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“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
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Ju-on: The Beginning of the End
Horror · 2014
A school teacher visits the home of a boy who's been absent from school for a long period of time, unaware of the horrific tragedy which occurred in the boy's household many years ago.
Movie details
Ju-on: The Beginning of the End
2014 Horror 1h 31m
Critical arithmetic
The consensus, allegedly.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
IMDb
5.1 / 10
1.9K votes
TMDB
6.0 / 10
Community rating
External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.
A school teacher visits the home of a boy who's been absent from school for a long period of time, unaware of the horrific tragedy which occurred in the boy's household many years ago.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Ju-on: The Beginning of the End?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
Taste neighbourhood
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Ju-on: The Curse
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Mystery of the Wax Museum
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Masayuki Ochiai
Written by
Masayuki Ochiai · Takashige Ichise
Nozomi Sasaki
Yui Shono
Sho Aoyagi
Naoto Miyakoshi
Reina Triendl
Nanami
Miho Kanazawa
Rina
Haori Takahashi
Aoi
Yuina Kuroshima
Yayoi
Kai Kobayashi
Toshio Saeki
Court is in session
Put Ju-on: The Beginning of the End on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.