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just looked at both samples and it looks very good , maybe a lil grainy and slanted but who cares
the sound is clear
8/9/? will know tonight

Great audio, pic is at an angle (as you can see in the dark sample).

Great audio.

Crap remake.

7/10

just seen both samples, nice clear video & good sound.. thx STN

8/7/?

finally

being waiting for this movie for weeks finally thanks stn ill be back with my ratings in aminute i just had to post lol.

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from sample:

8/9/5

picture is a bit grainy, but not too bad. saw this movie last night in theatre. i have to say, it didnt scare me at all, and i found it to be a total ripoff of the ring. at least 5 things about it were identical, buti wont name them for spoil.

anxiously awaiting a real scare with the ring 2

nice picture quality and audio quality. as MS said, there is definitely an angle, when you see the directed by part in the dark sample. but doesn't look noticable during the other sample, so maybe they fixed it.

8/9/x

not a bad release, video is nice full, slight angle, sound is great nice and clear and full. movie looks good as well, might wastch the full release this time

8/8/?

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Just watched the sample as there are 2 of them. One being the regular sample and another cut from the dark sample. The picture is pretty good for a TS, slanted a bit but not too bad. The color is good, a bit bright and a bit dark at times. Audio is nice and clear.
Good job STN!

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yeah its a bit grainy and a slight tilt also, sound is good prolly watch tomorrow night

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7/10 [/B]

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as ms said, from the dark sample, u can see by the writing on the credits that there is a big angle on it :P front row to the right camming but im very very greatful for this, just thinking about it today. little grainy, but hey, watch it on a tv and itll look noice. audio is great

7.5/8/looks a beast

waiting to see it in cinemas though


:::::edit:::::: this group name dupes a tv group called SixTeenNine hehe

:::::edit2::::: if u want to see how dark it actually gets, try .r48 on cd1, its very dark, still watchable, but things are pretty hard to make out. also .r49 and .r50 show what the angle does to the subtitles, visability wise

ya by the dark sample it looks like its got an angle problem
but its still very watchable
sound is good
7/9

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Good quality release though, sound is top notch .. movie sucks though

7.5/9/3

the audio is loud and i like that ...and it gots a large slant on it from when i just looked over the fulldownload i dont know this seems like a very nice ts from what i have seen good job STN keep them comming some parts have a glow to them but ts are always like that and uhh its alittle bit grainy but it goes just in certin parts and when i say grainy i dont mean choppy just alittle blurr thats it its a awsome release to what it had to work against


7.5/8/5 ending was whack

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humm some odd reason my post diden't work. oh well. video is not bad from sample 1 , video has good colors, and clear. sound is nice clear and full. sample 2 the dark one- show the movie very dark but still nice als shows a angle in the rls. movie looks good

7/8/?

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leeching this atm... seems like decent quality, will edit after i watch this and compare it to the jap version

not bad at all. Video is good, and clear , with nice colors in sample 1 , the dark sample shows how dark this movie can get, and also a slight angle. sound is great nice full sound, no issues that i noticed, movie looks really good i'll have to watch this tonight!

8/8/?

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well i was making plans to go to the movies tonight my girl bought tickets for the SAW . I'm grabing my copy of the The grudge now and going to burn to dvd latter tonight after i get back from the SAW. Well Thanks to STN for there rls and hope to see more more more movies to come from all these great groups


You Can FiNd Me SmOkinG In The BaCk YArD !!!!!!!!

Wow finally a nice SVCD TS of this movie. It definitely has its issues. Everything that has been stated, Dark and grainy, angled which crops the subtitles and this film is a total rip off the Ring right down to the girl on the movie poster. HEHE. PRops on the release but i already saw it in the theatres. I can wait for a screener or better..



7/8/7

Wow that dark sample made me jump... even though it was predictable!!! And then... Hot Diggity the main sample had me going too!!!

Fuck I'm not watchin this till after halloween lol.

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this film is a total rip off the Ring right down to the girl on the movie poster. HEHE.

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This is probably a dumb question, but is the original in japanese?

"STN" - WELCOME!!!!!!!

