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Information
- Year
- 2008
- Runtime
- 85 min.
- Director
- Masayuki Ochiai
- Genres
- Thriller, Mystery, Horror
- Rating *
- 5.2
- Votes *
- 22,736
- Checks
- 1,466
- Favs
- 20
- Dislikes
- 93
- Favs/checks
- 1.4% (1:73)
- Favs/dislikes
- 1:5
Top comments
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yukononun
Appallingly bad. They took every single cliché they could find and threw it in the film. Deaths and injuries were also given a Hollywood makeover, resulting in over-the-top cringefests.
Perhaps the most annoying part (other than pretty much everything) was that Natre/Megumi's character was completely changed. Instead of being a näive, shy sweetheart, she
Despite the gore it was incredibly tame. They tiptoed around everything and tried to distract viewers from that (plus the bad acting and music) with gore and cheap scares, which makes me wonder why they even bothered to make the movie in the first place. Yeah, money and all that, but look at The Ring or even The Grudge. It's perfectly possible to adapt a movie but keep core themes, scenes and plots intact. They just didn't bother to.
The only thing I found even remotely scary was the cover. 6 years ago -
GremVendetta
Remake of a great Asian horror film turns out way worse than its predecessor. No surprises there. 8 years 5 months ago -