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The Grudge

The Grudge

2004
Drama, Suspense/Thriller
1h 31m
Karen Davis (Gellar) is an American Nurse moves to Tokyo and encounter a supernatural spirit who is vengeful and often possesses its victims. A series of horrifying and mysterious deaths start to occur, with the spirit passing its curse onto each victim. Karen must now find away to break this spell, before she becomes its next victim. (imdb)

Directed by:

Takashi Shimizu

Screenwriter:

Takashi Shimizu, Stephen Susco

Starring:

Bill Pullman, KaDee Strickland, Ryo Ishibashi, Grace Zabriskie, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ted Raimi, Clea DuVall, Jason Behr, William Mapother, Yôko Maki, Rosa Blasi, Yuya Ozeki

Franchise:

The Grudge

Genres:

Drama, Suspense/Thriller, Horror, Mystery

Countries:

Japan, USA

Languages:

English, Japanese
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The Grudge

2004
Drama, Suspense/Thriller
1h 31m
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davidblastDavidBlast
Rated 18 Jul 2010
50
43rd
Turns out you don't need to care about the protagonists to find a horror film effective. This is NOT a good movie by any measure, but this evil Japanese spirit shit just scares the hell out of me for some reason. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
Rated 18 Jul 2010
spikycactusSpikyCactus
Rated 09 Nov 2020
60
20th
Top badass moment? Learning that slaying vampires is not a skill that's readily transferrable to other ungodly creatures. So all in all it's a bit of a dead-end career wise. On hearing Buffy mumbling a few words of what I suspect is really badly mangled Japanese, a pissed-off, long-haired hippy-goth make a nuisance of itself by dropping litter everywhere and giving Buffy exactly the ‘first day at my new job’ no one wants to have. 1 cat (black and really angry), no chainsaws or decapitations.
Rated 09 Nov 2020
ecitizeneCitizen
Rated 15 Jan 2012
10
2nd
This story could possibly be filmed in a way to make a good movie, however this director is entirely awful. Every single time the action starts to get good the idiot cuts away. Why even try to tell a scary story if you are going to ruin every single scary scene. By the end all I wanted to do was scream foul. I hope I never again see another movie made by this crappy director.
Rated 15 Jan 2012
scurryscurry
Rated 03 Jul 2010
35
23rd
Average horror with precious few surprises. But I don't get it. What was the motive for all the badness?
Rated 03 Jul 2010
obdurateObdurate
Rated 26 Jul 2008
18
2nd
This is an awful movie that makes you laugh. So as an unintentional comedy it's at least a 70, but as a horror movie it fails miserably. The cat kid is hilarious, not scary. The various sounds in this movie are the same way. Ahhhhhhhhh, or whatever the fuck it is.
Rated 26 Jul 2008
jstryjstry
Rated 07 Feb 2008
11
2nd
I wanted to leave the theater.
Rated 07 Feb 2008
ganjaguyGanjaguy
Rated 14 Aug 2007
68
55th
meoooowwwwwwwrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Rated 14 Aug 2007
karyKary
Rated 14 Aug 2007
25
4th
Sure, lots of people die. But it's not scary, or good. In fact, I'd have to say it's one of the worst movies I've seen in quite a while. Including some made by middle school students.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
twincinematwincinema
Rated 10 Oct 2022
30
11th
A lot of twitchy ghosts and zoom-ins on eyes opened wide. However, in the nearly 20 years since I last saw this, the surveillance video scene stuck with me. That's pretty good, I think.
Rated 10 Oct 2022
pianosamaPianoSama
Rated 05 Mar 2021
65
45th
