The Grudge

Titolo originale: The Grudge
Regia: Takashi Shimizu |
Anno: 2004
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Horror Mistero Thriller
Tag: nurse | house | remake | curse | tokyo, japan | old woman | catatonia | suspenseful | sinister | frightened | ominous |
Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar | Jason Behr | Takako Fuji | Yuya Ozeki | William Mapother | Clea DuVall | KaDee Strickland | Grace Zabriskie | Bill Pullman | Rosa Blasi | Ted Raimi | Ryo Ishibashi | Yoko Maki | Takashi Matsuyama | Hiroshi Matsunaga | Hajime Okayama | Yoshiyuki Morishita | Kazuyuki Tsumura | Taigi Kobayashi | Junko Koizumi | Nana Koizumi | Yôichi Okamura | Eiji Ôki | Katsuhiro Oyama |

La giovane Karen, in Giappone per uno scambio culturale, accetta di sostituire un'infermiera che non si è presentata al lavoro. Fa così la conoscenza di Emma, un'anziana signora americana in stato catatonico che vive in una casa deserta e in disordine. Mentre accudisce la donna, Karen sente dei rumori provenire dal piano superiore: dovrà vedersela con una serie di orrori scatenati da un episodio accaduto anni prima...

Approfondimenti

Up until this film was beaten by Friday the 13th (2009), which opened with a $40.1 million inta [...] D
Takashi Shimizu doesn't speak English, so he had to have translators on set in order to help hi [...] D
Kayako is not only based on the Japanese Onryo, she also has a spider motif to her ghostly appe [...] D
Due to American violence ratings and the commitment to a PG-13 rating, the off-screen implicati [...] D
Bill Pullman appeared in Scary Movie 4 (2006), a parody of this film. He played the exact same [...] D
When Susan is in the taxi, if one looks closely at one of the adverts on the back of the front [...] D
The reason the Saeki family have a black cat as a pet is because in Japanese folklore, it is sa [...] D
Fungo Dining, the restaurant Doug works at, is an actual restaurant. D
About 40 minutes of material was removed from the final cut. Approximately 7 minutes of the del [...] D
Takashi Shimizu was eager to work on a remake of his own film, as he saw it as an opportunity t [...] D
On the DVD and Blu-ray commentary, Sarah Michelle Gellar remembers that Jason Behr had previous [...] D
Mar the cat was killed in the original film Ju-on: the Curse (2000) by stabbing, when Takeo thr [...] D
Toshio's spirit is often heard meowing throughout the film. Not only does this imply that his s [...] D
The unexpected success of the American remake of The Ring (2002) is what led to Sony Pictures f [...] D
Ted Raimi, who plays Alex, is the younger brother of Sam Raimi, one of the film's producers. D
While filming the infamous shower scene, Sarah Michelle Gellar discovered she was allergic to J [...] D
The snapping and popping sounds that accompany the appearance of Kayako Saeki were made with a [...] D
The only film in The Grudge franchise to have received a VHS release and, until the release of [...] D
The mother and daughter that give Karen directions to the Saeki home are played by real-life mo [...] D
Karen uses Doug's cigarette lighter to set fire at the Saeki house. When she is with Doug at th [...] D
Now Playing Podcast reviewed The Grudge. This film received three "not recommends". D
The open-mouth gasping sound of the ghosts was made by director Takashi Shimizu. D
Sam Raimi helped Sony Pictures Entertainment option the remake rights to the Japanese films, as [...] D
In the original film, Rika (Megumi Okina) is actually killed by Takeo Saeki at the film's concl [...] D
Detective Igarashi's fate is ultimately left unknown in the film, in spite of the fact that he [...] D
In the film, Karen finds Kayako's journal and curiously looks through it, coming upon a torn ph [...] D
Selma Blair was the first choice for the lead role, which ultimately went to Sarah Michelle Gel [...] D
Peter Kirk was named after one of this film's co-producers, Michael Kirk. D
There is a deleted scene after Toshio attacks Matthew, where Matthew becomes possessed by Takeo [...] D
Yoko is killed when Kayako drags her into the attic and rips her jaw off, and then, either her [...] D
In just its first week of release, the film made $9.24 million from DVD sales, debuting at numb [...] D
Takashi Shimizu directed the original Ju-on (The Grudge) films and returned to direct the Ameri [...] D
