Finally, after a couple of weeks of less than appealing movies appearing in the theatres, along comes The Grudge. It is October, the Holloween month, so therefore at least one scary movie should show up on screen to frighten audiences.
Firstly, I can't really watch scary movies, because I am either hiding my eyes behind my fingers missing all the scary action or averting my gaze. I don't like the sudden jolt of the scare, and I won't be able to go to sleep comfortably at night. So, The Grudge scared me even though we caught a matinee. I don't know if I would've been able to sleep alone in my house if we caught it later that night, even so I ended up sleeping on the couch with the lights and TV on, which was even more scarier because my couch is a at the foot of my stairs, and I could imagine the Grudge ghost coming down them. Yikes!
Overall, it wasn't that great of a scary movie. Again The X-Files already have done an episode similar to this one. A haunted house, which is usually the scene of my favorite ghost stories, manifests the evil done in it, so that residents experience it in all to physical ways. The plot is usual. The scares are alright. The non-linear story telling somewhat confusing, but useful in telling two different tales at the same time. The Grudge follows all ghost story conventions.
Questions for those who have seen it. Why is the dead wife the malevolent spirit? Wouldn't she be trying to seek justice rather than inflicting the pain on others as was inflicted upon her? Did Sarah Michelle Gellar bite it in the end? Was the pathologist also a ghost? What happened to the other detective? The policemen on the scene? The realtor? Did they meet a grisly end? Hmmm?
3 of 5 stars.
Firstly, I can't really watch scary movies, because I am either hiding my eyes behind my fingers missing all the scary action or averting my gaze. I don't like the sudden jolt of the scare, and I won't be able to go to sleep comfortably at night. So, The Grudge scared me even though we caught a matinee. I don't know if I would've been able to sleep alone in my house if we caught it later that night, even so I ended up sleeping on the couch with the lights and TV on, which was even more scarier because my couch is a at the foot of my stairs, and I could imagine the Grudge ghost coming down them. Yikes!
Overall, it wasn't that great of a scary movie. Again The X-Files already have done an episode similar to this one. A haunted house, which is usually the scene of my favorite ghost stories, manifests the evil done in it, so that residents experience it in all to physical ways. The plot is usual. The scares are alright. The non-linear story telling somewhat confusing, but useful in telling two different tales at the same time. The Grudge follows all ghost story conventions.
Questions for those who have seen it. Why is the dead wife the malevolent spirit? Wouldn't she be trying to seek justice rather than inflicting the pain on others as was inflicted upon her? Did Sarah Michelle Gellar bite it in the end? Was the pathologist also a ghost? What happened to the other detective? The policemen on the scene? The realtor? Did they meet a grisly end? Hmmm?
3 of 5 stars.