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* Ifant Immortality: Averted as at least two children are killed by the curse.
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* CreepyChild: There's [[spooler:Chitose as]] a little ghost girl and [[spoiler:Junya after he dies as]] a little ghost boy, who is very much like Toshio from ''Film/{{Juon}}''.
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* CreepyChild: There's [[spooler:Chitose [[spoiler:Chitose as]] a little ghost girl and [[spoiler:Junya after he dies as]] a little ghost boy, who is very much like Toshio from ''Film/{{Juon}}''.
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* CreepyChild: There's Chitose as [[spooler:Chitose as]] a little ghost girl and Junya [[spoiler:Junya after he dies as as]] a little ghost boy, who is very much like Toshio from ''Film/{{Juon}}''.
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* CreepyChild: There's Chitose as a little ghost girl and Junya after he dies as a little ghost boy, just like Toshio in ''Film/{{Juon}}''.
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* CreepyChild: There's a little boy ghost, just like in ''Film/{{Juon}}''.
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** Additionally, in one chapter, a man staying in a hotel keeps hearing loud banging on the wall from the room next to his... [[spoiler:which he finds out is supposed to be empty.]]
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** Some of the ghosts Ghosts often make the exact same "croaking" sound as Kayako from ''Film/{{Juon}}'', in addition to creepy echoing whispers and raspy moans.
** Additionally, in one chapter,a man Noriko's father staying in a hotel keeps hearing loud banging on the wall from the room next to his... [[spoiler:which he finds out is supposed to be empty.]]
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* HellIsThatNoise: Some of the ghosts make the exact same "croaking" sound as Kayako from ''Film/{{Juon}}'', in addition to creepy echoing whispers and raspy moans.
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** [[TropesAreTools ...which is why it's scary waiting for it to happen.]]
* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: A girl is leaving her empty, dark house to visit a friend - and just as she walks out of frame, the upstairs light comes on, revealing someone's shadow in the window...
** [[TropesAreTools ...which is why it's scary waiting for it to happen.]]
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* LightFlickerTeleportation: Once the camera starts to focus on a flickering stairway light in a mostly-empty school, you KNOW a ghost is going to suddenly appear...
** [[TropesAreTools ...appear [[TropesAreTools which is why it's scary waiting for it to happen.]]
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** The final line of the movie, spoken in [[EvilSoundsDeep a deep, raspy voice]]: [[spoiler:"You will die."]]
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'''''Ju-Rei''''' (called ''Ju-Rei: The Uncanny'' on the US DVD, literal translation is "Spirit Curse") is a low-budget Japanese horror movie from director Kôji Shiraishi, better known for his later films ''Film/NoroiTheCurse'' and ''Film/{{Carved}}''. It's also a completely shameless rip-off of the ''Film/{{Juon}}'' movies. Broken into eleven chapters shown in reverse order, it traces the spread of a ghostly curse through Tokyo. It may be the most obscure J-Horror movie to actually get an American release; it wasn't even released theatrically in its home country.
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'''''Ju-Rei''''' (called ''Ju-Rei: The Uncanny'' on the US DVD, literal translation is "Spirit Curse") is a low-budget Japanese horror movie from director Kôji Shiraishi, better known for his later films ''Film/NoroiTheCurse'' and ''Film/{{Carved}}''. It's also a [[TheMockbuster completely shameless rip-off rip-off]] of the ''Film/{{Juon}}'' movies. Broken into eleven chapters shown in reverse order, it traces the spread of a ghostly curse through Tokyo. It may be the most obscure J-Horror movie to actually get an American release; it wasn't even released theatrically in its home country.
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* LeaveTheCameraRunning: While the suspense scenes are often effective, they sometimes become this. Particularly egregious is a shot of a scared girl hiding under a blanket which runs uninterrupted for a full minute and 53 seconds. Probably meant to pad out the runtime, which is barely more than 75 minutes.
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* LeaveTheCameraRunning: While the suspense scenes are often effective, they sometimes become this. Particularly egregious is a shot of a scared girl hiding under a blanket which runs uninterrupted for a full minute and 53 seconds.seconds, as well as a shot of the scared old woman cowering and whimpering in a hospital bed for much the same amount of time. Probably meant to pad out the runtime, which is barely more than 75 minutes.
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* StringyHairedGhostGirl: Given this film's [[Film/{{Juon}} inspiration]], most of the ghosts are of this sort.
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* TheVirus: [[TheMockbuster Just like in]] ''Film/{{Juon}}'', the curse works this way, assimilating the ghosts of its victims into its service.
