There's no denying that I love me some J-Horror. So when I heard about the remake of this one coming out, I had to see the original first. I read so many "This is truly terrifying" reviews, so I was hoping for a good show. To describe the premise is tricky. Essentially, the ghosts hang out in the internet or something and the ghost world is full so all the spirits are spilling over. Well basically it's like that. But I think there was more to say in terms of a cultural/sociological observation than just "GHOSTIES". Unfortunately, there is a difference between the Japanese culture and us Mericans. The whole "we like suicide" is a little lost on me. I couldn't really connect with the whole feeling of loneliness and questioning existence that was going on. That seemed to be more of a focus in the film. Sure, it was creepy that people were disappearing and the city seemed empty. It just didn't have the quite effect on me as it would on...I dunno... someone who has felt the pain of depression. Or something.
Anyway, 2 nanas because it was set up to be this creepy ghost story and it ended up being a whole meaning of life with dancing ghosts film. But jeezis, those dancing ghosts were creepy.