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Sarah Michelle Gellar as Karen

Jason Behr as Doug

Grace Zabriskie as Emma Williams

Ryo Ishibashi as Det. Nakagawa

William Mapother as Matthew Williams

KaDee Strickland as Susan Williams

Clea DuVall as Jennifer Williams

Bill Pullman as Peter Kirk

Yoko Maki as Yoko

Takako Fuji as Kayako Saeki

Yuya Ozeki as Toshio Saeki

Takashi Matsuyama as Takeo Saeki

Ted Raimi as Alex

Directed by Takashi ShimizuProduced by Sam Raimi and Robert TapertWritten by Stephen SuscoMusic by Christopher YoungCinematography by Katsumi Yanagishima

Critical Response Despite being based off the original Ju-on: The Grudge, viewers have compared elements of the film to another J-Horror remake called The Ring as both antagonists (Samara and Kayako) look strikingly similar.

The Grudge received mixed reviews, earning a "Rotten" rating of 40% on “thumbs down” but Classic FM's film critic Simon Bates deemed it the scariest film he had ever seen.

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The curse is born when

someone dies in the grip of a powerful rage

or extreme sorrow. The curse is an

entity created where the

person died.

The Saeki family lived happily in suburban Tokyo, but housewife

Kayako Saeki fell in love with her

son's teacher Peter Kirk, obsessively

writing about him in a diary.

However, her husband Takeo discovered the diary, believing Kayako was having an affair…

He then proceeded to murder his wife by breaking her neck. He then drowned his young

son Toshio to cover his tracks, along with the pet cat, Mar.

Takeo hid the bodies in the attic and closet, before seemingly committing suicide by hanging

himself.

Peter comes to the Saeki house to speak with Kayako, only to find her corpse and flees the

house, committing suicide the next day before his wife.

But, due to the rage the family felt, they rise again as ghosts, notably Kayako who

appears as an onryō ghost.

A few years after the Saeki family

dies, the Williams family move in from

America.

While husband Matthew is thrilled with the house, his wife Jennifer and

dementia-ridden mother Emma feel uncomfortable in the house.

Jennifer is quickly consumed by the curse. Matthew returns home to find the house trashed,

Emma upset and his wife dying in a bed upstairs…

Matthew and Jennifer are killed by Toshio.

Yoko, a carewo

rker, arrives at the house

the next

day to find

Emma alone, and

discovers a note

supposedly

written by

Jennifer explain

ing she's gone for a walk.

She hears noises

from the attic and investigates, only

to encount

er Kayako

who drags her up into the

attic.

Concerned about Yoko's disappearance, her employer Alex sends another careworker Karen

Davis to take over the care for Emma.

At the house, Karen finds

Emma alone, and is shocked when she finds

a seemingly alive Toshio

and Mar in the taped up closet,

contacting Alex for help.

Returning to Emma, Karen

witnesses Kayako

emerge from the ceiling and attack them both.

Alex arrives at the house, finds Emma dead and Karen in a state of pure shock…

Alex quickly summons the police, including Detective Nakagawa…

Nakagawa and his partner Igarashi explore the house, finding the bodies of Matthew and Jennifer in the attic along

with a bottom jaw

Matthew's sister Susan disappears

after being dragged into her bed by

Kayako…

Alex is killed when visited by a Kayako-possessed Yoko (missing her jaw bone) at work.

That night, Nakagawa goes to the house and

tries to burn it down using petrol, but is

lured by a gurgling noise

coming from the bathtub.

He discovers Toshio kneeling

beside the bathtub with his head dipped into

the water, seemingly

drowning, and hurries to help him, but the

ghost of Takeo suddenly appears

and forces Nakagawa's head into the bathtub and drowns him.

Karen watches

helplessly as Kayako

kills Doug...

Karen races to the house upon

learning Doug has ventured there to

look for her…

Karen finds Doug, paralyzed by fear,

and attempts to flee the house with him,

only to witness Kayako drag herself down the stairs and

kill Doug.

Karen spots the petrol and manages to ignite it with Doug's lighter just as

Kayako is about to kill her.

Karen is whisked to hospital, but learns

the house still stands. Visiting

Doug's body, Karen realizes she is still

haunted by Kayako, who appears behind her, and Karen's fate remained unknown,

until the sequel.

The End