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'''''Ju-Rei''''' (called ''Ju-Rei: The Uncanny'' on the US DVD, literal translation is "Spirit Curse") is a low-budget Japanese horror movie from director Kôji Shiraishi, better known for his later films ''NoroiTheCurse'' and ''Film/{{Carved}}''. It's also a completely shameless rip-off of the ''Film/{{Juon}}'' movies. Broken into eleven chapters shown in reverse order, it traces the spread of a ghostly curse through Tokyo. It may be the most obscure J-Horror movie to actually get an American release; it wasn't even released theatrically in its home country.
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'''''Ju-Rei''''' (called ''Ju-Rei: The Uncanny'' on the US DVD, literal translation is "Spirit Curse") is a low-budget Japanese horror movie from director Kôji Shiraishi, better known for his later films ''NoroiTheCurse'' ''Film/NoroiTheCurse'' and ''Film/{{Carved}}''. It's also a completely shameless rip-off of the ''Film/{{Juon}}'' movies. Broken into eleven chapters shown in reverse order, it traces the spread of a ghostly curse through Tokyo. It may be the most obscure J-Horror movie to actually get an American release; it wasn't even released theatrically in its home country.
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* [[spoiler: TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou]]: TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: The final shot of the movie is [[spoiler:the shadow man characters have referred to as the portent of death rising into frame and intoning to the viewer "You will die."]]
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* InformedAttribute: The curse itself has one. We're told and shown at the beginning that death is foretold by a vision of a shadowy man in a black hood, but after the opening scene people keep dying without his presence, and he isn't even seen again [[spoiler:until the final shot]].
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** The final chapter in chronological order has no special significance either, even on a second viewing.
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* ExcusePlot: ''Film/{{Juon}}'' has a pretty simple plot dolled up with its AnachronicOrder and copious MindScrew. ''Ju-Rei'' hardly even bothers pretending it has any point other than to show a bunch of ghostly suspense sequences strung together.
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* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: Sometimes ghosts will appear in the background with no musical stingers or obvious attention drawn to them. They can actually be quite hard to spot.
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* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: Sometimes ghosts will appear A girl is leaving her empty, dark house to visit a friend - and just as she walks out of frame, the upstairs light comes on, revealing someone's shadow in the background with no musical stingers or obvious attention drawn to them. They can actually be quite hard to spot.window...
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* GhostStory: A schoolteacher staying afterschool with a student waiting for his mother decides to pass the time by telling him one of these... [[spoiler:right before the ghost of the boy's mother shows up.]]
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* NoBudget: Blatantly obvious, but not necessarily all bad. The whole budget presumably went to the cheap standard-def video camera used to shoot the movie and a bunch of white makeup for the ghosts.
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* TheMockbuster: It's essentially a low-budget, DirectToVideo version of ''Film/{{Juon}}'', including the same pasty white ghosts, out-of-order storytelling, viral curse, and even the same "croaking" sound effect. And yes, the original ''Film/JuOn'' was already a cheap DTV movie. [[NoBudget This one is even cheaper.]]
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* TheMockbuster: It's essentially a low-budget, DirectToVideo version of ''Film/{{Juon}}'', including the same pasty white ghosts, out-of-order storytelling, viral curse, and even the same "croaking" sound effect. And yes, the original ''Film/JuOn'' ''Film/{{Juon}}'' was already a cheap DTV movie. [[NoBudget This one is even cheaper.]]]]
* NoBudget: Blatantly obvious, but not necessarily all bad. The whole budget presumably went to the cheap standard-def video camera used to shoot the movie and a bunch of white makeup for the ghosts.
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* LeaveTheCameraRunning: While the suspense scenes are often effective, they sometimes become this. Particularly egregious is a shot of a scared girl hiding under a blanket which runs uninterrupted for a full minute and 53 seconds. Probably meant to pad out the runtime, which is barely 70 minutes.
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* LeaveTheCameraRunning: While the suspense scenes are often effective, they sometimes become this. Particularly egregious is a shot of a scared girl hiding under a blanket which runs uninterrupted for nearly two a full minutes.minute and 53 seconds. Probably meant to pad out the runtime, which is barely 70 minutes.
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* TheVirus: [[TheMockbuster Just like in ''Ju-on'']], the curse works this way, assimilating the ghosts of its victims into its service.
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* TheVirus: [[TheMockbuster Just like in ''Ju-on'']], in]] ''Film/{{Juon}}'', the curse works this way, assimilating the ghosts of its victims into its service.
