Hot Chick: Sarah Michelle Gellar

Hot Chick Factor: 10! There simply cannot be any other answer

Synopsis -- The setting is Tokyo: an American nurse is afflicted with a virus-like curse and looks incredibly hot whilst onscreen!

Short declaratory phrase in an attempt to get quoted in TV trailer, ad, or cover box --

"Mr. T: 'I've got a grudge against, and yes, pity the fool that don't like this movie! Eat my cereal.'"

Ryan's review:

I get bored in horror films to the point that I don't believe movies can actually be scary. That was until I went to the Arc Light to a special screening of THE GRUDGE hosted by Stephen Susco. Dude. Ummm - Japanese ghosts... way more scary than lousy American ghosts... our ghosts are just plain weak. Not to say that the director of this film is freaky (he is 29 and has directed 6 pictures, all of them sick and scary), but this director is whacked out of his skull. He does that walk thing used with the girl from the ring, like the dead walking after rigor mortis kicks in. I think he films them walking backwards then plays it forward, at least that is what it looks like. At any rate it is fantastically creepy.
THE GRUDGE also is the most intense horror movie I have ever seen. Essentially it is a ghost story, and I do not remember seeing very many intense ghost stories. You could point out past horror greats like Halloween, Nightmare or even Scream, but those aren't really ghost stories. Okay, maybe Freddy but come on, was he really a ghost? Freddy is more monster than ghost, like Jason - they only survive in the perimeters set forth by Wes Craven and some mullet wearing screenwriter in 1988 whose first job was writing hack for John Holmes and the great Ron Jeremy. THE GRUDGE however is more like real ghosts... real ghosts who can do anything they want wherever they want as long as they take a long and suspenseful time doing it. I can understand why they had to trim this one down from the original... the suspense really was so hard to take. I almost felt the need to pee more for a little break than the actual need to relieve myself. Speaking of which, I am going to go do right now, on Tim's toothbrush.

Rating: 7 out of 10 times the Japanese ghosts turned green for really no reason other than it looked creepier than Jason making out with Tim's mom.

Nate's review:

Nate has yet to review this film.

Jason's review:

Jason has yet to review this film.

Tim's review:

Tim has yet to review this film. Whatever!

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