The Grudge (film series)
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Takashi Shimizu Stephen Susco Sam Raimi |
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| Comics | The Grudge |
| Graphic novel(s) | The Grudge 1.5 |
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| Short film(s) | Tales from the Grudge (2006) |
| Direct-to-video | The Grudge 3 (2009) |
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| * Series of three short films. | |
The Grudge is an American horror film series released by Sony Pictures, based on the Japanese Ju-on films. The first installment is a remake of Ju-on: The Grudge and follows a similar storyline to the Japanese film. The sequel, The Grudge 2, is not a remake and follows a unique storyline, albeit still drawing inspiration from several Ju-on films. The most recent sequel, The Grudge 3, picks up shortly after the events of the second film.
The series, produced by Ghost House Pictures, focuses on those affected by a curse created in a house in Suginami by a deceased family's rage that destroys the lives of everyone who comes in contact with it. Known as "the ju-on", this curse causes its victims to become fatally afflicted with it, which in turn leads to a new curse being born and passed like a virus to all those who enter the family residence or come into contact with the curse in any way.
On March 20, 2014, it was announced that a reboot was in the works, written by Jeff Buhler and produced by Sam Raimi, as with all previous American installments.
The series began with The Grudge, premiering on October 22, 2004. The story follows Karen (Sarah Michelle Gellar), an exchange student studying social work, living with her boyfriend Doug (Jason Behr) in Japan, who innocently agrees to cover for Yoko (Yōko Maki), a nurse who didn't show up for work. When she enters the assigned home, she discovers an elderly American woman, Emma (Grace Zabriskie), who is lost in a catatonic state while the rest of the house appears deserted and disheveled. As she is tending to the stricken old woman, Karen hears scratching sounds from upstairs. When she investigates, she is faced with a supernatural occurrences and encounters spirits of the deceased Saeki family members. Within this house, a chain of terror has been set in motion resulting from tragic murders that occurred years before. As more people die, Karen is pulled into the cycle of horror and learns the secret of the vengeful curse that has taken root in this house while simultaneously trying to keep her boyfriend from getting involved.
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