This is...fine. I'm not a massive fan of the original, & while this certainly isn't any worse it's no better either. Gellar is a solid lead, but she doesn't get enough screen time to make you care about her character- which leads into the bigger problem of the way the whole thing is structured. It's interesting & different on paper, but really it just derails the momentum of the story & keeps it stuck in first gear for 85 of its 95 minutes. All said, as basic a 2000's horror as you can find.
Rated 05 Mar 2021
glumpy99glumpy_99
Rated 03 Dec 2020
61
20th
Interesting spin on haunted house tropes undermines its tension by telling its story in an irritatingly fractured way - it therefore becomes difficult to fully engage with the sinister goings-on. Gellar delivers an adequate if light-weight performance (it's all the material really requires); Zabriskie as always needs to do very little to be a chilling, unsettling presence. Never really tops its quite shocking opener and delays too long telling us what its relevance is to the rest of the film.
Rated 03 Dec 2020
wardenWarden
Rated 27 Oct 2018
54
17th
You're caring for a random non-japanese family in Japan, and find a japanese boy trapped in a closet that's been taped shut. What do you do next? Well, you'd call your supervisor of course, and then do nothing. Call the police? That's stupid. The film is a remake in the truest sense, copying most of what the same director did before and having little originality this time around, making this film mostly pointless and a boring retread. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
Rated 27 Oct 2018
vv238vv238
Rated 12 Oct 2018
22
16th
Surely the original was better than this because I can't imagine a film this tension-less and filled with cheap scares being remade at all.
Rated 12 Oct 2018
nyctalopeNyctalope
Rated 21 Feb 2018
71
33rd
A horror film with some genuinely unsettling scenes, but overall a bit on the boring side.
Rated 21 Feb 2018
mwestcottmwestcott
Rated 03 Jan 2018
45
15th
The Grudge is a decent horror movie. No more no less. The disjointed style of telling the story however makes it a hard movie to wholly recommend. Apart from the scary visuals there is nothing much else to stick around for here. Watch Ju-On for the idea fully realised.
Rated 03 Jan 2018
allengilliamAllenGilliam
Rated 20 Oct 2017
59
13th
Your typical angry ghost story. Startle scares and general creepiness. No plot really, and not deeply frightening.
Rated 20 Oct 2017
lawlaw
Rated 04 Aug 2017
60
58th
I like this one entirely for its spooky gloss, and the presence of Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr, and Clea Duvall.
Rated 04 Aug 2017
luordluord
Rated 03 Aug 2017
14
1st
I wish I had liked it but the movie is nothing but jump scare after jump scare with nothing resembling a plot or a point, since the monsters seem unbeatable and unstoppable anyway.
Rated 03 Aug 2017
the_beastThe Beast
Rated 30 May 2017
3
15th
If you've seen the trailer you've seen all the scary this has to offer. The albinos get boring after a while and there's just not much going on and no emotional investment.
Rated 30 May 2017
tsvetetsvete
Rated 04 Aug 2016
81
18th
1
Rated 04 Aug 2016
mfitzgeraldM.Fitzgerald
Rated 10 Aug 2015
19
7th
It feels like they made a movie from the first draft of a script and didn't put much thought into anything.
Rated 10 Aug 2015
guitarmeeuwguitarmeeuw
Rated 14 Jul 2015
63
43rd