The makeup process used to create the ghostly incarnations of Kayako and Toshio took around 2 h [...] D
(at around 1h 24 mins) When Kayako is crawling down the stairs in the infamous staircase sequen [...] D
KaDee Strickland and Sarah Michelle Gellar jokingly talk about Susan's death scene in the audio [...] D
(at around 17 mins) According to the DVD and Blu-ray commentary by the cast and crew, the first [...] D
Karen's research reveals that the Saeki house is located in Suginami. This ward is 4 miles away [...] D
A common criticism of this film, comparing it to the original, is the inclusion of the jawless [...] D
The backstory that creates the curse in this series is strongly reminiscent of the myth of Oiwa [...] D
Detective Nakagawa is a composite character of sorts, as he shares the name and profession of D [...] D
When the film was released in Japan, it was retitled The Ju-on, similar to the original Japanes [...] D
Yoko is a composite of 3 characters from the original films: Yuki and Kanna from Ju-on (2000), [...] D
A prosthetic replica of Yoko Maki's head was used for the scene where a jawless Yoko attacks an [...] D
Doug is an original character compared to the others and shares no Japanese film counterpart (R [...] D
Toshio's pet cat goes unnamed in the film. However, fans and viewers refer to his cat in this f [...] D
According to the DVD and Blu-ray Commentaries and Featurettes, the house in The Grudge (2004) w [...] D
In just the first weekend alone, the film managed to gross $39.1 million in ticket sales (Octob [...] D
In an interview, KaDee Strickland said that everybody loved working with Takashi Shimizu, as he [...] D
Peter Kirk, who Kayako had an obsessive crush on in this film, is an American incarnation of Sh [...] D
The film reveals that Kayako got her revenge on her homicidal husband Takeo by ripping his jaw [...] D
(at around 10 mins) On their way to the graveyard, Karen and Doug pass three schoolgirls on the [...] D
Though the film is primarily a remake of the original film Ju-On: The Grudge (2002), there are [...] D
The only film in the American remake trilogy that features Kayako covered in blood. In all subs [...] D
Body Count: 9 - Doug, Matthew, Jennifer, Susan, Detective Nakagawa, Yoko, Peter, Emma, and Alex [...] D
A sequel (which became The Grudge 2 (2006)) was greenlit on the Monday after the surprise succe [...] D
The film, which received 1 star out of 4, is included on Roger Ebert's "Most Hated" list. D
The character of Toshio is almost always found with his cat. In real life, the boy who plays To [...] D
Unlike the other Japanese horror remakes like The Ring (2002), Dark Water (2005), Pulse (2006), [...] D
SERIES TRADEMARK: [Ripped Off Jaw] Kayako kills Yoko by dragging her into the attic and ripping [...] D
The type of ghost that Kayako and Toshio are is based on the Japanese legend of the Onryo, a ve [...] D
Aside from the Saeki family, the only other characters to keep their original names from the Ja [...] D
Before filming, the cast and crew went through a ceremony where they were blessed so that nothi [...] D
Although the house was built entirely on a sound stage, the actors and cast still had to take o [...] D
Kayako's signature croak (also referred to as a death rattle), comes from the fact that her hus [...] D
The infamous bedroom scene where Kayako attacks Susan from underneath the gap of her bedsheets [...] D
(at around 21 mins) Grace Zabriskie had only one line in the entire film as her mute character [...] D
The original Japanese film featured a subplot involving three schoolgirls encountering the curs [...] D
In the Director's Cut of the film, Susan comes across a small cat ornament when first viewing t [...] D
SERIES TRADEMARK: [bathtub death scene] (at around 1h 13 mins) Detective Nakagawa is lured by T [...] D
In an alternative ending, after Karen is recovered from the burning Saeki home, and wheeled int [...] D
Jason Behr met KaDee Strickland on the set of the film and both began dating due to their inter [...] D
Takako Fuji has pyrophobia, a fear of fire, which made filming the ending rather difficult when [...] D
Yuya Ozeki, Takako Fuji, and Takashi Matsuyama all appeared in Ju-on - Rancore (2002) and Ju-on [...] D
Takeo Saeki killed his son Toshio in the Japanese films because he wrongly suspected that Toshi [...] D

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