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Release dates | The Grudge: October 22, 2004 The Grudge 2: October 13, 2006 The Grudge 3: May 12, 2009 The Grudge: January 3, 2020 |
Running time | Total (4 films): 376 minutes |
| Box office | Total (4 films): $309.3 million |
The Grudge is an American supernatural horror film series released by Sony Pictures based on and a part of the larger Japanese Ju-On franchise. The first installment is a remake of Ju-On: The Grudge and follows a similar storyline to the Japanese film.[1] The sequel, The Grudge 2, is not a remake and follows a unique storyline, albeit still borrowing some plot elements from several Japanese predecessors.[2] Another sequel, The Grudge 3, picks up shortly after the events of the second film.
The series focuses on those affected by a curse created in a house in Suginami by a deceased family's rage that destroys the lives of everyone who comes in contact with it. Known as "the ju-on", this curse causes its victims to become fatally afflicted with it, which in turn leads to a new curse being born and passed like a virus to all those who enter the family residence or come into contact with the curse in any way.
A new film was released in 2020; while initially conceived of as a reboot,[3] the film wound up being another (stand-alone) sequel. Sam Raimi and Robert Tapert served as producers for the first, second, and fourth films through their Ghost House Pictures production company, with Takashige Ichise also serving as a producer on all four films.
- ^ "The Grudge - An Interview with Sam Rami and Rob Tappert". Dvdtalk.com. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
- ^ "Takashi Shimizu Interview on Grudge 2 and the Ju-On Movies". Movies.about.com. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
- ^ "Horror Hit 'The Grudge' Going Reboot Route". deadline.com. March 20, 2014. Retrieved March 21, 2014.