| | Grudge DVD (4 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Horror DVDs, Thriller Movies, Suspense Videos, Murder, Death, Remake, Demons, Haunted Houses | | Starring | Sarah Michelle Gellar, Bill Pullman, Grace Zabriskie, Clea DuVall, KaDee Strickland, Ted Raimi, William R. Mapother, Jason Behr, Ryo Ishibashi, Yoko Maki, Takako Fuji, Yuya Ozeki | | Director | Takashi Shimizu | | Composer | Christopher Young | | Director of Photography | Hideo Yamamoto | | Executive Producer | Nathan Kahane, Roy Lee | | Producer | Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert, Taka Ichise | | Screenwriter | Stephen Susco |
Closed Captioned; Soundtrack English; English Subtitles; Dolby Digital 5.1 Re 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. THEATRICAL RELEASE: OCTOBER 22, 2004
Grudge Reviews: 3 stars out of 5 -- "Shimizu retains the Tokyo setting and most of the spooky details..."-- David MIller, Ultimate DVD "THE GRUDGE varies the program some by occasionally getting its apparitions out of the central digs to make mischief elsewhere."-- Mike Clark, USA Today "[Gellar] is surprisingly good as a harrowed heroine..."
-- Kim Newman, Sight and Sound "[M]ostly it's just Raimi and Shimizu gleefully delivering the B-movie basics: sudden jumps, shocks, bangs, screams, eye-poppers and gore shots, and at a rate that's thick and fast enough to satisfy the most jaded horror fan."
-- Kevin Maher, Uncut Grudge | List Price | $14.94 (You save $6.25) | | Studio | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | | Orig Year | 2004 | | All Time Sales Rank |  26160  | | CD Universe Part number | 6847591 | | Catalog number | 11012 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | May 17, 2005 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Rating Reason | mature thematic material, disturbing images/terror/violence, and some sensuality | | Running Time | 98 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen; Subtitled; Unrated | | Movie Details | Color; Digitally Processed; Widescreen; Subtitled; Unrated; Extended Cut, Not Rated |
Grudge Movie Review Average Rating: (2.5 out of 5 stars)   Very underrated
One horror movie made in 1973 called The Exorcist was labelled the scariest movie ever and since then no horror movie has been that scary but The Grudge is one of the most scariest movies ever made. It knows what makes you scared. After you watch it you feel like you're being watched and whatever it is it's relishing your fear. The Grudge is an excellent scary movie with the most frightening icon of horror, Kayako who is the ghost in this movie. Be warned if your scared easily this is not the movie for you.
Submitted by buzzsaw4 (Sydney, Australia)
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 not even scary
grudge movie is not scary at all, it makes me yawn all the time, the dead girl and boy dont look scary, they look stupid, I dont think this movie is worth a penny, don't waste your money on this crap. It was the worst remake japanese movie.
Submitted by Aleks (Chula Vista, CA)
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Booo!!!
This movie made no sense. It was not scary. The supposed "ghost" did nothing. She crawled up to you and... nothing. Then there was the little naked boy. Come on. How dumb do they think the american movie goer is? The reason why the ring was successful because it was more of a murder mystery than an actual scary movie. This mockery of a horror movie should never be shown again. If they make one more PG-13 horror movie I'm going to hollywood like Jay and Silent Bob and kick the sh!t out the movie studio execs!
Submitted by JayMizzel (Biloxi, MS)
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the origanal ju on was alot more scarier and i bought it first so when i bought the grudge i was greatly disappointed,,,the movies coming from japan right now are great,,.
Submitted by mike (chicago)
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 wasn't very exciting
i had benn all hyped up about getting the move and when i look at it it wasn't all that. sorry for the bad review
Submitted by gijo32 (starke florida) 
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Grudge DVD Extended
Widescreen -
1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Subtitles - English - Closed Captioning
Subtitles - Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Deleted Scenes
Featurette: "The House Tour"
Audio Commentary: Sam Raimi - Director, Sam Raimi & Takashi Shimizu - Producers, Cast
Behind the Scenes:
1. "Sarah Michelle Gellar's Video Diary"
2. "KaDee Strickland's Video Diary"
Text/Photo Galleries:
Production Designer's Notebook - "The Sketches of Lwao Saito"
Storyboards
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