A film where I felt genuinely creeped out at the end of it. Some of the scenes were really tense, and what I liked about it was that it did not rely only on jumpscares(few); there is a lot of tension-building and gruesome scenes involved here. I think that the cinematography did matched really well with the sounds used to create these scenes. However, there were also some scenes that were not so scary, and seemed pointless. Acting was OK, character development was not important in the film.
Rated 14 Jul 2015
rymRYM
Rated 29 Mar 2015
42
8th
2.10/5
Rated 29 Mar 2015
ajrafflesAJ_Raffles
Rated 14 Sep 2014
79
79th
For a horror it ranks highly in my book.
Rated 14 Sep 2014
petrollikaPetrollika
Rated 21 Jul 2014
2
6th
I've tried watching this multiple times, but it's never been able to hold my attention and I always end up turning it off.
Rated 21 Jul 2014
pluggedinPluggedIN
Rated 27 May 2014
40
35th
The Grudge is an American remake of the hit Japanese horror movie Ju-On, which was also directed by Takashi Shimizu. The English title doesn't quite capture the Japanese original, though--a case of a concept not translating easily across languages. A native Japanese speaker told me that ju-on carries the connotation of a deep-seated rage embodied through a curse involving the ghost of a murder victim. Apparently, The Curse of the Vengeful, Hate-Filled Ghost wouldn't fit on movie marquees here.
Rated 27 May 2014
haruhiHaruhi
Rated 01 Feb 2014
13
8th
A typical movie of its genre.
Rated 01 Feb 2014
minorsageMinorsage
Rated 20 Oct 2013
5
4th
This was supposed to be scary, wasn't it?
Rated 20 Oct 2013
tamcamTamCam
Rated 28 May 2013
60
22nd
By far not as good as the original, with a lame story in the background that doesn't quite fit in. Tries to explain things to a Western audience and loses itself on the way...
Rated 28 May 2013
eldarzachEldarZach
Rated 03 Apr 2013
79
52nd
Saw this in 7th or 8th grade in theaters. Was absolutely the most terrifying movie I've seen to date. Watched it again at home, and it had lost some impact. Still, the suspense and horror builds from very early on and doesn't let you go until the closing credits. I remember waiting for one scene to calm down a little; nope. By the finale of the movie I was downright traumatized. lol. Would recommend if you want a scary movie; turn out the lights, don't take your attention off it, and enjoy.
Rated 03 Apr 2013
moribunnyMoribunny
Rated 20 Jan 2013
0
0th
zzzzZzzzZZZZzzz
Rated 20 Jan 2013
alex_wsAlex WS
Rated 19 Jan 2013
73
73rd
Bleak and scary.
Rated 19 Jan 2013
gokcanzgokcanz
Rated 26 Oct 2012
72
63rd
* Casting, Acting : 7 * Script : 7 * Directing, Aura : 8 * Ease of Viewing : 7 * Naked Eye : 7
Rated 26 Oct 2012
matthew_parkinsonMatthew Parkinson
Rated 19 Oct 2012
40
31st
The Grudge failed because it wasn't all that scary. Horror movies often don't make much sense, but if they frighten you, you don't question them in the moment. My mind wandered while I was watching this one -- to the point where all I could think about was how much fun I could have doing something else. The non-linear storytelling doesn't help much, the characters are largely all idiots, and, like I said, I wasn't scared. As a result, I didn't have much fun.
Rated 19 Oct 2012
ag0stomesmerAg0stoMesmer
Rated 30 Jul 2012
3
73rd
I liked the 'lost in a foreign culture' atmosphere, it really helped sell what is basically a simple ghost story.
Rated 30 Jul 2012
wulfewuLFe
Rated 18 Jun 2012
55
8th
Trying to ape the success of "The Ring" by bringing a popular Japanese horror movie to US shores, this one pretty much failed miserably.
Rated 18 Jun 2012
mervtaylorMerv_Taylor
Rated 17 Jun 2012
40
14th
Ugh
Rated 17 Jun 2012
moviemaniacMoviemaniac
Rated 04 Dec 2011
50
4th
