Takashi Shimizu's theatrical thriller picks up themes and images from his direct-to-video JU-ON: THE CURSE aand JU-ON: THE CURSE 2 (both 2000), recycling and expanding on them to truly frightening effect. Like the others, it's divided into sections named for characters whose paths crisscross in a sunny, modern house in Tokyo's Nerima Ward; their interlocking stories are rooted in a
ju-on ("curse") spawned by violent death and passed from person to person. It begins with "Rika:" 23-year-old Rika (Megumi Okina), an inexperienced home-care aide is sent on her first solo home-care assignment. She's to help Kazumi Tokunaga care for her elderly mother-in-law, Sachie...
Released:
2002
Rated:
R
Length:
92 mins