Leave the House!: Ju-On- The Grudge 2

Another Grudge- what did I even do to you?!?  This is Ju-On: The Grudge 2, the 2003 Sequel.  Are you sure they couldn't make this Title any longer?  Maybe Ju-On: The Grudge 2- First Blood or Ju-On: The Grudge 2- Your Sister Is a Werewolf.  I guess Ju-On: Another Grudge as my joke Title was too much too.  What is the Story here?  Well, it is more of the same.  We get a META aspect as a Film is being made about the previous events that occurred.  Wait- this guy did Reincarnation, a 2005 Film about people making a Movie about a family murder in the same House it happened.  Was he that short on ideas or is that a super-common trope in Japan?!?  I don't have much more to say here that I can't say in the Review, really.  The same Director is here, so that's good.  He only skipped one Film in the main Series (the DTV Sequel called The Grudge 3), so...yea?  To find out if this one makes more sense, read on...

In a strange opening, a woman and her husband are *sort of* attacked by the Grudge ghost(s).  One makes the accelerator stay pushed, but nothing really makes him crash (at least not visibly).

In the aftermath, the husband is severely wounded in the head, while the woman seems to have lost her baby.

She's a Horror Actress who hadn't told people about the pregnancy due to how it might affect her career.  One problem resolved itself in the darkest way possible!

After that, the Film is...more of the same.

More Vignettes that somewhat overlap and don't ever quite play out in order.
We also get the same strong visuals for the major moments too, so it is just as much of a mixed bag.

The little bit of clear story involves people filming a Movie about the cursed house...in the cursed house.  This time, the ghosts can also more clearly make you see its victims from earlier.

Are their ghosts trapped now too?
Will this matter that much?
Why named a Character 'Kyoko' when you have a Character already named 'Kayako?'  You don't see how confusing that can be?

Along the way, Kyoko ends up pregnant due to the spirit(s).  She takes it well.

Oh and her husband is in a vegetative state.  That might be bad too.

The spirit- Toshio- continues to kill random people who happened to go in/around the House as part of the shoot.  A pair of them die off-camera...which is odd.

The oddest bit- the sad Sub-Plot of this random lady.

We see her as an Extra for the Film within a Film who screams.
As it turns out, she's zapped around different times...somehow...by the ghost(s) and dies.
Why so mean to this poor girl?!?

The ghost's final act is to be born from Kyoko (killing the Doctors in the Room) and to grow up to kill Mom...in broad daylight.

Will this go anywhere?  I have to find out (at some point).  The End.

Consider this a slight improvement- only slight.  I can kind of tell what the main Story is here.  Progress!  I still needed a Wiki page to keep the Plot straight a few days after seeing it- not so much progress.  I still don't know why this can't be in chronological order.  Anyone want to explain it to me?  The visuals are strong and there are some good ideas here.  Like the last Film, I just couldn't connect to it as much as I should due to the format.  It is what it is- an Arty J-Horror Film that suffers for it.  I'd still recommend it overall, but don't expect a simple, easy to follow narrative.

Next time, I take a break from J-Horror to wrap up some overdue reviews.  It's a new Year, so let me play catch up as part of my resolutions.  Stay tuned...