GREAT! A new group has entered the scene that can produce good quality telesyncs. This is like a breath of fresh air. Maybe they can take some of the pressure off VideoCD and maVen. for the past 2 months, I've been holding my breath waiting for those 2 groups to come out with ANYTHING. Never did see "Mr. 3000" from either of them, which is a definite shame. I hope that ONE of the groups (now that we have 3 "high quality" telesync ones) can put out "Ray". This is one that I am not ONLY going to see in the theater, but would like a telesync of good quality to show my mom, aunt, etc. They're used to maVen's and VideoCD's quality, and now they call me, bugging me for new releases! It's so funny to hear my family members all leaving messages, asking me what new movies I can bring for them to watch, when many of them never talked to me at ALL only a year or so ago.
As far as THIS release, I'm a quite impressed with the quality of it. Video only has a slight grainy aspect in (some) parts, but not even close to being enough to be concerned about. Audio is similar to VideoCD's and maVen's in quality (in other words FASNTASTIC). Movie itself was one that I liked a LOT, even though everybody at my job downed it. Screw'em. I look forward to more releases by STN. Keep up the good work, fellas......

Video - 8
Audio - 9
Movie 8.5

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Originally posted by BLUE-NEO
ok its from the same director who made the ring. which is really called RingU in japan. He wrote and directed the japanese and american version of THE Grudge which is called Ju-On,

overall this release really isn't that bad the angle is minor you can see the constant adjusting during the beginning. but overall nice video and sound.

8/8/9 movie was really good. but overall the original is still better.

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Video 6 too many issues with it to score higher
Sound 8
flik ?

I Am X ...was that a request????????

Holy Shit, even the Sample almost scared the shit out of me with audio turned up load *lol*

Picture is a bit grainy but overally very good and watchable.

Will grab this to test my nerves tomorrow or so.

The Evolution

sorry but this movie looks really dumb ill probally watch it eventually anyways

video - 6 - fairly shatty and i feel rather natty
audio - 8 - skippidy doo, good audio too
movie - ? - not so sure and a cat's at my door

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Originally posted by a1catraz
the director of ringu did not direct this. he did not direct the eng version either.
the directior of this directed both the jap and eng one.
got it?
7/8/8

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Nice Release! 7/8/6, agreeably a bit dark in spots but more than watchable. Solid sound.

and just for clarification:

Ju-on (STV) - 2000
Ju-on 2 (STV) - 2000
Ju-on: The Grudge - 2003
Ju-on: The Grudge 2 - 2003

And Takashi Shimizu had nothing to do with Ring, Ring 2 or Ring 0 for that matter (no, he didn't write them). The Grudge is Shimizu's english language remake of Ju-on: The Grudge but it has a shitload of scenes from Ju-on and Ju-on 2.

Ju-on kicks ass, Ju-on 2 sucks, Ju-on: The Grudge pretty much sucked ass but was good for a couple scares. Ju-on: The Grudge 2 on the other hand, was a blast. Sequel to The Grudge is in the works, shit better stay with the original #2.

Holy shit I'm a fucking geek.

Excellent video, superb sound, film made me poo my bottom, easily as good as the japanese original, slightly more linear plot for western tastes, already a huge hit (only cost 10 million dollars to make and has already made over 4 times that in usa) so a sequel is inevitable, and the japanese sequel is just as scary so bring on grudge 2. Ignore the haters this is a superb TS and the film will make you wet your panties

The Grudge The Drudge The Crudge..... :::YAWN:::

Realese:

:: 6.7/7.9/1.00000ooooo...........zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz


:: BTW :: Thanks STN nice release boys, goodluck in your movie pirating carriers.?

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Excellent video, superb sound, film made me poo my bottom, easily as good as the japanese original, slightly more linear plot for western tastes, already a huge hit (only cost 10 million dollars to make and has already made over 4 times that in usa) so a sequel is inevitable, and the japanese sequel is just as scary so bring on grudge 2. Ignore the haters this is a superb TS and the film will make you wet your panties

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Good job guys. You had three un-noticed releases prior to this, bout time you made the charts, that one cam with Niome Campbell (Yum Yum..) was pretty good, and looks like you are moving forward. As stated before, good to see the SVCD.TS bar raced higher, people were getting too used to mavens mediocre cams.
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Originally posted by bcool2k
Wow finally a nice SVCD TS of this movie. It definitely has its issues. Everything that has been stated, Dark and grainy, angled which crops the subtitles and this film is a total rip off the Ring right down to the girl on the movie poster. HEHE. PRops on the release but i already saw it in the theatres. I can wait for a screener or better..



