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The Grudge (2004)
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Cast
as Karen Davis
as Doug
as Matthew Williams
as Jennifer Williams
as Kayako Saeki
as Susan Williams
as Emma Williams
as Peter Kirk
as Maria Kirk
as Alex
as Detective Nakagawa
as Toshio
as Yoko
as Takeo
as Igarashi
as Suzuki
as Guard
as Peter's Co-Worker
as Policeman
as Policeman
as Mother
as Daughter
as Restaurant Manager
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Critic Reviews for The Grudge
All Critics (163) | Top Critics (41) | Fresh (65) | Rotten (98) | DVD (21)
Grisly ghost story lacks plot; not for tweens.
It's mechanical moviemaking, but when it works you're likely to quiver, cower and leap with fright.
Shimizu understands it is the unknown and the unseen that's scariest, resorting to gurgled growls and passing glimpses of greasy-haired demons to illicit shrieks and shouts from a terrified theatre.
Generally speaking, I like a little more plot with my 'Boo!' moments.
It's no more impressive than hiding in the dark and shouting 'Boo!' when someone walks into a room.
It's just not the kind of frightening that stays with you very long, unless of course someone decides to make the same movie . . . yet again.
Audience Reviews for The Grudge
A haunted house exists. You go in it, you die. That's the premise of The Grudge. Now watch all the characters who went inside get killed in between long passages of pointless dialogue and nothing happening. If the image of a long haired girl in a nightgown creeps you out, this may work on you. I was just bored.
Super Reviewer
"The Grudge" is a creep-fest that doesn't make a whole lot of sense. It's not that the movie is complex, the opposite is true. It just takes a pedestrian ghost story involving vengeance and anger and surrounds it with jolts and more jolts. Takashi Shimizu doesn't seem concerned with originality or substance as long as he can make creepy ghosts jarringly jump out at characters. While this is scary at times after a while you just stop caring. Sarah Michelle Gellar does the best she can with a thin role that requires her to just skulk around, look scared and ask questions. And when the answers come they prove to be unsurprisingly and unoriginal. "The Grudge" is forgettable and mindless.
Super Reviewer
A terrifying concept executed poorly. Only brings a few scares, but due to the lack of story nothing leaves a lasting impact. The flashbacks are annoying as fuck. It's a tough film to get involved with and the ending blows.
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The Grudge Quotes
| Toshio: | the girl: "what's your name?" toshio: ".... TO-SHI-OH ..... " (scary staring face) |
| Daughter: | What's your name? |
| Toshio: | TO-SHI-OH. [scary staring face] |
| Karen: | The whole time I was in that house I felt something was wrong. What happened there? |
| Toshio: | actually the face of that child is like a real ghost |