"The Grudge" had decent effects, a pretty good jump-factor and original 'monsters'. But the scares themselves were almost nonexistant. The plot was... well it wasn't a plot. If you're looking for just a few jumps and a laugh or two at actors and actresses trying to act scared then this is the movie for you. But the monsters did a good job of making the movie somewhat decent. The plot was nothing, there was no real writing, the way it was directed sucked and the actor casting was poor in some a
Rated 04 Dec 2011
kramyessevKramYessev
Rated 04 Dec 2011
57
36th
Surprisingly enough, "The Grudge" actually manages to rise above it's Japanese source material "Ju-On" by having a coherent plot and a few scares and chills here and there. Sure, it's not a good film by any stretch of the imagination but unlike its Japanese counterpart, this film didn't make me angry and want to destroy the disc afterwards (although admittedly I have only seen the Japanese remake and not the direct-to-video original or the Katasumi and 4444444444 shorts).
Rated 04 Dec 2011
kojilessKojiless
Rated 25 Oct 2011
6
4th
Unfortunately there were no vampires for Buffy to sray.
Rated 25 Oct 2011
afx237viafx237vi
Rated 14 Sep 2011
25
9th
Don't expect to see anything new if you're already familiar with the original, because bar a few minor changes, this is virtually a scene-by-scene remake. It feels a little tighter in terms of editing, with fewer confusing flashbacks, and there's a little more development of the back-story, but it still relies far too heavily on cheap shocks (some of the imagery is a little more in-your-face, some of it is laughably cheesy). Overall, fairly pointless.
Rated 14 Sep 2011
sienceSience
Rated 06 Sep 2011
30
27th
Yea, it's a crap film. But it is really bloody creepy!
Rated 06 Sep 2011
vandelay1Vandelay1
Rated 24 Jun 2011
73
83rd
Good Movie
Rated 24 Jun 2011
gordonbombayGordonBombay
Rated 24 Jan 2011
60
33rd
Who knew a kid miaowing like a cat would be scary? Not really a good movi, but spookie as hell!
Rated 24 Jan 2011
lady_moeLady Moe
Rated 20 Jan 2011
61
21st
I have a feeling that if I watch this again, it'll just get worse. I watched this when it first came out in theaters, and it was very creepy. That's how it should be seen: in the theaters. There are some very well done shots in this movie.
Rated 20 Jan 2011
davisty69davisty69
Rated 17 Jan 2011
45
1st
Shitty movie
Rated 17 Jan 2011
marcocesarMarcoCesar
Rated 16 Jan 2011
81
26th
Graças a Deus um terror de verdade! Há muito tempo eu não tomo mais susto com os filmes de terror de hoje em dia que contem como fórmula "sangue, sexo e rock'n'roll" no entanto "O Grito" surpreende, e consegue ser melhor do que o original (sim, é uma regravação americana do original japones). Dica: assim como "O Chamado" é um otimo filme para ver em grupo de amigos!
Rated 16 Jan 2011
untrustableuntrustable
Rated 06 Jan 2011
35
13th
Leave Japan alone!
Rated 06 Jan 2011
babamotsbabamots
Rated 29 Dec 2010
36
14th
Decent use of flashbacks to introduce the backstory, but the handful of clever scenes couldn't redeem the bulk of the film. Every haunted-house movie is a spoiler for this one (including itself as it uses the same devices incessantly). I can only conclude that it was designed to surprise people with poor memories.
Rated 29 Dec 2010
timon88Timon88
Rated 24 Oct 2010
20
8th
It definitely has a certain style, but the plot is ludicrously implausible, even for a horror flick.
Rated 24 Oct 2010
slantmagSlantMag
Rated 18 Oct 2010
25
61st
"An abundance of above-average scares ultimately makes The Grudge's portrait of contagious anger, violence, and death creepily unsettling." - Nick Schager
Rated 18 Oct 2010
snallygastersnallygaster
Rated 10 Oct 2010
13
3rd
