(This review may contain spoilers).
I watched the first film of The Grudge at the cinema, so to be honest, there wasn’t really a lot of mystery going on, though I appreciated the extra twist that was added.
The use of the three separate storylines worked particularly well in how they were combined together. I did think that the first scene took out some of the effects, though. It showed something that was going to happen, which I felt took away some of the mystery.
I did feel some attempt was made to give the characters some form of personalities and backstory. Some of the actors worked really well and it was good to see what happened with Karen from the first film.
I do think that the ‘rattle’ sound was particularly scary, but the ghosts not so much. I often think that less is more when it comes to horror – the ghosts weren’t that scary when they were shown visibly.
The film was entertaining to watch, but not overly complicated. I don’t think too much more was explained in the film, which I felt was a shame. The actors did, on the whole, work really well and quite a few of them were ones that I recognised. The hinted-at romance didn’t really work, though – I felt it was tacked on just for the sake of it.
Ink of Blood 