Thinking outside the box: Foreign Expectations Of A Thriller/Horror!

Ju-on: The Grudge (2002)

Even though this is a horror movie, we took aspects of the narrative and incorporated it into our treatment. Ju-on in Japanese means curse, and it is said that when a person dies with a deep and burning grudge, a curse is born. There have been many versions and re-makes of Ju-on, with the original video made in 1998.

 The eerie orchestral string piece played in a minor key introduces to us the setting and scene of the movie. The elongated legato notes contrasts the soundtrack played alongside the title. The screechy high pitched sound that is played with the title reaches to an uneasy climax to which as a member of the audience expect something unsettling to appear on screen.

  The filter used to show the past is similar to the effect and lighting we used to illustrate the bully sequence of our opening. In this case the filter used is to look back at the persons memory in remembering Kayako Kawamata.The Hazy dark tone and lighting that is generic of both horror and thriller could be used to foreshadow the events that are to occur later on in the movie.