The truly frightening thought is how long this franchise, like the curse itself, can continue to be reborn.

If you are new to horror that places atmosphere and psychological intensity over gore, Ju-On is a good place to start.

It's creepy, all right. It's just that how it goes about creeping you out is sometimes just plain cheesy.

... a film that, perhaps better than any other ever made, conveys the disturbing sense of the uncanny -- of fear that goes beyond reason or explanation ...