American Horror Film, Ju-On: The Grudge

Introduction

Horror movies are probably the most hate to love movies in the world and they have really hit a peak within the last few years, grossing more than they ever have before and almost doubling the amount produced. Every culture and nation has their own idea of how horror should be presented in the movie and in just what ways. Every culture does this differently of course which is why the horror industry is so grand. There are two main cultures that stick out when talking about horror movie styles: the Japanese and the Americans. They each have a certain quirks that make their movies stand out from each other and make one better than the other, so when considering which style you should watch, American horror is better than Japanese

In the Japanese movie "Ju-on: The Grudge" the movie starts out with telling the back of Ju-on or the curse where the American version of the movie "The Grudge" just simply starts with two characters talking to each other without mentioning the curse for a while. Having a well-developed storyline and characters helps J-horror viewers understand the movie and why certain things have happened in the film thus connecting the strings the American horror lets hang. However, when deciding which is better just based on dialogue America has the point being able to personally connect with their

Having the right eye during a movie can transform it from “what a waste of money” to “I can’t wait to buy the dvd” J.F. Sargent explains in his article how the directors of two movies, Se7ven (1995), and The Shining (1980) went above and beyond with detail. “When making Se7en, David Fincher knew that the movie's strength relied on "John Doe" being as deeply unsettling as possible….Fincher hired designer John Sable to "crazy that bitch up." And crazy a bitch up he did: Sable spent $15,000 on old journals, ripped them up and sewed them back together by hand, then baked them to release that delicious tattered journal flavor. Sable found as many pictures of "mutilated limbs, decapitated people, [and] people whose fingers had been sawn off" as he could, and then he started writing like a maniac.” Even though the journal only made it on screen for a few minutes the attention that Stable and Fincher put into it really show how much appreciation they have for the industry and the movie while also building up the creep factor of John for the audience. Sargent then explains how “The Shining's editor and Kubrick's daughter Vivian claim that the director made his own secretary spend "literally months typing up individually unique pages," basically forcing her to go down the same path of madness as Nicholson's character.” The pages actually play a really big role in the movies because