Almost as scary as Blair Witch Project

Rating: Null/10 (14 March 2004)

This movie scared me pretty good. I would say that the beginning of the movie is nicely done,really setting a creepy standard. But then it settles down, and we get somewhat of a deeply disturbing detective story as the heroine tries to get to the bottom of the mystery before her time is up.
The last 10 minutes will have you shaking and coldsweating. First the director offers us a happy ending, then a sudden descent, and we are left with a sense that it was pure evil with little redemption at the end. The part where a horse runs amok aboard a ferry is scary. I didnt see the Japanese original version, but if it is better than this one, then there is no way around seeing it as well.