7/8/7

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Very watchable as everyone has already stated...It was funny to me to see them cover the cam when someone got up to go take a piss...lol...Finally a good horror movie. I think this is far better then The Ring. Welcome STN, now bring on SAW!!!

Angle?

I keep hearing comments about a slight angle can anyone make a comment on how noticeable this is cause I cant stand it if it real noticeable. SO before I waste my BW ID like to know thx all!

I watched the POT version and outside of the first 5 minutes, it was very watchable. I didn't think anyone else would put this movie out. Yet, here we are and I must say I'm impressed. The sound is clear and the picture is clear. I don't see the grain others have talked about. I can't really notice an angle either while watching this on DVD or my laptop. Nice work people and thank you for both versions.

V-8
A-8.5
M8

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Originally posted by BLUE-NEO
ok its from the same director who made the ring. which is really called RingU in japan. He wrote and directed the japanese and american version of THE Grudge which is called Ju-On,

overall this release really isn't that bad the angle is minor you can see the constant adjusting during the beginning. but overall nice video and sound.

8/8/9 movie was really good. but overall the original is still better.

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this isnt a rip off of the ring only thing in common with the ring is they are both crappy remakes if japanese movies

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is it me or does it stop befor credits is anything missing????

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video is pretty good for a telesync, though we have seen better TS', sound is excellent, movie looks pretty good too

8/9/x

Very decent rls.........Im left wondering is the end missing tho..Until I go to theater..Nice to see new grps

Just went through both parts and would have to say it isn't bad but isn't the best. Video is on a bit of an angle, and isn't as clear as it could be. Audio is pretty good but I wouldn't say perfect. Can't explain what I think of the audio it is clear but sounds kinda funny to me when you turn it up. The release is definately watchable if you want to see it now. I would rate the video a 7, and audio an 8. This is a very good release for a pretty new group but if you are picky you might want to wait for better.

eh, 6/8/2.5 Remakes.. when will they learn?

Hi everyone,

that "slight" angle everyone is talking about is 4+ degrees which would be impossible to correct without major cropping, not to mention major distortion.

<edit> This is also interlaced.

vid - <edit> 7 (interlaced)
aud- 8
movie - 8.5 ( not bad but only two or three thrill parts)

Just ran to my computer and checked....my copy has the ending that the first cam release had.....the ending is there. This copy simply stops at the blank screen between the actual picture disappears and the credits appear. It shouldnt be nuked. The SLIGHT angle didnt bother me at all. This is a very good release....and not like we have a chioce with 2 releases ...this is by far the best.

This is a Good release. Slight Cam probs at start, but they fix it.Sound is good,video colors-good. overall a very watchable release. thumbs up to STN. 6/6/7

Hi everyone,

I stand corrected, it seems mine had a corruption in the rar, I chked with a few others and it is all there. Although my apps are still telling me it is interlaced , but the main thing is is that it is all there.

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eh, 6/8/2.5 Remakes.. when will they learn?

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Finally got around to getting this... Good job STN, keep up the good work.

v7 - Angle / some cropping
a8 - Minor low-end fuzz
m5 - Could take it or leave it. Nothing overly impressive.

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Oki.Rant time - The camera shoots off screen 3 times.
There are ppl walking past camera.
Camera man puts hand in front of camera.
Credits are cut off.
Video not any better than pot s rls.

On the good side. - Audio is better than pots.


I know the efforts this group has gone to to rls this.so props for this,but the ppl marking it havnt seen full rls.how can you mark this so high ?Giving marks from sample doesnt always give a true indecation of how good/bad a rls is.There should def be another T/S rls of this soon i hope in an empty cinema.Thx for the rls though STN. keep em comin they will get better for sure.

