| Show The Grudge Jumpy but tat Thin y I I I 1 t ri r. r 1 i- i i J j i Allen Johnson Movie Editor I J Just st in time for Halloween The Grudge is this years year's version of The Ring The box office success of The Ring h has s encouraged studios to invest in ih making 13 PG horror flicks Toning down on th the gore and ramping up on the spooky cinematography cinematography cinematography cine cine- and loud noise scare tactics this remake of an original Japanese f film m will make most jump at at least a few times tunes Starring in this US U.S. version is Sarah Michelle Gellar Cellar most notably fro from th the Vampire Slayer TV TY series and Bill Pullman While You Were Sleeping Independence Day in b U nt t t s tT rt r tran no a house In s a ou a U g Th ine e Story is a b- b Japan that seems to terrify everyone who yh enters and results in their eventual eventual eventual even even- death The tales of the history of the house is told in overlapping scenes revealing Asfar Asfar AS ASfar is happening the past as the present its it's a fairly far as that is is' concerned in interesting way to tell the story-other story than that there is really not much cial 01 At the he beginning of the film title- title dies when someone that cards explain in the grip of a j jealous alous rage a curse all is is an all k kills s eventually bo born bom that grips and fail wh who come comein in contact with it They They They-faU with witha animated often to mention that its it's black cloud floating cliche a Common to most movies of this is little plot Many there very type slow shots tes are spent with super t J a l s ii A 0 4 3 r r A p h w y wU U 4 0 U Sarah Michelle Cellar Gellar goes from fighting off vampires to unraveling the mysteries of a haunted house of someone fearfully creeping through the haunted house only to have something something something some some- thing jump out at them from around the corner comer Gellar's Cellars character Karen strives to unravel the mystery of the house and keep herself sane With very little information leading up to the climax and the reason for the haunting I couldn't help but feeling disappointed when the truth was revealed I felt the same in the recent film The Village where I guessed the ending ending ending end end- ing about an hour into the movie and then dismissed the idea because I felt it was too simple Much is the same here where the climax really doesn't hold as much power as the first two acts preceding preceding preceding pre pre- ceding it Notwithstanding already The Grudge sequel is completed over in Japan Dont Don't be surprised if we see the US U.S. sequel this time next year Movie selection at this point in time is horrible Even though The Grudge is no work of art you certainly could do much worse Take a date and see who has the most fingernail marks left lefton lefton lefton on the others arm at the end Either way its it's cheaper and a lot longer than paying 20 for 10 minutes in one of those haunted houses houses bunch bunch of Halloween fascists I have a grudge 6 10 |
