Ju-on: Shiroi rôjo (2009) Reviews

• Really good

  atinder2009-08-28

  Just saw this movie and the bad thing about this is that it only hour one long. it not got anything to do with Ju-on-The Grudges movies! This is brand new Grudge story, it dose have the same feel to movie just like other but not great like the other two movies but still really really good, I really liked this movie it is creepy and it had some great creepy moment and one and two shocking moments too, I Can't believe it just less then hour, it was so good wanted to see again. If you liked the other Ju-on movies, give this watch, it only 58min long 8/10

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• Of course, its Ju-on..it delivers!

  plsletitrain2010-05-27

  Another instalment to the well-loved horror franchise that is Ju-on. Old Lady in White is on the TOP of my horror list(although if we're talking of the Ju-on series, all of them are really UP there with the exception of Ju-on: The curse 2). Old Lady in White still incorporates Ju-on's trademark:scary ghost faces that will effectively bring out the scream in you. And by ghost faces, I mean be prepared because there are times where the ghost suddenly appears so be sure to watch it without holding something breakable.lol. Lest everyone just assume this is just pure horror without a story, well, let me break down what I thought were serious and deep themes laid down by this movie. Ju-on:Old Lady in White tells the story of a man who killed his own family. The latter part of the story reveals that a certain Atsuji(the man) and his family moved to this house(well, a haunted house that is). He lived with his parents, a younger sister named Mirai and his grandmother. I mentioned about depth. Well here's the depth of the story as far as I read it. This movie tells a story of revenge. Revenge by someone who blames her friend for neglecting her at a time she sought and needed her help. I won't go into details but you'll understand that once you've seen the movie. Here's another depth and a rather sensitive issue I initially thought was just me too much imagining things but affirmed after a second viewing. Incest. Now given that this movie is just an hour long, I won't blame a viewer if he missed this part of the story. In just a matter of less than 3 minutes, you'll see a scene of Atsuji caressing her sister Mirai, Mirai mentioning something about her underwear, and the ghostly grandmother somehow lusting for Atsuji. Atsuji was possessed of course. He wasn't his own self because they weren't the lone occupiers of the house. It wasn't expressly shown but its easy to assume this way. Now if someone has a much more logical theory on how and why everything happened, I'm willing to listen. This movie is a bit short I'm left wanting more. Although I don't think its on the running time but rather the satisfaction it gives. And for a horror fan like me, this movie does not disappoint!

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• A good solid horror flick.

  thehomicidal2011-01-05

  I'm a massive fan of the Ju-On series as well as the American Grudge series. I watched The Grudge: Old Lady in White in the dark, alone at about 2AM. What a brilliant idea that was. The film is only an hour long and thus grabs your attention early on and doesn't let go. The Good -Completely different universe to any of the other Grudge/Ju-On films which is a refreshing change as in my opinion, Kayako was beginning to get a bit overused. -A good mixture of subtle build-ups and in-your-face scares. I literally punched my laptop in one scene. -Doesn't try to be anything other than an intense and scary film. The Bad -Only an hour.

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• "Don't get involved. Don't ever get involved".

  lost-in-limbo2018-08-22

  There's something about the Ju-on films that really fascinate me and gets under my skin --- from the persistently warped mythology, confounding non-linear narrative, low-key jolts and blood-curdling atmosphere. JU-ON: WHITE GHOST ticks all the boxes. No matter how beat up or imitated the formula becomes; I'll never tire of this franchise. At only hour in length, the curse is re-awakened taking no time to install fear and despair in all of those who come in contact with it. Starting backwards, changing timelines, and characters. What starts off as a jigsaw puzzle (at the infamous residence) begins to add up with the pieces finally becoming one. Everything comes full circle along with the consequences. You know where it's heading, and once the characters are apart of it, they're literally stained. Slowly building upon its actions and drawn out for maximum impact when it lashes out with a quick-fire jump scare, and this is rather constant with the shocking images. Never does it lull, always interesting and unnerving whomever the taut narrative follows. Taking a backseat this time; Toshio only gets a cameo appearance and Kayako doesn't come into it at all. Most of the frights are taken up by an elderly white ghost and child. I thought the scenes with the white ghost were surprisingly creepy thanks to the low-maintenance makeup and how they were shot. Some violent moments too. The mystery behind the curse is somewhat recycled using the typical tropes; a horrific past event casting a shadow over the occupants, someone under distress coming under the possession of the restless spirit to commit despicable acts, and the others unknowingly become attached, or purposely dig up disturbing info that should be left untouched. But that's just the manner of the curse --- an unstoppable loop that no one can escape, and from that a new curse can be born out of it. This is what WHITE GHOST sets up and effectively so.

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• Passable effort mixed like your favourite spaghetti.

  DigitalRevenantX72015-12-02

  On Christmas Eve, a cake shop worker arrives at the Isobe household, only to find the family dead – the result of an uncle who went crazy after failing his law exams & after being caught molesting his niece & who went to the forest to hang himself – and their ghosts already haunting the house. The worker is then surprised by the family's grandmother, herself a ghost too & holding a basketball. The film then follows the fate of several people who had contact with the doomed family in the final days before they died. The Ju-On film series was one of Japan's great horror franchises – a worthy contender to the likes of the RING cycle & PULSE, as well as giving Western horror fans something new to contend with after they had worn out their VHS copies of the Shinya Tsukamoto classic TETSUO: THE IRON MAN into the ground. Director Takashi Shimizu had created what is effectively the Friday the 13th of ghost stories – a killer ghost going around passing on a lethal curse to anyone who she comes into contact with. Not much in the way of character development, plot exposition or even a cohesive narrative – the films pass between victims with no logical connections to the point that trying to decipher the story is like sorting spaghetti. In 2009, nearly a decade after the original Ju-On films came out, two DTV features came out in order to celebrate the series. Of the two spinoffs, Ju-On: Old Lady in White is the better of the two. While this one might not quite match the major unease of the original films, it does try to make a reasonable ghost story. Newcomer director Ryuta Miyake manages to put in a few interestingly weird moments – everything from a severed head in a bag to a supernaturally resilient audio cassette & the rather silly but still weird image of the old lady ghost holding a basketball, as well as the film's highlight in weirdness with the uncle possessed by the house's evil spirits that leave his reflection still in the mirror while his body goes walkabouts – but like I mentioned above, the story is so murky that the plot threads are mixed together like your favourite Italian restaurant's finest spaghetti. Passable at best.

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