this movie be really nothing besides an admittedly well crafted series of tense sequence punctuate with an inevitable gotcha . at the end of each . really and there be no character development and no real plot to speak of . there be only the most skeletal of motivation for the character to do anything while they trudge forward to their unavoidable doom . it all just an excuse to show a creepy ghost kid ( who seem to have get some of the family cat mix up in his ectoplasm ) and his ghost mom ( with long black hair hang in her face kind of like the ring ) take down a bunch of cardboard cut out and two dimensional excuse for human character . this english language version of the grudge be the equivalent of cinematic junk food while satisfy momentarily and but not really what you ought to be live on . not recommend .