Not so much with Grudge. I don’t really care what this says about me, but the American remake was a better movie. For one, it didn’t break as many internal rules as Ju-on. At times, the latter was practically stream of consciousness, there was so little concrete logic.
It's not often that a remake was made by the same people. For the remake of his 2002 hit Ju-on: The Grudge, director Takashi Shimizu returned two years later to do the American remake. And even the actors who played the creepy Toshio and the scary Kayako returned.
Only this time, the film was produced by Sam Raimi and starred Buffy.' Original vs Remake' shows the differences and resemblances between the old and the new. And tonight were taking a look at The Grudge. It's Japan vs. The United States. It's Megumi Okina vs. Sarah Michelle Gellar.
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JapaneseBudget$10 millionBox office$187.2 millionThe Grudge is a 2004 American and a of the Japanese film,. The film was released in on October 22, 2004, by, and was directed by (director of all previous ), while scripted the film. The plot is told through a sequence of events, and includes several intersecting.Despite receiving mixed reviews, the film was a box-office success, making over $187 million against a $10 million budget.
The film was followed by two sequels, (2006) and (2009). A reboot entitled, is set to be released in 2020. Contents.Plot The Grudge describes a that is born when someone dies in the grip of a powerful or extreme. The curse is an created where the person died.
Those who encounter this force die, and the curse is reborn repeatedly, passing from victim to victim in an endless, growing chain of horror. The following events are explained in their actual order; however, the film is presented in a nonlinear narrative., a housewife living in suburban, was in love with her college professor, Peter Kirk, and obsessively wrote about him in her diary. Her husband Takeo discovered the diary and believed that Kayako was having an affair. He brutally murdered her, their young son Toshio, and the pet cat Mar. After Takeo hid the bodies in the house, Toshio's ghost killed him by hanging him.After receiving a letter from Kayako, Peter came to the Saeki house only to find both her and Takeo's corpses and Toshio's ghost.
Shocked, he fled and killed himself the next day. The remainder of the Saeki family rose again as ghosts due to the curse, notably Kayako, who appears as an ghost.A few years later, the Williams family from move in the Saeki house. While Matt is thrilled with the house, his wife Jennifer and -ridden mother Emma feel uncomfortable.
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Matt and Jennifer are quickly consumed by the curse. Yoko, a, arrives at the house to find Emma alone.
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She encounters Kayako, who drags her up into the attic.Concerned about Yoko's disappearance, her employer Alex sends another care worker, to take over the care of Emma. At the house, Karen discovers Toshio sealed up in a wardrobe and later on witnesses Kayako's spirit descending from the ceilings to claim Emma.Alex arrives at the house shortly after and finds Emma dead and Karen in a state of shock. He calls the police, including Detective Nakagawa. In the attic, Nakagawa and his partner Igarashi find Matt and Jennifer's bodies, along with a human's lower jaw. Meanwhile, Matt's sister, Susan, is pursued by Kayako around her office building.
At home, Kayako attacks her and she vanishes. While leaving work, Alex is killed by Yoko's jawless corpse.Kayako begins haunting Karen, who informs her boyfriend Doug of the situation. She researches the house, eventually confronting Nakagawa, who explains that three of his colleagues investigating the Saeki deaths were all consumed by the curse. That night, Nakagawa carries gasoline to the house in an attempt to burn it down, but is killed by Takeo.After learning that Doug has ventured to the Saeki house to look for her, Karen races there. She finds a paralyzed Doug and attempts to flee with him. Kayako crawled down the stairs and latched onto Doug, who dies of shock. As Kayako closes in, Karen sees the gasoline and ignites it.Karen survives and in the hospital, she learns that the house also survived the fire.
Visiting Doug's body, Karen realizes that she is still haunted by Kayako.Cast. Main article:. as, an exchange student.
as Doug McCarthy, Karen's boyfriend, who attends the. as Susan Williams, Matt's younger sister. as Matt Williams, who relocates to Tokyo for a promotion. as Jennifer Williams, Matt's wife. as Emma Williams, Matt and Susan's mother, who has severe lethargy with. as Peter Kirk, a teacher working in Tokyo. as Maria Kirk, Peter's wife.
as Alex Jones, the director of the care centre where Yoko and Karen are stationed. as Det. Nakagawa, a detective. as Yoko, a Japanese care worker assigned to care for Emma Williams. as, a married woman who is attracted to Peter Kirk. Yuya Ozeki as, Kayako and Takeo Saeki's 10-year-old son. as, Kayako's husbandReception Box office The Grudge opened at 3,348 in North America.
The film generated $39.1 million in ticket sales in its first weekend (October 22–24, 2004). Ticket sales declined 43% on the second weekend, earning $21.8 million, thereby becoming the first horror film to top the box office since. The film made 110,359,362 in North America alone and a total of $187,281,115 worldwide, far exceeding the expectations of box-office analysts and Sony Pictures executives.
Sony also stated production costs of less than $10 million, making it one of the most profitable movies of the year. The film is recognized as the second-highest grossing horror remake of the past 40 years behind, but in front of horror films such as, and; the former two had successful franchises and were expected to be far more successful, whereas the latter is also an Asian horror remake and did far less in terms of box office.
It is also second in Japanese remakes, but seventh in the highest openings for an October and fall release, being beaten by family movies. Critical reception The Grudge received mixed reviews, though Gellar's performance as was praised by critics. On, the film has a rating of 39%, based on 158 reviews (with 61 out of 158 counted fresh), with an average rating of 5.1/10. The site's critical consensus reads, 'There's some creepy imagery to be found, but not much in the way of logic or truly jarring scares'. On, which uses an average of critics' reviews, the film has a score of 49 out of 100, based on 32 reviews, indicating 'mixed or average reviews'.
's film critic deemed it the scariest film he had ever seen. Home media Formats The Grudge was released on, and on February 1, 2005, as a standard version of the film with only a few special features. On May 17, 2005, the director's cut of The Grudge was released on DVD in North America. The release included several scenes that were cut to achieve a lower rating from the MPAA, as well as others which were removed for pacing and plot reasons. This version of the film was used as the theatrical run in Japan. The release also contained new deleted scenes and commentaries, director Takashi Shimizu's original Ju-On short films, ' and 'In a Corner', and more.
The film was released on in in 2008 and in the US on May 12, 2009, the same day that was released on DVD. It was made available to purchase on in 2008.Sales The Grudge made $9.24 million from DVD sales in its first week, debuting at number two in the sales chart behind. It has made an estimated $20 million since. See also.References. Foundas, Scott (October 21, 2004). Retrieved June 16, 2019.
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