A trailer for The Grudge 2 is online. It continues the generic Japanese-horror stereotype: pale children with hair in their faces, mouths agape, jumping out at you and hiding in shadows.
As much as I loved The Ring (which contained these elements) I’m getting a bit tired of the same imagery. The boy in The Grudge 2 just looks over-painted, more like Little Boy Blue than a ghostly child. This film looks poor, frankly. The make-up is atrocious, storyline tired, and cinematography bland.
Someone needs to do a cultural examination on why hair in a ghost’s face makes it more frightening, “Like, oh my god, that ghost TOTALLY needs her bangs cut! Grody!”
Grudge 2 trailer here.
narc
