Ju-on

"When a grudge from the dead passes to the living - Who is safe?"

Jan 25 2003 R 1h 32m
Horror

When social worker Rika is sent to check on a traumatized old lady whose family have moved in at the site of the notorious Saeki family murder case, she unwittingly unleashes a cycle of terror that is transmitted via its victims further and further from its original source.

Plot

In Japan, when the volunteer social assistant Rika Nishina is assigned to visit a family, she is cursed and chased by two revengeful fiends: Kayako, a woman brutally murdered by her husband and her son Toshio. Each person that lives in or visits the haunted house is murdered or disappears.

Written by

Takashi Shimizu

Directed by

Takashi Shimizu

Production Countries

Japan

Production Companies

Nikkatsu Corporation, Pioneer LDC, Inc., Xanadeux Company, Oz Company

Languages

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination total

Scores
# of Votes
50,027
Average Rating
6.7 out of 10
Metascore
48
Popularity
NA