6 / 8 / 8

release is great but it really isnt too much better than pot's version (besides audio)
v-7
a-9
thanks for release this will b the one i watch

i never posted befor. but been coming to the site for a while. all i want to say is that alot of people bitch about the movies. but they are free. we get all this shit for free. so just be happy. or go and watch the damn movie

my first rateing,

i think this movie reminds me of Open water. some bad parts of the movie.

V:7.5
A:7.9
M:7.5

Scared the shit out of my wife. and i got laid. so i love it

6/7/6

I thought the movie was OK, but it could have been more scary.

As far as the TS, well, I would rather the cammer cover the cam for a few seconds than get arrested (like they can do here). Angle wasn't a problem, and adjustments to the cam eventually worked out.

Thanks for the movie ending info, we were like "is that it?"

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Compared to recent Telesyncs, this sucks!

Yeah its ok if you don't mind the camera shooting around, the camera man with a fetish for sticking his hand in front of it, the sound jumping out of sync and the picture being grainy.

All that said, it is watchable and the sound is excellent.

Its way over rated though! 5 for Video/ 8 for Audio

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Sound slips in and out of sync quite noticeably(on 2nd disk!)
Picture grainy and lacks colour
Would have been a half decent release if not for sound issue and camera getting covered several times
As said before it watchable by all means, besides the sync issue which is a bit offputting.

would rate 7 for Video/ 6 for Audio

camera jerks a few times...got me dizzy

overall good release, sound is excellent

6.5/8/9

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First off I would like to say thanks STN for the release. IMO this is very watch-able even with the slight angle. As stated before video is slightly grainy and a bit dark at times. I thought audio was good and I found it very funny when it appeared to me the camera man was trying to “pick” the guy off the screen as he was walking across. As for the movie itself, I was very disappointed. Although there are a few scary parts I thought the acting left more than a little to be desired. But then again that's just my opinion. My son as well as others watched it as well and they thought it was the “bomb-digity”.

Once again STN thanks for the great release (considering what you had to work with). Keep up the good work.

A/9 V/8 M/6

Edit: After thinking about it more. I think the video should be a 7 due to slight angle, grainy, man walking and camera man's arm.

Ju-on & Grudge imdb

Grudge, The (1915)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0005431/
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Grudge, The (1917)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0325505/
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Kineh (1954)
aka "The Grudge"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0370848/
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Ju-on (2000) (V)
aka "Ju-on: The Curse"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0330500/
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Ju-on 2 (2000)
aka "Ju-on: The Curse 2"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0330501/
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Ju-on: The Grudge (2003)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364385/
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Ju-on: The Grudge 2 (2003)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367913/
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Grudge, The (2004/I)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0391198/

:: and the point of this post was what exactly ? -pHo

This may be my first post but i've been visting your site for a while, and i'm no newbie to the scene. As for the quality on this release i wasn't to impressed, shaky video at the beginning and several other video faults that have already been mentioned. Sound was good but all in all there have been much better telesync's this year.

5/8/5 - not a patch on the original

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i thought it was a awful ts
pic five
sound eight
film eight.

too much ajusting all the way through and a hand blocks the picture twice.

it is watchable though. shame there wasn't a screener in time for halloween!

The picture is pretty good even in dark scene, the sound is loud and clear and pretty scary at some point.

The movie itself is not as scary as i was expected, over-hyped by the media. They kept going back and forth in the story and this is really pisses me off and end up that the story got no point...not to mention the crappy ending.

The movie is way too much look alike of the ring. So no need to go see it in theater or buy the DVD.

7.5/8.5/5

WTF!!! Missing 2-3 Minutes?

Okay are yous people actually capable of downloading the film? Dunno bout yous lot but ive just watched this from start to finish, and its definitely missing the ending, perhaps 2-3 minutes. So in that case you people are either judging from the sample, have not actually downloaded it, just flicked through, or are just chatting plain shizzle manizzle. I may be mistaken and it just may end abruptly but if im not then please please nukers, nuke this mofo.

is it just me or is the audio sync all to F*ck on this

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Okay are yous people actually capable of downloading the film? Dunno bout yous lot but ive just watched this from start to finish, and its definitely missing the ending, perhaps 2-3 minutes.
nuke this mofo.

