Ju-On: The Curse
Directed by Takashi Shimizu
Takashi Shimizu’s direct-to-video ghost story spawned the wildly popular JU-ON series, which is still going strong to this day. Like the sequels that followed, THE CURSE features vignettes, usually told out of order, about people who enter the haunted Saeki house where a jealous husband brutally murdered his wife and son. Soon after entering the house, the poor unfortunate souls usually wind up dead in unspeakable ways, and pass the curse on their friends and family.
In a jealous rage, a man kills his wife and son in their home, and everyone who visits falls prey to a terrible curse.
Cast: Yanagi Yurei, Miwa Asumi, Miwa Hitomi, Kuriyama Chiaki, Doguchi Yoriko, Fuji Takako
Member Reviews
First time watching this Prequel. Absolutely amazing :3
Truely the only horror film that made me sleep with the light on when i first watched the grudge so im very happy to discover a prequel to it!!!
Dam good
Gets me every time. EVERY. DAMN. TIME. It's just exquisite.
I have always been a fan of the Ju-On films and was super excited to see that Shudder had all 4. The Curse is a shorter, more budget version and is still very effective. The atmosphere is ominous with that same sense of forboding that pervades all the Ju-On films. The actors do a really good job especially Takako Fuji as Kayako. Her coming down the stairs scene is iconic. Some of the camera angles are fantastic and add to that atmosphere of dread. Its like everything is off kilter somehow.