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'''''Ju-Rei''''' (called ''Ju-Rei: The Uncanny'' on the US DVD, literal translation is "Spirit Curse") is a low-budget Japanese horror movie from director Kôji Shiraishi, better known for his later films ''NoroiTheCurse'' and ''Film/{{Carved}}''. Broken into eleven chapters shown in reverse order, it traces the spread of a ghostly curse through Tokyo. It may be the most obscure J-Horror movie to actually get an American release; it wasn't even released theatrically in its home country.
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'''''Ju-Rei''''' (called ''Ju-Rei: The Uncanny'' on the US DVD, literal translation is "Spirit Curse") is a low-budget Japanese horror movie from director Kôji Shiraishi, better known for his later films ''NoroiTheCurse'' and ''Film/{{Carved}}''. It's also a completely shameless rip-off of the ''Film/{{Juon}}'' movies. Broken into eleven chapters shown in reverse order, it traces the spread of a ghostly curse through Tokyo. It may be the most obscure J-Horror movie to actually get an American release; it wasn't even released theatrically in its home country.
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* BackToFront: Uses this trope for its story as a simpler alternative to ''Film/JuOn'' and its AnachronicOrder.
* CreepyChild: There's a little boy ghost, just like in ''Film/JuOn''.
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* BackToFront: Uses this trope for its story as a simpler alternative to ''Film/JuOn'' ''Film/{{Juon}}'' and its AnachronicOrder.
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* HellIsThatNoise: Some of the ghosts makes the exact same "croaking" sound as Kayako from ''Film/JuOn''.
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* HellIsThatNoise: Some of the ghosts makes make the exact same "croaking" sound as Kayako from ''Film/JuOn''.''Film/{{Juon}}''.
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* LeaveTheCameraRunning: The movie is so cheap that it can't afford most of the bizarre shocks used in ''Film/JuOn'', so it focuses on suspense. While often effective, it sometimes translates to this. Particularly egregious is a shot of a scared girl hiding under a blanket which runs uninterrupted for nearly two full minutes. Probably meant to pad out the runtime, which is barely 70 minutes.
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* LeaveTheCameraRunning: The movie is so cheap that it can't afford most of the bizarre shocks used in ''Film/JuOn'', so it focuses on suspense. While the suspense scenes are often effective, it they sometimes translates to become this. Particularly egregious is a shot of a scared girl hiding under a blanket which runs uninterrupted for nearly two full minutes. Probably meant to pad out the runtime, which is barely 70 minutes.
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* TheMockbuster: It's essentially a low-budget, DirectToVideo version of ''Film/JuOn'', including the same pasty white ghosts, out-of-order storytelling, viral curse, and even the same "croaking" sound effect. And yes, the original ''Film/JuOn'' was already a cheap DTV movie. [[NoBudget This one is even cheaper.]]
* NothingIsScarier: The main thing that sets this film apart from its [[Film/JuOn obvious inspiration]]. Probably due to budgetary constraints, most of the movie relies on the suspense of waiting for the ghosts to appear as opposed to the outrageous nightmare imagery from ''Film/JuOn''.
* TheVirus: [[TheMockbuster Just like in ''Film/JuOn'']], the curse works this way, assimilating the ghosts of its victims into its service.
* NothingIsScarier: The main thing that sets this film apart from its [[Film/JuOn obvious inspiration]]. Probably due to budgetary constraints, most of the movie relies on the suspense of waiting for the ghosts to appear as opposed to the outrageous nightmare imagery from ''Film/JuOn''.
* TheVirus: [[TheMockbuster Just like in ''Film/JuOn'']], the curse works this way, assimilating the ghosts of its victims into its service.
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* TheMockbuster: It's essentially a low-budget, DirectToVideo version of ''Film/JuOn'', ''Film/{{Juon}}'', including the same pasty white ghosts, out-of-order storytelling, viral curse, and even the same "croaking" sound effect. And yes, the original ''Film/JuOn'' was already a cheap DTV movie. [[NoBudget This one is even cheaper.]]
* NothingIsScarier: The main thing that sets this film apart from its[[Film/JuOn [[Film/{{Juon}} obvious inspiration]]. Probably due to budgetary constraints, most of the movie relies on the suspense of waiting for the ghosts to appear as opposed to the outrageous nightmare imagery from ''Film/JuOn''.
''Film/{{Juon}}''.
* TheVirus: [[TheMockbuster Just like in''Film/JuOn'']], ''Ju-on'']], the curse works this way, assimilating the ghosts of its victims into its service.