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Maybe this is because they are going to also remake Ju-On THe Grudge 2 as "The Grudge 2"

Well, just finished this one, and I watched it with about 10 friends. Everyone except one person did not find it scary. I guess i'm a lil' bitch cause I was not that "one" person. I personally thought it was real scary, and beyond that the story actually kept me interested. As for the Japanese version of this movie, I have not seen it but I will for sure when it comes out on one of my movie channels. People keep comparing this to the movie "THE RING", and a definite comparison can be drawn to that movie, but, really it stands on its own. I liked it, it freaked me out so what more do I want? Nothing. As for quality, I would give this movie a Solid 9 if it were not for camera bumps here and there (which were few and far between) so it drops to a 8 for quality. The sound was dead on so a 9 for that. The Movie itself for me was an 8 (THE RING would be a 9). So again:
8 / 9 / 8

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Watched this yesterday
Video: 7.5
Audio:8.5
Movie:8
Video was very clear and had an angle, which was only noticeable when subtitles appeared.
Audio was great.
Movie was not as good as Ringu, but pretty scary at some moments.
Does it really miss the ending? When Sarah Michelle Gellar turns around at the end, the picture goes black and I would assume that's where the end credits start. Most TS'es do not have the end credits.

AFter viewing sample - i've decided to skip this release.

Thanks guys - but i think i'll wait.

7/8/7

Best copy out by far, movie was pretty decent.

Thank you STN!

Video: 7 - good pic and colours, but occasional distracting movement of the cam and hand over lens.

Audio 9 - excellent DTS sourced, maybe slightly out-of-sync in one small section on CD2?

Movie 8 - best horror I've seen for a while, doesn't live up to all the hype, and I thought "The Ring" was better, but still an enjoyable movie.

been waiting a while for this one

7/8/9

I'm not going to disagree with anyone on this release. The video is a bit shaky, and for a couple of seconds it gets moved to "half-screen." At least, however, it isn't a shitty street silver that is missing anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes of the movie, which POT has been nuked so many times for.

As seeing this in the theatre, you're not missing anything ... the movie ends abruptly, which makes the ending a bit frightening. I loved all the Jap movies, Ju-on, Ju-on 2, Ju-on: The Grudge, Ju-on 2: The Grudge. I own all those Jap movies, but watching this one, and trying not to compare it to the Jap ones, it's pretty scary and can hold it's own ... I also thought the American version of the Ring was a bit freaky (I liked the fly scene the most).

I love watching movies, and hate comparing them to their "originals" ... remakes suck, but at least they are normally better than sequels. I hate when people compare this movie to the Ring, just because they are both remakes of Jap movies ... nothing to do with one another, and they should be kept seperate. Not trying to rag on anyone here, just saying ... they are each scary in their own right.

Video: 6 (definitely watchable though)
Audio: 7 (with exception of the out of sync part on CD2)
Movie: 8.25, definitely worth watching again in my book, thanks for asking

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Just watched on the big screen...

My analysis:

If you dont already have a copy, you only have two to choose from so get this anyway.

It is watchable, you can enjoy the film with this release, its quality doesnt really affect the film.

Audio: is crystal clear, no problems but it does jump out of sync a few times in cd2 - but this is rectified quickly each time, going back into sync shortly after.

Video: does have an angle (noticable with subs and at beginning of film with titles) but this does not matter when the film is on, it does not make a difference and is not overly noticable.

A little washed of colour (expected) but the clarity seemed ok to me, no awful motion blur, and the picture seemed to have good depth.

The camera is shakey & zooms in & out when the operator is adjusting the camera during the titles, to prevent major cropping. Once it is fixed it is fine.

I noticed someone stand up to leave theatre and you see it at bottom of screen. No biggie. Operator also places hand in front of the lens twice. Again no biggie and only for a matter of a second or so.

Movie - I liked it, scared me.

If you want to see the movie - get this, it is fine, trust me. (what do you want, its free!)

vid-6/Aud-8/Film-7

Ok yes ime a newbie but ive been around for a far bit now and this Release has good audio but the video quality is some what questionable like the guy in the last post says the picture is on a slant and it suffers from lipsinq issues. Though the film its self is quite good but the jap original is better if you like reading subtitles

Video 6.0
Audio 8.5
Film 8.5