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The Grudge (2004)

Directed by Takashi Shimizu

Horror | Supernatural | Mystery

Most recently watched by ashe5k, sleestakk

Overview

An American nurse living and working in Tokyo is exposed to a mysterious supernatural curse, one that locks a person in a powerful rage before claiming their life and spreading to another victim.

Rated PG-13 | Length 92 minutes

Actors

Sarah Michelle Gellar | Jason Behr | Takako Fuji | Yuya Ozeki | William Mapother | Clea DuVall | KaDee Strickland | Grace Zabriskie | Bill Pullman | Rosa Blasi | Ted Raimi | Ryo Ishibashi | Yoko Maki | Takashi Matsuyama | Hiroshi Matsunaga | Hajime Okayama | Yoshiyuki Morishita | Kazuyuki Tsumura | Taigi Kobayashi | Junko Koizumi | Nana Koizumi | Yôichi Okamura | Eiji Ôki | Katsuhiro Oyama

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Viewing Notes

I had to dig out my DVDs of this and the sequel since they’re hard/expensive to find the Blu-rays now.

I think this isn’t as good as the originals for two reasons: an American cast and a more linear format. Even though the cast are in Japan, it still feels devoid of Japanese culture. And most of the cast just feel out of place. And while it’s not quite linear, it’s certainly more so than any of the preceding four Japanese films.

All that said, it still manages to get some nicely creepy moments in and do a pretty decent job of blending JU-ON: THE GRUDGE and JU-ON: THE GRUDGE 2.

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