The Grudge

The Grudge is a 2004 American remake of the Japanese horror/thriller film ' (2003). It is directed by Takashi Shimizu, who wrote and directed the original film, while Stephen Susco scripted the remake.

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In the same tradition as the original, the story is told through a non-linear sequence of events and includes several intersecting subplots. One of the purposes this technique had in the original Ju-on series was to act as a response to the growing trend of horror films in Eastern Asia that prided themselves on slow-moving plots, which usually revolved around mysterious ghosts or curses that the film's protagonist had to get to the bottom of before somebody, typically themselves, was killed. Examples of this subgenre include Phone (2002) from South Korea, the Pang Brothers' The Eye (2002), and most of the works of Japanese filmmaker Hideo Nakata such as Ghost Actress (1996), the blockbuster Ring/Ringu (1998), and Dark Water (2002).

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