Netflix series Ju-On: Origins conjures up sense of dread around everyday items like phones

A still from Ju-On featuring Yuina Kuroshima as Haruka, an aspiring actress who is haunted by the sound of footsteps in her home. PHOTO: NETFLIX
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LOS ANGELES - The Ju-On and Grudge films - about a deadly curse that begins in a house in Tokyo and eventually spreads all the way to the United States - are finally getting a proper origin story.

And it might be even more terrifying than the movies because it is more realistic, referencing real-life disasters and murders that have happened in Japan.

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