* NothingIsScarier: The main thing that sets this film apart from its
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!!Provides Examples Of:
* BackToFront: Uses this trope for its story as a simpler alternative to ''Film/JuOn'' and its AnachronicOrder.
* CreepyChild: There's a little boy ghost, just like in ''Film/JuOn''.
* DaylightHorror: Some of the chapters are set entirely during the day.
* GhostStory: The movie opens with a girl trying to scare her friends by telling them one -[[spoiler: right before a real ghost shows up]].
* HellIsThatNoise: Some of the ghosts makes the exact same "croaking" sound as Kayako from ''Film/JuOn''.
** Additionally, in one chapter, a man staying in a hotel keeps hearing loud banging on the wall from the room next to his... [[spoiler:which he finds out is supposed to be empty.]]
* JumpScare: Though the movie is mostly built around pure suspense, it has a couple of these for good measure.
* LeaveTheCameraRunning: The movie is so cheap that it can't afford most of the bizarre shocks used in ''Film/JuOn'', so it focuses on suspense. While often effective, it sometimes translates to this. Particularly egregious is a shot of a scared girl hiding under a blanket which runs uninterrupted for nearly two full minutes. Probably meant to pad out the runtime, which is barely 70 minutes.
* LightFlickerTeleportation: Once the camera starts to focus on a flickering stairway light in a mostly-empty school, you KNOW a ghost is going to suddenly appear...
** [[TropesAreTools ...which is why it's scary waiting for it to happen.]]
* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: Sometimes ghosts will appear in the background with no musical stingers or obvious attention drawn to them. They can actually be quite hard to spot.
* TheMockbuster: It's essentially a low-budget, DirectToVideo version of ''Film/JuOn'', including the same pasty white ghosts, out-of-order storytelling, viral curse, and even the same "croaking" sound effect. And yes, the original ''Film/JuOn'' was already a cheap DTV movie. [[NoBudget This one is even cheaper.]]
* NothingIsScarier: The main thing that sets this film apart from its [[Film/JuOn obvious inspiration]]. Probably due to budgetary constraints, most of the movie relies on the suspense of waiting for the ghosts to appear as opposed to the outrageous nightmare imagery from ''Film/JuOn''.
* TheVirus: [[TheMockbuster Just like in ''Film/JuOn'']], the curse works this way, assimilating the ghosts of its victims into its service.
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!!Provides Examples Of:
* BackToFront: Uses this trope for its story as a simpler alternative to ''Film/JuOn'' and its AnachronicOrder.
* CreepyChild: There's a little boy ghost, just like in ''Film/JuOn''.
* DaylightHorror: Some of the chapters are set entirely during the day.
* GhostStory: The movie opens with a girl trying to scare her friends by telling them one -[[spoiler: right before a real ghost shows up]].
* HellIsThatNoise: Some of the ghosts makes the exact same "croaking" sound as Kayako from ''Film/JuOn''.
** Additionally, in one chapter, a man staying in a hotel keeps hearing loud banging on the wall from the room next to his... [[spoiler:which he finds out is supposed to be empty.]]
* JumpScare: Though the movie is mostly built around pure suspense, it has a couple of these for good measure.
* LeaveTheCameraRunning: The movie is so cheap that it can't afford most of the bizarre shocks used in ''Film/JuOn'', so it focuses on suspense. While often effective, it sometimes translates to this. Particularly egregious is a shot of a scared girl hiding under a blanket which runs uninterrupted for nearly two full minutes. Probably meant to pad out the runtime, which is barely 70 minutes.
* LightFlickerTeleportation: Once the camera starts to focus on a flickering stairway light in a mostly-empty school, you KNOW a ghost is going to suddenly appear...
** [[TropesAreTools ...which is why it's scary waiting for it to happen.]]
* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: Sometimes ghosts will appear in the background with no musical stingers or obvious attention drawn to them. They can actually be quite hard to spot.
* TheMockbuster: It's essentially a low-budget, DirectToVideo version of ''Film/JuOn'', including the same pasty white ghosts, out-of-order storytelling, viral curse, and even the same "croaking" sound effect. And yes, the original ''Film/JuOn'' was already a cheap DTV movie. [[NoBudget This one is even cheaper.]]
* NothingIsScarier: The main thing that sets this film apart from its [[Film/JuOn obvious inspiration]]. Probably due to budgetary constraints, most of the movie relies on the suspense of waiting for the ghosts to appear as opposed to the outrageous nightmare imagery from ''Film/JuOn''.
* TheVirus: [[TheMockbuster Just like in ''Film/JuOn'']], the curse works this way, assimilating the ghosts of its victims into its service.
