Ju-On

so I

always forget the character in Ju-on too Kiyoko is it Kiyoko? I can't remember yeah but it's like yeah so it's like the Anrio I love a good Anrio story which is like

the lady ghost with the white dress and the long hair and creepy but also like it's like a woman's husband betrays her and then like she dies and she starts haunting him and his new wife is the face of horror um so more man hating just kidding um but it is a really funny i think the love which is also such a good horror comedy it's so funny it is um and it's it's it's a really fun movie to talk about and the aesthetics are just gorgeous

yes No, I love that, too.

They remake, like, Grudge Ring.

But the thing is, with The Ring and The Grudge, I haven't seen the Japanese version, Ju-on.

But we watched Ringu, like, a year or two ago.

That's good.

If you see it, see the trailer, it'll say directed by the director of The Grudge, which I assume, well, don't say The Grudge, guys.

It's Ju-on.

No, no, no.

They mean The Grudge.

The, the films are so much fun.

I was gonna say, like, on the front of the cover, uh, you've got, um, uh, basically from the team who brought you Ringu, Ju-On, and Audition.

And I was like, so you've got, like, this J-horror royalty behind it all, but, like, do you actually consider these J-horror films? 'Cause they're not, they're not really, are they? They're kind of a lot of other stuff.

You know, when I'm saying I got a mix-up of variety of releases, I also need s- to, s- [laughs] to sell and some sales, sales points, you know?

Yeah, I mean, uh, like I do wonder how people...

And that's the problem with marketing it as this like, uh, [laughs] from the-

This Ju-On, yeah

... from the really good-

And I some people could get had the walk down to like the four legged walk from the grudge to.

And yeah, so the ring and Ju-on, the Japanese versions are were probably by far the most successful, I would think.

And then they were the most successful American adaptations as well.

This era between 2002 and 2008, which started with The Ring, had eight notable remakes.

The Western film The Grudge is a remake of the third film of which long-running Japanese horror franchise?

Uh, Ju-On.

Ju-On, yes.

Ju-On use- loosely translates to Curse of Grudge.

Pulse, which won a Critics Award at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, as well as Sweet Home and Cure, were all directed by which celebrated Japanese filmmaker? And I need the full name.

Kiyoshi Kurosawa.

Yeah, if you're kind of familiar with, like, other J-horror movies, especially, like, the stuff that Hideki...

The guy who directed Ring, Hideki Nakata, and the guy that directed the Ju-on movies, Takashi Shimizu, this is more in line with their steady, almost psychological pacing to the movies before it becomes a full-on horror at the end.

They're far more philosophical in the terms of, they ruminate on some serious issues before they go, Yeah, this is fucked up.

So here's the horror part of it.

We went to the overlook film festival earlier this year, uh, in which we make a pilgrimage every year.

Uh, Uh, this is the one that kind of feels like a lost, like Ringu or Ju-on, right? The grudge of the ring.

Right.

And so it just feels like one of those and it just feels, it's a very comfy horror movie and it's actually very effective.

She has a very distinct laugh, which sounds like a very masculine voice going, boh, boh, boh, saying poh over and over again.

I think that really helps make her stand out, and honestly reminded me of Kayako Saki a little bit from the Ju-on series, and having a very distinct sound, because I feel like a music or imagery that is associated with them, but not a lot have a certain sound, and I really think that helps her stand out, and the numerous Japanese ghosts that have long black hair and white gowns.

She also has a hat, which I think helps her stand out on top of her height.

Sort of all that coming together, I think, really contributes to making her a very memorable character.