The Grudge Movie Review 2004

Shimizu remade his own 2003 horror flick "Ju-On" and there are still more groans (of disbelief) than shrieks. Studying social work as an exchange student in Tokyo, Karen (Gellar) discovers elderly Emma (Zabriskie) home alone, her family (Mapother, DuVall) missing. She sees a ghostly boy (Ozeki, who was in two of the Japanese films) and his demonic mother (Fuji, who's been in all five). Karen's scruffy boyfriend (Behr) is lured in, as is her boss (Raimi) and a local detective (Ishibashi). Pullman also appears briefly as an American professor who was an early victim of the house of horrors. Gellar's an old hand at battling things that go bump in the night but this experience isn't worth her expertise.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on DVD
Running time 96 minutes.
Originally from United States, United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Japan, Psycho-Thriller, Creepy Houses, Ghosts, Ghouls, & Goblins, Supernatural Horror

Screenplay

Takashi Shimizu

Cast

Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr, William Mapother, Clea DuVall, KaDee Strickland, Grace Zabriskie, Bill Pullman, Rosa Blasi, Theodore (Ted) Raimi, Ryo Ishibashi, Yuya Ozeki, Takako Fuji, Yoko Maki

Cinematography

Hideo Yamamoto

Director

Takashi Shimizu

Other

Kiyoshi Kakizawa, Jeff Bettancourt, Kyoko Yauchi, Shawn Holly

Producer

Sam Raimi, Robert Tapert, Taka Ichise, Ghost House Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment