First, a refresher: The Grudge is a ghost story that posits that violent, rage-filled deaths leave behind a curse in the place where the death occurred. That curse lingers in the place of death, ready ...

Joshua Kristian McCoy is a freelance writer and film critic from the United States. He is a lifelong film buff, a voting member of the Georgia Film Critics Association, a tournament-winning Smash Bros ...

Talk about a quick turnaround: the Japanese horror movie “Ju-On” hit American theaters in August, and here’s the Hollywood remake already. It’s called “The Grudge.” Of course, it took a couple of ...

The “Ju-On” movies are among the most influential and prolific horror franchises of the last 30 years, but good luck trying to watch them all. Created by Takashi Shimizu, they tell the story of a ...

Our own Ted Hentschke has seen The Grudge, arriving in many markets tonight in advance of a nationwide release tomorrow. He describes it as something in between a sequel and a reboot. It seemed like ...

In a nod to Sarah Michelle Gellar’s own Grudge scene, the new The Grudge trailer puts John Cho in a terrifying shower scene that feels all too familiar. The Grudge, a new variation of the popular ...

The tormented souls from "The Grudge" are still tormented, but they're taking their pain on a world tour in "The Grudge 2." That creepy, dead girl with the long, stringy black hair (Takako Fuji) and ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook The official synopsis for Ju-On: Origins is brief, but reads: “The legendary Japanese horror ...

The new trailer for the Grudge has tons of references to the other movies in the franchise, and there's a surprising reason for that! So let's break down this accursed thing to explain why. Now, this ...

The first few movies in Japanese filmmaker Takashi Shimizu’s “Ju-On” series (a.k.a. “The Grudge”) helped popularize the now-familiar early 2000s J-horror motifs: the pale, long-haired child-ghosts; ...

The good news for "The Grudge": There's nothing egregious awful or particularly bad to inspire F-word laden vitriol, much less its instantly infamous F CinemaScore grade. The bad news? There's not ...