when her sister apparently kill herself and mariko refuse to believe that it be suicide and decides to investigate far . her search for answer begin and end at her sister new apartment number 1303 situate on the 13th floor of the building . it be here that mariko discover a dark history in which every female who move into the apartment end up throw themselves from the balcony . the problem with apartment 1303 be that it all so painfully derivative . the writer have obviously see shimizu the grudge movie and have attempt to pen his own version and but the resulting movie be nowhere near a good . some of the scene in apartment 1303 even fully replicate ( or perhaps i should say teal from ) the grudge but be less effective in every way ( for example and the scene in the grudge 2 where victim be attack by the ghost hair also appear here in much the same way ) . i be actually amaze that the maker of apartment 1303 weren not sue when this film come out . quite early in the movie and a character be tell a ghost story about a demonic woman with no eye . a she tell it and you see flash of the monster and i find myself hop that this would be the evil spirit plague the apartment . ala and once the telling of the story conclude we do not see this monster anymore . the reason i be mention this be because the monster we saw for two or so minute in this scene be far more interesting than the real ghost of the movie ( and and it seem that the people who package the dvd realise it too and because the monster appear on the back cover ) . the tension of this movie be far decrease by the fact that every death follow the same pattern . the victim see something horrible off screen and then the next scene show them fall off the balcony . at least with the grudge you never quite know how the next victim would perish . all in all and this be a mediocre movie . if you have never see an asian horror movie then you might find it interest but most people will watch it whilst think haven not i already see this before somewhere .