The Grudge

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The Grudge: Official Clip - No Escape

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The Grudge: Official Clip - Apartment Hauntings

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The Grudge: Official Clip - Staircase Encounter

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The Grudge: Official Clip - Yoko Returns

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The Grudge: Official Clip - Drowned in a Bath Tub

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The Grudge: Official Clip - Trapped in a Closet

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The Grudge: Official Clip - Yoko Is Attacked

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The Grudge: Official Clip - New Tenants

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The Grudge: Official Clip - Unsuspecting Suicide

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The Grudge: Official Clip - Final Fright

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Cast & Crew

Sarah Michelle Gellar
Karen Davis

Jason Behr
Doug

William Mapother
Mathew Williams

Clea Duvall
Jennifer Williams

Kadee Strickland
Susan Williams

Grace Zabriskie
Emma Williams

Bill Pullman
Peter Kirk

Rosa Blasi
Maria Kirk

Ted Raimi
Alex

Ryo Ishibashi
Det. Nakagawa

Yôko Maki
Yoko

Yuya Ozeki
Toshio Saeki

Takako Fuji
Kayako Saeki

Takashi Shimizu
Director

Takashi Shimizu
Writer

Doug Davison
Producer

Roy Lee
Executive Producer

Rob Tapert
Producer

Joseph Drake
Executive Producer

Nathan Kahane
Executive Producer

Sam Raimi
Executive Producer

Shintaro Shimosawa
Co-Producer

Stephen Susco
Screenwriter

Takashige Ichise
Producer

Carsten H.W. Lorenz
Executive Producer

Hideo Yamamoto
Cinematographer

Iwao Saito
Production Design

Jeff Betancourt
Film Editing

Christopher Young
Music

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Audience Reviews for The Grudge

• Apr 24, 2015

  The Grudge is a strange and complex mixture of Lost In Translation and Don't Look Now, in which an ancient curse plagues a Japanese house and all those who inhabit it. This American remake isn't anywhere near as bad as it could have been and is faithful to the original and continues the weird Japanese fetish for entanglements of black ghoul hair and extremely pale children. Quite memorable and definitely worth a watch, but the film's confusing back-and-forth plot and disappointing conclusion let it down.
  Super Reviewer
• Mar 11, 2014

  'The Grudge' (2004) maintains spine-chilling thrills throughout, but never clearly explains interesting aspects due to its non-linear narrative. In fact it makes it even more difficult to understand. Sarah Michelle Gellar's role (as Karen) is actually pretty decent, but honestly this movie is not worth seeing just because of her performance. This is giving me second doubts on seeing 'Ju-on: The Curse (Curse Grudge)' (2000), the original and supposedly better Grudge movie. What was director Takashi Shimizu thinking when he remade his own movie?
  Super Reviewer
• Mar 03, 2013

  Sarah Michelle Gellar stars in The Grudge, an American remake of a Japanese horror film. The story follows a cursed house possessed by an evil that's killing off all those who cross its path. However, the film tries to get by on cheap scares that don't work. And rather than creating atmosphere, the score is mundane and cliched. What's also problematic is that the evil spirit is omnipresent, and has no rules or limitations to it. Dull and monotonous, The Grudge is a horror film devoid of any terror.
  Dann M Super Reviewer
• Dec 29, 2012

  "The Grudge" is a creep-fest that doesn't make a whole lot of sense. It's not that the movie is complex, the opposite is true. It just takes a pedestrian ghost story involving vengeance and anger and surrounds it with jolts and more jolts. Takashi Shimizu doesn't seem concerned with originality or substance as long as he can make creepy ghosts jarringly jump out at characters. While this is scary at times after a while you just stop caring. Sarah Michelle Gellar does the best she can with a thin role that requires her to just skulk around, look scared and ask questions. And when the answers come they prove to be unsurprisingly and unoriginal. "The Grudge" is forgettable and mindless.
  Tony G Super Reviewer