Analysis for the Grudge (horror)

Analysis for the Grudge (horror)

When the story start, here have a notice that like the introduction about what is the main idea in the film. And, that was giving a hint to the audience that why the murder will happen again and again.

The opening of this film is in black and white, it is because black and white can present that it was happened in the past. Most of the films use the black and white to present the past too. Therefore, when we watch the opening, we can sense that was happen in the past. Also, there is no lighting effect in the black and white.

Even it is a black and white, but the director still make the blood on face into red, therefore, it has a stronger message that the man killed the woman. It makes the sense more powerful. So, when I watch the film I know that the red dots on the man’s face are blood.

However, even we knew that the man killed the woman, but he still looks like normal. He look like very peaceful. If another people killed someone, they maybe look very mad or afraid. But ,the man didn’t. He looks like this is the normal thing .

Moreover, he was angry on the cat that was yowling. So, he killed the cat too. Then, when his son hear the sound that the man was killing the cat, the kid just hide himself. It gives me a message that it wasn’t the first time happen. It is because if it is the 1st time, when the kids hear some strange sound, they should be very curious and wonder know what happen. But the kid in the film, he just hide himself immediately. It makes me believe that it was happen in the past.

Besides, when the man walking, he just like haven’t his own mind. He looks like controlled by something. And, the expression in his eye is empty. Just like he is alive but haven’t a soul.

Finally, here have some close up shot on the woman’s eye. She was dead but her eyes still open. Its let me know that when she die, she was very scary and cant believe that what happen in front of her. Therefore, she gaped.


I think the overall opening sequence is work. It is because in those few minutes without any special camera works or any sound effect, it still can make the audience scary and sense that was a horror.