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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: Unrated
- Closed captioning available
- Run Time: 3 hours, 10 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region ABC (Worldwide)
- Released: May 12, 2009
- Originally Released: 2004
- Label: Sony Pictures
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Sarah Michelle Gellar | |
Performer: | Bill Pullman, Grace Zabriskie, Jason Behr, Ted Raimi, Clea DuVall, Takako Fuji, Yoko Maki, Yuya Ozeki, KaDee Strickland, Ryo Ishibashi & William Mapother | |
Directed by | Takashi Shimizu | |
Screenwriting by | Stephen Susco | |
Composition by | Christopher Young | |
Produced by | Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert & Taka Ichise | |
Director of Photography: | Hideo Yamamoto | |
Executive Production by | Nathan Kahane & Roy Lee |
Entertainment Reviews:
The largest issue, though, in any American remake of a foreign film is this: How badly did they louse it up? The answer is, surprisingly, not very much.
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Pajiba
Rating: 2/5 --
full review in Greek
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Movies for the Masses
Rating: 2/4 --
The film is little more than a few disjointed scares wrapped up in a concept. In the end, it just doesn't add up.
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The Dispatch (Lexington, NC)
Rating: 2/4 --
Generally speaking, I like a little more plot with my 'Boo!' moments.
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ReelViews
Rating: 3/5 --
[Blu Ray] Only the hi-def obsessed should double-dip for this one, DVD owners can still sit pretty.
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Dread Central
THE GRUDGE varies the program some by occasionally getting its apparitions out of the central digs to make mischief elsewhere.
USA Today
Rating: 3/5 --
It's mechanical moviemaking, but when it works you're likely to quiver, cower and leap with fright.
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BBC.com
Product Description:
A remake of the Japanese horror hit JU-ON (widely considered to be one of the scariest movies ever made), THE GRUDGE is helmed by its original director Takeshi Shimizu. Like its predecessor, this Hollywood version of the film takes place in Tokyo, but most of the main characters are American, including Karen (Sarah Michelle Gellar of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER), a young social worker, and her peers. When Karen enters a seemingly abandoned home to look after a mentally disturbed resident, she soon discovers that there's an evil--and very aggressive--presence in the house, and it's lashing out at every person that sets foot inside.
Having directed both the original JU-ON and its sequel in Japan, Shimizu was very familiar with his own tale of terror by the time he directed its 2004 incarnation. Using many of the key actors from the previous films (including Takako Fuji and Yuya Ozeki who have unforgettable roles), Shimizu recreates the story with the added advantage of a Hollywood budget (acquired with the help of producer Sam Raimi of SPIDER-MAN fame, who is also a noted horror-movie director). As with many Japanese horror films (particularly the original RING, which strongly influences this movie), THE GRUDGE relies on atmosphere over plot, resulting a series of utterly chilling moments that will leave viewers fascinated and unbelievely frightened.
Having directed both the original JU-ON and its sequel in Japan, Shimizu was very familiar with his own tale of terror by the time he directed its 2004 incarnation. Using many of the key actors from the previous films (including Takako Fuji and Yuya Ozeki who have unforgettable roles), Shimizu recreates the story with the added advantage of a Hollywood budget (acquired with the help of producer Sam Raimi of SPIDER-MAN fame, who is also a noted horror-movie director). As with many Japanese horror films (particularly the original RING, which strongly influences this movie), THE GRUDGE relies on atmosphere over plot, resulting a series of utterly chilling moments that will leave viewers fascinated and unbelievely frightened.