the fact that the "americanized" version just isn't as freaky compared to the dark and gloomy setting of the original jap version. however, that doesn't mean i didnt get goosebumps (lots of them) watching the english version. but then again, just looking at the movie poster for ju-on is good enough to gimme the shivers..