10/26/04 "The Grudge"

weird movie...very Ring.

10-26-04 "The Grudge"

Notes from the Red Book

trailers-Ring 2, Meet the Fockers, Boogeyman

I didn't know Bill Pullman was in this movie-oh wait, I guess he isn't.
Hey, it's Yoko!
Hey-guy from Roswell.
Hey! guy from Seaquest.
So, we're like 15 minutes into the movie...that's a lot of expo.
Oh, a flashback.
Surround Sound footsteps are CREEPY.
This movie's setup is crazier than Memento.
"It's ok, Karen"...geeeeez what cheesy dialogue.
They stole that from Nightmare on Elm St.
Lots of eye-drawing, lots of reflection use.
LOTS of Ring here.
What is she a hooker now?
More crazy flashbacks than Pulp Fiction.
Ringing very effective.
Wow....that was an incredibly abrupt ending.

Ok, this movie was very confusing, had some creepy parts thrown in, but on the whole...eh. Let me see if I remember this correctly. There's a haunted house in Japan. It's haunted by a little Japanese boy that meows. And the house kills people, even when they're not in the house. And there's a creepy song that sounds like when you run your fingers down the length of a comb. Sarah Michelle Gellar plays a nurse who takes care of someone in the house, and somehow she pisses the house off and it kills everyone she cares about. And it ends rather openly, making way for the sequel, the Grudge 2: Sarah Michelle Dies In The First Few Minutes.

So...no, I don't recommend this movie. It was too confusing, or maybe I just understand Japanese horror. I dunno. It gave me a few jumps, but sometimes I jump just for the fun of it. And it was fun to make that noise at each other in the parking lot.

Until the next time, this is Sarah saying, "When someone dies in the grip of a powerful rage...confusion is born."