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And enough with the "Dracula" quotes ...
Tuesday morning and I am beat. It's DEADLINE DAY for the newspaper and it ain't my best day ever. Regardless, Tuesday nights are infinitely better, and tonight will be no exception I am sure.
Except for the movie selection, that is ...
Tonight is "The Grudge," and I am not thrilled in the least. I cannot recall this movie (despite the fact that I own it) and I cannot recall how I even came to possess it. But I DO remember I didn't like it. I think. It's all below:
The Grudge (2004): Directed by Takashi Shimizu, starring Michelle Gelar, Bill Pullman, Jason Behr and William Mapother.
The skinny: Yet another remake of a better Asian film. And while I do own it, it’s been so long since I watched it that I hadda look up what the damn thing was about, and after reading it I was still lost. But here’s what Wikipedia has to say about it: “The Grudge describes a curse that is born when someone dies in the grip of a powerful rage or extreme sorrow. The curse gathers in the place where that person died. Those who encounter this murderous supernatural force die and the curse is reborn repeatedly, passed from victim to victim in an endless, growing chain of horror.” Okay, if you say so …
What’s good: I have no idea. I own this movie and have only ever seen it once, so it must not have impressed on me very much. It has something to do with a curse and a house and scary Asian children. I think. And I think Buffy is in there somewhere, but she doesn’t kill one stinking vamp the whole movie, and that’s just wrong. Dammit.
What’s bad: Well, I have never seen “Ju-on,” the Asian film that spawned this flick, but from what I’ve been told it is superior in every way. But I can also say that – other than screaming Asian children – this movie failed to leave a mark on me in any way. And it even has Grace Zabriskie in it (Laura’s mom from “Twin Peaks”) and she’s one of my favorite actresses, and she can’t save this piece. I’m not even sure why I own it.
Memorable stuff: Like I said – scary Asian kids, crawling down stairs, hiding in attics and scrabbling up your leg as you lie in bed. And that’s about it. How did they squeeze two sequels out of that?
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