The Grudge | Blu-ray (Sony)
On March 24, 2020, Sony Pictures is releasing The Grudge on Blu-ray & DVD. Directed by Nicolas Pesce (The Eyes of My Mother), the film is a reboot of Takashi Shimizu’s The Grudge (2004), which itself was a remake of Shimizu’s own Japanese horror film, Ju-on: The Grudge (2002).
After a young mother murders her family in her own house, a single mother and detective tries to investigate and solve the case. Later, she discovers the house is cursed by a vengeful ghost that dooms those who enter it with a violent death.
2002’s Ju-on: The Grudge (there were two direct-to-video productions before it) revolved around a vengeful spirit that pursues anybody who dares enter the house in which it resides. The film spawned several sequels (including the recent “The Ring vs The Grudge” thriller, Sadako vs Kayako) and the aforementioned 2004 U.S. remake starring Sarah Michelle Gellar.
Special Features:
- The Cast of the Cursed featurette: Take an inside look at the evil that lurks behind the doors at 44 Reyburn Dr., as key creatives and cast members explore The Grudge characters and discuss their experience working with Writer/Director Nicolas Pesce.
- Designing Death featurette: From a slightly paler version of themselves to being completely mangled and rotted, to the incredible death scenes; like Faith Matheson’s (Lin Shaye) epic leap off of the staircase, explore the character make-up design process and the film’s visual look involved in creating the myriad of ghosts caught in the grips of the Grudge!
- Easter Egg Haunt featurette: Join Writer/Director Nicolas Pesce as he brings to light the plethora of hidden Easter Eggs throughout the film which are homages to the previous works in the Ju-On franchise.
- Extended Scenes & Alternative Ending: Experience the scenes too disturbing for theaters, like Peter Spencer’s terrifying encounter in the attic of 44 Reyburn Dr., or the uncovering of the gruesome truth behind the Landers’ family deaths.
- Optional English SDH, Spanish, and French subtitles for the main feature
Pre-order The Grudge from Amazon.com today!
I always despised JU-ON. To me, it has never been more than a hacky redux of far better movies and ideas.
But what do I know?
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A Hollywood re-make… of a Hollywood re-make… of a J-Horror classic…. What could possibly go wrong? O_O
Apart from an apparent over reliance on CGI FX at the expense of the carefully crafted ‘slow burn’ build up of tension… the practical and ‘in camera’ FX… and the explosive natural jumps of the originals I mean 😛
Visionary producer? It takes a “visionary”…producer…to produce a…reboot of a useless US remake of a Japanese original movie? OK. 2 + 2 = 4, therfore I’m a “visionary” mathematician. Hey $am, how about producing a little mini series (4, 5 hours) that could rightfully end Evil dead saga? No? Then keep your grudge and put it where the sun don’t shine.
LOL!
There’s an Evil Dead show…
Watch The two movies for videos and the two first Japanese movies (even if I kinda like four other Japanese ones). Forget th rest.
Reboot of remake LOL, original ideas gone for good LOL
The 2004 version is free on YouTube for a limited time. https://youtu.be/iFy4srFviq4?si=tV1ESXBz3-RVps_g