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Noriko Sakai, Chiharu Nîyama, Kei Horie

While driving , the pregnant horror-movie actress Kyôko Harase and her fiancé are in a car crash caused by the Toshio's friend. Kyôko loses her baby and her fiancé winds up in a coma. Kyôko was cursed...( read more  read more... ) together with a television crew when they shot a show in the haunted house where Kayako was brutally murdered by her husband years ago. While each member of the team dies or disappears, Kyôko is informed that she has a three-and-a-half-month-old fetus in her womb.

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Directed by: Takashi Shimizu

Release Date: September 5, 2003

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  • stopitgoaway
    September 5, 2008
    stopitgoaway
    Ju-on:The Grudge 2" is the sequel to the smash-hit "Ju-on:The Grudge", and is the fourth installment into the "Ju-on" series. Like it's precursor, it is told in chapters. All the chapters are somehow connected to the curse of the grudge.

    Were you disappointed by "Ju-on:The Gru...( read more)dge"? Well, if you were (like me), you'll be surprised. This sequel was MUCH better than the original in almost every aspect. The scares were more scarier, there were more scares, tenser scenes, a LOT better acting, a much better story, and a more solid plot. I was really surprised by how good this sequel was. Ever heard of the old sequel rule? "Sequels are never as good as the originals"? Well, I' happy to say that that doesn't apply here.

    So to sum it up, I really enjoyed this movie. It was a major improvement on the original film. If you're a fan of the Ju-on series, you have to watch this.
  • kiriyamakazou
    September 1, 2008
    kiriyamakazou
    This is a fantastic horror sequel to the original. It keeps the same premise but injects a vast array of wonderful characters. These aren't the same old bunch of teenagers just led to the slaughter. Each one has a particular chaarceter and comes across as an innocent victim to an...( read more) evil fate. They really can be related to, making the horror much more effective. The hanging/bumping scene is truly freaky and twisted, and the ending certainly leaves the audience wanting more but still offers a satisfying (but still disturbing) conclusion. Simple ghosts from the original continue to freak out and it is a gripping and unsettling film from the beginning.
  • YosemiteSamFan
    July 7, 2008
    YosemiteSamFan
    If you count the first two direct-to-video movies, this would be the 4th movie in the Takashi Shimizu's Japanese Ju-On series.

    The Ju-on Curse spreads and takes more lives in this followup sequel to the smash success Ju-On.

    Like Elm Street 5, this has the theme of motherhoo...( read more)d, with the Ju-On ghosts attempting to enter the real world through a woman's baby.

    The plot also concerns a film crew shooting a documentary about the Ju-On curse on location. Let me tell you, everybody on the crew of that thing don't have a chance as the curse finds them and gets them in some weird and scary ways!

    The ghost boy Toshio is back with his freaky black cat. Kayoko, the long-haired ghost mother makes several freaky appearances. I don't think the evil daddy appears in this one.

    The stories are once again told episodically in a shuffled order. There's one great story with a Japanese schoolgirl who is stuck in a freaky time/space loop where she's inside and outside the cursed house in rapid succession. I was freaked with the apartment scene when the residents wonder what is causing a banging sound each night at the same time from the neighbour's wall. The ending is shocking, but no great surprise after witnessing all the freaky things which have just occurred.

    I liked the first theatrical Ju-On movie a bit more, because it had tighter pacing and more centered on the haunted house.

    The thing I don't understand with these Ju-On movies is why do the ghosts of the mother and boy want to cause harm to innocent people? They were innocent victims once themselves, and should show some understanding. They were killed by surprise, so shouldn't show much rage. They should go after who killed them instead.
  • garyX
    December 14, 2007
    garyX
    I personally find it bizarre how every single half-baked horror film that gets released seems to warrant a sequel these days; I honestly don't know why a lot of these movies exist. Ju-on is actually one of the few that deserved a sequel; whether or not it was a good idea to make ...( read more)it is open to debate though. I personally consider the original Ju-on the best straight horror film I've ever seen, but the sequel seems to have fallen into the usual horror sequel trap. Instead of expanding on the idea, the director seems to have thought "well we did all the build up in the original, so let's jump straight in with the scary stuff!" Unfortunately, without the build up, there is no tension, and so instead of being scary, the spooky happenings seem faintly ridiculous; the opening section makes the ghostly boy look like some kind of albino gremlin! Add some rather gimmicky nonsense including hairy nooses and a mobile wig and it's very difficult to take seriously. It does improve towards the end, and the final half hour does contain some genuinely creepy moments, but it seems to be content to rip off the (inferior) Ringu rather than carrying on the tradition of the original movie. Not bad, but not in the same league as Ju-on.
  • AgentLexi2132
    August 13, 2007
    AgentLexi2132
    scary !!!!!!!! watch at ur peril.....
  • stilettokillerz
    November 4, 2009
    stilettokillerz
    Still prefer the first one! But overall, it was still scary as hell.
  • GreenGoblin92
    September 30, 2009
    GreenGoblin92
    A little better than the first. Has some good scares, too.
  • onlyme6000
    September 26, 2009
    onlyme6000
    I didn't quite understand this as I haven't watched its first movie. I don't especially horror movies but I watched this one because I've been hearing a lot of reactions to this. The Asian reaction of seeing ghosts is believable. I don't think if I see one that I'd be able to ...( read more)shout. I'd definitely be shocked and speechless for some time before I'd be able to describe what I saw.
  • InTheFleshOfBlood
    September 22, 2009
    InTheFleshOfBlood
    "The curse never die"


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    very effective sequel to Ju-on has Takashi Shimizu returning as the director. The...( read more) film follows several characters and how their lives never are the same once they enter the cursed home of the original.

    i'm looking for the bloopers....
  • chinsslipkorn1
    September 21, 2009
    chinsslipkorn1
    My first experience of getting scared..in horror.lol

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  • miyaviobsessed382
    February 2, 2007
    miyaviobsessed382
    much like the first movie ... i loved the second as well ... and i can not wait to see what they do with the next one either ...
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