Better than most of the Hollywood Asian horror remakes, but there's really no reason to watch it.
Rated 10 Oct 2010
hellboy76hellboy76
Rated 25 Sep 2010
58
23rd
The kid is still creepy.
Rated 25 Sep 2010
jserticjsertic
Rated 20 Sep 2010
68
9th
Do yourself a favor and watch the Japanese version of this movie. Way better.
Rated 20 Sep 2010
loimprevistoloimprevisto
Rated 30 Aug 2010
91
71st
My kind of horror. Terrible movie from a technical standpoint, but it struck just the right tone to completely creep me out.
Rated 30 Aug 2010
gorejunkygorejunky
Rated 19 Aug 2010
98
84th
One of my favorite Americanized Asian horror films. Takashi Shimizu brings his Asian tale here to America and does a fantastic job. Creepy, disturbing and gory--this is very highly recommended for horror fans!
Rated 19 Aug 2010
broodfath3rBroodfath3r
Rated 18 Jul 2010
60
54th
not bad for a horror flick
Rated 18 Jul 2010
ejsjrncejsjrnc
Rated 11 Jun 2010
30
5th
Spent 2 hours trying to figure out what the hell was going on. When it was over, I just wanted my 2 hours back....
Rated 11 Jun 2010
sirvasilSirVasil
Rated 29 May 2010
35
22nd
Terrifyingly unremarkabe.
Rated 29 May 2010
johnsandwichJohnSandwich
Rated 26 Apr 2010
25
7th
Bleh.
Rated 26 Apr 2010
glmglm
Rated 20 Feb 2010
45
11th
44.500
Rated 20 Feb 2010
begoniabolbegoniabol
Rated 07 Feb 2010
10
13th
If you're not looking, it sounds like someone's burping all the time
Rated 07 Feb 2010
freqflyerfreqflyer
Rated 14 Dec 2009
75
36th
Expected this to be as good as The Ring, but alas, no. Still, it's not totally bad, either.
Rated 14 Dec 2009
jaywebb15jaywebb15
Rated 25 Nov 2009
81
10th
I just don't like horror films. But this did scare me pretty good
Rated 25 Nov 2009
antrock101antrock101
Rated 13 Nov 2009
30
13th
hardly scary
Rated 13 Nov 2009
zackumzackum
Rated 12 Nov 2009
65
33rd
quite scary.. but korean original is better i guess..
Rated 12 Nov 2009
chemtrailschemtrails
Rated 03 Oct 2009
25
9th
Boring
Rated 03 Oct 2009
oldgoatoldgoat
Rated 21 Sep 2009
47
15th
Mediocre in so many ways
Rated 21 Sep 2009
martrynmartryn
Rated 16 Sep 2009
51
16th
I mean, it's scary, and the premise is definitely creepy, but how many American remakes of Japanese horror can there be? I feel like you'd be better served just watching the original Japanese version of all these films.
Rated 16 Sep 2009
choobinchoobin
Rated 05 Sep 2009
90
56th
filme aali dar genre vahshat. 100 afarin dare
Rated 05 Sep 2009
katemsKatems
Rated 01 Sep 2009
30
25th
Sarah Michelle Gellar, when will you make another good movie?
Rated 01 Sep 2009
yawkcorbyawkcorb
Rated 23 Aug 2009
20
5th
Should have been left as a Japanese movie. Much of the imagery that was taken from the original holds no meaning to the American culture, so many aspects are lost. They could have taken the basic idea and work American culture into it, maybe; but the Japanese cultural aspects are pointless and kind of muddle the story.
Rated 23 Aug 2009
kwiksotikkwiksotik
Rated 19 Aug 2009
65
30th
Was ok. the Japanses original (Ju-on) is much better.
Rated 19 Aug 2009
okkervilOkkervil
Rated 01 Aug 2009
17
12th
Boring and visually bland. Its not scary and not entertaining.
Rated 01 Aug 2009
faloozaFalooza
Rated 18 Jul 2009
20
4th
Grace Zabrinski you deserve better work than this!
Rated 18 Jul 2009
pompousasspompousass
Rated 18 Jul 2009
40
71st
A remake of a Japanese film, _Ju-On: The Grudge_, which was not much good to begin with. Perhaps, there, a better-than-usual rationale for a remake, especially because the same man occupies the director's chair: a second chance to get it right. If the game-playing is slicker the second time around, that's precisely what's wanted when you're pulling a series of fast ones. The means are still modest, and the frights honest.
Rated 18 Jul 2009
fantacbobFantacBob
Rated 12 Jun 2009
50
21st
The sequel was much better.
Rated 12 Jun 2009
celticguy94celticguy94
Rated 04 Jun 2009
81
33rd
Not a bad film, just unimpressive. It spends way too much time on creepy imagery and not enough on plot. The actors really didn't seem to intersted eitheir.
Rated 04 Jun 2009
abunchofcatsABUNCHOFCATS
Rated 30 Apr 2009
75
39th
This movie did creep me out somewhat, and horror movies get to me when the reason everyone is being killed (or whatever the hell happened to them in this movie) is such a simple reason like they stepped into a house and for that they're doomed, same thing with The Ring. It's the fact you can be hunted down for doing something so inconsequential that really got me, but this is still not that good of a movie.
Rated 30 Apr 2009
karlakarla
Rated 12 Apr 2009
100
73rd
gives goosebumps and plays on your mind
Rated 12 Apr 2009
rthornhillrthornhill
Rated 03 Mar 2009
78
17th
Actually like certain aspects of this movie. Particularly the plotline involving Bill Pullman's character. Not a recommendation, but okay overall.
Rated 03 Mar 2009
letskillrobotsletskillrobots
Rated 25 Feb 2009
8
19th
spooooooky crisp!
Rated 25 Feb 2009
austinmeyaustinmey
Rated 26 Jan 2009
0
1st
Absolutely one of the WORST movies I've ever seen. The concept is completely retarded. The sound that she makes is so faggy and so annoying, when she does it at the very end I wanted to shoot myself in the eye. So so so stupid.
Rated 26 Jan 2009
eric_janeric-jan
Rated 26 Jan 2009
65
30th
The japanese version is better.
Rated 26 Jan 2009
hdperez88hdperez88
Rated 16 Jan 2009
92
83rd
WHY DID THEY HAVE TO MAKE SEQUELS??? This was an incredible, scary, edge of your seat movie. The textbook definition of a scary movie. But the sequel made me lose all respect I had for that creepy chick with the long hair and the annoying cat-kid.
Rated 16 Jan 2009
stevemoserstevemoser
Rated 11 Jan 2009
22
1st
didn't even see the whole thing
Rated 11 Jan 2009
sickornotsickornot
Rated 04 Jan 2009
70
35th
kind of scary really...
Rated 04 Jan 2009
imthatdingoImThatDingo
Rated 04 Jan 2009
7
12th
Boo.
Rated 04 Jan 2009
isobelmoonIsobelmoon
Rated 26 Dec 2008
40
37th
An ok-remake of the original japanese movie.
Rated 26 Dec 2008
wanderkidwanderkid
Rated 15 Dec 2008
40
3rd
Simply nowhere near as good as the original.
Rated 15 Dec 2008
royalpayneroyalpayne
Rated 03 Dec 2008
77
30th
I prefer the manga.
Rated 03 Dec 2008
cultofsamecult_of_same
Rated 15 Nov 2008
10
9th
I blame The Ring.
Rated 15 Nov 2008
beastbuck45BeastBuck45
Rated 05 Nov 2008
12
5th
I didnt think this movie was very good. i hated the overall plot and acting. the brief pop up effects were not very realistic.
Rated 05 Nov 2008
jesseJesse
Rated 23 Oct 2008
81
62nd
Its okay...
Rated 23 Oct 2008
omicron91Omicron91
Rated 15 Oct 2008
30
23rd
Original was maybe better.
Rated 15 Oct 2008
teeceeteecee
Rated 18 Sep 2008
55
83rd
fik fremkaldt kuldegysninger hos mig
Rated 18 Sep 2008
green_goblinGreen Goblin
Rated 08 Sep 2008
37
18th
This film was boring. Why did they decide to make the story in an awful order?
Rated 08 Sep 2008
japanitratjapanitrat
Rated 30 Aug 2008
60
4th
stay with the original, buddy.
Rated 30 Aug 2008
emptychamberEmptyChamber
Rated 23 Aug 2008
68
18th
The American version just didn't capture all of the feel.
Rated 23 Aug 2008
misterbrewmisterbrew
Rated 16 Aug 2008
70
27th
Not bad, but the original ones (both the TV and film versions) are so much better.
Rated 16 Aug 2008

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